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  • 07 Dec 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Eric von Hippel, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • 29 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 29

foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide dataset that reports the activities of more than 12 million establishments before and after 2008, we investigate how multinationals around... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Program

Behavioral Economics—Virtual

Summary What if you could predict how customers will respond to a product? Or how employees will decide to implement a new initiative? In Behavioral Economics—Virtual, you'll acquire a dynamic framework for interpreting, analyzing, and leveraging behavioral View Details
  • July 2000 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Agricultural Biotechnology and its Regulation

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
In the United States, genetically modified corn and soybeans are now widely grown and consumed. In Europe, however, they have been dubbed "Frankenstein foods," shunned by packaged food manufacturers, and subjected to a host of governmental restrictions. This case... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Genetics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Strategy; Trade; Law; Goods and Commodities; Safety; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Europe; United States
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  • May 2018
  • Supplement

Abe on Womenomics, part 2: Women as Leaders – Policies & Exemplars: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015

By: Boris Groysberg
This video supplement is a lightly edited excerpt from a 2015 speech by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in which he describes Womenomics--policies and aspirations to promote greater economic participation by Japan's women, thereby promoting economic growth, greater... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Gender; Employment; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development; Working Conditions; Japan
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  • 29 Apr 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Great Leap Forward: The Political Economy of Education in Brazil, 1889-1930

Keywords: by André Martínez-Fritscher, Aldo Musacchio & Martina Viarengo; Education

    F. Warren McFarlan

    Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

    Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry
    • June 2010 (Revised August 2013)
    • Case

    Remaking Singapore

    By: Michael E. Porter, Boon Siong Neo and Christian H.M. Ketels
    Looking through the lenses of both macro and micro economic policy, this case examines how Singapore has achieved such stellar success throughout its history, from independence through 2008. The case discusses the different policy choices the Singaporean government has... View Details
    Keywords: History; Development Economics; Industry Clusters; Competitive Advantage; Policy; Economic Growth; Microeconomics; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; Singapore
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    • Program

    Managing Turbulence

    Summary Even before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19... View Details
    • 10 Oct 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

    compete. It takes the perspective that I've taught in the Advanced Management Program for the past ten years to examine how governments use development strategies to grow and be competitive. These governments range from China and India to... View Details
    Keywords: by Manda Salls
    • November 2009 (Revised January 2011)
    • Case

    International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

    By: Allen S. Grossman and Cathy Ross
    Dedicated to accelerating the development of a safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccine, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) pioneered ways of addressing the inadequate incentive structures that prevented progress toward vaccines for AIDS and... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Social Enterprise; Health Industry
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    • June – July 2008
    • Article

    A Better Approach to Foreign Aid

    By: Justin Muzinich and Eric D. Werker
    Frustration with U.S. foreign aid is widespread. At the same time, flows of private development finance—including foreign direct investment and remittances—have begun to dwarf official aid. We suggest a new approach that harnesses the power of private development... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Taxation; Welfare or Wellbeing; United States
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    • 02 Oct 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: October 2

    information that impacts the formation of scientific collaborations. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42946 Technology, Innovation and Economic Growth in Britain Since 1870 Author: Tom Nicholas Abstract This chapter... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

    professors (the most likely group to have strong job stability), PhDs/postdoctoral students (the least stable), and founders who had previously been employed at larger firms, small firms, and startups. In an email exchange, we asked Roche about how View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • February 2015
    • Article

    On the Ethnic Origins of African Development: Traditional Chiefs and Pre-Colonial Political Centralization

    By: Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou
    We report on recent findings of a fruitful research agenda that explores the importance of ethnic-specific traits in shaping African development. First, using recent surveys from Sub-Saharan African countries, we document that individuals identify with their ethnic... View Details
    Keywords: Ethnicity; Development Economics; Government and Politics; Africa
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    • 03 Nov 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 3

    Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Policy versus Practice: Conceptions of Artificial Intelligence

      The recent growth of concern around issues such as social biases implicit in algorithms, economic impacts of artificial intelligence (AI), or potential existential threats posed... View Details

      • June 2007 (Revised April 2016)
      • Case

      Octone Records

      By: Anita Elberse and Elie Ofek
      In February 2007, Octone Records founders James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum had been highly successful with the first two bands they had signed, Maroon 5 and Flyleaf. Known for its grassroots marketing campaigns, Octone operated through a unique... View Details
      Keywords: Arts; Joint Ventures; Investment Return; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Outcome or Result; Creativity; Music Industry
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      • 2012
      • Report

      Sweden's Position in the Global Economy

      By: Christian H.M. Ketels
      In the spring of 2012, the Swedish economy is, as many of its peers, facing a difficult and uncertain economic environment. While these challenges are real, the Swedish economy looks much better prepared to deal with them than many of its peers. Following its own... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Policy; Globalization; Competitive Advantage; Sweden
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      • 18 Sep 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: September 18, 2007

      activity to distance themselves from competitors. Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value Author:Michael Chu Publication:Chap. 28 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace