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- 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
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
for our tax system. For example, we might want to split the costs of government equally among all taxpayers, letting each of us keep whatever income we earn above our fair share. Or, we might want our tax system to reinforce social and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
(through some form of sovereign fund) to those economies that are short of it? Is a climate change agreement a pot of gold or only the rainbow? Does it matter? What do you think? To read more: Vikas Bajaj, "In India, a Developing... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Nations Authors:Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker Periodical:Journal of Political Economy 114, no. 5 (October 2006): 905-930 Abstract Ten of the fifteen seats on the U.N. Security Council are held by rotating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
https://hbr.org/product/Homestrings--Inc---Diaspo/an/814031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-026 China's Environmental Challenge China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=2277&referral=2340 Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development Authors: Regina M. Abrami and Richard Doner Publication: In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2004
- Chapter
Interpreting Interdependence: National Security and the Energy Trade of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
By: Rawi Abdelal
Keywords: Energy; Trade; International Relations; National Security; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; Russia; Ukraine; Belarus
Abdelal, Rawi. "Interpreting Interdependence: National Security and the Energy Trade of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus." In Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Belarus and Ukraine, edited by Robert Legvold and Celeste Wallander, 101–127. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. (Also published in Russian as "Razlichnoe ponimanie vzaimozavisimosti: natsional'naia bezopasnost' i torgovlia energoresursami mezhdu Rossiei, Ukrainoi, i Belarus'iu." In Mechi i orala: ekonomika natsional'noi bezopasnosti Belarusi i Ukrainy, ed. Robert Legvold and Celeste Wallander. Moscow: Interdialect, 2004, pp. 125-156.)
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
Competitiveness ranking and the current competitiveness ranking—are the highest new entrants, indicating that there have been a lot of programs in terms of transforming these economies into market. Now, before turning over to Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
firms. This history of the course is linked to changes in information technology, financial markets, and the managements of firms as well as related changes in the markets for students and faculty. The Political View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on a field study of three jurisdictions in particular: Canada, China, and India. Across these jurisdictions, I first describe unique elements of domestic political View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 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.)
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
lock-in in light of hyperbolic discounting, multiple selves, and wise policy design. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-038.pdf The Political Economy of Capitalism Author:Bruce R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades, their income inequality patterns are very different. In this paper, we take a deep look at political institutions in the two countries,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July–August 2015
- Article
The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration
By: Debora L. Spar
Between 1965 and 1991, Singapore grew at an astonishing compound annual growth rate of nearly 14%. Critics of the island's performance accused its celebrated leader, Lee Kuan Yew, of thinly veiled tendencies toward communism and authoritarianism; they argued that the... View Details
Keywords: Economic Models; Communism; Economic Policy; Economic Reform; Angel Investors; Authoritarianism; Economic Systems; Economy; Policy; Government and Politics; Singapore; Cuba
Spar, Debora L. "The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration." Foreign Policy 213 (July–August 2015).
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
diversified organizations may work poorly in advanced economies like the United States, but they sometimes deliver superior value in certain emerging markets, where their scope allows them to leverage their own resources to compensate for... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
participation but also an informed electorate. So, it's an open question to understand how informed exactly voters are.” You Might Also Like: Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake What the Rise of Far-Right View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
Government officials should have poured much more money into producing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines to save more lives and rescue the economy faster, according to new research co-authored by 16 researchers including Harvard Business... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had traditionally been leaders in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne