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- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling FDI to promote growth through backward linkages. Using realistic parameter values, we quantify the response of growth to FDI and show that an increase in the share of FDI leads to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should I Pay the Bribe?
other people how worried they are about corruption. It's a bit like jewelry: It makes people feel distinguished. Q: Do you have a sense of the overall impact corruption has worldwide and on local economies? A: No. There are countries that... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
those firms operating outside the major coastal cities, “the most important thing you can do is to get to know the local government officials, because they can be your biggest ally in growing your business.”... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
charities. The federal government contributed as well. SVA offered 12 percent return. Wind the clock forward eight years, and we met and exceeded our targets. We repaid the debt two years before expected, and there’s better quality early... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
series of summit-style events that bring like-minded technology and design innovators together with experts in the field of aging. The next step will be scaling the enterprise through local chapters in cities around the world and raising... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
The tallest animal to roam the land, giraffes cast long shadows on the dry savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa where they live. But their lands are vanishing, with estimates suggesting that 90 percent of their habitat has already been lost; giraffe populations... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
ambitious goal of creating a showcase high-tech city from scratch. The collaboration brought together software entrepreneurs, real estate developers, city government officials, architects, builders, and technology corporations. Taking a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Japan. An entire system of governance was blown away. In 1911, an imperial tradition of more than 2,000 years ended. After the subsequent disasters of world war and Maoist utopianism, China was an impoverished third world economy holding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
product offerings, start treating the third party suppliers like partners, and invest in local distribution centers.” Other concerns included those associated with changing customer shopping habits, the use of new technologies, and View Details
- Web
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
governance issues that have slowed economic growth, especially since the global financial crisis. Having suffered heavily from COVID-19 in part because of its large elderly population (Italy has one of the highest life expectancies in... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
current brands, and the competition it faces from local and international players. Also provides information on the market structure and prominent channels of distribution. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
billings of the largest 500 firms or so. By contrast, Silk and King analyzed data from the US Census Bureau that includes revenue from some 10,000 agencies of all sizes, over half of which are small and serve local rather than national... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
South Africa. He noted that his country's aim is to have a stable, democratic government like those found in the United States and Europe, but he presented the tradeoffs that must be made before such a goal can be achieved. For instance,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
workweek is filled with staff meetings, conferences, public events, negotiations with government officials about programs and their implementation, and donor-relations work with local embassies. She finds... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World By: Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
entrepreneurship in China? A: Our interviews in Beijing and Shanghai emphasized that China is not for everybody. Even though the country generates a lot of excitement, offers a huge consumer market, and retains a lower-cost but very well-educated labor force, China is... View Details
- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
consumer choices. In discussions with the Van den Ende brothers, the timeline for integrating geothermal energy emerged. The goal is to commission the plant in 2024, but the facility's construction is controlled by the local government.... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
Broido Johnson MBA 2002 | Leading Change, Locally “I’m developing new financing solutions that make it more affordable for people to use renewable energy (as we did at SunEdison) and working with entrepreneurs across the clean energy... View Details