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  • November 2013 (Revised January 2016)
  • Course Overview Note

The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Matthew Weinzierl
This course is about one question: What is the proper role of the government in the market economy? We study the role of government as it plays out in the real world, using vivid case studies from many countries, decades, and policy angles. At the same time, we align... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Economy; Government and Politics
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    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

    Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details

    • 14 Mar 2013
    • News

    The Stock Market and the Economy's Apparent Disconnect

    • Article

    Perceptions and the Politics of Finance: Junk Bonds and the Regulatory Seizure of First Capital Life

    By: S. C. Gilson, H. DeAngelo and L. DeAngelo
    In May 1991, one month after seizing Executive Life, California regulators seized First Capital Life (FCLIC). Both insurers were Drexel clients with large junk bond holdings, and both had experienced 'bank runs.' FCLIC's run followed regulators' televised comments that... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Bonds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    • Web

    Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

    2022 Book Faculty Research Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind By: Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna 21 OCT 2021 Article Business History Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s By:... View Details
    • June 2024
    • Article

    Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... View Details
    Keywords: Emerging Economies; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Business History; Research
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    • 01 Aug 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

    In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on "The Future of Market Capitalism." The HBS Alumni Bulletin spoke with Bower shortly after the... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons
    • March 2008
    • Article

    Market Reactions to Export Subsidies

    By: M. A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
    This paper analyzes the economic impact of export subsidies by investigating stock price reactions to a critical event in 1997. On November 18, 1997, the European Union announced its intention to file a complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO), arguing that... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Systems; Trade; Development Economics; Financial Markets; Profit; Taxation; Volume; Value Creation; Market Design; Business Subsidiaries; Utilities Industry; Financial Services Industry; Europe; North and Central America
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    • 1991
    • Chapter

    Reactions to Political Advertising Depend on the Nature of the Voter-Candidate Bond

    By: J. A. Deighton, L. F. Alwitt and J. Grimm
    Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Political Elections; Relationships; Attitudes; Advertising Industry
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    • 19 Mar 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

    Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.In soccer,... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail
    • 01 Sep 2008
    • News

    Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

    In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on “The Future of Market Capitalism.” The Bulletin spoke with Bower shortly after the event. BOWER: On the... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • 09 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

    organizations tended to be created for the purpose of marketing countries as investment sites and not with the primary objectives of screening investment or negotiating with investors. Governments can adopt two polar positions in their... View Details
    Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
    • September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
    • Case

    Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
    This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the company of manufacturing and selling substandard alcoholic drinks, revoked its liquor licenses, and shut down its... View Details
    Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Wine; Manufacturing; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Shutdown; Factory; Low-income Consumers; Multinational; Local; Government; Allegations; Accusations; Negative Press; EABL; Tusker; Beer; SAB; Chang'aa; Naivasha; Rift Valley; East Africa; Lawsuit; Legal Battle; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Safety; Quality; Distribution; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
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    • March 9, 2021
    • Article

    Addressing Consolidation in Health Care Markets

    By: Leemore S. Dafny
    This Viewpoint proposes three steps the Biden administration can take to slow consolidation within health care, which has been shown to raise costs without improving service or quality: better fund federal antitrust enforcement agencies; appoint agency heads committed... View Details
    Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Consolidation; Competition; Government Administration
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    • August 1986 (Revised February 1991)
    • Supplement

    Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan
    Population Services International, a not-for-profit agency founded to promote family planning information and to market birth control products, had an agreement with the government of Bangladesh to conduct a social marketing program using modern marketing techniques to... View Details
    Keywords: Social Marketing; Health; Advertising; Marketing; Nonprofit Organizations; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Health Industry; Bangladesh
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets

    We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax reform in Germany to explore the link between corporate governance and internal capital markets. We find that firms with more concentrated ownership are less diversified and have... View Details
    Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Taxation; Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Diversification; Germany
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India

    By: Shawn A. Cole
    This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical electoral redistribution to test for political capture in a novel way. Studying banks in India, I find that government-owned bank lending tracks the electoral cycle, with agricultural... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Political Elections; State Ownership; Banking Industry; India
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    • Web

    Hands-on Learning About Global Markets - MBA

    East and North Africa South America United States 21 Sep 2023 Hands-on Learning About Global Markets Jennifer Gillespie Author tag 1st Year (RC) FIELD The challenge posed to students in HBS’s FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course sounds a... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

    My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details

    • 05 Dec 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

    Azmi, famous actress and political activist; Shinta Kamdani, CEO of Indonesia’s Sintesa Group; and Dr. Manu Chandaria, chair and CEO of the Kenyan-based steel and aluminum group Comcraft. Young Indian woman sorting red chilli peppers,... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne