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- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Mar 2012
- Article
Choosing the United States
exhaustive analysis. At the same time, managers ignore substantial hidden costs associated with non-U.S. locations and overlook the benefits they could reap were they to invest instead in local communities. This article examines the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
political, as they faced widespread host government hostility and expropriation. In the contemporary global economy, political risk partially declined with the spread of liberalization, although the management of relations with host View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
central bank on rhythm guitar and Serbia's minister for foreign economic relations on lead vocals. Djelic himself, along with several other government ministers, sang back-up. According to the Wall Street Journal, the party broke up at 4... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
state-owned firms. This article examines how the founder of the Koç Group, Vehbi Koç, formulated his business model and analyses how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. Although the case supports prevailing explanations of business groups related to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
entirely on faraway academics and organizations to solve local problems. This frustrates Ashraf, who for more than a decade has studied behavioral economics in the context of developing countries. She believes that global health... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
leaders, scholars, and current and former senior government officials. The Project will include original research, new survey data, digital forum, regional events, and special issue of Harvard Business Review. "Our ambition at HBS is to... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
African people, businesses, cities, and nations are increasingly stressed by climate related perils like drought, river flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise. This is already leading not just to destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and livelihoods –... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
guide them through purchasing decisions were now on their own. Governments stepped in to fill this gap. Q: You use the consumer protection experiences in France and Germany as the basis for your book. Why those two countries? A: The... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
offices in 18 countries. The firm's main product, ISI Emerging Markets, is a continually evolving resource of information covering emerging markets in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contracting with local information providers - from... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
Kiernan Schmitt (MBA 2018) is a 2017 Social Enterprise Summer Fellow working with the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology this summer. Imagine if, when it came to delivering city services online, your local View Details
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
minimum wage increases in local communities, as well as subsequent restaurant closure rates. In addition to the results on restaurants closures, the research showed that minimum wage increases can stifle new businesses thinking about... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
rural Africa. A small company in Tanzania seems to fit the bill, but it faces health-safety issues with the potential to spread E. coli throughout the region. Another problem: It's not clear whether the local agency flagging the potential... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
A Whole New Game
After leading a group of investors to purchase the Sacramento Kings in 2013, Vivek Ranadivé (MBA 1983) partnered with local government in California’s capital to open a new arena and 1-million-square-foot... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
inefficient local industries, including construction and food processing, they will not become competitive. The traditional Japanese government approach has been to believe that if, say, the chemical... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
very reluctant to share ownership of advanced technologies with local partners in countries with imperfect IPR. Governments of more advanced countries also should be interested in our findings since they... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
collections of local HBS alumni. We also took a trip to New York to see the Armory Show and visit artists’ studios, and hosted a community event called Slideluck that featured work by local artists and an en... View Details
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Schmitt 13 Jul 2017 Imagine if, when it came to delivering city services online, your local government thought like a... Introducing the Alumni for Impact Series Margaret Busse 06 Jul 2017 As outlined in a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
communications industry has entailed the gradual removal of protected monopolies and rate-of-return regulation. Yet, at the same time, new government policies have been adopted to require open access and nondiscriminatory pricing in areas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
workweek is filled with staff meetings, conferences, public events, negotiations with government officials about programs and their implementation, and donor-relations work with local embassies. She finds... View Details