Filter Results:
(2,337)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,337)
- People (4)
- News (512)
- Research (1,551)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (6)
- Faculty Publications (909)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,337)
- People (4)
- News (512)
- Research (1,551)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (6)
- Faculty Publications (909)
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
worked for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Is the MCC development model an effective one? The MCC, a US agency established in 2004, is viewed by many as a success, in part because it aims to depoliticize aid. To be eligible for MCC... View Details
- January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Vietnam: Sustaining the Growth of an Asian Tiger
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
The case tracks Vietnam's economic policy choices and performance from the end of the Vietnam war to the Doi Moi economic reforms and the economic transformation that followed. Throughout this period, the country had become a darling of the international aid community.... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Leadership; Policy; Transformation; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Viet Nam
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Vietnam: Sustaining the Growth of an Asian Tiger." Harvard Business School Case 713-480, January 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
- July 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Supplement
Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)
By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Africa; Republic of Ireland
Thomas, David A., and Stephanie J. Creary. "Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-028, July 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
- January 2007 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State
By: Noel Maurer, Debora L. Spar and J. Gunnar Trumbull
In 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Policy; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Organizations; Outcome or Result; Afghanistan
Maurer, Noel, Debora L. Spar, and J. Gunnar Trumbull. "Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State." Harvard Business School Case 707-033, January 2007. (Revised February 2010.)
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
The problems facing business and society are increasingly complex. Developing solutions to global challenges requires a faculty adept at field work, cross-sector collaboration, complex data analysis, and intensive laboratory work, as well... View Details
- January 2006 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. The drug was new,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Developing Countries and Economies; Pharmaceutical Industry; Nigeria
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-033, January 2006. (Revised July 2006.)
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita
This study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the Wichita region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—aerospace vehicles and defense and plastics. The report... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Industrial Products Industry; Aerospace Industry; Kansas
Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 2001. (Report.)
- 22 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative
engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive industry towards electrification. Most importantly, I learned about the power of an organization to... View Details
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
insolvent. The banking problem is one of the biggest costs of the delay associated with developing a vibrant, domestic private sector. Here are our concerns for India. How will India rein in its fiscal deficit? How will India discipline... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- March 2022
- Article
Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in the Field
Identifying high-growth microentrepreneurs in low-income countries remains a challenge due to a scarcity of verifiable information. With a cash grant experiment in India we demonstrate that community knowledge can help target high-growth microentrepreneurs; while the... View Details
Keywords: Microentrepreneurs; Community Information; Field Experiment; Loans; Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Financing and Loans; Information; Mathematical Methods; India
Hussam, Reshmaan, Natalia Rigol, and Benjamin N. Roth. "Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in the Field." American Economic Review 112, no. 3 (March 2022): 861–898.
(Online Appendix with Corrigendum—Thanks to Isabella Masetto, Diego Ubfal, and The Institute for Replication for identifying a minor coding error in the production of Table 4.)
(Online Appendix with Corrigendum—Thanks to Isabella Masetto, Diego Ubfal, and The Institute for Replication for identifying a minor coding error in the production of Table 4.)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
full glory of their wealthier pasts. The point is that they are becoming places where people want to live, shop, run businesses, and go to school." At HBS, a number of faculty are engaged in research and teaching projects that treat these recent View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect
The creation, commercialization, and scaling of science-based enterprises will be a crucial segment of the global economy in the decades to come. Harvard Business School—through its educational programs, the research of its faculty... View Details
- Web
The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
The Ownership Project More Research Projects The Ownership Project explores how structuring ownership of key elements in the economy can help businesses and communities address pressing societal challenges and support human values in the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
discuss research possibilities in more depth. Below are snapshot summaries of their presentations. Globalization And Fdi A native of Costa Rica, Professor Laura Alfaro teaches the Business, Government and the International Economy... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2024
- Podcast
Beyond exit interviews: Knowing why workers quit makes for better job matches
Thinking of employees as 'hiring' their jobs opens the way to a detailed analysis of worker motivations, frustrations, and long-term goals, which can reduce costly turnover and make career development a collaborative process. Harvard Business School professor Ethan... View Details
- 25 Sep 2024
- Podcast
Collective counsel: Corporate law's changing workforce and culture
Vinson and Elkins' Keith Fullenweider on recruiting team players, boosting collaboration and soft skills through targeted training and mentorship, prioritizing mental health and work-life balance, automating judiciously, and making return-to-office work. View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
develop as they had in areas where jobs were lost to China. Without new jobs requiring higher skills, like computer science, people didn't move to the area, population didn't rise, and the economy stagnated.... View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many emerging economies, they often face unstable environments due to the failure of governments to maintain civil and political order. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Balance and Stability; Strategic Planning
Hiatt, Shon, and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-086, March 2012.
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
well as emotional and business factors) every organization has to find its own optimal solution neuroscience in the last 20 years has proven that current business theory which basically has been developed from past slave-like &... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reawakening rural America
Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The... View Details