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  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

tax-deferred account gives an investor a potential subsidy from the government, in the form of a tax deferral, Bergstresser continues. "The magnitude of this subsidy depends on how heavily the assets in... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 07 Aug 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

achieved is in question. Where, for example, should fiat or regulation ("push"), incentives or subsidies ("pull"), or the provision of new information, education, or even competitive alternatives be employed? Given the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • 23 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

particularly textiles and agriculture, to compete globally. He said it is estimated that 27 million jobs in the developing world have not been created due to subsidies on farm and textile products in developed countries. According to... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

and its implied elasticities are in the ballpark of a range of micro estimates. We find industrial policy subsidizing either the R&D or the continued operation of incumbents reduces growth and welfare. For example, a subsidy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

typically each government used artificially low energy prices to keep the population subdued and the revenues from Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF) to finance these subsidies or worse to line their pockets. Many of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Charged Up

on such funding will no doubt raise another discussion point,” Vietor says, adding that federal subsidies will expire in 2012. Students will tackle these dilemmas and many others when the case is used in a fall MBA elective, The Energy... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities
  • 03 Jun 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?

that has actually destroyed value. Some of Hutton's examples, such as the ascendancy of Airbus vs. Boeing, will rekindle the controversy about the importance of state subsidies to each. But his arguments raise a number of useful... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

to let the market provide direction when offering subsidies to stimulate entrepreneurial and venture activity. Understanding the need for, and active encouragement of, strong interconnections with entrepreneurs and investors overseas,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

grounded in peak-load power generation. We show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total capacity but that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 15

China) in multilateral negotiations, notably in the World Trade Organization's Doha Round. Yet Brazil's actions to enforce a compulsory license of a patented therapy for HIV/AIDS and its victory in a longstanding WTO dispute with the United States over cotton View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 23

gap discourages research effort directed towards clean technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though the transition will typically be slow. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Dec 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

of very large challenges, including that of how to grow a nearly half-trillion-dollar organization charged with everything from bribery in its Mexican operation to discrimination in its labor policies, and blamed for low wages and reliance on indirect societal View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 04 Jan 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

that process, and uneconomic decisions are made, often involving subsidies to make up for manmade market imperfections. What’s to be done to encourage investment in low-wage workers, the question of the month? SayHowItReallyIs made... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

opposition to changes in energy and environmental policy is unbelievably strong. For the time being, public policy support in the form of subsidies or mandates is required if renewables are to be used." Learning From Government To... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • 01 Mar 2003
  • News

All in a Day's Work

Fellow, Oakes and nine other alumni from the Class of 2002 receive a one-year subsidy from the School to supplement the lower salaries typically paid at nonprofit and government organizations. All fellows are placed with the top... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

scoop: Naomi Wolf and the alpha male The Better Half 12/28/98 Hillary Clinton shines as husband declines Let's Play Doctor 7/13/98 Politicians and health care Why Subsidies Survive 3/25/96 Congress and corporate welfare Man with a Vision... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 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
  • 01 Aug 2001
  • News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

inclusive viewpoint, observing, "There is no inherent conflict between capitalism and the needs of society." More specifically, he continued, the inner city must be brought into the mainstream economy, not classified as an area in need of View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

government programs. [Editor's note: In a nutshell, regulatory capture refers to the tendency of regulators to favor, in effect, the interest of the industry they are supposed to be regulating rather than the public interest.] Any program that assigns View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
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