Foreign Aid - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

design "path" both advance and impede absorptive capacity. Changes in path allow rapid experience with alternative ideas, and this eventually aids adoption and invention capacity. However, these changes temporarily harm the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

for being foreign, for its foreign capital. Besides, our competitor had skillfully used the concept of "we are Costa Rican; we think like you; Teletica Channel 7 has always been with you." People were scared because REPRETEL had... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

join York Street, a winner in the 2014 alumni New Venture Competition.) Years earlier, Embuldeniya and Mawilmada bonded at HBS over their Sri Lankan roots, a tie further strengthened by the December 2004 tsunami that struck the country and a fundraising effort they led... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

taking in the U.S. is inconclusive. The evidence for and social welfare implications of claimed effects such as fewer IPOs or loss of foreign listings are unclear. Financial reporting quality appears to have gone up after SOX, but... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

engineering major with a goal of building cars, he saw a future spent designing door handles in some automaker’s basement and switched to international affairs and foreign policy. After graduation, he spent three years in China helping... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The fourth such global meeting was just held in early December in Busan, South Korea. “We need to encourage risk-taking by organizations, provided that it's accompanied with rigorous data... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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the world and an innovation superpower. Engagement with China—as entrepreneurs, investors, or partners—is part of our collective future. But in 2025, Chinese firms—and foreign firms in China—face challenges and opportunities under... View Details

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