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- December 2014 (Revised May 2019)
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Bhutan: Governing for Happiness
By: Sophus A. Reinert, Thomas Humphrey and Benjamin Safran
Unique among the world’s countries, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan had abandoned the traditional policy goal of increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in favor of pursuing Gross National Happiness (GNH). Famously, Bhutan ranked highly on lists of the happiest...
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Reinert, Sophus A., Thomas Humphrey, and Benjamin Safran. "Bhutan: Governing for Happiness." Harvard Business School Case 715-024, December 2014. (Revised May 2019.)
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Research Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index All Research Areas Our research focuses on competition and its...
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Debt Data, Stabilization Policy & Regulation More Info Sovereign Debt Relief and its Aftermath By: Carmen Reinhart & Christoph Trebesch JUN 2015 Despite the policy relevance and controversy surrounding the...
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- September 2005
- Article
Decolonising Barclays Bank DCO? Corporate Africanisation Programmes in Nigeria, 1945-1969
The reaction of British business to the decolonisation of the Empire has been the focus of much recent research, but few studies have shed light on the continued presence of commercial activities after independence. Barclays Bank DCO in Nigeria began indigenising its...
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International Relations;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Banks and Banking;
Macroeconomics;
Banking Industry;
Great Britain;
Nigeria
Decker, Stephanie. "Decolonising Barclays Bank DCO? Corporate Africanisation Programmes in Nigeria, 1945-1969." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 33, no. 3 (September 2005): 419–440.
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
causes, including LGBTQ rights, immigration, the environment, and racial equality. Not only are CEOs speaking out, but they’re flexing their firms’ economic muscles by threatening to move business activities out of states that pass...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2020
- Working Paper
An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban's Announcement on Fortune 500 Firms' Valuation
By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Britta Glennon
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that suspended new work visas, barring nearly 200,000 foreign workers and their dependents from entering the United States and preventing American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1...
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Visa;
Foreign Workers;
Fortune 500;
Immigration;
Policy;
System Shocks;
Business Ventures;
Valuation
Bahar, Dany, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Britta Glennon. "An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban's Announcement on Fortune 500 Firms' Valuation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-055, October 2020.
- February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs
By: John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr and Fan Zhao
Private sector entrepreneur in China with advanced solid waste management capability competes with state owned enterprises and also government policies supporting a rival technology. Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately...
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Private Sector;
Public Sector;
Service Delivery;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Urban Development;
Utilities Industry;
China
Macomber, John D., Chad M. Carr, and Fan Zhao. "Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Case 211-086, February 2011. (Revised September 2013.)
- 16 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 16, 2007
Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Periodical:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract Real investors and markets are too complicated to be neatly summarized by a few selected biases and trading frictions. The "top-down"...
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Martha Lagace
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Introduction to Credential of Readiness (CORe) CORe INCLUDES Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, + final exam Save $1,790 with this 3-course bundle 3 Courses Credential of Readiness (CORe) $2,650 Next 12-week...
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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
About About The global financial crisis brought to the forefront of academic and policy discussion the question of how best to ensure the stability of the financial system. Researchers at Harvard have led groundbreaking research on bank...
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
, and Boulevard of Broken Dreams. ) He also examines policies on innovation and how they impact firm strategies. (That research is discussed in the books Innovation and Its Discontents , The Comingled Code , and the Architecture of...
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
Paper Proceedings 2024, no. 1 (2024). How Do Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased? By: Leemore S. Dafny , Kate Ho and Edward Kong August 2024 | Article | American Economic Journal: View Details
- 18 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Leaning In
negotiation situation, it doesn’t necessarily mean that all women will do well in that situation,” says Exley, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, who co-wrote the paper with Muriel Niederle, an economics professor at...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
Paid transfers of IP addresses would better allocate resources to those who need them most, but unrestricted transfers might threaten the Internet's routing system. I suggest policies to facilitate an IP address "market" while...
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Martha Lagace
- February 1998
- Case
Creating the International Trade Organization
By: David A. Moss, George R. Appling and Andrew D Archer
In the late 1940s, officials at the U.S. State Department began campaigning for the creation of an International Trade Organization (ITO). This new organization would oversee global negotiations on trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, cartels, and commodity...
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Mission and Purpose;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Economic Systems;
International Relations
Moss, David A., George R. Appling, and Andrew D Archer. "Creating the International Trade Organization." Harvard Business School Case 798-057, February 1998.
- March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2008, Andres Velasco, Chile's Finance Minister, was under mounting criticisms over his fiscal policy. As the world's largest copper producer, Chile was benefiting from the rise in copper prices, which had more than tripled since 2003. Copper revenues translated into...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Metals and Minerals;
Investment Funds;
Policy;
State Ownership;
Wealth;
Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Dante Roscini, and Renee Kim. "Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-019, March 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
influences policy preferences. Furthermore, we find that messages which paint a positive picture of corporate responsibility can “backfire,” as doing so brings attention to an aspect on which the public has negative views. In contrast,...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico
In 1996, Alejandro Ramirez (MBA 2001) was poised to accept one of two coveted spots in the U.N. Junior Professional Officer Program. For Ramirez, who had spent the previous fifteen months conducting research on economic and human...
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- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
shape when and how public agencies implement policies effectively on behalf of marginalized citizens. November 2014 Antitrust Law Journal Are Patents Creative or Destructive? By: Nicholas, Tom Abstract—Current debate over patent...
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Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
necessary for reviving economic growth both domestically and internationally. Would these policies successfully create a resurgence of growth? Can expansionary monetary View Details
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Sean Silverthorne