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- 2022
- Chapter
The Origins of the Developmental State: The European Experience
Book Abstract: There has been a major revival of interest in State Capitalism: what it is, where it is found, and why it is seemingly becoming more ubiquitous. As a concept, it has evolved from radical critiques of the Soviet Union, to being deployed by neo-liberals to... View Details
Keywords: State Capitalism; History; Macroeconomics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Systems; Europe
Reinert, Sophus A. "The Origins of the Developmental State: The European Experience." Chap. 3 in The Oxford Handbook of State Capitalism and the Firm, edited by Mike Wright, Geoffrey T. Wood, Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Pei Sun, Ilya Okhmatovskiy, and Anna Grosman, 53–77. Oxford University Press, 2022.
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- October 2023
- Case
India: Will the Giant Emerge?
By: Christian Ketels and Radhika Kak
The case describes India's economic development trajectory, with a specific focus on the last few years under the Modi administration. It provides insights into the current economic profile and competitiveness of the country. The case enables students to identify the... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Public Policy; Economic Growth; Growth and Development; Developing Countries and Economies; Opportunities; Government Administration; India
Ketels, Christian, and Radhika Kak. "India: Will the Giant Emerge?" Harvard Business School Case 724-402, October 2023.
- Profile
Bryan Stromer
which path and career seems most exciting to me. What is your most memorable classroom moment? This semester I am taking Business, Government, & the International Economy (BGIE), where each class session focuses on the economic and View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
Nagle says the software industry’s reliance on free and open source software is the clearest example of how this “virtuous cycle” can work. The digital economy runs on FOSS, with 75 percent of corporate code reliant on the shared system.... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
treasurer. And I am doing that because — as I will argue on this page — we HBS alums are by now almost all Democrats. (Moderate Dems to be sure, but Democrats.) Some of us (very possibly you, dear reader) just don’t know it. Your View Details
- September 2010
- Case
Angola and the Resource Curse
By: Aldo Musacchio, Eric D. Werker and Jonathan Schlefer
Since emerging from decades of conflict in 2002, Angola has been growing at a scorching double-digit rate, led by its oil industry. But the nation remains beset with seemingly intractable problems: immense inequality, low life expectancy, a non-diversified economy, and... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Institutions; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government Administration; Emerging Markets; Natural Environment; Angola
Musacchio, Aldo, Eric D. Werker, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Angola and the Resource Curse." Harvard Business School Case 711-016, September 2010.
- Web
Rafaella Sadun | About
articles published in journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics , American Economic Review , and Journal of Political Economy . She served as an economic advisor to the Italian government in 2020... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
common is how one's use of that information leads to prosperity. This is where the second kind of level playing field comes into play. This would include mechanisms such as ease of starting, running, and folding a business; enforcement of contracts; View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- November 2023
- Case
Gabon Special Economic Zone
By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal
Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are... View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Forestry; Wood; Carbon Credits; Supply Chain; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Strategy; Forest Products Industry; Africa; Gabon
Macomber, John, and Wale Lawal. "Gabon Special Economic Zone." Harvard Business School Case 224-012, November 2023.
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Forum - U.S. Competitiveness
profit for the company. Started 24 Jun 2014 Shattering the Myths About U.S. Trade Policy Forum started by Robert Z. Lawrence and Lawrence Edwards The United States economy has to grow faster than its long-run potential to absorb its high... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
Like archaeologists digging on a remote hillside, business researchers have unearthed an important segment of the United States economy all but hidden from traditional innovation policy, yet accounting for tens of millions of jobs crucial... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many clusters are also driven by external forces, such as foreign direct... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School, asks in a new working paper, Who Runs the International System? Power and Staffing at the United Nations Secretariat. He... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
such highly used software can lead to security issues existing in the code base for more than 20 years, as was the case with PuTTY SSH. From hobby to mainstream Over the past 20 years, FOSS has moved from the domain of hobbyists and tinkerers to become an integral... View Details
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay. Isamar Troncoso : Selected as an INFORMS Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2019. Shunyuan Zhang : Runner up for the 2019 Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award from INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) for “A... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
By Mattias Fibiger, Assistant Professor of Business, Government and International Economy at Harvard Business School Oxford University Press After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country’s communist... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
Why did you follow up on Tellabs and Janus? Srinivasan: When there are big changes like Supreme Court decisions it becomes important to assess whether they have changed the landscape or not. These two lawsuits are important for their implications for our View Details
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Research - Race, Gender & Equity
Alptug Yorulmaz We study funding gaps on Kickstarter across multiple ethnic groups from 2009 to 2021. Scaling the concept of racially salient events, we quantify the close co-movement of minority funding gaps in crowd-funding to inflamed View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
times the average for all. Is this an important answer to the inequality now thought to be burdening economies from the US to India and even China? Or is it an exercise in self-indulgence associated with a retailing strategy that would... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett