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October 2007 (Revised May 2008)
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Transforming Korea Inc: Financial Crisis and Institutional Reform

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

South Korea, as one of the Asian "tiger" economies, transformed itself into the world's 11th largest economy and major exporter by 1996, emerging from being one of the lowest income countries in the region back in the 1960s. Yet one year later in 1997, Korea was swept... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Financial Crisis; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; South Korea

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

Firm Dynamics Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Mid-US - Global

the region, and hear how the School is addressing critical challenges facing business and society. These events were supported by representatives from External Relations and the Mid-US Research Center. New Research on the Region November... View Details

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Exchange rates: current & historical

indices back to 1973. Onanda Currency Converter: Current and historical exchange rates for different currencies. Bank of View Details

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People - Advancing Racial Equity

Dean for Publishing and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Mike Norton Faculty / Marketing; Director of Research Damali Omolade Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Executive Education Lynn Paine Faculty / General Management; Senior... View Details

16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015

Abstract—Under fairly general assumptions, expected stock returns are a linear combination of two firm fundamentals-book-to-market ratio and return on equity. This parsimonious relation is pervasive, producing expected return proxies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Case

The U.S. – China Trade War

By: Alberto Cavallo, Mariana Cal and Anne Laski

On December 1, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Leader Xi Jinping faced each other across a dinner table during a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After what Trump called an “amazing and productive meeting,” the two leaders announced a truce in the... View Details

Keywords: Trade War; Trump; Current Account; NAFTA; Balance Of Payments; Intellectual Property Protection; Trade; Macroeconomics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; International Relations; United States; China

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Citation Educators Related Rose, Clayton S., Nicole Zelazko, and Alexis Lefort. "Institutional Neutrality, Restraint or Convenience?" Harvard Business School Case 325-022, February 2025. Transitioning from Responsible and Reactive to... View Details

June 2010 (Revised September 2013)
Case

IDFC India: Infrastructure Investment Intermediaries

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari

Indian financial intermediary matching international capital to local infrastructure decides how to balance range of services, risk-adjusted return, margin pressure, and nation building. IDFC was chartered with partial ownership from the Indian government to help... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Infrastructure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; India

March 2003 (Revised January 2004)
Case

CDC Capital Partners: December 2002

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Paul Fletcher, CEO of CDC Capital Partners, a private equity group investing in the world's poorest countries, is wrestling with questions raised by the imminent reorganization of the firm. Previously an arm of the United Kingdom's international aid agency, CDC is... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Privatization; Venture Capital; Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United Kingdom

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

sanctions instead of blanket tariffs. Keywords: Trade ; Global Strategy ; International Relations ; United States ; China Citation Register to Read Purchase Related Wen, Jaya... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

companies to improve returns for shareholders. Theory O In response to poor performance, a decade of adversarial relations with unions, and a prolonged and costly mill strike, CEO Andrew Sigler of Champion View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

07 Mar 2023
HBS Case

ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?

This triggered a dramatic chain of events—detailed in Neeley’s case study—that led to Gebru leaving Google. (Gebru maintains that she was fired, while Google says she resigned.) An uproar over Gebru’s departure ensued, triggering a public View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Technology

2011
Book

Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine

The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful... View Details

Keywords: Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Leading Change; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy

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07 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

help you” “The findings didn’t support that gender angle at all. I was really surprised,” Wolf says. “ It was just evenly good for everyone.” Although much has been researched about how to hide emotional expressions or how to internally... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

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Economic Development in Inner Cities - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Economic Development in ... Economic Development in Inner Cities We believe distressed inner city communities... View Details

03 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 3

loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and standardization and internal monitoring of operations. We test our theory in the context of vehicle emissions testing in a state in which the government has outsourced inspection... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 23, 2020
Article

Sanctions and the End of Trans-Atlanticism: Iran, Russia, and the Unintended Division of the West

By: Rawi Abdelal and Aurélie Bros

Sanctions have become the dominant tool of statecraft in the United States and other Western states, especially the European Union, since the end of the Cold War. But the systematic use of this instrument may produce unintended and somewhat paradoxical geopolitical... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitics; Economic Sanctions; International Relations; United States; Russia; Iran; Europe