Filter Results:
(1,369)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,369)
- People (2)
- News (461)
- Research (739)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (236)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,369)
- People (2)
- News (461)
- Research (739)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (236)
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
around the world could improve responses to the next global financial catastrophe. Work done recently by dozens of Harvard Business School students under Alberto Cavallo, the Edgerley Family Associate Professor of Business Administration... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
investing where the country has a natural competitive advantage,” Goldstein explains. That strategy has led to significant advances in areas such as tourism, coffee and tea production, and incubators and maker spaces for start-up businesses. “Rwanda has one of the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
Global Credit Project to analyze the impact of corporate debt in more than 100 advanced and emerging economies in the credit booms that typically precede financial crises. The data overlaps with 87 systemic financial crises, including:... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
How to Close the Health Gap
higher rates in poor countries. You’ve heard of the wealth gap. Welcome to the health gap. The people who need the medicines most in the world are the least likely to receive them. “Now that we have such extraordinary capabilities, what... View Details
- Web
Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog
Brazil, Russia, India, and China, in today’s “frontier” markets that are only beginning to attract the attention of mainstream investors, and some are purposefully historical in order to give insight into the evolution of the world View Details
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
funds can replace taxes, they can be beneficial to a citizenry. There seemed to be little concern among respondents that states will use their sovereign funds to foster their political interests. Russell Widener comments that "I would worry more if they began to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private equity industry in India, a topic the class had... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
growth that South Africa is leading in the region." The Burden of Geography Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Harvard Institute for International Development, delivered the first keynote address, a captivating presentation titled "Developing Nations in the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
Iyoha are assistant professors in the Business, Government, and International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management Units, respectively. Meg Rithmire: Prepare to adapt to the policy backlash For at least a generation leading up to... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
markets around the globe: What can Silicon Valley learn from your experiences? And what happens if the Startup Capital of the World ignores these lessons? READ MORE Nicole Poindexter: My name is Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997) and I'm the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
the digital revolution. With a smartphone in every pocket and the equivalent of what you’d spend on a CD, consumers can buy a month of access to a wide world of streaming options. And while the global View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
that in the global village the villagers drive the economy should be more successful." Flavius Chircu said that "... business leaders should get together with political leaders and figure out where and how to compete."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many
individ-uals are involved in organizations and initiatives that will help shape 21st-century commerce; others have made their mark in the more traditional industries that keep the economy hum-ming. Still others are making important... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
Living and Learning in a Local Context
sustainability and farm work. We bring thousands of students from all over the world on three- to five-day courses and retreats to learn about how humans impact the earth. We have lots of adult workshops. We run an early-childhood program... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
rivals and executing their strategies with single-minded determination. Money Makers: Inside the New World of Finance and Business by David Snider and Chris Howard (MBA ’03) (Palgrave Macmillan) The authors discuss the private-sector... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
book excerpt Firms As Actors From Chapter 1 Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World By Geoffrey Jones Entrepreneurs and firms have been important actors in the making of our modern global... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
each problem, and their corrective actions were reviewed personally by the secretary of defense. Second, to ensure that crucial items arrived when they were needed, we put together a rapid-resupply system called the Red Ball Express—a name inherited from the famed... View Details