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Hisano’s research addresses the social and cultural implications of technological development and economic changes mainly in the twentieth-century United States. By analyzing the regulation, manipulation, and presentation of food color, her current book project links... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Consumer Behavior; Agribusiness; Food And Environment; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Business And Government; Advertising; Goods and Commodities; Food; History; Government and Politics; Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Advertising Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
  • 10 Feb 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management

Keywords: by Meg Rithmire; Public Administration; Real Estate; Financial Services
  • 2012
  • Chapter

The Political Economy of Foreign Aid, Bilateral

By: E. Werker
Despite its developmental justification, aid is deeply political. This paper examines the political economy of aid allocation first from the perspective of the donor country, and then the political economy of aid receipt and implementation from the perspective of the... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Aid; Bilateral Foreign Aid; Political Economy; International Finance; Resource Allocation; Government and Politics; Economics
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • 25 Aug 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Agglomeration and Innovation

    Keywords: by Gerald A. Carlino & William R. Kerr
    • March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd.

    By: David L. Ager
    In the Fall of 2014, Heather Berthelette, the recently appointed COO of Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd. (TCIG), was preparing a recommendation to the Board of Directors about whether to dissolve the company and return any remaining funds to the seven... View Details
    Keywords: Indigenous Communities; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Economic Growth; Investment Banking; Canada
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    • April 2012
    • Article

    Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

    By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan
    Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's population in... View Details
    Keywords: Perspective; Growth and Development; Middle School Education; Developing Countries and Economies; Data and Data Sets; Geographic Location; Public Administration Industry; Brazil; Russia; India; China
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    • February 1995 (Revised February 1998)
    • Case

    India in the 1990s

    By: George C. Lodge and Ahu Bhasin
    Describes the efforts of Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao to deregulate and open up the Indian economy in the early 1990s. Focuses on the difficulties he encountered, reflected in the poor showing of the ruling Congress Party in state elections in December... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; India
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    • June 1991 (Revised April 1997)
    • Background Note

    Managing the Multibusiness Corporation

    By: David J. Collis
    Lays out some ideas on how to restructure a multibusiness corporation. Identifies sixteen elements of organization design, and then applies contingency theory to argue that these elements need to be aligned with the tasks the corporation uses to create value across its... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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    The End of Chimerica

    For the better part of the past decade, the world economy has been marked by an economic order that combined Chinese export-led development with U.S. over-consumption. The financial crisis of 2007-09 likely marks the beginning of the end of the Chimerican relationship.... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; China; United States
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    • 18 Oct 2018
    • News

    Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities

    • June 2013 (Revised August 2014)
    • Case

    Ayala Corporation & the Philippines: Asset Allocation in a Growing Economy (A)

    By: Eric Werker, Yasmin Mandviwala, Henry Motte-Munoz and Arthur Wit
    While the Philippines are located in the vicinity of many of the "Asian Tigers," its development has followed a unique path. The country suffered for years under a dictatorial political regime and protectionist economic policies. Remittances were the largest source of... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Allocation; Assets; Business Conglomerates; Philippines
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    • 15 Aug 2018
    • Book

    Why Entrepreneurs Must Focus on Building Trust

    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • January 2010 (Revised February 2010)
    • Case

    IFP, Indonesia

    By: Roy D. Shapiro
    IFP, Ltd. is a Europe-based multinational mining and minerals company contemplating an investment to produce forest products in Indonesia. The primary case decisions are 1) how to assess political and operating risk, 2) how to integrate economic and political risk... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Geographic Location; Risk Management; Supply Chain Management; Business and Government Relations; Forest Products Industry; Indonesia
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    • December 1998 (Revised February 1999)
    • Case

    City of Charlotte (A)

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    The city manager's office in Charlotte, North Carolina, is attempting to align and focus the city's programs and operating departments. City managers, working collaboratively with the elected mayor and city council, have identified five strategic themes to make... View Details
    Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Government Administration; City; Growth and Development Strategy; Adoption; Public Sector; Management Teams; Programs; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Public Administration Industry; North Carolina
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    • October 2008
    • Case

    Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)

    By: Huw Pill, Rafael M. Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
    What caused the 1997-98 Asia Crisis: Asian nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Ethics; Financial Institutions; Financial Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Asia
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    • 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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    • 02 Mar 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    William F. Maloney, World Bank, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions

    • December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
    • Case

    Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991

    By: Gary P. Pisano, Steven C. Wheelwright and Jonathan West
    Outlines the evolution of Lilly's corporate manufacturing strategy over the past decade. The corporate vice president of manufacturing must decide on the next phase of Lilly's strategy for the early 1990s, as well as to what extent and what role process development... View Details
    Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Structures; Product Development; Production; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Linda A. Hill

      Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details