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    Laura Alfaro

    Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

    • 02 Oct 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Gradualism in Monetary-Policy: A Time Consistency Problem?

    Keywords: by Jeremy C. Stein & Adi Sunderam; Banking
    • January 2011
    • Article

    Building a Better America—One Wealth Quintile at a Time

    By: Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely
    Disagreements about the optimal level of wealth inequality underlie policy debates ranging from taxation to welfare. We attempt to insert the desires of "regular" Americans into these debates, by asking a nationally representative online panel to estimate the current... View Details
    Keywords: Taxation; Policy; Perspective; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Income; Demography; Debates; Welfare; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy, State Capacity and Taxation

    By: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Alejandro Lagomarsino
    We analyze the role of people’s beliefs about the rich in the determination of public policy in the context of a randomized online survey experiment. A question we study is the desirability of government-private sector meetings, a variable we argue is connected to... View Details
    Keywords: Business Legitimacy; State Capacity; Meetings; Taxes; Top 1%; Regulation; Prejudice and Bias; Values and Beliefs; Taxation; Business and Government Relations
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    • November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
    • Technical Note

    Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by... View Details
    Keywords: Batteries; Rechargeable Batteries; Lithium-ion; Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Markets; Energy Storage; Battery; Demand Uncertainty; Demand Forecasting; Supply ＆ Demand; Supply And Demand; Capacity Planning; Tesla; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change; Technology Change; Technology Commercialization; Policy Change; Subsidies; Power/Energy; Power Grid; Energy Policy; Developing Markets; Alevo; Samsung; LG Chem; CATL; Northvolt; General Motors; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Policy; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; China
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    • 14 Nov 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Process and Performance

    Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Accounting
    • 24 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 24, 2008

    Paul S. Adler. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, forthcoming Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199535231 A Better Approach to Foreign Aid Authors: Justin Muzinich and Eric Werker Publication:... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
    • Case

    IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
    Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Moral Sensibility; Policy; Employment; Contracts; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Natural Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues
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    • 18 Feb 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications for Financial Regulation

    Keywords: by Julio J. Rotemberg; Financial Services

      Josh Lerner

      Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor at Harvard Business School and Co-Director of the HBS Private Capital Project.  Much of his research focuses on venture capital and private equity organizations.  (This research is summarized in his books The Money of... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; high technology; venture capital industry
      • January 2009
      • Background Note

      Financial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity

      By: Elisabeth Koll
      Provides an analysis of why informal financial networks and institutions still play an extremely important role in China's economy in the 21st century. Although China has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, it still suffers from a weak... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Networks; China
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      • January 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Chile: Unrest in the Copper Nation

      By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
      For decades, Chile enjoyed the stability of being the world’s largest producer of copper. Keynes would have advised that this period of growth would have been the time for the government to save, that “the boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the... View Details
      Keywords: Copper Production; Protests; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Metals and Minerals; Production; Economy; Emerging Markets; Chile
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        The Gift of Global Talent

        The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details

        • 2010
        • Book

        The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development

        By: Josh Lerner and Mark Schankerman
        Discussions of the economic impact of open source software often generate more heat than light. Advocates passionately assert the benefits of open source, while critics decry its effects. Missing from the debate is rigorous economic analysis and systematic... View Details
        Keywords: Development Economics; Economic Growth; Policy; Government and Politics; Open Source Distribution; Software
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        • 18 Oct 2013
        • HBS Seminar

        George Borjas, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

        • 2016
        • Chapter

        Unpacking the Dynamics of Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector

        By: Rebecca Henderson
        Book Abstract: The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is shown that transformational policy reforms involve fundamental shifts in strategy with far-reaching... View Details
        Keywords: Change Management; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Transformation; Australia; New Zealand; China; United States; Europe; Southeast Asia
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        • 2025
        • Working Paper

        Small Business Innovation Applied to National Needs

        By: Kyle Myers, Lauren Lanahan and Evan E. Johnson
        Small businesses have long supplied a disproportionate share of major innovations in the United States. We review a centerpiece policy on this topic: the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. We trace its legislative history and summarize program... View Details
        Keywords: Small Business; Innovation and Invention; Government Legislation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business and Government Relations
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        • December 2003 (Revised October 2005)
        • Case

        High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance

        By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
        Describes political and economic forces that influenced the development of an all-digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in the United States between 1986 and 1996. Outlines the stakes for various government and industry participants in the... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Emerging Markets; Standards; Business and Government Relations; Networks; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry; Japan; Europe; United States
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        • January 2019 (Revised January 2020)
        • Case

        Chiacchierone's Owners Chat About Tipping

        By: Lena G. Goldberg and Michael S. Kaufman
        The founders of a successful upscale restaurant operating with a "no-tipping" policy are faced with employee defections to tipped establishments as well as difficulty in recruiting. They must decide whether to retain or jettison their policy and determine how to deal... View Details
        Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Policy; Food and Beverage Industry
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        • May 1988 (Revised November 1990)
        • Case

        Airbus vs. Boeing (B): The Storm Intensifies

        By: Malcolm S. Salter
        Discusses the growing competition faced by U.S. producers of civil aircraft due to the success and expanding product line of Airbus Industries. Designed to foster discussion of international trade policy as it affects producers in the industry and to encourage firm... View Details
        Keywords: Trade; Policy; Negotiation; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Aerospace Industry; United States
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