International Investment Barriers - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

had from such a historical understanding of political economy and of power in an economic age. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53309 forthcoming Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2019
News

Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time

Laureate Eugene Fama that stock markets do not exhibit price bubbles. Greenwood and his colleagues used stock return data gathered from a variety of US industries and a gamut of international stock market sectors. They analyzed 40... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

for the challenge of educating and acquiring customers new to making large online purchases. But what the company didn’t expect was the absence of the infrastructure necessary to support e-commerce. Very quickly, Cahuzac realized that the company’s attention and... View Details

03 Mar 2003
What Do You Think?

Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

auditors and audit committees whose mutual survival depends on each other, overly complicated accounting and tax systems, and the nature of the reporting relationships between internal auditors and those responsible for the integrity of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Accounting; Financial Services

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Lindsay Steinmetz

Conversations with them reinforced my desire to be in social enterprise, where the complexities of social impact are tackled and debated. It was the energy they brought to public health, international development, education and corporate... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

EU regulations were in step with sound international practice. Remainers, on the other hand, have spent little time explaining what the UK can do better within the European Union to address the very real competitiveness challenges Great... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 1999
News

New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance

topics in international finance, including securitization of insurance risks (particularly those linked to catastrophes), risk management for corporations and financial institutions, and asset allocation for investors. He is a founding... View Details

13 Jul 2020
News

Locally Grown

climate change, I couldn’t justify the carbon footprint of getting on an airplane every week,” Fenwick-Smith recalls. Aravaipa was also an open-ended fund, in part because Fenwick-Smith was uncertain about the interest in initial View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

the competitive landscape means that international expansion invites foreign investment and the potential for strategic exit. This strategy is a reflection of the larger trend among Indian startups, like... View Details

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

comes from the International Development Finance Corporation, where she projected and monitored the economic impacts of more than $6 billion of emerging market investments in sectors such as infrastructure,... View Details

04 Apr 2019
News

Promoting Diversity at Sundance and Beyond

Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) was in the midst of a successful career in investment management with the $1.7 trillion Capital Group Companies when he cofounded the Blackhouse Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at advancing the careers of... View Details

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

Business School Case 207-090 As part of its expansion and diversification strategy, the Chiaphua Group explored real estate investments in emerging markets. The Group was one of the largest privately held company groups based in Hong... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

witnessed by enrollments. The issue arises again with a seeming upsurge of interest in implementation. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton describe what they call this "knowing-doing gap" in their in-depth study of a number of companies. They maintain that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

energy use and waste, and many have integrated sustainability into strategic planning. What's not to like? Well, for starters, these actions don't meaningfully address the primary barrier to sustainability, climate change. According to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

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Devon Sanford Archives | Social Enterprise

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23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

both host and home governments, and the international legal framework. The second was the market and resources of the host country. The third factor was competition from local firms. The impact of these factors on corporate strategies is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1998
News

A Business World Gone Global

Today, even small firms dare to think globally and invest accordingly - closing deals in Dubai has become almost as commonplace as doing business in Dubuque, thanks to quantum leaps in travel and transport, geopolitics, and... View Details

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Margaret Busse Archives | Social Enterprise

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Arjun Goyal

Dr. Arjun Goyal is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Vida Ventures, a leading US-based life sciences venture capital firm with a ~$1.8 billion in AUM. Arjun focuses on creating and investing in companies that translate groundbreaking... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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