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- January 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Teaching Note
Womenomics in Japan
By: Boris Groysberg and David Lane
Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-002. View Details
Keywords: Gender Equality; Japan; Leadership; Government-business Relations; Shinzo Abe; Economic Growth; Aging Society; Womenomics; Abenomics; Labor Market Discrimination; Workplace Culture; Women And Leadership; Change Management; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Gender; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development; Employment; Japan
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism
Conducted in collaboration with Geoffrey Jones, this project looks at the role of cross-border entrepreneurship in global economic integration and disintegration. Drawing on cases of international entrepreneurship from around the world over the last two centuries, it... View Details
- February 2015
- Case
Infinite Technology Solutions and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
By: John D. Macomber and Vidhya Muthuram
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is an ambitious economic development project linking six of the most competitive states in India with the sea. The corridor is modeled on the Jiangsu Corridor in China (Nanjing to Shanghai) and the Tokyo-Hokkaido Corridor in... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Projects; Economics; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; India
Macomber, John D., and Vidhya Muthuram. "Infinite Technology Solutions and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor." Harvard Business School Case 815-105, January 2015.
Luis M. Viceira
Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details
Jerry R. Green
Jerry R. Green
David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy
John Leverett Professor in the University
Harvard University
Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details
- Article
What's Your Language Strategy?: It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision
By: Tsedal Neeley and Robert Steven Kaplan
Language pervades every aspect of organizational life. Yet leaders of global organizations—where unrestricted multilingualism can create friction—often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire... View Details
Neeley, Tsedal, and Robert Steven Kaplan. "What's Your Language Strategy? It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision." R1409D. Harvard Business Review 92, no. 9 (September 2014): 70–76.
- 2017
- Working Paper
A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies
By: Valeria Giacomin
Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
Giacomin, Valeria. "A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-018, August 2017.
- May 2024
- Article
Housing Policies and Energy Efficiency Spillovers in Low and Moderate Income Communities
By: Omar Isaac Asensio, Olga Churkina, Becky D. Rafter and Kira E O'Hare
Housing policies address the human dimensions of increasing urban density, but their energy and sustainability implications are hard to measure due to challenges with siloed civic data. This is especially critical when evaluating policies targeting low- and... View Details
Keywords: Energy Efficiency; Public Policy; Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Housing; Analytics and Data Science; Policy; Income; Environmental Sustainability; Real Estate Industry; United States
Asensio, Omar Isaac, Olga Churkina, Becky D. Rafter, and Kira E O'Hare. "Housing Policies and Energy Efficiency Spillovers in Low and Moderate Income Communities." Nature Sustainability 7, no. 5 (May 2024): 590–601.
- 04 Oct 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Cold Call: Corporate Governance and Growth Strategy at Capital SAFI
- Research Summary
The Origins, Current State, and Future of Capitalism
Starting with the dawn of market capitalism in Renaissance Italy, Professor Reinert works at the intersection of economic ideas, policies, and practices in history, particularly as seen through the lens of national strategies in international competition. He seeks to... View Details
- March 2010
- Article
Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages
By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda and Selin Sayek
Do multinational companies generate positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, with many studies that find no effect. In order to provide an... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Financial Markets; Value; Stock Shares; Development Economics
Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek. "Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages." Journal of Development Economics 91, no. 2 (March 2010): 242–256. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 07-013 and NBER Working Paper No. w12522.)
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
C. Fritz Foley
C. Fritz Foley is the Andre R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean (SAD) for External Relations. As SAD, Foley works with ER to enhance alumni engagement, expand opportunities for lifelong learning, and develop fundraising... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Chiara Farronato
Based on a broad interest in the economics of innovation and the Internet, Professor Farronato concentrates her research on the evolution of e-commerce and peer-to-peer online platforms, including platform adoption, economies of scale, and drivers of heterogeneous... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry
Michael Y. Yoshino
Professor Yoshino holds the Herman C. Krannert Chair in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and is a Director of Research. He specializes in global strategy and management, competitive strategy, and general management. A founding member of the... View Details
- August 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Background Note
Evolving Trends in Global Trade
By: Dante Roscini and Annelena Lobb
The note, while not intended to be historically comprehensive, explores the regulation of international trade from the period after World War II to developments in 2010, focusing on shifts in trade theory and policy as well as economic benefits and disadvantages... View Details
Keywords: Trade Negotiations; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Governance; Negotiation; Globalization; Trade; Policy; History; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Asia; Africa; China
Roscini, Dante, and Annelena Lobb. "Evolving Trends in Global Trade." Harvard Business School Background Note 716-024, August 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
Richard H.K. Vietor
Professor Vietor is Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches courses on the international political economy. Before coming to the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia... View Details
- January 2013 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Pittsburgh
By: Eric Werker, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy and Andrew Knauer
The case narrates the development of Pittsburgh from the 1940s to 2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the... View Details
Keywords: Google; Population; City Growth; Shale; PNC; Tom Murphy; Luke Ravenstahl; Public-private Partnership; Tax Increment Financing; Brownfields; Renaissance; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; City; Business and Government Relations; Taxation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Pittsburgh
Werker, Eric, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy, and Andrew Knauer. "Pittsburgh." Harvard Business School Case 713-035, January 2013. (Revised October 2015.)
- November 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel and Nelson Hioe
In March 2006, Larry English, Director of Program Design and Innovation for Habitat for Humanity International Africa and the Middle East, was reflecting on a large development project in Durbin that had stalled. Notwithstanding global attention led by former President... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Innovation Strategy; Emerging Markets; Social Entrepreneurship; Poverty; Property; Projects; South Africa; Middle East
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, and Nelson Hioe. "Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 207-016, November 2006. (Revised January 2007.)