world economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

economy in the last hundred-plus years. There was no specific event that brought the Dow over the 20,000 mark last week. Markets exhibit a fairly large degree of short-term volatility, so once you get close to 20,000, normal daily market... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

easy to find circular economy models that are interesting, but few have achieved the scale and financial sustainability Apple has,” says George Serafeim, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, who heard Claure tell... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

18 Apr 2022
News

Home Grown

actually just roam around the street and say, oh, I like this, I like that. And I like this pair of shoes, I’m going to buy something. What you’re doing is you’re discovering, and that’s the true shopping experience that the world’s really used to, which unfortunately,... View Details

Profile

Tony He

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school was a chance for me to study the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

(Hart) Strategies for the Green Economy (Makower) Cradle to Cradle (McDonough and Braungart) Business and think-tank resources McKinsey Featured Insights / Climate Change Carbon Commentary Newsletter View Details

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

economy and lower-income consumers. Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence Technology was getting dull earlier this decade, says David Yoffie. But the sudden arrival of digital convergence has turned the tech View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

Independent Project are encouraged to reach out to Prof. Kirby at term start. By 2035 China will be the largest economy in the world and an innovation superpower. Engagement with China—as entrepreneurs,... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Career Services Steps Up Alumni Support

Last fall, as world economies began to tremble from the collapse of the financial sector, HBS Alumni Career Services enhanced its suite of career offerings for alumni. “We anticipated an increase in the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

05 Dec 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

growth targeted. In fact, many kinds of growth offer great returns while requiring little or none of the world’s resources, therefore having seemingly few limits. Fran Henry makes the case for economic growth when she says, "According to the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2022

emerging. The impacts of the climate crisis are already being felt as the world experiences more frequent extreme weather events, with substantial coastal, urban, and agricultural assets at risk. Climate change is a crucial driver of... View Details

30 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Reunions: Accelerating Climate Solutions with Professor Jim Matheson (MBA 2001)

opportunity. And the climate capital stack and policy frameworks continue to evolve and extend as it responds to these myriad opportunities. 3. We Are (Way) Behind - despite #1 and 2 above, transitioning the planet to a low(er) carbon View Details

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Commencement 2020 Address | About

about to take on new leadership roles and attack big problems at a time when society desperately needs leaders. Seventy-three years ago, at Harvard’s Commencement ceremony, General George Marshall announced a plan to rebuild the European View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

safety net and virtually no hope of moving upward.” “Globalization has helped emerging economies distribute their products and services around the world but there’s been no systematic way to link the extra... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

News about the Greek economy continues on the front page of every major newspaper, as the country continues its six-year struggle to reenergize its economy. On Friday, Eurozone finance ministers will decide whether to release emergency... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

strengthened his belief that those who prosper in business are obligated to serve the greater good. His decadelong presidency of the World Bank provided the ultimate opportunity to pursue that mission on a global scale. Wolfensohn’s... View Details

30 Nov 2021
News

Cold Calculations

change, the world has to come together and do the hard work necessary to shift away from a carbon economy and to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. “This buys time to allow that transition to happen,” he says. View Details

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

to produce the vaccine that works.” Even as vaccine efforts gain momentum around the world, hundreds continue to die each day. The pandemic, which shrank the global economy by 4 percent in 2020, has also pushed more than 119 million... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

Understanding Globalization, 2000 Edition (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000) Robert Kuttner, Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018) Jeff Madrick, Staying the Invisible Hand, The New York Review of Books, June 28,... View Details