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The Baby Benefits Club
By: Debora L. Spar
This past summer several prominent firms seemed to be competing for the title of America's most family-friendly company. In August, Netflix announced plans to offer new mothers and fathers "unlimited leave". Microsoft countered quickly, promising to increase its own...
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Keywords:
Parental Leave;
Maternity Leave;
Employees;
Compensation and Benefits;
Policy;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality
Spar, Debora L. "The Baby Benefits Club." Foreign Policy 215 (November–December 2015).
- September–October 2015
- Article
Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World
By: Debora L. Spar
In the frenzied hills of Silicon Valley, going bust is common. Research attests that close to half of start-ups supported by venture capital chew through most or all of their backers' money and that the majority never achieve their projected returns on investment. But...
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Spar, Debora L. "Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World." Foreign Policy 214 (September–October 2015).
- July–August 2015
- Article
The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration
By: Debora L. Spar
Between 1965 and 1991, Singapore grew at an astonishing compound annual growth rate of nearly 14%. Critics of the island's performance accused its celebrated leader, Lee Kuan Yew, of thinly veiled tendencies toward communism and authoritarianism; they argued that the...
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Keywords:
Economic Models;
Communism;
Economic Policy;
Economic Reform;
Angel Investors;
Authoritarianism;
Economic Systems;
Economy;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Singapore;
Cuba
Spar, Debora L. "The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration." Foreign Policy 213 (July–August 2015).
- May–June 2015
- Article
Dead Weight: How Greece Wound up Trapped in the European Union
By: Debora L. Spar
In the early 1990s, Greece fell far afield of the economic criteria laid out by the Maastricht Treaty, the EU's founding document. In 1999, when the European monetary union was launched, Greece failed to meet the criteria again, but managed to squeeze into the body two...
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Spar, Debora L. "Dead Weight: How Greece Wound up Trapped in the European Union." Foreign Policy 212 (May–June 2015).
- June 2015
- Editorial
Should You Freeze Your Eggs?
By: Debora Spar
Spar, Debora. "Should You Freeze Your Eggs?" Marie Claire (June 2015).
- March–April 2015
- Article
The Almighty Ruble
By: Debora L. Spar
At 1 AM Moscow time on December 16, Russia's central bank announced a massive hike in the country's interest rate, from 10.5% to 17%. It's not clear how Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his colleagues could realistically have expected to achieve anything by hiking the...
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Spar, Debora L. "The Almighty Ruble." Foreign Policy 211 (March–April 2015).
- January–February 2015
- Article
Heroic Villains: Are Foreign Investors Problems or Solutions in the Ebola Crisis?
By: Debora L. Spar
For months, the news out of West Africa has been unrelentingly grim. As of early December, the devastating Ebola epidemic had infected a reported 17,942 people and killed 6,388, according to the World Health Organization (WHO); the actual toll, which would also account...
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Keywords:
Ebola;
Multinational Corporation;
Epidemics;
Foreign Investment;
Extractive Industries;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Health Pandemics;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Government and Politics;
Africa
Spar, Debora L. "Heroic Villains: Are Foreign Investors Problems or Solutions in the Ebola Crisis?" Foreign Policy 210 (January–February 2015).
- Book Review
Leaning in Without Falling Over
By: Debora L. Spar
Deborah L. Spar reviews "What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know," by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, who explore workplace sociology as it pertains to the needs, goals and difficulties faced by women in the workforce.
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Spar, Debora L. "Leaning in Without Falling Over." New York Times Book Review (April 13, 2014).
- November 8, 2013
- Article
What Men Can Do to Help Women Advance Their Careers
By: Debora Spar
Today, most major corporations—along with hospitals, law firms, universities, and banks—have entire units devoted to helping women and minorities succeed. There are diversity officers and work/family offices and gender-sensitivity training courses in all tiers of...
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Spar, Debora. "What Men Can Do to Help Women Advance Their Careers." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 8, 2013).
- October 26, 2013
- Editorial
A Welcome to College Parents
By: Debora L. Spar
Spar, Debora L. "A Welcome to College Parents." Huffington Post (October 26, 2013).
- Editorial
Where Feminism Went Wrong
By: Debora L. Spar
Spar, Debora L. "Where Feminism Went Wrong." Chronicle of Higher Education 60, no. 1 (September 30, 2013).
- 2013
- Book
Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection
By: D. L. Spar
Spar, D. L. Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
- August 26, 2013
- Article
Women Don't Need to Lead Better Than Men. They Need to Lead Differently
By: Debora Spar
Spar, Debora. "Women Don't Need to Lead Better Than Men. They Need to Lead Differently." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 26, 2013).
- Editorial
Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect
By: Debora Spar
Spar, Debora. "Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect." Newsweek (September 24, 2012).
- Editorial
Why Do Successful Women Feel So Guilty?
By: Debora Spar
Spar, Debora. "Why Do Successful Women Feel So Guilty?" The Atlantic (June 28, 2012).
- Article
Building a Better Baby Business
By: Debora Spar and Anna M. Harrington
Spar, Debora, and Anna M. Harrington. "Building a Better Baby Business." Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 10, no. 1 (2009): 41–69.
- 2007
- Article
Selling Stem Cell Science: How Markets Drive Law along the Technological Frontier
By: Debora Spar and Anna Harrington
Spar, Debora, and Anna Harrington. "Selling Stem Cell Science: How Markets Drive Law along the Technological Frontier." American Journal of Law & Medicine 33, no. 4 (2007): 541–565.
- November 2007
- Class Lecture
The Baby Business (FSS)
By: Debora L. Spar
In vitro fertilization and genetic screening are possible with the advent of biotechnology. International adoptions, surrogacy, and other approaches to family planning are on the rise. But few rules govern these measures, medical costs can be prohibitive, and...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Demand and Consumers;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Genetics;
Societal Protocols;
Commercialization;
Biotechnology Industry;
Health Industry
Spar, Debora L. "The Baby Business (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 708-701, November 2007.
- January 2007 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State
By: Noel Maurer, Debora L. Spar and J. Gunnar Trumbull
In 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Political Elections;
Organizations;
Outcome or Result;
Afghanistan
Maurer, Noel, Debora L. Spar, and J. Gunnar Trumbull. "Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State." Harvard Business School Case 707-033, January 2007. (Revised February 2010.)