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- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
century through 2012. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the challenges of economic development at the city level. Enables deep examination of the interdependence and interrelation of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2023
- Article
Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship
By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle and Shane Greenstein
This is the first study to consider the relationship between open source software (OSS) and
entrepreneurship around the globe. This study measures whether country-level participation on
the GitHub OSS platform affects the founding of innovative ventures, and where it...
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Entrepreneurship;
Applications and Software;
Business Ventures;
Development Economics;
Innovation and Invention;
Global Range
Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Frank Nagle, and Shane Greenstein. "Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship." Art. 104846. Research Policy 52, no. 9 (November 2023).
- 2010
- Report
Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010
By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh and Do Hong Hanh
The 2010 Vietnam Competitiveness Report contains a broad assessment of Vietnam's current competitiveness, an analysis of the key challenges and opportunities ahead, and a proposal for an economic strategy to enable Vietnam to reach a higher level of sustainable growth....
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Economic Growth;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Labor;
Industry Clusters;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Productivity;
Competitive Strategy
Ketels, Christian H.M., Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh, and Do Hong Hanh. "Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010." Report Series, Central Institute for Economic Management, Hanoi/Singapore, December 2010.
- June 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Mexico: The Tequila Crisis 1994-1995
By: Huw Pill
Describes the evolution of the Mexican economy and its relation to the international capital markets in the period leading up to the Peso crisis of December 1994. Emphasizes the role of "Washington consensus" policies in stimulating the inflows and the inability of the...
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Pill, Huw. "Mexico: The Tequila Crisis 1994-1995." Harvard Business School Case 702-093, June 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- May 2018
- Article
Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie X. Chen
Assessing the productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research and policy debate. Positive aggregate productivity gains are often attributed to within-firm productivity improvement; however, an alternative, less emphasized...
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Productivity Gains;
Multinational Production;
Selection;
Market Reallocation;
And Within-firm Productivity;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Production;
Performance Productivity;
Competition;
Mathematical Methods
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen. "Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10, no. 2 (May 2018): 1–38. (Also NBER Working Paper 18207. See Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12–111, 2015 for longer version.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Cleaning House: The Impact of Information Technology on Employee Corruption and Performance
By: Lamar Pierce, Daniel Snow and Andrew McAfee
This paper examines how firm investments in technology-based employee monitoring impact both misconduct and productivity. We use unique and detailed theft and sales data from 392 restaurant locations from five firms that adopt a theft monitoring information technology...
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Management Practices and Processes;
Information Technology;
Ethics;
Performance Productivity;
Employees
Pierce, Lamar, Daniel Snow, and Andrew McAfee. "Cleaning House: The Impact of Information Technology on Employee Corruption and Performance." MIT Sloan Research Paper, No. 5029-13, October 2014.
- October 2011 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Lehman Brothers and Repo 105
By: Anette Mikes, Gwen Yu and Dominique Hamel
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was the largest bankruptcy in US history. The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to the collapse, and highlights the corporate governance challenges in situations where firms...
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Accounting;
Policy;
Accounting Audits;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Instruments;
Risk Management;
Financial Services Industry
Mikes, Anette, Gwen Yu, and Dominique Hamel. "Lehman Brothers and Repo 105." Harvard Business School Case 112-050, October 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
- September 2004 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation Through Litigation
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Robert Lawrence and J. Katherine Milligan
Brazil has just won a case action against the U.S. cotton agriculture program at the World Trade Organization. What does this mean for future agricultural programs in the United States? For future trade policies of the United States, Brazil, and others in the global...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Trade;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Types;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States;
Brazil
Goldberg, Ray A., Robert Lawrence, and J. Katherine Milligan. "Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation Through Litigation." Harvard Business School Case 905-405, September 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
- April 1984
- Background Note
Export Controls
By: David B. Yoffie
Explores the problems and opportunities associated with export controls--one of the most widely used tools of international trade policy in the 1970s and early 1980s; and the role of the United States and Soviet Union as major players in the international economy....
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Macroeconomics;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Problems and Challenges;
Opportunities;
Soviet Union;
United States
Yoffie, David B. "Export Controls." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-008, April 1984.
- February 1992 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
The House of Tata
By: James E. Austin and Ashish Nanda
The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early growth in diverse industries, to its response to changes in government regulation in independent India, up to its...
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Indian Economy;
International Business;
Government And Business;
Government Regulation;
Synergy;
Conglomerates;
Business Conglomerates;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Business and Government Relations;
Business History;
Steel Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
India
Austin, James E., and Ashish Nanda. "The House of Tata." Harvard Business School Case 792-065, February 1992. (Revised September 2019.)
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
provide indirect evidence as to why firm managers may cater to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results suggest that the composition of a firm's investor base affects corporate policy choices. Download the paper...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
growth targeted. In fact, many kinds of growth offer great returns while requiring little or none of the world’s resources, therefore having seemingly few limits. Fran Henry makes the case for economic growth when she says,...
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by James Heskett
- July 2016
- Article
Taxation, Corruption, and Growth
By: Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Julia Cagé and William R. Kerr
We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth. Entrepreneurs lie at the center of the model and face disincentive effects from taxation but acquire positive benefits from public infrastructure....
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Endogenous Growth;
Public Goods;
Corruption;
Crime and Corruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Taxation;
Economic Growth
Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, Julia Cagé, and William R. Kerr. "Taxation, Corruption, and Growth." Special Issue on The Economics of Entrepreneurship. European Economic Review 86 (July 2016): 24–51.
- Forthcoming
- Article
Loss of Peers and Individual Worker Performance: Evidence From H-1B Visa Denials
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Kirk Doran, Astrid Marinoni and Chungeun Yoon
We study how restrictive immigration policies that result in the unexpected loss of co-workers affect the performance of skilled migrants employed in organizations. Specifically, we examine the impact of the loss of team members on their co-workers’ performance in...
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Immigration;
Performance Productivity;
Employees;
Human Capital;
Ethnicity;
Groups and Teams
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Kirk Doran, Astrid Marinoni, and Chungeun Yoon. "Loss of Peers and Individual Worker Performance: Evidence From H-1B Visa Denials." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 23, 2024.)
- Web
Required Curriculum - MBA
about the economics of a business, this course provides a broad view of how accounting contributes to an organization. Students will gain: An understanding of the concepts and language of accounting so it can be used as an effective tool...
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- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
regulation should be there.... Keeping 'excess' in check is an appropriate response by a civilized society." As Edware Hare put it, "Forget 'nudging.' We need to replace self-indulgence with self-restraint ... better education about View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has said, "Nations talk. Cities act." D: Demand Management. Many policy suggestions include blanket restrictions on activity (let's have mileage caps) or pure supply-oriented interventions...
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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
attention trying to figure out ways to fight this battle. Q: Could you summarize your results? A: First of all, let us make a caveat regarding our approach. Our methodology is formal economic modelling. What this means is that we...
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- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
something that has been rarely analyzed. Why do you think this aspect of the role of government has been ignored? A: While it is true that risk management has never before been viewed as a function of government, nearly all of the underlying View Details
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by Laura Linard
- Web
Organizational Behavior - Doctoral
McFowland III Michael I. Norton Diversity Alex Chan Edward H. Chang Robin J. Ely Alexandra C. Feldberg Summer R. Jackson Shirley Lu Jeffrey T. Polzer Lakshmi Ramarajan Letian Zhang Conflict management Amit Goldenberg Kathleen L. McGinn Lakshmi Ramarajan View Details