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17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

makers are being put to the test once again. Flooding money markets on Sunday (3/13) with ¥15 trillion (about $183 billion) was a sensible first step by the Bank of Japan, but the real challenge lies ahead. Prime Minister Naoko Kan's... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

must be profitable to be sustainable. Second, the WDC would take the initiative to target projects in countries that have a good chance of success, where the government is hospitable, the local business community eager for partners, and where public funds or low-cost... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

brands" and a "branded house." Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511039-PDF-ENG Note on International Trade Finance C. Fritz Foley, Matthew Johnson, and David LaneHarvard Business School Note 211-007... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

clamped down. A lot of constraints were put on growth of companies, until Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister in 1984. Before that, a lot of multinationals—Coca Cola, Pepsi—decided to leave because the government wanted them to give a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

level of sustainable growth. The Report has been developed by Vietnam's Central Institute for Economic Management and the Singapore-based Asia Competitiveness Institute upon the request of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai. View the... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

much more radical change (sacking of Troy / innovation). Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors: William Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch banking deregulations... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

worthless. The farmer, who had no clear title, was unable to fight back. This experience, which demonstrated the importance of understanding the system that leads to poverty in the first place, was reinforced several years ago, when the World Bank sent me to Kazakhstan... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

measures. The debate was fueled by the French finance minister announcing in September 2005 that France might adopt a windfall tax on the "exceptional" profits of oil companies, calling on them to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

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