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- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
2012. The projections appeared contrary to Hayman Capital's views on Japan, where the fund had built a bearish position. Japan had the world's highest debt burden, whether expressed as a percentage of GDP or government revenue. Guided by...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
today: the companies themselves. During that period, investor protection laws in Brazil were relatively weak—yet investors bought equity on a "massive scale," according to Harvard Business School professor Aldo Musacchio, bankrolling corporate View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
growth, stagnant GDP growth, and high public debt. As of early 2007, the country's global competitiveness has plummeted and its debt remains well above the level allowed by the EU's Maastricht treaty. Historical and structural reasons for...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
Everest, the hilly regions, and then the Himalayan foothills, which contains most of the good agricultural land. Economically there are huge variations, too. Nepal is a poor country: GDP is only around $270 a year, and right before the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
impact of leverage on financial vulnerability for large firms during a crisis. Consistent with Gabaix (2011) the paper finds a granularity effect in that large firms are systemically important—idiosyncratic shocks to the sales growth of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Wildlife to Winetasting "The driving force behind the region's growth is South Africa," says HBS professor Richard H.K. Vietor, the faculty chairman of the conference and the author of a 1997 comprehensive case study that looks at the...
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Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
forthcoming World Scientific Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets By: Iyer, Lakshmi Abstract—Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
to the global population was a challenge. Health care costs accounted for 10% of world GDP by 2013. In the U.S., health care costs were expected to top $3.1 trillion in 2014. New technologies, shortages of trained personnel, and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but that it could have generated 4.7% in total, had the government set the tariff at the optimal level....
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the world witnessed an explosion in capital flows at the global level. Gross foreign assets and liabilities stood at two or three times...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
contractions in demand. At exactly this time, between 2007 and 2012, the provincial municipality of Chongqing in China's mountainous southwest became the fastest growing city in China with GDP growth...
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Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
recognized as providing an important dimension in international business studies. Much of this historical work has focused on mapping historical growth patterns of multinationals and exploring the determinants of their growth. However,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
11 years later, with market penetration essentially complete, that number hovers around 6 million, with over $300 million in annual revenues. Afghanistan’s stability, however, is entering a particularly challenging time. GDP View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
(2011), idiosyncratic shocks to the sales growth of large firms are positively and significantly correlated with GDP growth in our emerging markets sample. Relatedly, the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
GDP growth hitting a peak of 7.5% in 2010. However, the high cost of conducting business in Brazil, known as "Custo Brasil," was hurting domestic manufacturing, while incoming foreign investments...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
in Peru This case follows Enfoca, Peru’s largest local private equity firm and its portfolio company Maestro, a leading player in Peru’s hardware retail market. Peru’s GDP growth between 2008 and 2014 was...
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Dina Gerdeman
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
benefit, but not a vision. The Transcontinental Railroad, the Interstate Highway System, and the post-Sputnik space race were not about jobs. (Indeed, students of history will recall that the railroads had to import foreign labor from China to get the tracks laid.)...
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(MDD) General Management, Entrepreneurial Management, Technology & Operations Management Amy Edmondson,Tiona Zuzul Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Making Markets Entrepreneurial Management Scott Duke Kominers Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing Customers for View Details