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- 10 Jun 2015
- HBS Conference
The Political Economy of Food: Grown Locally and Consumed Globally
- 2005
- Report
Enterprise Formality and the Role of Local Government in Vietnam
By: Markus David Taussig and Pham Thi Thu Hang
Taussig, Markus David, and Pham Thi Thu Hang. "Enterprise Formality and the Role of Local Government in Vietnam." Report, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration
By: Marco Tabellini
Between 1915 and 1930, during the First Great Migration, more than 1.5 million African Americans migrated from the South to the North of the United States, altering the racial profile of several northern cities for the first time in American history. I exploit this... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Race; City; Financial Condition; Government and Politics; History; United States
Tabellini, Marco. "Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-006, July 2018. (Revised September 2019. Featured in Harvard Magazine.)
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer (TN)
By: Michael Norton
- 1986
- Chapter
Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans
By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Local Range; Motivation and Incentives
Leonard, Dutch. "Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans." In Public Sector Payrolls, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- 2021
- Case
Starbucks: Opposing a Local Tax to Address Homelessness while Promoting Social Justice
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
In 2018, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted 9-0 for a tax that would require companies whose annual revenue surpassed $20 million to pay the city $275 per employee per year. The tax money would then be used to combat homelessness in Seattle. In response,... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; City; Welfare; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Seattle
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Starbucks: Opposing a Local Tax to Address Homelessness while Promoting Social Justice." William Davidson Institute Case 3-330-494, 2021.
- 19 Sep 2024
- News
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
- February 2014
- Article
Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers
By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
How do firms respond to entry in multi-sided markets? We address this question by studying the impact of Craigslist, a website providing classified-advertising services, on local U.S. newspapers. We exploit temporal and geographical variation in Craigslist's entry to... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Internet and the Web; Newspapers; Advertising; Advertising Industry; Journalism and News Industry
Seamans, Robert, and Feng Zhu. "Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers." Management Science 60, no. 2 (February 2014): 476–493.
- 16 Aug 2022
- News
Are You a ‘Digital Nomad’? European Locales Want Remote Workers
- 25 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages
- 2019
- Chapter
Local States of Play: Land and Urban Politics in Reform-Era China
By: Meg Rithmire
Book Abstract: Although comparative politics is conventionally seen as the study of politics across countries, the field has a longstanding and increasingly prominent tradition in national contexts; focusing on subnational units, institutions, actors and processes.... View Details
Rithmire, Meg. "Local States of Play: Land and Urban Politics in Reform-Era China." In Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics, edited by Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, and Richard Snyder, 318–350. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages
By: Juan Alcacer and Minyuan Zhao
This study looks at the role of firms' internal linkages in highly competitive technology clusters, where much of the world's R&D takes place. The leading players in these clusters are multi-location firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide.... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Industry Clusters; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Semiconductor Industry
Alcacer, Juan, and Minyuan Zhao. "Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-064, February 2010.
- February 2013
- Teaching Note
Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations (TN)
By: William R. Kerr
- November 1996
- Article
Localized Autocorrelation Diagnostic Statistic for Sociological Models: Times-series, Network, and Spatial Datasets
By: C. I. Nass and Y. Moon
Nass, C. I., and Y. Moon. "Localized Autocorrelation Diagnostic Statistic for Sociological Models: Times-series, Network, and Spatial Datasets." Sociological Methods & Research 25, no. 2 (November 1996): 223–247.
- December 2012
- Supplement
Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations (CW)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and William R. Kerr
- 2023
- Working Paper
El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China
By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolving, complex and multifaceted relationship between the real estate industry and the education sector in China. The current crises in the private education and real estate sectors caused by policy shifts reflect the inter-meshing of... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Policy; Government and Politics; Economic Sectors; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-065, May 2023.