• 03 Dec 2015
• Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

• 28 Jun 2004
• Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

vanquish a problem, we have to understand it." Start with the question, "How do people eat?" suggested Chu. People develop economic activities that are of worth to someone else, he continued. "That's the source of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Adam Smith - Vanderblue Collection | Baker Library

Adam Smith - Vanderblue Collection The Adam Smith – Vanderblue Collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of the works of Adam Smith in many translations and editions, including The Wealth of Nations , The Theory of Moral... View Details

• 12 Oct 1999
• Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

you decide to put together this collection of articles? Porter: In retrospect, my work divides into three major areas. The first has to do with how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage. The next focuses on locations and why some cities, states, or... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

• 01 Mar 2025
• News

Forward Thinking

There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk; Space Research and Technology; Government

• 01 Jun 2006
• News

The Governor’s Admission

John Lynch (MBA ’79), New Hampshire’s Democratic governor, stepped away from the State House last February to teach a case about globalization at the University of New Hampshire. A UNH graduate who majored in English, Lynch confessed that his only formal college... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

• 01 Sep 2016
• News

Offshore Learning

and board directors I worked with at Outward Bound,” he explained. However, during a “fascinating, intellectually engaging, intense, and ultimately life-changing” two years at HBS, Pearson unexpectedly “fell in love” with the economics of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Marco E. Tabellini | Working Knowledge

Marco E. Tabellini Assistant Professor of Business Administration Marco Tabellini is an assistant professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy unit and is affiliated with the National Bureau of View Details

• 17 Mar 2011
• Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

with the task of fashioning an appropriate fiscal response. Bold recovery plans would seem to be in order, but how that response is financed holds great import for Japan's economic future. With government deficits equaling 10% of GDP, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

• 01 Apr 1999
• News

Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities

at the Harvard Institute for International Development, gave the keynote address. He noted that between 1986 and 1990 alone, some sixty thousand middle and high-level African managers left their countries of origin. To remedy this "hemorrhaging," Botchwey said, African... View Details

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The MOC Affiliate Network Impact - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Initiatives 137 Competitiveness Institutes 819 Cluster Initiatives 925 National & Regional Competitiveness Initiatives Knowledge Development 462 Cases 993 Research Projects 157 Cross-Affiliate Collaborations The MOC Affiliate network... View Details

• 22 Jun 2009
• Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

Clinton administration who now serves as director of the President's National Economic Council. While they recused themselves from the G30 deliberations, both have since voiced support for a systemic risk... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

• 01 Sep 2013
• News

Beantown as a Beacon

Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

• 01 Dec 2001
• News

Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

discussing their findings, Shleifer and Johnson combined business and economic statistics from these nations to illustrate the levels of investor protection achieved by the disparate models. Establishing... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management