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  • March 2011 (Revised December 2017)
  • Background Note

The IMF: The Washington Consensus, the Critics, and the New Challenges as China Rises

By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Natalie Kindred and Monica Baraldi
How the International Monetary Fund (IMF) defines and carries out its mandate has evolved considerably since 1944, when it was founded to serve a vital but narrow function in maintaining the global foreign exchange system and thus enabling international trade. This... View Details
Keywords: History; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Trade; Financial Institutions; Macroeconomics; Financial Services Industry
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  • 05 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

The health insurance system in the United States is broken, and business is paying the price. Employers' insurance premiums reached an estimated $450 billion in 2000, and then shot up again, at three times the rate of inflation, in 2001.... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
  • 22 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

uncertainty regarding the virus itself (when can we expect a vaccine?), and the pandemic has hit countries and regions in very different ways. In the meantime, we are faced with trade disputes, consumers are changing habits, and companies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • September 1983 (Revised July 1991)
  • Case

Orthoteks USA (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh
A series on implementing strategy as the head of the U.S. subsidiary of a successful Swiss medical products firm. Traces the actions of the CEO over a four year period and highlights his negotiations with the Swiss parent and the way functional components of the... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Style; Agreements and Arrangements; Strategy; Health Industry; Switzerland; United States
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  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

manipulating investors' ability to trade was an important aspect of price manipulation for many firms over the past few years. My research looks at how firms used stock splits to manipulate the float—the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

ownership to the private sector and become regulators—a position that will, in fact, give them more power to shape the competitive environment of industries not only in their own country but throughout the continent, as the European Union... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

At the same time, shareholders and some debt holders will suffer losses, since their securities will no longer have value. Second, Congress dramatically reduced the risk of trading financial derivatives by... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • January 2004
  • Article

Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We examine the diffusion of more than twenty technologies across twenty-three of the world's leading industrial economies. Our evidence covers major technology classes such as textile production, steel manufacture, communications, information technology,... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Development Economics; Human Capital; Government and Politics; Trade; Production; Information Technology; Steel Industry; Communications Industry
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  • 2002
  • Other Unpublished Work

Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeremy Stein
We build a model that helps to explain why increases in liquidity—such as lower bid–ask spreads, a lower price impact of trade, or higher turnover—predict lower subsequent returns in both firm-level and aggregate data. The model features a class of irrational... View Details
Keywords: Price; Financial Liquidity; Trade; Valuation; Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Equity; Stock Shares; Investment Return
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  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

http://howardgardner.com/2014/05/27/mind-work-and-life/ August 2013 Journal of Political Economy Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices By: Antràs,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

a shadow over the entire industry. The alleged problems include managers of fund families who allocate investments among individual funds in which they may have a management or ownership stake. This allows some investors (particularly... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 15 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday

will trade a few hours of sun bathing for bargain hunting? "Whether July 15 is the right day or not, I don't know," Gupta said. "But I think it's a good idea to keep it well away from Black... View Details
Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Retail
  • 09 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

to establish a regulatory body made up of digital market experts, similar to the Federal Trade Commission, who would be tasked with monitoring digital price competition and protecting consumers from the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

"someone else." All around the world, as trade barriers continue to fall, and capital markets become more integrated, restructuring is becoming a daily event, and every manager can benefit from having a basic understanding View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1998 (Revised October 1999)
  • Case

Han Young Labor Dispute (A), The

Examines the evolution of a labor dispute at the Han Young maquiladora in Tijuana, Mexico. The dispute began over union representation at a 120-worker company, but soon escalated into a source of tension between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and a test for the... View Details
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; International Relations; Labor Unions; Trade; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Government Relations; Canada; United States; Mexico
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  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817114-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-059 Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover In early 2013, Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC), a large publicly View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

Statistics Trade Credit and Taxes By: Desai, Mihir, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract—This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

Summing Up What Will Capitalism Require of Us in the Future? If one were to sum up the ideas in response to this month's column, it could be: Capitalism as we know it is here to stay; the question is about its long-term impact on our way... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • February 1993 (Revised March 2003)
  • Case

India (A)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Waleed J. Iskandar and Max L. Weston
Outlines India's import substitution strategy and its planned development process. The effects of the difficult political and social context on economic development are analyzed. The failure of the system to achieve sustainable growth and improvement leads to attempts... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Ethnicity; Development Economics; Trade; Economic Growth; Policy; Government and Politics; India
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  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

Harvard Business School Case 210-002 In 2005, Jane Bauer-Martin, a hedge fund manager, is considering what she should do with the fund's large investment in the publicly traded bonds of Delphi Corp., a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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