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  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

less burdensome for all citizens. "While the idea of a height tax follows directly from the standard economic framework for tax analysis, most people find the idea crazy," allows HBS professor Matthew C. Weinzierl, an economist... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    Nitin Nohria

    Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

    As Dean, building on... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; arts; biotechnology; emerging market private equity; energy; executive search; financial services; green technology; health care; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; investment banking industry; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services
    • February 2004 (Revised August 2018)
    • Case

    The American System

    By: David A. Moss, Tiffany Morris and Sarah Brennan
    Traces the economic development of the United States from 1790 to 1857, focusing especially on the struggle between free traders and protectionists over federal tariff policy. Devotes considerable attention to the nation's political system, its evolving common law,... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; United States
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      The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth

      When the economy was booming and dot-coms were flying high, venture capitalists were admired as impresarios of innovation. Then the market tanked, start-ups fizzled, and those same deal-makers were rebuked as predators out for a quick score. So... View Details
      • 18 Nov 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Financial Development and Technology Diffusion

      Keywords: by Diego Comin & Ramana Nanda

        Contextual Intelligence

        https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/hbr/1409/R1409C_SARACENO.jpgI have come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices... View Details

        • Web

        Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        economic development are changing. Export-driven industrialization remains an important growth driver. But achieving sustained and shared prosperity growth increasingly... View Details
        • 13 Sep 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

        attractive. Why? The reason might be an increasing willingness on the part of consumers to identify with the underdog. In today's economically difficult times, it appears, underdog brands are gaining psychological, and real, power in the... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace
        • December 2012 (Revised August 2013)
        • Case

        Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)

        By: Ray A. Goldberg and Lorin A. Fries
        Corporate Head of Agriculture Hans Jöhr's mind raced in anticipation of the executive board meeting that afternoon. Jöhr recognized the meeting as a key opportunity to strategize far into the future, reexamining how his team's efforts in sustainable agricultural... View Details
        Keywords: Agribusiness; Value Creation; Quality; Supply Chain Management; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Health Industry
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        • January 2006 (Revised April 2006)
        • Case

        Capitalism and Democracy in a New World

        By: Bruce R. Scott, Sarah Potvin and Alison Adams
        Focuses on the formulation of the Northwestern Ordinance as the core of a development strategy for capitalism and democracy in the United States. A precursor to the Constitution, the Northwestern Ordinance was based on the New England Model to achieve a broad and... View Details
        Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Economic Systems; Income; Laws and Statutes; Government and Politics; Growth and Development Strategy; Power and Influence; United States
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        • September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
        • Case

        Japan Confronts an Interdependent World

        By: George C. Lodge
        Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case... View Details
        Keywords: Policy; Financial Markets; Information Technology; System Shocks; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Japan; United States
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        • 2009
        • Working Paper

        Regional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies

        By: Pol Antras and C. Fritz Foley
        This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on the level and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine aggregate data that captures the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement.... View Details
        Keywords: Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Economies and Regions; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Agreements and Arrangements; Southeast Asia; United States
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        • 01 Feb 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: Feb. 1

        propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
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        Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

        constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have limited business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional ones, enable companies to... View Details
        • Web

        Placement - Doctoral

        School of Economics and Political Science Dissertation: Essays on Enforcement and Disclosure Advisors: Eugene F. Soltes (Co-Chair), Suraj Srinivasan (Co-Chair), and Charles C.Y. Wang 2020 Wei Cai Accounting & Management, 2020 Placement:... View Details
        • 14 Oct 2015
        • HBS Seminar

        Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

        • 2008
        • Book

        Mexico Since 1980

        By: Stephen Haber, Herb Klein, Noel Maurer and Kevin Middlebrook
        This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not... View Details
        Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Law Enforcement; Welfare or Wellbeing; Mexico
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        • March 2016 (Revised April 2019)
        • Technical Note

        ESG Metrics: Reshaping Capitalism?

        By: George Serafeim
        In the past twenty-five years, the world had seen an exponential growth in the number of companies reporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) data. Investor interest in ESG data also grew rapidly. A growing belief that increasing levels of social inequality... View Details
        Keywords: Capitalism; Sustainability; Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Responsibilities To Society; Environment; Social Impact Investment; ESG; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Accountability; Accounting; Economic Systems
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        • December 2015
        • Article

        Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure

        By: Viral Acharya, Heitor Almeida and Malcolm Baker
        The National Bureau of Economic Research held a symposium titled "New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structures" on April 5–6, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In its call for the submission of theoretical and empirical papers for the symposium, the NBER noted that... View Details
        Keywords: Capital Structure; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Corporate Finance
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        • 2008
        • Working Paper

        Allocating Marketing Resources

        By: Sunil Gupta and Thomas J. Steenburgh
        Marketing is essential for the organic growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these... View Details
        Keywords: Investment Return; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
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