• 2012
• Working Paper

Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and Their Implications for Economic Performance

By: Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini

In this paper we document the extent and reach of state capitalism around the world and explore its economic implications. We focus on governmental provision of capital to corporations—either equity or debt—as a defining feature of state capitalism. We present a... View Details

Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Development Banks; Sovereign Wealth Funds; Economic Systems; State Ownership; Sovereign Finance; Business and Government Relations; Investment

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Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. "Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and Their Implications for Economic Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-108, June 2012.

• April 2010
• Article

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio

There is a large literature looking at the determinants of country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the... View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Performance Capacity; Taxation; Revenue; Governance; Geographic Location; Trade; Price; Cost of Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; Public Administration Industry; Brazil

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Martinez Fritscher, Andre C., and Aldo Musacchio. "Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930." Financial History Review 17, no. 1 (April 2010). (Winner of the Gerry Feldman Young Scholar Prize for the best paper of (a) young scholar(s) of the European Association of Banking and Financial History, 2010-2011.)

• 20 Nov 2006
• Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

In a perfect world, scientists share problems and work together on solutions for the good of society. In the real world, however, that's usually not the case. The main obstacles: competition for publication... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

• 2009
• Working Paper

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio

There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Sovereign Finance; Goods and Commodities; Risk and Uncertainty; Trade; Taxation; Cost of Capital; Revenue; Brazil

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Martinez Fritscher, Andre C., and Aldo Musacchio. "Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15411, October 2009.

• 2009
• Working Paper

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio

There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Cost of Capital; Revenue; Sovereign Finance; Goods and Commodities; Taxation; Business History; Risk and Uncertainty; Brazil

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Martinez Fritscher, Andre C., and Aldo Musacchio. "Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-027, October 2009. (Revised December 2009.)

• 14 Dec 2011
• Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

investment in a nonprofit was handled strategically it would yield a greater impact for the people served. In an organization with compelling leadership, vision, and evidence of outcomes that were making a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

• 2024
• Working Paper

Migration Fear and Minority Crowd-Funding Success: Evidence from Kickstarter

By: John (Jianqui) Bai, William R. Kerr, Chi Wan and Alptug Yorulmaz

We study racial biases on Kickstarter across multiple ethnic groups from 2009-2021. Scaling the concept of racially salient events, we quantify the close co-movement of minority funding gaps to inflamed political rhetoric surrounding migration. The racial funding gap... View Details

Keywords: Crowdfunding; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Immigration; Public Opinion

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Bai, John (Jianqui), William R. Kerr, Chi Wan, and Alptug Yorulmaz. "Everyone Steps Back? The Widespread Retraction of Crowd-Funding Support for Minority Creators When Migration Fear Is High." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-046, January 2023. (Revised February 2024.)

• 09 Sep 2015
• Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

Dave Cote and his team brought to managing their company during the Great Recession. The shift to managing companies for short-term financial interests has been an increasing trend among US businesses, leading to a focus on actions that... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

• 22 Sep 2014
• Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

(Editor's note: This is the last in a series of four articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Banks are the principal... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

• 12 Aug 2008
• Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

Yahoo is unlikely to exercise its right to sell search ads through other providers, for no such sale is likely to yield revenues comparable to what Yahoo can obtain from Google. Google's Opaque Approach... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

• 05 May 2003
• What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

'voice' into action is the way to reach a 'golden era' in marketing productivity." Whether the real potential for improvement in marketing productivity primarily lies in the minds and behaviors of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 19 Oct 2015
• Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

went to Washington, I saw a tremendous need for fact-based analysis to inform policymaking” Last spring, Toffel sought to change that by taking the unusual step of convening academics and government regulators in the same room View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

• 19 Sep 2018
• Sharpening Your Skills

Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems

iStock Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 18 Nov 2021
• Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

Without leaving the hallways of their public high school, dozens of students from the economically distressed city of Newburgh, New York, have earned associate’s degrees in cybersecurity, arming them with in-demand skills and preparing them View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

• 2018
• Working Paper

What Is Your Problem? The Importance of ‘Problem Storming’ for Crossing Knowledge Boundaries

By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf

In this study, I focus on the emergent processes and practices enacted when using crowdsourcing to solve R&D problems that experts are challenged with. While the literature on crowdsourcing focuses on the online process, this study looks at the full process that takes... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Nasa; Problem Solving; Problem Formulation; Knowledge Boundaries; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Problems and Challenges

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Lifshitz - Assaf, Hila. "What Is Your Problem? The Importance of ‘Problem Storming’ for Crossing Knowledge Boundaries." Working Paper, April 2018.