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- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
commercialization of technologies. This evidence also points to an important mechanism relating financial market development to technology diffusion and economic growth. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Thomas Friedman, author of "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century", opines that a number of events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the rise of the Internet have flattened the competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
and rising living standards for the average American. By this standard, U.S. competitiveness is in grave danger. The erosion of U.S. competitiveness began well before the Great Recession. The U.S. faces... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
encourage customers to place orders by year-end so they could hit their annual sales goals. But the price increase was out of line with the competition and undoubtedly ended up costing the company sales and market share. Even more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 2004
- Working Paper
Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York
By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan
Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
opportunity to pivot and make changes that will allow our organizations to survive beyond the crisis?” Others are wondering if the crisis might contain opportunities: “How can we take advantage of COVID ... and think about emerging stronger than our View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
lead during a crisis such as the global economic crisis of 2008-09. I found that many failed to follow seven universal lessons for leading in crisis. I believe the root cause of the recent financial crisis was leaders who practiced... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
industry. Their story provides a real-life documentation of the paths to competitive success and failure worldwide in high-tech industries. Almost nothing has been written about the process that led to this achievement. The books written... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
“Rebalancing must occur." -Srikant Datar "Increasingly, we believe, business schools are at a crossroads and will have to take a hard look at their value propositions," the authors write in the introduction. "This was true before the View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
Publication:Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (spring 2011) Abstract This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is a two-period general... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
academic psychologists, Harvard Business School professors, directors of organizations, and government officials. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51447 Winter 2017 Oxford Review of Economic Policy The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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HBS - The year in Review
Excellence in Business Economics (established by Roger Martin, MBA 1981) Francesca Bastianello, Business Economics Doctoral Awards Press Release Leadership change at Knowledge & Library Services Debra... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
does that mean for business owners who are seeking protection? Stuart Gilson: The global economic impact of the pandemic has already been catastrophic in terms of lost output, employment, and financial wealth. But many expect this to be... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
tragedy and a point of departure for thinking more carefully about the institutions humans have created to organize our economic lives, according to Salter. In a wide-ranging talk with Harvard Business School alumni on June 4, weeks... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
on shaping and influencing the way tomorrow's leaders will change the world. The need for management faculty has never been greater; in recent years, a wave of faculty retirements, combined with a shortage of graduates with advanced business degrees, has created an... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
forthcoming Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
regulatory requirements, and some existing taxi booking vendors feel threatened by SaferTaxi's efforts to enter the market. As SaferTaxi attempts to satisfy these diverse constituents, international competition looms. What should... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Economics Matthew Weinzierl Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent (also listed under General Management) Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
in the industry and the competitive environment, and news of innovative products and services. Duke EDGE Career Resources Career resources including slides, videos, articles, etc. to help navigate your options. Follow: Katie Kross ,... View Details
- January 2018
- Supplement
Jumia Nigeria PowerPoint Supplement
Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details