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- November 1983 (Revised May 1984)
- Background Note
Note on the Export of Pesticides from the United States to Developing Countries
This is an issues-oriented note designed to stimulate discussion of the ethical aspects of the sale of pesticides which are not approved for any use or only for restricted use in the United States to less developed countries. It is organized as follows: the problem,... View Details
Keywords: Pollutants; Ethics; Health; Chemicals; Developing Countries and Economies; Chemical Industry; United States
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Note on the Export of Pesticides from the United States to Developing Countries." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-097, November 1983. (Revised May 1984.)
- 1991
- Chapter
Financing Sub-National Government Expenditures: Perspectives from the United States Experience
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. "Financing Sub-National Government Expenditures: Perspectives from the United States Experience." In Will Decentralization Succeed? National, Regional, and Local Development in Multi-Party Democracies, edited by Robert P. Beschel Jr. and Kerry S. McNamara. Taubman Center for State and Local Government, 1991.
- November 1991
- Article
The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan." Japan and the World Economy 3, no. 3 (November 1991): 223–242.
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States
By: Marcella Alsan, Amitabh Chandra and Kosali I. Simon
We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the early months of the outbreak. We discuss challenges in measuring health outcomes and health inequality, some of which are specific to COVID-19 and others... View Details
Alsan, Marcella, Amitabh Chandra, and Kosali I. Simon. "The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28958, June 2021.
- 2005
- Chapter
The Economic Geography of Internet Infrastructure in the United States
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "The Economic Geography of Internet Infrastructure in the United States." Chap. 8 in Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Volume 2: Technology Evolution and the Internet, edited by Sumit K. Majumdar, Ingo Vogelsang, and Martin Cave, 289–364. Elsevier/North-Holland, 2005.
- July 1989
- Background Note
Note on the Used Car Market in the United States
Konsynski, Benn R. "Note on the Used Car Market in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 190-017, July 1989.
- 2004
- Book
Pharmacopolitics: Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Keywords: Health; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; United States; Germany
Daemmrich, Arthur A. Pharmacopolitics: Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. (Winner of Edward Kremers Award of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy For best book in pharmaco-historical writing published in the previous two years presented by American Institute of the History of Pharmacy.)
- October 2017
- Article
American Danger: United States Empire, Eurafrica, and the Territorialization of Industrial Capitalism, 1870–1950
By: Sven Beckert
During the last third of the nineteenth century, a debate emerged in a number of European countries on the “American danger.” Responding to the rapid rise of the United States as the world’s most important economy, some European observers feared their nations’... View Details
Keywords: Atlantropa; Colonial Expansion; Economic Nationalism; Second Great Divergence; Economics; Global Range; History; United States; Europe; Africa
Beckert, Sven. "American Danger: United States Empire, Eurafrica, and the Territorialization of Industrial Capitalism, 1870–1950." American Historical Review 122, no. 4 (October 2017): 1137–1170.
- June 1991 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Second Bank of the United States: Banks and Banking Before the Second Bank of the United States
Describes the problems of early banking, early attempts at central banking, achieving a sound uniform currency, and economic growth. Illustrates the problems of developing a sound money economy in a developing country and shows the difficulties of branch management in... View Details
Keywords: Currency; Business History; Central Banking; Communication; Economic Growth; Banking Industry; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "Second Bank of the United States: Banks and Banking Before the Second Bank of the United States." Harvard Business School Case 391-262, June 1991. (Revised April 1995.)
- December 2020
- Teaching Note
Latam Airlines and COVID-19: Seeking Bankruptcy Protection in the United States
By: Laura Alfaro
- 2018
- Chapter
The United States in Contemporary Perspectives: Evolving Forms, Strategy, and Performance
By: David J. Collis, Bharat Anand and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
BOOK ABSTRACT: In spite of surging interest in the business group organization among business scholars, economists, and historians in recent years, academic research on business groups has, to date, remained within the boundary of emerging markets. The major aim of... View Details
Collis, David J., Bharat Anand, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "The United States in Contemporary Perspectives: Evolving Forms, Strategy, and Performance." Chap. 15 in Business Groups in the West: Origins, Evolution, and Resilience, edited by Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- 2003
- Chapter
Regulatory Laws and Political Culture in the United States and Germany
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
- Teaching Interest
United States in the World 39 - History of American Democracy
By: David A. Moss
For Harvard College undergraduates and MBA students
Today we often hear that American democracy is broken - but what does a healthy democracy look like? How has American democratic governance functioned in the past, and how has it changed... View Details
- 2013
- Other Unpublished Work
A Nation Divided: The United States and the Challenge of Secession
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
- 2021
- Working Paper
Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States
By: Ines Black, Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
This article analyzes the phenomenon of firm-driven labor market search—or outbound recruiting—where recruiters are increasingly “hunting for talent” rather than passively relying on workers to search for and apply to job vacancies. Our research methodology leverages... View Details
Keywords: Hiring; Referrals; Outbound Recruiting; Labor Markets; Selection and Staffing; Networks; Recruitment; Strategy; United States
Black, Ines, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning. "Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States." SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3576498, September 2021.
- September 1995
- Teaching Note
Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763-1792 TN
By: David A. Moss
Teaching Note for (9-795-063). View Details
- September 2009 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
United Way
By: Allen S. Grossman and Cathy Ross
After United Way CEO Brian Gallagher began shifting the organization's focus from old-school fundraising to community impact, Gallagher and local leaders like Elise Bulk, CEO of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, faced a series of challenges regarding how to best... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Alignment; Los Angeles
Grossman, Allen S., and Cathy Ross. "United Way." Harvard Business School Case 310-014, September 2009. (Revised September 2012.)
- 2008
- Article
Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States
By: Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman
Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors' behaviors, procuring organizations' roles in increasing donations remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Behavior; Programs; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Ventures; Health Testing and Trials; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; For-Profit Firms; Organizations; Training; United States
Anteby, Michel, and Mikell Hyman. "Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States." Social Science & Medicine 66, no. 4 (2008): 963–969.
- June 2014 (Revised April 2015)
- Background Note
Affordable Housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States
By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas P. Retsinas
This background note explores the basic themes surrounding the government's approach to providing housing: namely its shift from a supplier and builder of affordable housing to an approach that focuses on demand-side solutions and indirect subsidies to private... View Details
Segel, Arthur I., and Nicolas P. Retsinas. "Affordable Housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 214-107, June 2014. (Revised April 2015.)