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  • 19 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

economy. Bad government can only lead to less competitive businesses. Q: What are you working on now? A: I am doing case development and heading our biggest required course, BGIE or Business, Government, and the International Economy. My... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

management—in order to use land as a key instrument of macroeconomic regulation, helping the CCP respond to domestic and international economic trends and manage expansion and contraction. Key episodes of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Harvard's Center for International Development, has confidence that Liberia has the ability to strike a balance between growth and stability. Among the strengths working in its favor, he says, are transparency and View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

being raised by an employed mother, relates to men's and women's employment and domestic outcomes. Our analyses rely on national level archival data and individual level survey data collected as part of the International Social Survey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Author:Laura Alfaro Publication:World Scientific Publishing Company, in press Abstract All managers face a business environment in which View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Feb 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

center of economic development can be held up as a possible antidote to macroeconomic stagnation. That's why a recent article by Charles Kenny caught my eye. Kenny, a fellow at the Center for Global Development and the New America... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

causal evidence for the role of matchmaking in promoting happiness. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46356 August 2013 Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

what are the key drivers of technology; and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology. We prioritize in our discussion unified approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology. 2006 pub... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 17 May 2016
  • First Look

May 17, 2016

details of his theories regarding economic development and international financial interactions, as well as his indebtedness to earlier Renaissance traditions. The book also uncovers new material relating to Serra’s life and provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

the macroeconomic potential-for incomes, productivity, and delivery of critically needed services-is huge. A call for "better management" may sound prosaic, but given the global payoffs, it's actually quite radical. Read the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

international competition. That was a sign that the US was not doing well in businesses that have to compete internationally. The data also showed what many had known—that wages started stagnating well over a decade ago. The participation... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

Preparing for the 2010 report, the Southwest reporting team contemplates how to improve the One Report. The case also allows for debate on the future of integrated reporting, including its impact on internal management processes,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

for the post-colonial world and challenge Soviet leadership in the international communist movement in mid-1960s. When the wave of post-war decolonization crested in Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s, inaugurating dozens of new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

least a quarter of per capita income differences. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-093.pdf Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.? Authors:Diego A. Comin, Bill Easterly, and Erick Gong Publication:American Economic Journal: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

activity. When our measure is high, safe bonds fall in value and risky assets rally, forecasting a boom in investment. Risk appetite is closely linked to investors’ expectations of future risk and rises following positive macroeconomic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

pricing, and that reinsurers' high costs of capital appear to play an important role. Institutional Portfolio Flows and International Investments Authors:K. A. Froot and T. Ramadorai Periodical:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

franca, or shared language, or in a local language-does not guarantee high performance. Recruiters may favor fluency over other capabilities. They may rely on external hires with language skills rather than grooming internal candidates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

Cross-Country Income Differences Authors:Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Publication:NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008. Cambridge, Mass.: NBER, 2009 Abstract We investigate,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

prices and the geopolitical and macroeconomic environment in general. Total, for example, learned the hard way how important it was to be viewed as a stable firm when its shares dropped a total of 22 percent after it acquired the Belgian... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

analyses, specifically, to compute net present value (NPV) internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207121 Vivaldi Food Concepts—The Start-up of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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