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- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
organize to address problems of the commons. He points to his research on the political economy of accounting standards, where he finds that firms and industries worldwide systematically organize to redefine... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
the US and China.” But ProfPaul views this as a long-shot. As he put it, “China remains committed to its own economic and political advancement at the expense of its trade partners. It has never expressed a compelling world view that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2016 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Managing the European Refugee Crisis
By: Gunnar J. Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Daniela Beyersdorfer
In 2016, Europe struggles to cope with one of the largest refugee flows it has ever witnessed. View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar J., Elena Corsi, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Managing the European Refugee Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 716-076, April 2016. (Revised July 2016.)
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
availability of process machinery, the ISC reported. Other high-income nations increasing their ranking included Qatar, Norway, and Malta. Advanced economies on the decline included Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Taiwan, and France. China... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
accelerate the diffusion of new environmental standards that require coordinated complementary investments by various types of private adopters. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-030.pdf The Political View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years
out of space on my bookshelf.) The objective has been to connect information from multiple sources to give a different twist to a current topic. Many columns over the years have dealt with the management implications of current events from 9/11 to the New View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
& Course MaterialsFinancial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity Harvard Business School Note 809-111 Provides an analysis of why informal financial networks and institutions still play an extremely important role in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
executives need to figure out how the product, labor, and capital markets work—and don't work—in their target countries. This will help them understand the differences between home markets and those in developing countries. In addition, each country's social and View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly saturated in the cities, China Mobile needed to broaden its base of subscribers. Wang believed that further investment in China's rural villages was a key... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
needs of all relevant stakeholders. The original Beer et al. model remains a valuable guide to the next 30 years of HRM. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49360 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
responsible for the deployment of cell phones to two-thirds of Afghans. My research shows that throughout the developing world successful organizations like Roshan must inevitably take on more tasks than their counterpart firms in more advanced View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
world's economic woes, debates regarding immigration policies continue. It has been nearly ten years since the topic of immigration was last addressed in this column. At that time booming economies such as that in the United States were... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Article
All Eyes on Them: A Field Experiment on Citizen Oversight and Electoral Integrity
By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz and Mateo Montenegro
Can information and communication technologies help citizens monitor their elections? We analyze a large-scale field experiment designed to answer this question in Colombia. We leveraged Facebook advertisements sent to over 4 million potential voters to encourage... View Details
Keywords: Social Influence; Electoral Behavior; Election Outcomes; Economics; Economy; Governance; Government and Politics; Social Media; Social Marketing; Society; Political Elections; Advertising
Garbiras-Díaz, Natalia, and Mateo Montenegro. "All Eyes on Them: A Field Experiment on Citizen Oversight and Electoral Integrity." American Economic Review 112, no. 8 (August 2022): 2631–2668.
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
involved a developed economy, "That would (suggest) a new type of fourth world country, a developed economy which just turned into a developing one." Should world financial policy essentially reflect a philosophy of "let... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
forgiven. Liberia is not yet in the clear, but it is politically stable, its economy is rapidly growing, and its citizens are returning to lives enhanced by a more egalitarian power structure. Without the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
Kenyan Organization.” For years, Pons had been researching electoral politics in France. “We found that if you provide information to voters one-on-one it increased participation,” says Pons, an assistant professor of business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 2023
- Chapter
Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond
By: Paula Rettl
Both populism and economic globalization have been on the rise in the last decades, motivating increasing scholarly attention to the phenomena and their relationship (see Rodrik 2021 for a recent review). However, the relationship between populism and economic... View Details
Keywords: Populism; Economic Globalization; Latin America; Economy; Macroeconomics; Economics; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalization; Political Elections; Government and Politics; Finance; Geographic Location; Latin America
Rettl, Paula. "Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond." Chap. 5 in Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond, edited by Anthony W. Pereira, 1967–1987. Routledge, 2023.
- March 1978 (Revised December 1983)
- Case
Founding of the European Economic Community
By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat
Scott, Bruce R., and Audrey T. Sproat. "Founding of the European Economic Community." Harvard Business School Case 378-217, March 1978. (Revised December 1983.)
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
Chinese citizens living in cities than in the countryside. China's rapid urbanization, and the accompanying conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses, raised a number of economic, social, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne