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- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
even when we control for factors prominent in the last decade's cross-country studies of financial development. The findings indicate that inequality-perpetuating conditions that result in political instability are fundamental roadblocks for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
the elimination of enemy nations as political and economic powers, and through the emergence and development of other nations. There will be many major changes in the flow of trade and of capital investment." (Please see Pearson Hunt's... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
international labor affairs in the U.S. Department of Labor during the administrations of Eisenhower and Kennedy. It was a time when many countries in Africa and Asia were emerging from colonialism. Often View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Then he began lobbying the administration of George W. Bush for additional funding to fight AIDS (in 2003, the US government pledged $15 billion toward the disease). Like Bono, Koehn... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
investment flow adjustment costs in the developing economy. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI flows. The model is able to explain (1) why U.S. shocks have a larger effect on Mexico than in the U.S. and hence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
Harvard Business School professor Pankaj Ghemawat has long argued that the best international strategy also includes recognition of differences in local markets. In the December 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review, Ghemawat highlights... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- Fast Answer
Global Climate Change
border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none">This database provides analyst reports and data. Use the CARRES screen to access analysis on emission trading in a global... View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
shareholders used to protect themselves by examining the dividend policy and governance of over 800 publicly traded companies at the beginning of the 1880s. We assess the importance of these mechanisms by estimating their impact on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
a social mission. In what is one of the first commercial financing deals in the world, Akula must decide at what value to sell equity in SKS, and to whom to sell it. The case focuses on valuation, which is difficult because at the time there are no publicly View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
entrepreneurs of the time. The interviewees speak on a common set of themes including their development as entrepreneurs, strategies for identifying opportunity, and leadership. The South Sea Bubble, 1720 Explore one of the most extensive collections in the world... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
Sandra J., and Matthew Preble Abstract—The article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
valuation methods, examine how to apply them in investing, and apply valuation theory and techniques to publicly traded companies’ valuations. Highlights Determining Value Value Creation Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to Business... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
also became the first district to use a mechanism based on Top Trading Cycles (TTC) in a real-life allocation problem. Since TTC was originally devised for settings in which agents have endowments, there is no formal rationale for TTC in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
competitive advantage because trust can increase the gains from trade for firms and their suppliers. In this study, we document a particular type of competitive advantage conferred by trust. Using adoption rates of a new product as a case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
trade and production for the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a WTO sugar decision for Brazil against the EU sugar policies. This case analyzes what this decision will mean to world food policies, especially those of the EU and the United... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
existence of free trade in labor and capital as well as goods and services between the two countries. Thus, Canada had no financial crisis in 2007-08. Capitalism is a system of governance because it embodies human purposes, which differ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
family business field is very international now, too. In most Western countries you now find at least a few people per country very engaged in family business research and doing some consulting. In terms of research, we're getting further... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
Government: Yes Or No? Shin Yasunobe, a former director within various departments of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and now executive director of Stanford's Japan Center for... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
state-owned land that will be released for development, and the light rail will come in on the other side of those trees.” He turns and points in the heat of an April afternoon, taking in the city as it is now, orienting his vision from every direction. There’s the... View Details