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December 2007
Journal Article

Industrial Policy in the United States

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Does US government policy purposefully benefit particular industries or is industrial policy absent in the USA? Based on a review of recent US policies this paper argues that the USA applies many policies with an industry-specific impact. But these policies do not... View Details

Keywords: Microeconomics; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Supply and Industry; Business and Government Relations; United States

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August 2001
Case

Chrysalis Capital: Venture Capital in an Emerging Market

Examines the founding and early development of an Indian venture capital firm. Focuses on the opportunity in the Indian high-technology sector, how the founders have adapted the U.S. venture capital model to an emerging market context, and the organizational challenges... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Technology Industry; India

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June 2020
Article

U.S. Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles

By: Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina

Foreign banks’ lending to firms in emerging market economies (EMEs) is large and denominated predominantly in U.S. dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle,... View Details

Keywords: Global Business Cycle; Monetary Policy; Reaching For Yield; Money; Policy; Credit; Emerging Markets

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22 Jul 2007
Conference Presentation

Soft, Stiff, and in between: Social Movements, Entrepreneurial Opportunity, and the Emergence of the American Soft Drink Industry

By: Shon R. Hiatt

Keywords: Society; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

October 2010
Article

The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Allen S. Grossman

Many of our largest and most successful companies today did not exist 50 years ago. During this same time interval, companies that ranked among top in the 1960s have disappeared, been merged out of existence, or become much smaller presences in the U.S. industrial... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Accountability; Management Practices and Processes; Infrastructure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

are invaluable for gaining a deep understanding of different industries and emerging market contexts, and are also a great source of new research ideas. Silverthorne: Has the project evolved in terms of your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991 By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer 23 APR 2021 Working Paper Faculty Research Spiritual Philanthropy in View Details

February 2008
Course Overview Note

Conceptual Overview of Real Estate Options in Emerging Markets

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo

A conceptual overview of real estate investments in emerging markets and descriptions of suggested modules, cases, and discussion questions for a course on this topic. Intended for instructors, this overview describes the nature of emerging markets and how real estate... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Investment; Situation or Environment; Cases; Curriculum and Courses; Real Estate Industry

Article

Oral History and the Business History of Emerging Markets

By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

This article highlights the benefits that rigorous use of oral history can offer to research on the contemporary business history of emerging markets. Oral history can help fill some of the major information voids arising from the absence of a strong tradition of... View Details

Keywords: Oral History; Corruption; Business History; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Asia; Africa; Latin America

January 2008 (Revised November 2009)
Case

Linear Air: Creating the Air Taxi Industry

Linear Air is an air taxi start-up established to take advantage of the emergence of Very Light Jets, which incorporate new technology that cuts jet operating costs by about 40%. Air taxis could make use of the 5400 smaller regional airports throughout the US,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Product Launch; Industry Structures; Competition; Air Transportation Industry

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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets

industries, it enables comparative research on the evolution of business in emerging markets over recent decades. For example: What similarities and differences may be observed between entrepreneurs in the financial services View Details

September 2016 (Revised April 2022)
Case

Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy

By: Geoffrey Jones and Amanda Yang

This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband real estate moguls Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. It begins by describing the early careers of Zhang and Pan, and how... View Details

Keywords: China; Philanthropy Funding; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Personal Development and Career; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Higher Education; Real Estate Industry; China

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2017
Working Paper

A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

By: Valeria Giacomin

Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details

Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization