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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Advancing the Curriculum 10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT Speakers: Matthew Weinzierl , Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program and Debora Spar ,... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Sandra J. Sucher Matthew C. Weinzierl Ashley V. Whillans Letian Zhang Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group This group of scholars examines issues of gender and race at... View Details

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Placement - Doctoral

studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are supported throughout their job search... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

More Publications In the News 11 Apr 2025 BBC Asian Markets Open Lower Re: Meg Rithmire 10 Apr 2025 Peggy Smedley Show Innovation: Returning to the Moon Re: Matthew Weinzierl 09 Apr 2025 Fortune Apple CEO... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Role of Government in Market Economies Matthew Weinzierl Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Space, Public And Commercial... View Details

April 2020 (Revised October 2021)
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SpaceX, Economies of Scale, and a Revolution in Space Access

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl, Kylie Lucas and Mehak Sarang

From the time he transformed the world of online banking, Elon Musk established himself as a bold innovator. After selling X.com to PayPal in 2002, he founded a series of revolutionary start-ups, starting with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). Hoping to "make... View Details

Keywords: Space Tech; Space Access; Vision; Economies Of Scale; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Commercialization; Finance; Aerospace Industry

June 2024
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Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy

By: Tina Highfill and Matthew Weinzierl

Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Economic Growth; Price; Production; Aerospace Industry

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For Alumni - Doctoral

Bulletin Submit Class Notes Faculty In The News Innovation: Returning to the Moon Re: Matthew Weinzierl 10 APR 2025 | Peggy Smedley Show Why CEOs Should Think Twice Before Using AI to Write Messages Re:... View Details

November 2013 (Revised January 2015)
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Obamacare

By: Matthew Weinzierl and Katrina Flanagan

One vote in June, 2012, decided the fate of President Barack Obama's crowning first-term achievement: universal health insurance. Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court cast the deciding vote to uphold the keystone of the reform: the mandate to purchase... View Details

Keywords: Universal Health Insurance; Adverse Selection; Leviathan; Courts and Trials; Judgments; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Government and Politics; Insurance Industry; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States

26 May 2016
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Harvard MBA Class of 2016 Honors Excellence in Teaching

April 2010 (Revised January 2013)
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California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers

How do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while meeting internal policy priorities including redistribution? In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly declared fiscal emergencies as California's state budget... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Economy; Globalization; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Taxation; Competition; California

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

MBA: HBS's Strategy for the MBA Program Professor Matthew Weinzierl + More Info – Less Info The future of the MBA is bright, and we want you to be a part of charting it. Join Prof. Weinzierl, faculty chair... View Details

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust... Matthew C. Weinzierl Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling... View Details

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Space, the Final Economic Frontier

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

After decades of centralized control of economic activity in space, NASA and U.S. policymakers have begun to cede the direction of human activities in space to commercial companies. NASA garnered more than 0.7% of GDP in the mid-1960s but is only around 0.1% of GDP... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Economics; Private Sector; Aerospace Industry

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Article Entrepreneurship as Experimentation By: William R. Kerr , Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Entrepreneurship research is on the rise, but many questions about its fundamental nature still... View Details

March 2011 (Revised June 2016)
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Hungary: Economic Crisis and a Shift to the Right

By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Matthew C. Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers

Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case's author, that provides suggestions for using this case effectively in the classroom. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Financial Crisis; Hungary