Economics Of Speech - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. In particular, we run a horserace between two distinct economic forces: location fundamentals and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

stumble. When answering questions off the cuff, they are more likely to use complex and convoluted speech that can be difficult for investors to decipher. "It is this real-time interaction that's the main barrier," Yu says. The... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
Supplement

Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko

Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Supply Chain; Global Strategy; Buildings and Facilities; Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Global Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy; China; United States; Germany

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24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

substantial growth, because it looks as though they have been foregoing opportunities,” explains Kim. Whether a tech startup or a pet shop, small businesses are a major economic force, contributing 44 percent View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

pursue economic development, and rewarding officials on that basis, the country as a whole has been transformed into an entrepreneurial and industrial powerhouse. Case in point: China's economy enjoyed a sustained growth rate View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

retrenchment; think growth. Key concepts include: Companies that survive the financial crisis by identifying and exploiting innovation will serve as economic growth engines in the future—and will be the industry leaders View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

Spar wants to find out why Botswana is emerging as a "land of potential" on a continent largely left behind in the economic boom of the 1990s.Churchwell: How much is... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

06 Dec 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

for Internet freedom or cover for a failed business strategy, depending on with whom you talk. Professor John A. Quelch looks behind the headlines in a new case. Key concepts include: China has become more emboldened and self-confident as a result View Details

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

monitoring firm, estimates that there are now up to 9 million simultaneous file sharers, up from about 4 million in early 2003. In view of our evidence and these new trends, even the Recording Industry Association View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

mortgage should continue as the backbone of the new system. It helps keep monthly payments low, and protects consumers from interest-rate volatility. Given the recent extreme economic stress, Uncle Sam must... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

Talk of the recent financial crisis often falls into a simplistic narrative of villainous banks, marketing toxic financial products to innocent customers who did not understand their risks. Among the storied... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

aftermath of Japan's 3/11 tragedy. But even as we focus on immediate human needs, we cannot avoid recognizing--and coping with--the long economic shadow cast by this disaster. The direct impact on real View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

A Good Place to Start Driving Digital StrategySunil Gupta explores how traditional businesses can make the leap into the digital age. American Capitalism: New HistoriesHistorians are taking a new look at capitalism in light of its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Ginger Jin, of the Maryland Center for Economics and Policy, is just one example. They invited regulatory officials from several leading federal agencies, including the Department View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

data-id=_/7NDg5UAWK5opclYhgyzG][/div] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses provided almost half of the country’s private sector jobs and accounted for 44 percent of US gross domestic product. While... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

seeing real innovation in business, not in products but in what business does." Economic Facts Of Life There are three key characteristics of information technology... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

economic players. If you want to make sure that the small- to medium-sized enterprises that are the job engines of this economy are going to continue to grow, the government can't leave these firms with the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

are negatively associated with the disclosure scores. Our results are broadly consistent with the hypothesis that cross-border economic interactions are associated with similarities in disclosure and governance practices. Q: While... View Details