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  • 18 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details
Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities
  • March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman
Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details
Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania
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  • January 2004
  • Article

Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We examine the diffusion of more than twenty technologies across twenty-three of the world's leading industrial economies. Our evidence covers major technology classes such as textile production, steel manufacture, communications, information technology,... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Development Economics; Human Capital; Government and Politics; Trade; Production; Information Technology; Steel Industry; Communications Industry
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies and societies, including market... View Details

    Felix Oberholzer-Gee

    Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning instructor, his academic work and consulting are focused on competitive strategy and the effects of digital technology on corporate... View Details

    Keywords: media; professional services; manufacturing; advertising
    • 03 Mar 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

    subject to less radical political change than authoritarian regimes. The thing to fear is the monarchy's digging in, not the success of the opposition. In Egypt, little has changed with Mubarak's ouster by the military, which plays a... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities
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    About - Business & Environment

    Elective Curriculum course Tough Tech Ventures, which will include climate related topics. BiGS Climate Fellows Jonas Meckling Associate professor at the University of California Berkeley The political View Details
    • 28 Jan 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

    these processes are unfolding not just in the mainstream business sector but in society writ large and even in politics and civil society," says Khanna. Khanna's book Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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    U.S. Competitiveness

    latest survey findings and eight years of prior research on the competitiveness of the United States—highlights a disturbing pattern: structural failures in the U.S. political system continue to prevent meaningful progress on actions... View Details
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    Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Faculty - Faculty & Research

    Professor of Political Economy John Leverett Professor in the University Brian J. Hall Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration Leslie K. John James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration... View Details
    • Web

    Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Macroeconomics Competitiveness Sound Monetary & Fiscal Policies Human Development & Effective Political Institutions Endowments Productivity ultimately depends on improving the microeconomic capability of the View Details
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    Press / Media

    By: Debora L. Spar

    I'll have a girl, please

    American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

    DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This working paper offers a longitudinal and descriptive analysis of the strategies of multinationals from developed countries in developing countries. The central argument is that strategies were shaped by the trade-off between opportunity and risk. Three broad... View Details
    Keywords: History; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations
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    Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

    Finance Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students More Local Events Local Community Events Harvard Wyss institute- upcoming events Berkman Center for Internet and Society- upcoming events Harvard Innovation Lab- upcoming... View Details
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    Fellowships - Business History

    scholarship and must undertake sustained projects of new research or other original work. They will be expected to be in residence and participate in the vibrant community of historians of business, capitalism, and political View Details
    • 20 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

    professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
    • 22 Feb 2018
    • Book

    The New History of American Capitalism

    represents a distinctive departure. First—and most basically—the history of American capitalism, along with the essays gathered here, reinstalls political economy as a category for analysis. Economic life,... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Trade Policy in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Dual-use Goods

    By: Maxim Alekseev and Xinyue Lin
    Policymakers increasingly use trade instruments to address national security concerns. This paper studies optimal policy for dual-use goods, items with both military and civilian applications. We begin by documenting that regulation and trade flows of dual-use goods... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; National Security; Trade; Taxation; Financial Instruments; Macroeconomics
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    • 10 Jun 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: June 10

    growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model was more conducive to green corporate... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

    Stacey Vanek Smith & Cardiff Garcia 24 Dec 2018 | The Indicator William Kerr on ‘The Gift of Global Talent’ James Pethokoukis 21 Dec 2018 | AEI: Political Economy The Global HR Challenge William R. Kerr 18... View Details