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- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity in China. Drawing on extensive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
relationship between FDI and growth. We use 'quality' to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project characteristics which are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Lehman Brothers Family Partners Lehman Brothers began as a close-knit, family enterprise. While the number of its employees grew steadily, until 1924 only blood-related male members of the family... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
purpose” as a way to build trust and in so doing achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how purpose-driven business leaders find success by clearly articulating a purpose for the... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 17 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
innovation, and we’re committed to continuing that tradition. You can see that in how we’ve approached generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in the program this year. From early in 2023, when we began planning our policy on GAI, we... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 30 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research in 2013. Raffaella Sadun : Named Harvard Business School Richard Hodgson Fellow in 2013. David B. Yoffie : Elected 2013 Fellow of The... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper provides a business history perspective on debates about the Great Divergence, the rise of the income gap between the West and the Rest, and the more recent Great Convergence, which has seen a narrowing of that gap. The literature on the timing and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Economics; History; Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth
Jones, Geoffrey. "Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-004, July 2017.
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
squid ink pasta in Venice, walking on beaches, and tasting olive oils in Tuscany, they realized they were glad they had gone, and regretted fretting about the hiccups and cost. “Thinking about the economic value of our leisure time can... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
How many openings are there?’” The findings also have implications for economic policies. “Our results also suggest that a range of regional growth policies to recruit IT producers, which have been commonly... View Details
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About - Business History
About History has played a vital role at Harvard Business School since the School’s founding. The School’s first Dean, Edwin F. Gay, was an economic historian. In “The Rhythm of History” (1923), Gay wrote, “The self-centered, active... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean revert faster in countries where there is more product and capital market... View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
research. “So, what drove those run-ups? To me, that's the kind of question that is relevant for any investor.” And its answer is relevant to policymakers as they face an unexpected side effect of the trillions of dollars of economic... View Details
- 14 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
No Taxation without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax
Keywords: by Dina Pomeranz
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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness
leaders, especially in business, can take to strengthen the U.S. economy. The research is informed by global surveys of Harvard Business School alumni working in many industries. Project faculty members regularly present the latest research findings to audiences both... View Details
- December 2008
- Case
The Financial Crisis of 2008
This case presents excerpts from the speeches of observers to the 2008 financial crisis, including former and current central bankers, a private banker, and a Nobel-prize winning economist. They present different interpretations of the causes of the financial crisis... View Details
Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "The Financial Crisis of 2008." Harvard Business School Case 709-036, December 2008.
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
also a great love of the country and understanding of the history.” She also developed a severe case of PTSD during her time living in the region. Working in such a high-profile role required her to navigate the country at a time of chaos. Ames, who later served as a... View Details
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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910
“Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “Advertising is a distinct art, as much so as the art of coal mining or of engine building,” noted copywriter and author Nathaniel C. Fowler wrote in 1889. 1 Fowler was referring to modern American advertising that... View Details