Economies Of Scale - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid

Eric Werker You spent much of 2009 to 2011 in Liberia advising President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf while on leave from HBS. What did you learn from that experience? Good ideas and great strategies are cheap and easy; what's expensive and... View Details

Keywords: foreign aid; Government

March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
Case

Reclaiming the Land of Purple: Purpl’s Mission to Unlock Finance in Lebanon

By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger

Karl Naim, Co-Founder and CEO of Purpl, embarked on a venture to lower remittance costs for his native Lebanon. Since October 2019, the Lebanese economy had entered a free fall as its banking sector collapsed and large swathes of its population were plunged into... View Details

Keywords: Business Startup; Fintech; Inflation; Deflation; Cross-border Frictions; Remittances; Business Startups; Diasporas; Financial Crisis; Money; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Poverty; Financial Institutions; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Lebanon

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Educators

Purchase

16 Dec 2014
News

H-1B work visa full of uncertainties for immigrants

01 Dec 2022
News

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

When Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the faculty chair of HBS’s Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative, was studying questions of... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 May 2024
News

How Do People’s Experiences of Inflation Differ?

16 Aug 2017
News

Some corporate chiefs have had enough of Trump

16 May 2022
News

The Surprising Benefits of Voting for Change

2010
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Breakthrough Inventions and the Growth of Innovation Clusters

By: William R. Kerr

This report provides a comprehensive look at the role of innovation in promoting economic and social development. It examines the impact of innovation on the economic growth of developing countries and the future role of technological innovation in international... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Society; Growth and Development; Climate Change; Social Issues; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations

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23 Mar 2010
News

Inside the World of Sir Martin Sorrell

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

04 May 2025
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A Compilation of Chinese Whispers: Understanding China

07 Jan 2015
News

The Type of Innovation That Builds Nations

Keywords: innovation; developing nations; government policy; economic growth; prosperity; entrepreneurship; Health, Social Assistance; Finance

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

like Launching Tech Ventures, Strategy & Technology, Scaling Tech Ventures, and Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing. He also spent much of his two years at HBS working on his own startup and taking... View Details

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

developing countries. His article, "Writing the Rules of Global Finance: France, Europe, and Capital Liberalization," appeared in the Review of International Political View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

29 Apr 2025
News

The Growth of the Private-Sector Space Industry

06 Sep 2016
News

Appreciating the Big Role of Small Businesses

13 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams

Kenyan Organization.” For years, Pons had been researching electoral politics in France. “We found that if you provide information to voters one-on-one it increased participation,” says Pons, an assistant professor of business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

Finance can be intimidating, and many business executives don’t even try to get their arms around it. But Harvard Business School Professor Mihir Desai says business leaders need to engage with the world of finance in order to succeed.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Nov 2017
News

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

13 Jul 2018
News

David Moss on the Resilience of American Democracy

21 Mar 2016
Blog Post

MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

often referred to in the form of a career pursuit, but for me it is, and has been a way of life. I have lived to see Uganda’s economy transform over the years, with every trip... View Details

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