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- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
value-added tax. We're the only developed economy that doesn't do it. We have state and local sales taxes, but we don't have any broad-based value-added tax. I think most tax economists have long thought it's a strange arrow to have kept...
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by Sean Silverthorne
Kenneth Salas
Kenneth Salas is a distinguished business leader and fintech innovator, who co-founded Camino Financial, an AI-powered community lending platform providing affordable credit to underserved micro-businesses in the US. In his capacity as COO, Kenneth oversees growth and...
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Finance
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
percent of Hong Kong's exports involve China either as a source or market, and 60 percent of the total investment in China is channeled from the territory. In addition, he said, Hong Kong is an outward-looking economy that serves a wider...
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Alejandro Reyes
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
succeed in building high quality client relationships, delivering appropriately innovative thinking, and helping their firms grow and improve performance—all within China's unique political and cultural...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
Industries Authors:Regina Abrami and Yu Zheng Abstract Why have China's petrochemical and steel industries behaved so differently in seeking trade protection through antidumping measures? We argue that the patterning of antidumping...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
funds can replace taxes, they can be beneficial to a citizenry. There seemed to be little concern among respondents that states will use their sovereign funds to foster their political interests. Russell Widener comments that "I...
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by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
week's US Supreme Court ruling. It's time to end three-and-a-half years of political wrangling and make the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) work. The law's shortcomings are well known. It provides health care access to 30 million...
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- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
& Course MaterialsFinancial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity Harvard Business School Note 809-111 Provides an analysis of why informal financial networks and institutions still play an extremely important role in View Details
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Martha Lagace
- Web
World Factbook | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Citations World Factbook World Factbook Bookmark This World Factbook /citations/world-factbook Produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, provides brief surveys of the economic, geographic, and political conditions of most...
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- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs of trading partners as a problem...
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by James Heskett
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
also not “vetted.” Thoughtful policies get reviewed, debated, discussed and revised. Instead, the President hurriedly picked a bunch of countries and tried to make a political statement without considering all of the ramifications. This...
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by Staff
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
understood, even as the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom instituted reforms in early 2010. Presenting opportunities for cross-national policy learning, this case describes the political economy...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Nations Authors:Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker Periodical:Journal of Political Economy 114, no. 5 (October 2006): 905-930 Abstract Ten of the fifteen seats on the U.N. Security Council are held by rotating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
Raghuram Rajan likens Indians' view of their economy to their view of the nation's cricket team. When the team's doing well, he says, fans essentially worship the players and ignore any flaws. But during a losing streak, the collective...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
of their launch, they faced a setback from China's Ministry of Education and were forced back to square one. Discusses the pluses and minuses of partnering with China's government ministries, the highs and...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
economic and political risks remained. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711107-PDF-ENG Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank Li Jin, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia, and Jianyi WuHarvard Business School Case 211-080...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=2277&referral=2340 Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development Authors: Regina M. Abrami and Richard Doner Publication: In...
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Martha Lagace
- April 2016 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Managing the European Refugee Crisis
By: Gunnar J. Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Daniela Beyersdorfer
In 2016, Europe struggles to cope with one of the largest refugee flows it has ever witnessed.
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Trumbull, Gunnar J., Elena Corsi, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Managing the European Refugee Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 716-076, April 2016. (Revised July 2016.)
- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
reform. Any initiative to develop emerging economies must acknowledge that the business groups themselves may want to maintain the status quo. Those groups wield considerable economic and political power...
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by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu