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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
include: Agriculture, which receives massive government subsidies. Universities, which enjoy tax-exempt status and direct subsidies through government research grants. Health care, which receives a huge tax break (employer-sponsored... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and growth in host countries, particularly developing countries. It provides a broad overview, with a focus on two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library
as the research division of HBS under Dean Gay. Dean Donham, who followed Gay, directed the Bureau to research and write case studies for use in the School’s curriculum. The Bureau’s early industrial research studies examined the shoe... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
during an economic downturn. My colleague, HBS associate professor Tom Nicholas, has found that while the pace of patent applications slowed during the Great Depression, some contrarians pressed ahead with innovation, including DuPont with its View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
problem,” he laughs. Developing a real-world version of that solution—mobile robots that can be directed to retrieve products—required a little technical help from Mountz’s MIT contacts as well as some HBS networking to gain traction on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners
Market Research: Forty-two MBA students traveled to Accra, Ghana, where this team spent time at a local market. The world became HBS students’ classroom in January as the entire first-year class spent a week learning hands-on what it takes to do business in View Details
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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
growing number of foreign merchants and financiers who came there to transact business. Money had to be loaned at interest to meet the credit demands of international trade. To secure these loans, various negotiable instruments were... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
Companies If there is hope for crowdfunding, says Nanda, it may be to help local companies, where individuals have a direct connection to the business and are invested in the outcome. "I can imagine... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
tax and regulatory climate, outstanding talent, workforce development.” Over the course of nearly eight years, the Louisiana Economic Development agency’s efforts attracted companies that included IBM, CGI, CSC (now General Dynamics IT), and Electronic Arts, as well as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
investments could help ensure that firms were tilted toward spending that excess cash on new projects within the United States. A reduction in the corporate tax rate that would bring the U.S. rate in line with worldwide norms would also... View Details
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Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library
includes personal and institutional papers of leaders and firms, with a focus on the financial industry. Examples of these contemporary archives include records of firms and individuals recognized for advances in technology; financial institutions such as View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
Kirby. "Why does the state dominate the wine industry? Because it is ludicrously profitable. Institutionally, you have these bottlenecks." Oftentimes it is not the central government that is the biggest problem, but local and regional officials who may exploit View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Special Collections & Archives | Baker Library
Schwartz Art Collection Displayed throughout campus to inspire students to think creatively. Muriel Siebert Collection American businesswoman Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013) was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to own and... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
loans to fight poverty around the globe since the end of World War II, nearly half the world's six billion people still live on less than $2 a day; a fifth get by on less than $1. At times, foreign aid has even worsened the plight of the... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
HBS team that found that overseas investment by American companies benefited the U.S. economy by increasing exports and creating higher-paying jobs in this country. His testimony on Capitol Hill helped defeat bills aimed at restricting... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
economy, a large share of exports and foreign direct investment [FDI]. But when you look at the trajectory over time—job growth rates, wage growth rates, changes in export or... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
says Hourdequin. "Another set consists of those who have a mission or impact orientation: they are looking for a financial return, but they also want to direct their capital to investment pools that help to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Through HBS
Investing in HBS Giving Together Jump-Start From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’ FAQ In talking to alumni about supporting the School, one of the things I like to remind people is that they don’t... View Details
Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
they must be specific to the strategy of the business. Company scores on these metrics may be benchmarked against direct competitors and/or outstanding companies in other industries. Second, CEOs must ensure an adequate pipeline of new... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
as government privatization. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes facilitates settlement of investment disputes between governments and foreign... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons