Subsidies - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

although some of these are tradable. This complicated picture raises several questions: How are priorities for government investment—for example, in education, infrastructure, subsidies to specific industries, an apprentice... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

companies' capabilities directly or by removing barriers that limit their abilities to translate these capabilities into valuable products or services for consumers on export markets. But there are other polices like currency undervaluation or export View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

most platform launches fail, what mistakes should managers and entrepreneurs avoid? Yoffie: We see four common problems across the data. The number one problem is how to price the product. The vast majority of platforms require subsidies... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

Galvin, Karen Miller-Kovach, Scott Halpern, George Loewenstein, and Kevin Volpp Abstract—Purpose: We tested the effects of employer subsidies on employee enrollment, attendance, and weight loss in a nationally available weight management... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

19 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

alternatives, be expensed. Are companies that choose those alternatives any less deserving of an accounting subsidy than Microsoft, which, having granted 300 million options in 2001 alone, is by far the largest issuer of stock options? It... View Details

Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

center of business education and perhaps in management itself. Publisher's site: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8463.html Market Reactions to Export Subsidies Authors:Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr. Periodical:Journal of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

that subsidies are key, and that businesses require high-powered incentives to tempt them into dicey neighborhoods, any business propped up by subsidies will not last very long, he said. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=25120&i=25122&cs=0b17ff7f3d16c64e4a6b72b71b876054 2013 pub Information and Subsidies: Complements or Substitutes? By: Ashraf, Nava, B. Kelsey Jack, and Emir Kamenica Abstract—Does providing... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Mar 2016
First Look

March 1, 2016

piping. Standard welfare economics teaches us that either subsidies or Pigouvian fines can solve that problem, but both solutions are problematic when institutions are weak. Subsidies lead to waste and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2002
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?

that has actually destroyed value. Some of Hutton's examples, such as the ascendancy of Airbus vs. Boeing, will rekindle the controversy about the importance of state subsidies to each. But his arguments raise a number of useful... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

to let the market provide direction when offering subsidies to stimulate entrepreneurial and venture activity. Understanding the need for, and active encouragement of, strong interconnections with entrepreneurs and investors overseas,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

of very large challenges, including that of how to grow a nearly half-trillion-dollar organization charged with everything from bribery in its Mexican operation to discrimination in its labor policies, and blamed for low wages and reliance on indirect societal View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

To discuss the case's lessons for managers, Abdelal and Alfaro joined forces on an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Cynthia D. Churchwell. Cynthia D. Churchwell: What are the key issues that managers should know about the Canada/Bombardier vs.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

opposition to changes in energy and environmental policy is unbelievably strong. For the time being, public policy support in the form of subsidies or mandates is required if renewables are to be used." Learning From Government To... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

tax-deferred account gives an investor a potential subsidy from the government, in the form of a tax deferral, Bergstresser continues. "The magnitude of this subsidy depends on how heavily the assets in... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

achieved is in question. Where, for example, should fiat or regulation ("push"), incentives or subsidies ("pull"), or the provision of new information, education, or even competitive alternatives be employed? Given the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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