World Economic Forum - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2001
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Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico

In 1996, Alejandro Ramirez (MBA 2001) was poised to accept one of two coveted spots in the U.N. Junior Professional Officer Program. For Ramirez, who had spent the previous fifteen months conducting research on economic and human... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; World Bank; United Nations; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 1999
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The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

On the regulatory front, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and a relaxation of restrictions on multiple ownership of media outlets are realigning and consolidating the power of media ownership. Lastly, in the economic arena, a wave of... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

Capitalism Constrained: Public Policy and the Manager, examines the role of the state in five economic sectors: energy, communications, transportation, health, and the environment. "Deregulation, with roots in the U.S. political economy... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

will be held July 13Ð25, 1997. "It's an incredibly exciting time for the MIS Interest Group," says Nolan. "New technologies create new opportunities to capture economic value, and information technologies are the most robust technologies... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

developed it while at the University of Rochester with his former colleague and frequent collaborator William H. Meckling in response to a call from students for an economics course that was applicable to real-life work situations. The... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2004
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Poverty and Security

At the IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings in October, World Bank president James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) declared that along with its fight against terror, the global community must also address the... View Details

Keywords: IMF and World Bank Group; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Jun 2000
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World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector

World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector Describing his organization's mission as one focused on issues of poverty and equity, World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

the Middle East today to capitalize on decades of missed economic and business opportunities. In how many other regions of the world can a company establish a manufacturing base only 150 km from its head... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

13 Jul 2017
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The world of finance has a dark side, but that’s only half the story

01 Feb 2000
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Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

Laura A. Liswood (MBA '76) is cofounder and secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), an independent, international organization based at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Made up of many of the world's... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry