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- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
countries; seemingly successful governments that had managed to reform economies were defeated by newcomers that promised more emphasis on the welfare state. This clash was interesting to us. Many economists advocate including a tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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South Asia - Global Activities 2020
Road Initiative also took students to sites in China and Myanmar, where staff members of the Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong provided extensive support. The immersion complemented students’ classroom learning and offered hands-on insights—from both an... View Details
- Web
BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
political economy of decarbonization With a focus on studying the politics of clean energy transitions and probing why some economies are moving... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
needs of all relevant stakeholders. The original Beer et al. model remains a valuable guide to the next 30 years of HRM. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49360 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Curriculum | MBA
Development Joint Degree Program Seminar taught by HBS faculty Spring Term Advanced Microeconomic Analysis II Advanced Macroeconomics for the Open Economy II Advanced Quantitative Methods II: Econometrics The View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
forgiven. Liberia is not yet in the clear, but it is politically stable, its economy is rapidly growing, and its citizens are returning to lives enhanced by a more egalitarian power structure. Without the... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
large economies for the 2001 to 2005 period. We investigate reasons why Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach—We collect data on the number of business segments in which publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Business Administration An expert in business-government relations and the politics of international commerce, Debora Spar joined the HBS faculty in 1991 and presently chairs the Business, Government and International View Details
Kenneth Salas
Harvard Business School and a BA in Political Economy from UC Berkeley. As an Entrepreneur in Residence, Kenny is passionate about empowering fellow entrepreneurs. He offers valuable guidance on building... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
organize to address problems of the commons. He points to his research on the political economy of accounting standards, where he finds that firms and industries worldwide systematically organize to redefine... View Details
- May 1981 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Reagan Plan, The
By: George C. Lodge
Contains President Reagan's address to Congress in February of 1981 in which he proposes $49 billion in budget cuts and tax reductions. Also contains David Stockman's "economic Dunkirk" memorandum of November 1980. Exhibits contain economic data. Purpose is to provide... View Details
Lodge, George C. "Reagan Plan, The." Harvard Business School Case 381-173, May 1981. (Revised February 2000.)
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
farms of Europe and the US. It helps explain laws to protect small business from the ravages of the A&Ps and Walmarts. It increasingly drives politics as well as government policy. It is especially attractive at times of low growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
turn-around would require a national economic strategy—and that would require a functional political system. A turn-around would require a national economic strategy—and that would require a functional View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- April 2016 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Managing the European Refugee Crisis
By: Gunnar J. Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Daniela Beyersdorfer
In 2016, Europe struggles to cope with one of the largest refugee flows it has ever witnessed. View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar J., Elena Corsi, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Managing the European Refugee Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 716-076, April 2016. (Revised July 2016.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
warn that the government’s ability to pass legislation to stabilize the economy reflects a familiar pattern where an emergency forces a temporary “semblance of bipartisanship” only to return to “business-as-usual View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
value-added tax. We're the only developed economy that doesn't do it. We have state and local sales taxes, but we don't have any broad-based value-added tax. I think most tax economists have long thought it's a strange arrow to have kept... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
especially since entering the WTO in 2001, China's economy grew at rates around 10% annually by attracting FDI and promoting exports. After the financial crisis that began in 2008 and depressed demand in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Mariama Keita
was the case method. "For someone like me without a lot of business experience," Mariama explains, "it's a great way to practice real management skills." Information that empowers Mariama grew up in Cote d'Ivoire, a nation whose View Details
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
Society to Create Competitive Advantage Harvard Business School Case 307-076 Focuses on the experience of China's largest shirt manufacturer in managing various aspects of government relations in China. Identifies a wide variety of social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace