Chicago School Of Law And Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2010 (Revised January 2012)
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Blue Man Group: Creativity, Life and Surviving an Economic Meltdown

In 2008, Blue Man Group's three co-founders are facing the prospect of losing not just a business but a way of life they have built together. The case follows the story of Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton as they pursue their creative passion and build the... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

deviate from commonly accepted treatments. By that line of thought, medical malpractice lawsuits would put a damper on innovation, and tort reform laws that limit exposure... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

18 Dec 2019
News

'America has squandered the economic recovery': Harvard business professor says US failed to reduce deficits and shore up economic weaknesses during expansion - and blames hyper-partisan gridlock

09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

also engines of economic competitiveness in their regions. See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s exploration of how business View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of... View Details

24 Mar 2010
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LECG Outstanding Contributions to Financial Economics

21 Sep 2016
HBS Seminar

Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management

04 Apr 2023
HBS Seminar

Leslie Marx, Duke University Fuqua School of Business

08 Nov 2018
HBS Seminar

Jun Li, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

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Business Economics - Doctoral

Shapiro (Chair), Raj Chetty , Zoe B. Cullen , and Lawrence Katz Michael Blank, 2024 Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Finance Academic Area Advisors: Gabriel... View Details

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

elections at all. We asked the study’s coauthor, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Vincent Pons, for some insights on the results. Pons has studied voter participation and engagement issues in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2013
HBS Seminar

Sifan Zhou, Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and PhD Candidate, SUNY Albany

May 2003
Other Presentation

Asia Competitiveness Institute Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

2003This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations(The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2002, (World... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Thailand

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September 2014
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Colonial Institutions, Trade Stocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930

By: Aldo Musacchio, Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Martina Viarengo

We show how the decentralization of fiscal responsibility among Brazilian states between 1889 and 1930 promoted an unequal expansion of public schooling. We document how the variation in state export tax revenues, product of commodity booms, explains improvements in... View Details

Keywords: Institutions; Economic History; Education; Development Economics; Policy; Brazil

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29 Nov 2018
HBS Seminar

Geoff Parker, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

01 May 2025
HBS Seminar

Dan Iancu, Stanford Graduate School of Business

17 Mar 2004
Other Presentation

Cluster-Based Economic Development: What Have We Learned?

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2003... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United Kingdom

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