Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jul 2013
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Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School

21 Jun 2024
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Is African Inequality Inevitable?

16 Nov 2023
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Should Biopharma C-Suites Still Engage with China a Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Professor F. Warren McFarlan

05 Nov 2020
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Don’t Get Blindsided by Your Blind Spots

21 Apr 2020
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Trump to suspend immigration to U.S. for 60 days, citing coronavirus crisis and jobs shortage, but will allow some workers

31 May 2019
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Americans feel a burden to future-proof their jobs, while the French are relying on government

26 Apr 2018
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Why JPMorgan Chase is Investing Millions in Detroit

16 Apr 2018
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In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (September 4, 2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton (MBA ’87) declared that from his perspective “the global economy in general — and the entertainment business... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

24 Apr 2014
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From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’

that is assisting global companies with their China strategies and helping Chinese companies create their own global footprints. “Even though China is now the second-largest economy in the world, it’s very embryonic,” he says. “The reason... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

Americans—especially those in the business community—do to increase the ability of firms to compete successfully in the global economy while raising US living standards? This is one of the most important questions facing the nation and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

09 May 2022
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Green House

really happening in large-scale multifamily buildings, particularly in low-income residences,” Harper observes. “At 25 units or more, you have real economies of scale.” View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan

the country in the 1970s and 1980s - ideas such as lifetime employment, cross-shareholding, and keiretsu (Japanese corporate groupings) - are currently undergoing fundamental changes and offer fascinating research possibilities. With the globalization of Japan's View Details

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

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

Democrats really need to do? I wrote an op Ed about this. And essentially, I think there are a few things. Number one, the Democrats need to know that in the eyes of Trump voters, Donald Trump is crushing it. You go to his website. There's a list of 59 things that he... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Full Stream Ahead

stands out as the rare commodity that remains as lucrative in the good times as the bad, since we don’t switch off the radio—or stop watching the films or TV shows that license music and generate revenues—when the economy sours. The last... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

questions. Yet, the conceptions of business that each question implies can be (and historically have tended to be) mutually exclusive. Everybody wants goods and services made available at low prices. But achieving that goal often means building large companies to... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

01 Jun 2000
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Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

democratic regimes and have adopted market-based stabilization programs, opening up their economies to foreign trade. And just as in the United States, another strong and exciting phenomenon has been the impact of the new View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

29 Jun 2019
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Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa

Fayelle Ouane (MBA 2009) founded Suguba to create transformative change on the African continent. In this interview, she discusses the path to achieving that deep impact. “So I'm originally from Mali, but I grew up in Switzerland. And I was extremely fortunate to have... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth

HBS closed the books on fiscal 2005 with more revenue and lower expenses than expected. Total revenues reached a new high of $331 million, $9 million more than forecast, and operating expenses totaled $307 million, $5 million less than forecast. A robust global View Details