Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

More frequent quotas can motivate underperforming sales reps. StockPhoto Personal selling is a key ingredient in making the American economy go. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 10 percent of the labor force in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

companies operate and how government invests in them. And yet, the business world has been slow to catch up to these changes, says Associate Professor Aldo Musacchio, a member of the Business, Government, and the International Economy... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

India's economy is enjoying robust growth with an expanding middle class. But the country, which has 22 official languages, also has its share of huge challenges: widespread poverty with 75 million homeless people, insufficient access to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

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

that are feeling threatened have learned how to bully younger upstarts by wielding licenses and patent law like a weapon. It certainly doesn't encourage the spirit of innovation, does it? However, it isn't just the inventors and fledgling businesses that suffer. The... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

consumers in Indonesia, Turkey, and Egypt the most. In those predominantly Muslim nations, we could survey only people who worked in the organized economy and belonged to the top 50 percent of the population in socioeconomic terms. Such... View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

conversely, the flaunting of a busy life and a dearth of leisure time. In addition, people’s relative interest in buying luxury experiences versus luxury products is increasing. Technology has introduced new business models, such as collaborative consumption in a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/board-design-and-management-considerations-for-startups/an/814098-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-093 Ayala Corporation & the Philippines: Asset Allocation in a Growing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 1983 (Revised May 1985)
Case

China: Central Economic Planning

By: David B. Yoffie

Keywords: Economy; Planning; Policy; China

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May 9, 2024
Editorial

Public Companies Are Alive and Well: They’re Fewer in Number but Bigger and More Profitable than Ever Before.

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

Keywords: Public Ownership; Economy; United States

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2016
Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek—Lighting Liberia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Teaching Note for Case 313-032. After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced... View Details

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2008
Working Paper

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

By: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine and Dean Karlan

In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Profit; Product Marketing; Standards; Failure; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Governmental Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Service Industry; Kenya; Europe

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2007
Chapter

The Complete Business of Serving the Poor: Insights from Unilever's Project Shakti in India

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Dalip Sehgal and Rohithari Rajan

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; India

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26 Jun 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World

Keywords: by Karthik Balasubramanian, David F. Drake, and Douglas Fearing; Financial Services; Banking

May 2016
Supplement

2016 Update: Argentina Turns the Page

By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

This brief case is a supplement to “Cresud and Argentina” (515-043) and “Note on Agriculture in Argentina” (515-069). Set in early 2016, it describes developments in Argentina under newly elected President Mauricio Macri, including the country’s return to international... View Details

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April 2010
Teaching Note

IBM: The Corporate Service Corps (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis, Alison Comings and Bobbi Thomason

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Keywords: Service Operations; Employees; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Global Strategy; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry; Ghana; Tanzania; Romania; Philippines; Viet Nam

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January 2009
Journal Article

The Fiscal Impact of High-skilled Emigration: Flows of Indians to the U.S.

By: Mihir Desai, D. Kapur, J. McHale and K Rogers

Easing immigration restrictions for the highly skilled in developed countries portends a future of increased human capital outflows from developing countries. The myriad consequences of these developments for developing countries include the direct loss of the fiscal... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Human Capital; Mathematical Methods; India; United States

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June 1995
Case

Northern Telecom and Netas (A): Turkey's Telecommunications Team

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum and Pamela A. Yatsko

The Turkish general manager of a successful telecommunications equipment-manufacturing joint venture between the Canadian company Northern Telecom and local partners in Turkey reviews the solutions to a crisis in 1989 and wonders whether the company will be able to... View Details