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  • 07 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 03 Jan 2018
  • What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

"Corporate boards should hire more women." Would more women in leadership help mitigate #MeToo concerns? What do you think? ORIGINAL COLUMN One of the most important global management stories in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Apr 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

Or, as some critics claim, are we caught up in research that fails to adequately measure the benefits of M&A (particularly in situations where one of the partners is especially weak) while concentrating... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry

As chief executive of Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll (MBA 1989) worked to improve safety. True to her word, Anglo American’s mine fatalities decreased by nearly... View Details
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Law and Finance c. 1900

By: Aldo Musacchio
How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details
Keywords: Law; Finance; Corporate Governance; Practice; Growth and Development
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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

Just invest in having a more sophisticated understanding of your own economics. Because if you do, you’ll make better decisions. This article originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. You Might Also Like:... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • Web

Kress Collection of Business and Economics Graphic Materials | Baker Library

Kress Collection of Business and Economics Graphic Materials [The Fight of the Money-Bags and the Coffers], 1558? Kress Collection of Business and Economics Graphic Materials.... View Details
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

entrepreneurs can exploit through the development of products and services specifically for inclusion in platforms, whether they are technological or marketing in nature? And do increasingly powerful platforms represent opportunities or... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Exploring the Art of Business: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Felipe Ceron (MBA 2022)

education, and its mission is providing the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world. Currently more than 800 artists from 38 countries and... View Details
  • July 2025
  • Article

Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data

By: AJ Chen, Omri Even-Tov, Jung Koo Kang and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman
To mitigate information asymmetry about borrowers in developing economies, digital lenders use machine-learning algorithms and nontraditional data from borrowers’ mobile devices. Consequently, digital lenders have managed to expand access to credit for millions of... View Details
Keywords: Informal Economy; Digital Banking; Mobile Phones; Developing Countries and Economies; Mobile and Wireless Technology; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Credit; Borrowing and Debt; Well-being; Banking Industry; Kenya
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Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

40 In addition to adopting modern managerial and financial systems, the Chinese compradors played a significant role in the early industrialization of the country by investing their wealth in modern business... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

finance and restructuring, explains the ins and outs of Chapter 11, while Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter focuses on the human element—the need for the new company's leadership to pay attention to its people and corporate culture. A Second... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

came across a study about the differences between men and women legislators. I began thinking, what would it be like if a woman were president of the United States? One way to find out, my MBA training told me, was to seek out examples... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • Web

The Business History of India & South Asia - Creating Emerging Markets

historians, economists, political scientists, and others debated the origins of the Great Divergence in wealth and power between South Asia and the West; the role of family... View Details
  • March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
  • Case

The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today

This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. It shows how tensions between a country's national economic development goals and political constraints make for a more unpredictable investment... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; China
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  • 25 Apr 2014
  • News

A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential

Believing in the importance of a global experience for young people, Abby Falik (MBA 2008) created Global Citizen Year, a nonprofit social enterprise that is forging a new educational pathway for America’s emerging leaders. By immersing a... View Details
  • January 2004
  • Article

Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We examine the diffusion of more than twenty technologies across twenty-three of the world's leading industrial economies. Our evidence covers major technology classes such as textile production, steel manufacture, communications, information technology,... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Development Economics; Human Capital; Government and Politics; Trade; Production; Information Technology; Steel Industry; Communications Industry
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  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

Year-End Roundup: Dean's Award, Other Honors Conferred as Class of '98 Graduates

issues, he turned to domestic matters and urged graduates to become involved in the social sector. "Your country needs you," Rubin said. "You can do well by doing good." The day before, in a ceremony held at the Dean's House, five members... View Details
  • 02 Dec 2002
  • What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

Summing Up Are We Getting More Sensible About Management Incentives? Respondents to this month's column suggest ways of fixing or selectively using various methods of providing incentives to management. They... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett