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  • 02 May 2008
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

funds can replace taxes, they can be beneficial to a citizenry. There seemed to be little concern among respondents that states will use their sovereign funds to foster their political interests. Russell... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

would continue hedging primarily with forward contracts, but in much higher volumes and at increasingly unfavorable rates, or to break with past practice and begin using foreign exchange option contracts. The decision would have... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 21 Feb 2007
  • Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

mechanism to do well with minimum risk and maximum efficiency. In its early stages, a typical project would have to be commercially oriented and driven by private funds, though public funding from development banks or View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

are held longer than want DVDs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni

Careers Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA Careers Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA Supporting recent HBS graduates making a difference working in Asia. Thanks to support from Belinda Tanoto (MBA 2014), the Tanoto Foundation Global Opportunity: Asia... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

  Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel

“discover, buy, and sell authentic tour experiences.” Zhang, the founder of travel firm WildChina which serves foreign visitors, launched NewUGo to connect the rapidly growing domestic Chinese travel market to off-the-beaten-path tourism... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Fellowship Fund grantee Financial need is not required for eligibility, but preference will be given to applicants who have had a demonstrated financial need while a student (as determined by HBS MBA Financial Aid), particularly if... View Details
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Hunter Goble

Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “It was an incredible experience,” says Hunter. “Being in DC is like being in Hollywood, but with people doing important work shaping the daily life of the American people.” Yet Hunter grew frustrated... View Details
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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eligibility & Criteria Awards How to Apply Past Projects Reimbursement grants are awarded on a case-by-case, funds-available basis. For a team with one HBS student: maximum grants will be $1,000 for eligible expenses, based on student demand and View Details
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Revitalizing America

Faculty Opinion Illustration by Corbis/Image Zoo/Cargo Whatever the question—disaster relief, education, health care, foreign policy—national and community service is an answer. Organizing a full-time civilian service corps—the civilian... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
  • 04 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 4

  Publications November 2014 Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

economies, the smaller economies pay the price. The problem is exacerbated by continuing structural weaknesses in developing countries where foreign investments are not necessarily anchored in long-term commitments to infrastructure or... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
  • 18 Aug 2014
  • News

Closing the Education Gap

who is founder and managing partner at Aragon Global Management (AGM), a Chicago-based hedge fund that focuses on global equities. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more expensive to intervene later and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign operations—the so-called "end to tax breaks for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

The Power of National Identity

hundred miles east of Moscow, then Lithuania cannot be the geographical center of Europe. But in the post-Soviet era, beliefs about national identity don’t necessarily have to be true to be powerful.” Abdelal asserts that the remarkable variety of View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement. Observed patterns guide the development of a model in which heterogeneous firms from a source country decide how to serve two foreign markets.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace