Economic Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

sample to quantify correctly the overall importance of these networks. The Silicon Valley Chinese are a very special case, and my work seeks to understand the larger benefit these networks provide throughout the global economy. These macroeconomic findings are... View Details

Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

value, and lost another 10.6% on Tuesday. These are no mere "paper" losses. The drop represents a significant loss of wealth which could unleash further deflationary pressures--a phenomenon Japan's on-again, off-again economy has been fighting for almost two... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

22 Feb 2022
News

Addressing The Financial Security Gap

initiative helps organizations create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers and communities. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

entrepreneur or as an investor. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810072-PDF-ENG U.S. Healthcare Reform: International Perspectives Arthur A. Daemmrich and Elia PineiroHarvard Business School Case 710-040 The national View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

threats to the global economic system. It survived two world wars and the Great Depression. It won the Cold War. Doesn’t capitalism reign supreme in the 21st century? Looking forward, we certainly can see challenges that will have to be... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Class Day, Commencement Mark New Beginning for Newest Alumni

achievement and filled with anticipation, youthful spirits and energy will not be denied. Fittingly, it was brighter days and business leadership that Class Day speaker Jamie Dimon (MBA ’82) chose as the focus of his remarks. Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase,... View Details

Keywords: commencement; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Faculty Books

leaders, they argue, acknowledge the first three perils but are crafting unduly soft policies to deal with them. America requires a new security concept, “strategic indepen-dence,” to keep the peace in dangerous times and to foster new... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

household decision making and the development of the financial system more broadly. What interests me in the topic is the extent to which the issues involved link developments in households, the economy, and public policy in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations between government regulation and corporate strategy, the behavior of private and public organizations that manage natural... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

politics. "It had extremely high inflation rates and extremely low economic growth rates." But then two things happened, says Domínguez: First, the government began enacting serious reforms—the kind of fiscal and public View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

contribute to a plunge in the nation's economy. But, like Alice's Cheshire Cat, we recognized that to get "there," we had first to decide where we wanted to go—in short, to set the goal of "reform." The Bipartisan Housing Commission, a diverse group... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the economics at each step in the chain by... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Leading Change

doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic development in China. Esquel is... View Details

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles By: Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—Foreign banks’ lending to firms in emerging market economies (EMEs) is large and denominated predominantly in U.S. dollars. This creates... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

the Japanese model of government policy actually did not work, and does not explain the Japanese economic miracle. We show that, in fact, the reverse was the case: that the approach is actually at the root... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
Teaching Note

Singapore Inc. (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Taxation; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Organizational Culture; Saving; Performance Productivity; Balance and Stability; China; Singapore

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19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19

PublicationsLabor Regulations and European Venture Capital Authors:Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

existence of rural areas not supplied by grid electricity was an important motivation for early movers in both the U.S. and Denmark. Public policy was the problem rather than the opportunity for wind entrepreneurs before 1980, but... View Details