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By: Mattias E. Fibiger
Professor Fibiger conducts research on twentieth-century international history, focusing primarily on political economy and international relations in Southeast Asia.

Professor Fibiger's first book is entitled Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast... View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library

Investing in Emerging Industries The third generation of Lehman Brothers partners included the sons of Sigmund M. Lehman: Allan S. Lehman who joined the firm in 1908 and Harold M. Lehman who joined in 1914. Robert Lehman, the son of... View Details
  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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  • 26 Nov 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment

Keywords: by Juan Alcacer & Paul Ingram
  • 03 Feb 2016
  • News

Ethical investing - putting your money where your mouth is

  • May 2021
  • Case

The International Space Station, Principal-Agent Problems, and NASA's Quest to Keep Humans in Space

By: Matthew Weinzierl and Mehak Sarang
In building the International Space Station (ISS), NASA opened the door to the development of a robust in-space economy in low-Earth Orbit, and yet the decision to build the station, and continue to extend its lifetime, placed a huge burden on NASA’s Human Spaceflight... View Details
Keywords: Aerospace; Nasa; Space Economy; Principal-agent Theory; Policy; Commercialization; Aerospace Industry
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?

By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj
This working paper examines why a significant number of businesses have made non-profit investments in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database at the... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; CSR; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Education; Reputation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History
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International Competitiveness in High Technology and Science Based Sectors

By: Gary P. Pisano

This research project examines shifts in competitive capabilities of companies and countries in high technology and science based businesses.  It is particularly concerned with the potential loss of such capabilities in various industrial sectors in the... View Details

  • 30 May 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?

Summing Up Does IP Ownership Belong in International Trade Deals? Intellectual property (IP) regulation remains an active issue in trade negotiations between the China and the United States. The most straightforward element of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

In honor of International Women's Day, the Women's Student Association set out to reclaim the word 'feminism'. They reached out to the HBS community to find out what the word means to its members. The result is a portrait project... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Real Effects of Capital Controls: Financial Constraints, Exporters, and Firm Investment

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Anusha Chari & Fabio Kanczuk
  • 2017
  • Chapter

Globalization in Historical Perspective

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores the role that firms have played over time in promoting international trade and investment. It takes a chronological perspective and is organized around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave... View Details
Keywords: International Business; International Marketing; History; Marketing; Investment; Trade; Globalization
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  • 01 Jan 1978
  • Conference Presentation

United States Aid and Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt

By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; International Finance; United States; Egypt
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  • February 2013
  • Case

New Earth Mining, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
New Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very... View Details
Keywords: South Africa; Capital Budgeting; International Business; Return On Investment; Mining; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Valuation; Investment; Diversification; Mining Industry; Australia; South Africa; Chile; Canada; United States
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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library

Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting By the late 1800s, the next generation of Lehmans began to enter the firm, including Meyer H. (son of Henry Lehman) and Arthur, Sigmund M., and Herbert H. (sons of Mayer Lehman). Emanuel’s son... View Details
  • 2010
  • Dissertation

Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings: Analysis of Cross-border Holdings Following Mandatory Adoption of IFRS

By: Gwen Yu
Prior literature shows that investors under-invest in foreign firms due to information asymmetry problems. I posit that differences in local accounting standards are a source of the information asymmetry among investors. Using security-level holdings of international... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Standards; Investment Portfolio; Foreign Direct Investment
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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Sophus A. Reinert , Dante Roscini January 2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and View Details
  • March 1995
  • Article

Tests of Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market

By: C. Engel, J. Frankel, Kenneth A. Froot and T. Rodrigues
Keywords: Risk Aversion; Risk; International Investing; CAPM; Capital Asset Pricing; International Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Behavioral Finance; United States
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Do Strong Fences Make Strong Neighbors?

By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Many features of U.S. tax policy towards multinational firms-including the governing principle of capital export neutrality, the byzantine system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation-reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United... View Details
Keywords: International Taxation; Initial Public Offerings; Foreign Portfolio Investment; Policy; Taxation; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Initial Public Offering; Mergers and Acquisitions; Foreign Direct Investment; United States
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  • 01 Oct 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat

Keywords: by Paul Novosad & Eric Werker