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The Five Forces - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
to retain customers. Actually, entry brings new capacity and pressure on prices and costs. The threat of entry, therefore, puts a cap on the profit potential of an industry. This threat depends on the size of a series of barriers to entry, including View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Tax U.S. companies to spur spending
- 27 Nov 2021
- News
Why the Energy Transition Will Be So Complicated
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Harvard study singles out a game-changing economic opportunity
- 29 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability
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by George Serafeim
- October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
The 2001 Crisis in Argentina: An IMF-Sponsored Default? (A)
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
At the end of 2001, Argentina's economy and society both appeared on the verge of collapse. Furious about controls imposed on the convertibility of their bank deposits into cash (the "corralito") and huge proposed government spending cuts amidst high unemployment and...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Banks and Banking;
Problems and Challenges;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Economy;
Government Administration;
Crime and Corruption;
Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "The 2001 Crisis in Argentina: An IMF-Sponsored Default? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-004, October 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 15 May 2021
- News
Is Inflation a Problem Now? Maybe, but More Likely Not
- Research Summary
"Creating Competitive Advantage Through Knowledge Management" (with Elie Ofek)
This project explores how the concept of Knowledge Management (KM) is likely to impact competition among professional services firms (e.g. Consultants, Accounting Firms and Advertising Agencies). Assuming that the "KM technology" exhibits economies of scale, first we...
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- September 2018
- Article
An Exploratory Study of Product Development in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Medical Device Testing in India
By: Budhaditya Gupta and Stefan Thomke
Recent research has studied innovation in emerging economies. However, microlevel product development processes in these economies are relatively unexplored, and the mechanisms by which the emerging economy context might affect such processes are still unclear. In this...
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India;
Product Development;
Emerging Markets;
Situation or Environment;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
India
Gupta, Budhaditya, and Stefan Thomke. "An Exploratory Study of Product Development in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Medical Device Testing in India." R&D Management 48, no. 4 (September 2018): 485–501.
- 11 Dec 2013
- HBS Seminar
John Deighton, Harvard Business School
- 30 Mar 2016
- News
A Map for Economic Renewal Begins in Maine
- April 2011 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap
By: Rafael Di Tella and Natalie Kindred
This case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade,...
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Government Administration;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
International Finance;
Crime and Corruption;
Poverty;
Private Sector;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Economy;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Borrowing and Debt;
Jamaica
Di Tella, Rafael, and Natalie Kindred. "Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap." Harvard Business School Case 711-031, April 2011. (Revised February 2016.)
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Publications - Faculty & Research
Neurology Clinical Practices with Performance Outcomes." Neurology: Clinical Practice 14, no. 1 (June 2024). June 2024 Article Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy By: Tina...
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- April 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers
How do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while meeting internal policy priorities including redistribution? In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly declared fiscal emergencies as California's state budget...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Economy;
Globalization;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Taxation;
Competition;
California
Weinzierl, Matthew C., and Jacob Kuipers. "California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition." Harvard Business School Case 710-038, April 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
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Om det meningslösa och farliga med monetär heroism [On the Futility and Hazards of Monetary Heroics]
By: Amar Bhide
The decentralized enterprise that sustains the dynamism of economies makes top-down monetary interventions, such as quantitative easing, that target aggregates such as overall inflation, futile. Moreover, economic stability and dynamism also require prudent,...
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Bhide, Amar. "Om det meningslösa och farliga med monetär heroism [On the Futility and Hazards of Monetary Heroics]." Ekonomisk Debatt 45, no. 4 (2017).
- January 2009 (Revised January 2011)
- Background Note
The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive?
By: Diego A. Comin
The Great Moderation is a significant decline in the volatility of fluctuations in most macroeconomic variables that the United States and other developed and developing economies have experienced at least since the mid-1980s. This case describes the basic facts,...
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Comin, Diego A. "The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive?" Harvard Business School Background Note 709-023, January 2009. (Revised January 2011.)
- January 2007
- Background Note
Choosing Corporate and Global Scope
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Introduces students to the study of corporate strategy, while providing an overview framework for understanding international strategy. Focuses on questions of scope and ownership. Examines both horizontal and vertical integration. Underscores the point that economies...
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Keywords:
Economics;
Investment;
Framework;
Global Strategy;
Ownership;
Corporate Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Choosing Corporate and Global Scope." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-496, January 2007.
- 18 Jun 2010
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