Economic Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

at 6,630 or so. The US economy is in its longest economic expansion in history, albeit at growth rates that look anemic compared to other times in history. So that certainly reflects a huge success story, at... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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Lehman Brothers

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen

In 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And... View Details

Keywords: History; Business History; Development Economics; Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment Banking; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; United States

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30 Oct 2006
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Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek Abstract The empirical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2007
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How Brand China Can Succeed

Its double digit economic growth rates—especially for a country of over a billion people—have been enviable. China has become factory to the world. The Chinese are rightly proud of their achievements and the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Jun 1998
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Devtosh Khare

markets and economic trends in the region and to make some contacts with India's business leaders," he explains. "Then I'll be ready to go out on my own." He believes that India's service sector offers the most exciting business... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

17 Feb 2011
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Field Report: Rwanda

Karisimbi Partners, a three-person private consulting group that works with small- to mid-sized enterprises. “The idea behind Karisimbi’s model is that sustained economic growth in Rwanda requires private... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

30 Jul 2013
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environment conditions. Both are most strongly associated with stronger economic outcomes, with lower impact on other dimensions of the New Growth Path. The third section creates a new dataset of cluster... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Aug 2015
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What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

expected productivity increases so critical to wage and economic growth haven't occurred, at least not in the US. We've waited for at least a decade for this new era of information innovation to yield... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

12 May 2008
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Accounting Information as Political Currency

the economic circumstances of the firm (e.g., its growth in sales). Accounting researchers have built models to estimate "discretionary" accruals, which are accruals not predictable by recent View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2004
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New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

long-term economic growth and inflation. The Fed can affect long-term rates only to the extent that it can influence those expectations. Long-term conservative investors should not probably be in the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

Exploration Kuyoro spent her childhood in Nigeria before continuing schooling in the U.K. After completing her degree in Engineering at the University of Warwick, she was eager to continue her education and study the intersection of View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

provide a business base for black South African businesspeople, noted that "the growth of our business has been the growth of our dream." Panelist Marinus Daling, chairman of Sanlam, a financial services... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2011
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Alumni Books

strategies, virtual workplaces, results-only work environments, babies at work programs, and on-ramp and off-ramp opportunities. Get the Job You Really Want by James Caan (AMP 164, 2003) (Portfolio) To land the job of your dreams, Caan explains how to stay positive in... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

Christina Melas-Kyriazi

account creation to loan servicing. Before Affirm, Christina was a Senior Product Manager at GoFundMe, where she worked on growth and new product areas. Earlier in her career, Christina also spent time in business operations at LinkedIn... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

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Katie Rae Mulvey Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Katie Rae Mulvey, Detroit Economic View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Fostering financial freedom for low-income individuals

1998, and the “Love Our Local Business” program, which encourages growth for small businesses by giving grants to entrepreneurs. In India, Intuit’s free mobile application, Fasal, has connected 1.5 million farmers with agents to get... View Details

1 PM – 2 PM EST, 03 Feb 2016
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Sustainable Capitalism: An Oxymoron?

In this talk, Professor Henderson will discuss both the risks and the tremendous opportunities inherent in harnessing the power of private enterprise to build a more sustainable world. She will also explore how people can hold the tension between the demands of the... View Details

December 2009
Article

Aspects of the Political Economy of Development and Synthetic Biology

By: Rachel Wellhausen and Gautam Mukunda

Keywords: Government and Politics; Economy; Growth and Development; Science