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- June 2013
- Teaching Note
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna
Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Sound Bites: A Degree of Hope
Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) President and CEO, the Strada Education Foundation Illustration by John S. Dykes I grew up as the son of a single mother in rural Mississippi. And while we were never legally poor, there was that sense of economic insecurity the whole way. And... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The power of storytelling can be a catalyst in advocating for the rights of women
US foreign policy. She has become a forceful voice for the economic and human rights of women, especially in conflict-affected areas. Lemmon spent four years with the investment-management firm PIMCO and in... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It
By: Thales S. Teixeira
Attention is a necessary ingredient for effective advertising. The market for consumer attention (or "eyeballs") has become so competitive that attention can be regarded as a currency. The rising cost of this ingredient in the marketplace is causing marketers to waste... View Details
Teixeira, Thales S. "The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-055, January 2014.
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
economic spectrum are creating faux management jobs, pointing to wage cases filed by workers at tech and financial services giants. The team found a five-fold increase in manager titles like “directors of... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- September 2012 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Doing Business in Malaysia
By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
This case focuses on the current business environment in Malaysia as of 2012 by introducing the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country for those interested in doing business there. The advantages and challenges of investing and doing business in... View Details
- Article
Money and the Terms of Trade
By: J. J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, J. J. "Money and the Terms of Trade." Journal of International Economics 19, nos. 1-2 (August 1985): 141–160.
- March 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Background Note
Making Sense of the Internet Business Landscape
Discusses the shift from the industrial to the information economy from a technological, business, and societal perspective. Compares the changes we are experiencing today with the changes experienced during the shift from the agrarian to the industrial age at the turn... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News
- June 1988
- Case
Decontrol of Fertilizer Prices in Pakistan
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Decontrol of Fertilizer Prices in Pakistan." Harvard Business School Case 388-087, June 1988.
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
The Entrepreneurs Of The Soconusco A protégée of historian John Womack, Lurtz took an interest in Latin American economics while an undergrad at Harvard College. As a doctoral... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent... View Details
- 03 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
9 Lessons from the Class of 2019
administration and will for years to come. In fact, the Dean's 2019 Commencement speech was inspired by the interactions he had with these students over the last few years! We can't wait to see what the Class View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
January 31 to February 1. Before a Burden Hall audience of some nine hundred students, business leaders, and academics, keynote speaker Dr. Edgar Cheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, voiced... View Details
- Article
The Emergence of Mafia-like Business Systems in China
By: Meg Rithmire and Hao Chen
A large body of literature on state–business relations in China has examined the political role of capitalists and collusion between the state and the private sector. This paper contributes to that literature and understanding of the internal differentiation among... View Details
Keywords: China's Political Economy; State-business Relations; Business Groups; Financial System; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Economic Systems; China
Rithmire, Meg, and Hao Chen. "The Emergence of Mafia-like Business Systems in China." China Quarterly 248 (December 2021): 1037–1058.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Measuring the Tolerance of the State: Theory and Application to Protest
By: Veli Andirin, Yusuf Neggers, Mehdi Shadmehr and Jesse M. Shapiro
We develop a measure of a regime's tolerance for an action by its citizens. We ground our measure in an economic model and apply it to the setting of political protest. In the model, a regime anticipating a protest can take a costly action to repress it. We define the... View Details
Keywords: Political Protests; Modeling And Analysis; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution
Andirin, Veli, Yusuf Neggers, Mehdi Shadmehr, and Jesse M. Shapiro. "Measuring the Tolerance of the State: Theory and Application to Protest." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30167, June 2022.
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Responsibility initiative. Professors Thomas R. Piper and Lynn Sharp Paine emphasized the importance of both ethics and economics for outstanding organizations. They argued... View Details
- 01 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Revisiting the Classical View of Benefit-Based Taxation
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- March–April 1990
- Article
The Costly Bargain of Trade Promotion
By: R. D. Buzzell, J. A. Quelch and W. J. Salmon
Keywords: Trade
Buzzell, R. D., J. A. Quelch, and W. J. Salmon. "The Costly Bargain of Trade Promotion." Harvard Business Review 68, no. 2 (March–April 1990): 141–149.
- 02 Jul 2008
- Conference Presentation