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  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

economic―and from a variety of related perspectives, including debt and state finance, tariffs and tax policy, the encouragement and discouragement of trade, merchant communities and companies, smuggling and illicit trades, mercantile and colonial systems, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan
Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's population in 1910,... View Details
Keywords: History; Middle School Education; Data and Data Sets; Residency; Integration; Perspective; Surveys; Geographic Location; Welfare or Wellbeing; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development; China; India; Brazil; Russia
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  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

are held longer than want DVDs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2018 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Governance Journey

By: Lynn Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens with Said Darwazah, chairman and CEO of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the multinational generics company, anticipating the company’s 2017 AGM and reflecting on changes made over the previous year to address concerns expressed by proxy advisors and some... View Details
Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Pharmaceuticals; Remuneration; Shareholder Engagement; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Executive Compensation; Business Growth and Maturation; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan
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  • Web

About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

in the modern financial system, and on the unprecedented growth of the financial sector prior to the crisis. Harvard researchers have also been among the first to develop comprehensive historical data on the incidence and length of... View Details
  • April 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

Stalin’s Capitalists: American Business and Soviet Industrialization

By: Jeremy Friedman, Jingyu Liu and Christine Riggle
In the late 1920s and early 1930s when Joseph Stalin, leader of the world’s first Communist state, sought to industrialize his largely peasant country on an unprecedented scale, he turned for help to those who had the most experience constructing on such a scale:... View Details
Keywords: Communism; Industrialization; Socialism; History; Industry Growth; Economic Systems; Soviet Union
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  • 21 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

transportation, however, is that railroads are clearly a distinct industry with distinct economics and a separate value chain. Any sound strategy in railroads must take these differences into account. Defining the industry as... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
  • Web

Continuity of Strategic Direction - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Value Chain Continuity of Strategic Direction Continuity of Strategic ... Continuity of Strategic Direction Strategy is about making choices. The hardest thing for many companies is sticking to those choices over time, even in the face of intense competition and... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

specifically, the volume focuses on the economic institution of the business group and aims at understanding the factors behind its rise, growth, resilience, and/or fall; its behavioral and organizational characteristics; and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

Acquisitions, Value Creation Under Polman's leadership, Unilever focused on long-term shareholder value accretion with a multi-stakeholder approach that emphasized global growth in revenues and earnings through deep penetration in rapidly... View Details
  • Web

Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Population Growth Rates Trends Over Time Managing Distance Railroad Length Density Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Rise and Fall of... View Details
  • Web

Student Research - Doctoral

mitigates the negative impact of resource constraints on employees. Leveraging longitudinal... December 2024 Article American Economic Review: Insights Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the U.S. Hospital Sector? By: Zarek... View Details
  • 29 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

going for it. First, it has been shown to be incredibly effective in leading to economic growth. "We don't know any better way to solve this problem," argues Ramanna. "If you look around the world, capitalism has lifted... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

Luca, Harvard University Economics Professor Edward L. Glaeser, and HBS doctoral student Hyunjin Kim. The researchers combined data from US Census reports, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Google Street View, and Yelp to explore... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Rounding the Bend

which collects used garments in Europe. “And as long as that’s the case, we have a problem.” It’s one of several, perhaps. The World Economic Forum estimates that the $1.5 trillion apparel industry is responsible for a 2 percent share of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

Special Drawing Rights (international reserve assets that supplement a country’s official reserves); and negotiating agreements to fund some of flagship projects laid out in the 2019–2023 Priority Action Plan, a development model that supports View Details
  • January 2018
  • Case

Ak Gıda: IPO or Strategic Sale

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
In 2015, Yıldiz Holding, one of the world’s largest producer of confections, biscuits and crackers, was at the end of its divestiture process from Ak Gida, one of the leading dairy companies in Turkey. The company had adopted a dual track process, pursuing an initial... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Value Creation; Decision Making; Growth Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Initial Public Offering; Business Conglomerates; Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Joint Ventures; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
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  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation provisions in the Emergency View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Equity ; Financial Strategy ; Microfinance ; International Finance ; Currency Exchange Rate ; Profit Sharing ; Revenue ; Developing Countries and Economies ; Economic Growth ; Banking Industry ; Financial... View Details
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

innovations generate heterogeneous innovation qualities, and firm size affects innovation incentives. This framework allows us to analyze how different types of innovation contribute to economic growth and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne