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  • December 2008
  • Article

Technology Usage Lags

By: Diego A. Comin, Bart Hobijn and Emilie Rovito
We present evidence on the differences in the intensity with which ten major technologies are used in 185 countries across the world. We do so by calculating how many years ago these technologies were used in the U.S. at the same intensity as they are used in the... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Global Range; Economy; Relationships; Performance Productivity; United States
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  • February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Risa Kavalercik
In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition—Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the... View Details
Keywords: Nigeria; Entrepreneurs; Import Substitution; China In Africa; Killer Tomato Paste; Mira Mehta; Tomato Jos; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government Legislation; Business History; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
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  • 23 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

Sciences Modularity and Organizations By: Baldwin, Carliss Y Abstract—Modularity describes the degree to which a complex system can be broken apart into subunits (modules) that can be recombined in various ways. Modularity is important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

companies hoping to do business across the southern tier of Africa. With the emergence of New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the overall climate for trade... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 03 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

our understanding of it. Q: Where do you see your research taking you next? A: I continue to be fascinated by the role entrepreneurs and firms have played in integrating national economies over the last two... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

China's economy in context; and finally (3) "China and the Global Economy" shows how China's engagement with the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

depended on a more dynamic development of the entire regional economy. On his own initiative, in 1997, Groot launched a private sector-driven effort to enhance the economic development in central Germany, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

But, he says, the technology-driven gig economy and the global pandemic have already reshaped the future of work—driving many workers to seek flexibility at all costs—and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

necessary expertise either.” How can investors, businesses, and global society confront these challenges? Governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) clearly don’t... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy
  • 24 Sep 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

when the economy was growing and stable years following the global financial crisis at the turn of the decade, with conditions that mirrored the US small business landscape... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

forthcoming World Scientific Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets By: Iyer, Lakshmi Abstract—Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 16

  PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2013
  • Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

industry. Similarly, the NNMI itself needs to be run by people who have both strong scientific and practical expertise. The currently proposed governance model-which balances government, industry, and... View Details
Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

  Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

Harvard Business School Case 716-408 Turkish Airlines: Widen Your World This case tracks Turkish Airlines' transition from regional player to global powerhouse. With an order for 212 aircraft in the first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?

the region. Moreover, Iyoha notes, with a population of 100 million, a nearly 99 percent literacy rate, and an annual GDP growth rate exceeding 6 percent, Vietnam is poised to become an increasingly important player in the View Details
Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua; Manufacturing; Shipping
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

10, 2008, just before the financial crisis in September 2008. The focus of the case is on what happened after the financial crisis turned into a global economic crisis. Dow, like all chemical producers, suffered as the View Details
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

actually lived) is named phenomenology. In short, an epistemological mastery of a subject leaves one knowing. An ontological mastery of a subject leaves one being. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1681682 Reflected Knowledge View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

many no longer had homes. Others tried to return to the West Coast, only to find that they faced hostility and violence from their neighbors. As a result, after they were freed a few years later, many internees ended up resettling in the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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