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- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
election years. These results describe how failures in electoral accountability can lead to suboptimal policy outcomes. Read the paper: http://www.cgdev.org/doc/events/MADS/Shawn_Cole.pdf Earnings and Ratings at Google Answers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that stimulate both private-sector adoption of the LEED standard and investments in green building expertise by local suppliers. These findings suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
percent of 2005 emissions. Importantly, the IRA, IIJA, and CHIPS Act together represent a return to industrial policy in the US, with significant direct investments and incentives for the onshoring of... View Details
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
2021) prove not only is this goal attainable, but also that experience outside of investing can be highly transferable and valuable to the field. Mbanusi’s Road to HBS When sharing the story of his path to HBS and venture capital, Mbanusi... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
venture capital company Venrock Associates and its founding family, the Rockefellers, compiled by founding partner Peter O. Crisp (HBS MBA '60). It includes information on Venrock's investments, investment performance and analysis, and... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
Is there a single best investment allocation strategy for the long-term investor? Some theories favor a one-portfolio-for-all investors approach, emphasizing a best-mix-of-assets program. The more traditional approach, which developed out... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
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
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
Yangzi region and Manchuria. Growth was slowed significantly in the 1930s by the global depression and by the financial policies of the Nationalist government, and it would be stopped altogether by the onset of the Sino-Japanese and then... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
of internationalizing firms’ policies that require employees of diverse skill sets to adopt English as their business language. For the past four years, with extensive support from the School’s research centers in Asia, Europe, and Latin... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
variability than was the case historically. Under the new policy, dividends would be tied to the company's underwriting results, its performance relative to predetermined goals, and a target payout ratio. Progressive's new policy was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2003
- Report
UK Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
In October 2002, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) appointed Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a brief, three-month review of the existing evidence on UK competitiveness. The effort was funded jointly by the ESRC and the Department of... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Economics; Performance Productivity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Research and Development; Competency and Skills; Investment; Assets; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; United Kingdom; United States
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "UK Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage." DTI Economics Paper, May 2003.
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
times but would invest in preventing (the) law of (the) jungle from taking over.” ArlenMD suggested that there are organizations on whose efforts an oversight initiative could be built. He cited as one example the American Medical... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
Additional information and data gathered from the event is expected to be distributed later this year. "We need a vision that says transportation and infrastructure (are) important, so important that a lot of people have to come to the table and decide which... View Details
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Mariama Keita
to bring to market, what prices to set." The Business, Government and International Economy (BGIE) course has been "life changing," says Mariama. "There can be a pessimistic attitude in Africa. But learning about fiscal View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Peter Tufano, and Michael Hofmann Publication:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2009): 68-75 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Preview the article: http://hbr.org/2009/10/managing-risk-in-the-new-world/ar/1 Behavioral Aspects of Price Setting, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
seven Cs. Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most FDI was located in developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
innovation leaders’ trajectories from heading up a new team and generating first results to navigating the inevitable crosswinds, complications, and conflicts—and ultimately delivering success. Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Guide to Very Long-Term View Details