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- February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Teaching Note
Renegotiating NAFTA
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
On January 16, 2020, the Senate passed a landmark trade deal that would replace the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Until the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed, considerable debate had surrounded it. The new agreement... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
books, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumer's Trust from Wedgwood to Dell and The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire. A member of the HBS faculty since 1991, Koehn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University and holds... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
discussed the Argentine crisis that began late last year. A professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Hausmann described the economic factors leading to the fiscal collapse and suggested policy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
economics for buyers. Clustering would help reduce transportation and liquefaction costs and make the supply chain frictionless as it would require no or very few investments in pipeline network. Storage: the difficulty of storing carbon... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard, whose ideas have been applied to improve the economic performance of companies, cities, states, regions, and entire nations. “This goes beyond the traditional writing of articles and... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
before and after the policy change. We find that these responses increase significantly after the policy change. These stronger responses partly occur while the review is still ongoing and persist on average... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The power of storytelling can be a catalyst in advocating for the rights of women
Khana and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy program, Lemmon uses this power to make the case that investing in women is an economic, security and development imperative. “I want to reshape the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
providers are beginning to offer unique services, creating the facilities and organizations to effectively deliver them, and gathering the data to show superior performance and to continue to improve. Public policy can help accelerate... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
candidacy requirements and training programs. Promote constructive engagement in the workplace. Implement policies that encourage respectful dialogue and acknowledge diverse political views among employees. Provide training and resources... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
- Background Note
State, The
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
Surveys approaches to understanding the state; highlights the relationships between the state, order, and property; and offers an analytical framework for how states vary from place to place and over time. View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Governance Compliance; Framework; Economic Sectors; Policy; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Development Economics; Equality and Inequality
Abdelal, Rawi E. "State, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-077, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.)
- Web
IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a political... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self-interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- January 2011 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Kindred and Richard Sedlmayr
This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, Natalie Kindred, and Richard Sedlmayr. "Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests." Harvard Business School Case 911-007, January 2011. (Revised April 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
- October 1998 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy
By: Bruce R. Scott and Srinivas Sunder
Members of the community decide to try to diversify the economy of Austin, Texas, by welcoming high-technology firms and by augmenting the electrical engineering faculty at University of Texas--Austin. View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Diversification; Information Technology; Policy; Government and Politics; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Higher Education; Texas
Scott, Bruce R., and Srinivas Sunder. "Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy." Harvard Business School Case 799-038, October 1998. (Revised June 2002.)
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
relentless pressure from various political parties,” he says. “But that has not happened, in part I think because my team moves so fast. It's important to be in the driver's seat when you propose measures and set the economic View Details
- 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
Keywords: April White