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Curriculum - Business & Environment

social value or destroying it? In the process, the course delves into the intersection of business, government, and civil society. For the full listing, click here . Capitalism and the State (CATS) (Fall 2024) Debora View Details
  • July–August 2015
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The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration

By: Debora L. Spar
Between 1965 and 1991, Singapore grew at an astonishing compound annual growth rate of nearly 14%. Critics of the island's performance accused its celebrated leader, Lee Kuan Yew, of thinly veiled tendencies toward communism and authoritarianism; they argued that the... View Details
Keywords: Economic Models; Communism; Economic Policy; Economic Reform; Angel Investors; Authoritarianism; Economic Systems; Economy; Policy; Government and Politics; Singapore; Cuba
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  • September–October 2015
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Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World

By: Debora L. Spar
In the frenzied hills of Silicon Valley, going bust is common. Research attests that close to half of start-ups supported by venture capital chew through most or all of their backers' money and that the majority never achieve their projected returns on investment. But... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Failure; Learning; Situation or Environment
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The Baby Business: How Markets are Changing the Future of Birth

By: Debora L. Spar
It is difficult to conceive of the child as commerce. For even at the start of the 21st century, we like to believe that some things remain beyond both markets and science; that there are some things that money can't buy. In economic terms, these things are defined as... View Details
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Profitable Souls: Foreign Investment and the Fate of Human Rights

By: Debora L. Spar
This is a project about foreign investment, about what happens when big multinational firms invest in small, poor, and often nasty places. Typically, most observers assume that this is a largely negative relationship: that multinationals exploit the local population,... View Details
  • November 2022 (Revised April 2024)
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Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
In 1990, satellite expert and Sirius XM founder Martine Rothblatt was determined to save the life of her seven-year-old daughter, Jenesis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). At the time, there was little medication... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Organ Donation; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States; District of Columbia
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  • October 2022
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Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
The majority of vaccines used on the continent of Africa (99%) are produced offshore. This makes African nations reliant on the West for major health care needs, a problem which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrigen Biologics (in partnership with the WHO)... View Details
Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine; mRNA; COVID; COVID-19; Inequity; Hub-and-spoke; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Production; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; South Africa; Africa
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  • 08 Nov 2021
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New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office

Research Office; its work will be conducted in coordination with the new HBS Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), to be led by Professor Debora Spar, Senior Associate Dean, Business... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2023
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Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Centering the education: Keeping the expectations we have of students and faculty high. Making sure we attract the very best: Increasing access by making affordability a priority, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and making... View Details
  • February 2002 (Revised February 2003)
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Remaking the Rainbow Nation: South Africa 2002

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Debora L. Spar and Katherine E. Cousins
In April 1994, the world witnessed a political milestone in South Africa. After decades of repression and racial segregation, South Africa's black majority came to power at last, as the African National Congress (ANC), led by the celebrated Nelson Mandela, rode into... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Race; Political Elections; Economic Growth; Business and Government Relations; South Africa
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  • 01 Sep 2020
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Wide Angle

Courtesy Debora Spar “We’re going to start seeing many businesses wanting to bring their supply chain much closer to home in ways that will probably make goods more expensive, but hopefully will help drive... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
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Comeback Trail

during economic recovery—and three pieces of advice for today’s leaders Wide Angle Professor Debora Spar on Roosevelt’s reforms—and how the pandemic might impact globalization and the future of higher... View Details
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Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

  • 13 Dec 2022
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Balancing Profitability and Social Accountability

Keywords: ESG
  • 01 Mar 2004
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The Business of Babies

The demand for babies by infertile couples and other would-be parents is huge — and little discussed. HBS professor Debora L. Spar addressed the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2022
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Contributing to a Better Future

Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Illicit Invention: Tracing Technological Development in the Shadow of the Law Authors:Anna Harrington and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

duration: 1:50 The Ownership Project goes right to the heart of what BiGS is designed and excited about doing, which is to ask really important questions: Does ownership matter? Which forms of ownership deliver what kinds of outcomes and for whom? View Details
  • 01 Apr 1999
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Short Takes

contribute to their own commercial interests, says HBS associate professor Debora L. Spar in her article "The Spotlight and the Bottom Line," which appeared last spring in... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey