World Economic Forum - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jun 2021
News

Looking at Losses in Gender Equity in Post-COVID Canada

Michelle Banik, Heather Stark (MBA 1999), Penny Collenette, and Jen Lee Koss (MBA 2008) When the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap Report came out at the end of March, the news was grim. The... View Details

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53540 2017 Swedish Economic Forum Report 2017: Svensk konkurrenskraft The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard 2017 By: Ketels, Christian H.M. Abstract—The Swedish... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

older children remains essentially unchanged. To our knowledge, this is the first rigorous demonstration that one need not succumb to temptation in order for it to detrimentally impact one's economic productivity. The Dynamics of Social... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

the scholarship emanating from this research stream has grown substantially in quantity, quality, and breadth. Likewise, firms across the world have increasingly implemented broad and sophisticated non-market strategies. Within strategy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Dec 2019
News

A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

of economic development,” recalls Barry of his post-graduation years. He wanted to understand why people in some regions do well economically and improve their standard of living while others do not, and was... View Details

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

nations, says Greyser. In 1964, Japan made a similar overture with the Tokyo Games to point to its recovery from defeat in World War II. China used the Beijing Games in 2008 to showcase itself as an economic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

borders? Money is crossing borders... ideas are crossing borders," she said. Unfortunately, she added, there is little evidence that Africa, given its population and size, is benefiting proportionately from the phenomenon. The continent can claim only 2 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Dec 2002
News

Books

approach that takes both ethical and economic imperatives seriously. Paine's book speaks directly to those responsible for a company's performance —executives, entrepreneurs, directors, managers — but any stakeholder in the global economy... View Details

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

What's happening in another part of the world that you could adopt and adapt in your environment? These disruptive innovations are not just novel inventions. Successful innovators take ideas and turn them into opportunities by adding a... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

preliminary findings suggest that the profound economic metamorphoses taking place in Latin America's emerging economies have imposed dramatic changes on the competitive environment, compelling firms to develop new strategies and... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

School, Harvard University, and the worldwide business community, an undertaking that is ambitious, but with some historical precedent at HBS, Spar says. “When the United States was in World War II, the School played a major role in... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Harvard Business School

Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collectons For nearly 50 years, African Americans on the HBS faculty have forged extraordinary careers that have traversed and shaped the... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

financial district of Brooklin to the favelas of Real Parque. Cars buzz by. "See here?" she says, pointing to the bridge. At 6:30 p.m. on most days, it is a sea of snarled traffic, a city hallmark. But when Brazil's national team kicks off the View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

of culture, race, gender, and religion in historical developments. Economic historians, often in recent decades trained in economics, have done pioneering work in quantifying historical trends in the integration of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

Chairman, Social Investment Task force, Bridges Community Ventures, & The Portland Trust Cofounder & Former Chairman, Apax Partners L.P. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Oxford University, 1967 M.A., Philosophy, Politics, and View Details

21 Aug 2017
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The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together

“It seems to me that we are now economically and socially divided and burdened in ways that are broadly analogous to 1937. During such times, conflicts (both internal and external) increase, populism emerges, democracies are threatened... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 1999
News

The Way You See It

influence over so many areas of business and society. "World War II catalyzed mass production techniques, quantitative analysis methods, women in the workplace, and world trade through the Marshall Plan and Japan's View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

01 Dec 2008
News

Back to the Future

that continued dependence on foreign oil would eventually cause economic and geopolitical crises, unless certain preemptive steps were taken. They weren’t, and today, amid crises, America confronts the same stark choices it did back then,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Mar 2017
News

The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

Illustration by Peter Arkle Since the outbreak of civil war in 2011, 4.9 million Syrians have fled their country, and another 6.6 million are internally displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency. To better understand the human, political, and View Details