Emergent States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1997
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Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference

States and from international markets and skyrocketing production costs pose huge challenges to the movie industry. Film- production costs alone, Vogel pointed out, have risen 9.5 percent annually since 1980. Strauss Zelnick agreed,... View Details

Keywords: Paula Maute

24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

Lakshmi, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian, and Xiaoxue Zhao Abstract—This paper studies the policy determinants of economic transition and estimates the demand for labor in the infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to a sample of emerging markets. We obtain that the optimal policy is not to hold reserves at all. This finding is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2001
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Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan

providing new opportunities for Japanese investors and wider access to equity capital for emerging Japanese companies. In short, Saeki is challenging the old-boy network and forcing Japan’s button-down business culture to change. “My real... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508038 Ruling the Modern Corporation: The Debate over Limited Liability in Massachusetts Harvard Business School Case 708-016 In 1830, Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr. urged the Massachusetts View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Introduction - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits Introduction “It seems to be an Aladdin-like... View Details

29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

including the United States and Brazil, "are led by men who have projected strong masculinity attitudes and dismissed the need for precautionary practices, such as wearing masks," the article says. When Pons and his team surveyed... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

01 Sep 2005
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Making History, Starting Over

British government to declare a state of emergency and place businesses on a three-day workweek to conserve electricity. It would take more than luck to grow a business in such conditions. By 1977, two of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

15 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

If one thing has been made clear by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is this: The health care system in the United States (and most other nations) is not set up to respond to a large-scale medical emergency that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care

particular medical conditions. A recent report shows that Medicare costs for identical conditions vary greatly from state to state, and even within states, with no apparent difference in the quality of care. How do you explain those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2014
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HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

Building an Evidence Base for Emerging Markets It’s one thing to research the history of companies in Europe, the United States, or Japan, where libraries, archives, and public records are abundant. But what about View Details

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From the Director | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

their products and services and ensure they were perceived in positive ways. The emerging field of corporate public relations offered tools and strategies to help diverse industries influence public opinion and advance their objectives.... View Details

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

complex organizational patterns that emerge in lieu of genuine mirroring when actionable transparency allows people to "break the mirror." Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-058.pdf Criminal Recidivism after... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2001
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Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life

by excesses in diet and lifestyle.” Lessons also emerged from “failure.” After weeks of training for a climb to the top of Papua New Guinea’s 14,800-foot Mount Wilhelm, Ehrenberg abandoned her quest within sight of the summit to care for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1997
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Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

Minister but resigned to serve on the Peace Commission negotiating a settlement to the 1994 Zapatista peasant rebellion in the southern state of Chiapas. Enriquez-Cabot is currently a Visiting Fellow at Harvard's Center for International... View Details

August 2019 (Revised October 2019)
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Preserving Trust at Care.com (B)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Julia Kelley

The (B) case describes the company’s response and subsequent developments. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Governance; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Emerging Markets; Trust; Technology Industry; United States

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Video Management Policy | About

Services and the Associate Director of Security and Emergency Management. HBS Operations is responsible for ensuring compliance with the University policy on installation and use of video cameras. The school maintains one video management... View Details

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

the Communist Party and Chinese governments—local, provincial, and national—shape market opportunities? How do Chinese firms expand overseas? How do family businesses survive and thrive in an economy where the state still plays such a... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Goldman Supports Case Method

from top business schools in emerging markets in 2000. Since then, more than 1,000 faculty from Latin America, China, Africa, and Central Europe have participated. Goldman’s support is part of its 10,000 Women initiative, which aims to... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School | MBA

Students who feel they need more absences than what is stated above should contact MBA Student & Academic Services to discuss their options. Video recordings of missed classes will, as a matter of course, be sent to students who are on... View Details

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