Economic And Social Disparities - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

caps. "These measures were not put in place because of the concentrated lobbying power of France's consumer lending sector," Trumbull says. Instead, French politicians worked closely with industry and family groups to develop regulations... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

August 2011 (Revised September 2011)
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Global Business School Network

By: Christopher Marquis and Rwitwika Bhattacharya

The mission of the Global Business School Network (GBSN) is to strengthen business education for the developing world. The organization was transitioning out of its startup phase and wants to shift its focus from capacity building activities driven by the organization... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Business Education; Development Economics; Globalization; Global Strategy; Education Industry

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14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

is available at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-78902-6 The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting Author: Walter Friedman... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Institutional Incentives for Protection: The American Use of Voluntary Export Restraints

By: J. J. Coleman and D. B. Yoffie

Keywords: Trade; Motivation and Incentives; United States

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17 Sep 2024
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The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

the total elimination of the greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and value chains, including all of their Scopes 1 to 3 emissions and without using carbon credits. This type of target is currently... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Feb 2014
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http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-art-of-strategic-renewal/ August 2013 Journal of Development Economics Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

10 Nov 2009
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Hawkins wondered how to guide his company into this new area of social gaming without losing any of the tremendous creative momentum the team had built over the previous years. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Too Big To Trust? Managing Stakeholder Trust in Business in the Post-Bail-Out Economy

By: Deepak Malhotra

This chapter considers the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, and specifically the subsequent “bail-out” of the large financial institutions by the American government, from the perspective of trust in the post-bail-out economy. The author considers the impacts... View Details

Keywords: Trust; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis

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12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

profound importance to contemporary readers, but also will be seminal secondary source for economic and political historians for generations to come. If you own a copy, keep it. A scholarly grandchild will... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Oct 2006
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Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

R. Kerr’s book explores why global talent flows matter to national economic development and security Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing CountriesLegal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2011
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look at the "softer" components of risk management, including a comparison of two different, equally effective risk officer styles and roles. Social Strategies That Work Author:Mikołaj Jan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

for its carbon performance. Such ratings and rankings are largely based on companies' direct carbon footprint. For example, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJIS), which evaluates the economic, environmental, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

24 Jun 2008
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University Press, forthcoming Abstract This chapter assesses contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia and its contribution to the field of political economy. It focuses especially on the political origins of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2014
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advertising system in which a certain amount of waste and fraud has become the norm, despite the system's fundamental capability to offer unprecedented accountability. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2012
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Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

way we will build a new theory about leaders that, even as it acknowledges that most individual leaders have little impact, identifies the relatively rare circumstances when a single individual in the right place, at the right time, can make history. Philosophers View Details

04 Oct 2004
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Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

"The study of e-commerce has unfolded in much the same way that e-commerce thrust itself on the business world—with a great deal of overstatement," says Marc J. Epstein, Visiting Professor and Wyss Visiting Scholar in View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 May 2011
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technologies, demographic shifts, and consumption trends. They can't develop truly global organizations that operate effortlessly across borders. And they find it tough to ensure that their people adhere to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2012
Case

Edison Schools, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley

Edison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Conflict of Interests; Initial Public Offering; For-Profit Firms; Public Sector; Market Entry and Exit; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry

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