American Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

what doesn't. China knows it has a huge price advantage in terms of production capability if it can make the Internet work to its advantage to market goods to the West. American managers are still reeling from last year's wild dot-com... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

(MBA 2023) - There are 15 million homes in the US with a one in four chance of total asset loss due to flooding, RESILIFT will end that threat to American Housing. PARTICIPANTS - BUSINESS TRACK AgX - Maxwell Leef (MBA 2025), Callum... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

1946, when the late Georges Doriot, a long-time and legendary member of the HBS faculty, founded American Research and Development as a willing and able source of financing for the new ventures that were coming to life just after World... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

01 Sep 2007
News

Getting Security Right

Education classes,” he notes, “we often focus on the actions and strategies of political leaders because they offer compelling examples that are familiar to everyone.” Mills’s new book, Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in the... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2003
News

Globalization Revisited

today, Levitt’s article caused a minor sensation when it first appeared. Apart from its insightful specifics, its language (“globalization” was a novel term) and expansive vision offered a hopeful alternative to the grim reality of a world View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

collection on an American consumer and how credit agencies share the information to determine proper credit risk and worthiness of a consumer. The American system as defined in this note can be contrasted... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

initiative, recently answered reader questions on Instagram, as part of our ongoing “Office Hours” series. Fuller’s research probes the "skills gap" and the paradox that many employers struggle to fill jobs while millions of Americans... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

to drag the economy into a recession. The Bush administration approved a fiscal stimulus package exceeding $150 billion. Interest rates had been repeatedly cut at the fastest pace in decades, to 2.25% as of March 2008. The Fed, in an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2017
News

Such Great Heights

hosted an event with Leif and Jim Whittaker. Both Jim and Leif are mountaineers. And Jim was the first American to summit Mt. Everest back in 1964. He's been a longtime member of the organization, and his son, Leif, just wrote a book... View Details

Keywords: mountain; climbing; adventure

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

Ironically, we talk about the knowledge economy that taps every brain within the organization, yet this unbalanced compensation structure is absolutely antithetical to that theory. Q: Which companies do you admire for their outstanding... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

01 Jun 2014
News

Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses

Fariborz Ghadar (MBA 1972, DBA 1976) could have walked away from the American dream at any point. It could have been the moment his fraternity brothers at MIT decided they couldn't pronounce his name and called him "Bob." It could have... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Aug 2001
News

Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

HBS team that found that overseas investment by American companies benefited the U.S. economy by increasing exports and creating higher-paying jobs in this country. His testimony on Capitol Hill helped... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

competition. The codes, instead, popularized a third way, an alternative vision for American capitalism that partnered private trade associations with government agencies. The codes of fair competition discussed at the Chamber and other... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

census takers in Watford City, North Dakota—in the far west of the state, 50 miles from the Montana border—counted 1,435 people. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 10,000. A familiar fuel for American boomtowns fed the rapid... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2008
News

Back to the Future

Three decades ago, Energy Future, a bestseller written at HBS, declared that American energy independence and sustainability were critical to the country’s well-being. Today, the book’s analysis is still compelling and its call to action... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

Web

A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID FILMS RESEARCH LINKS Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS 31. Land, "Research by the Business Itself," 1. 32. Harold C. Livesay, American Made: Men Who... View Details

23 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 23

comparative historical analysis of consumer lending in the United States and France, I argue that national differences in the regulation of consumer credit had their roots in the historical conditions by which the small loan sector came to be legitimized. View Details