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- May 2013
- Article
From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
By: Oliver Falck, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich and William R. Kerr
We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi-natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent expropriation. We show that the...
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Falck, Oliver, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr. "From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival." Journal of Economic Geography 13, no. 3 (May 2013): 419–449.
- 2010
- Chapter
Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Ejaz Ghani and Saurabh Mishra
Iyer, Lakshmi, Ejaz Ghani, and Saurabh Mishra. "Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?" In The Poor Half Billion in South Asia, edited by Ejaz Ghani. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- 2002
- Chapter
Factories in the Countryside: The Industrial Workforce and Social Division in Nantong County, 1895-1937
By: Elisabeth Koll
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Nomura Securities, 2002
By: Tarun Khanna and David Lane
In 2002, Nomura, though long the market leader in Japan, lacked global presence and was beset at home by strengthened local competitors, Wall Street firms that were taking the best deals, outdated systems, controls, and staff skills. Was Nomura still a player to fear?...
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Khanna, Tarun, and David Lane. "Nomura Securities, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 703-402, July 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- February 27, 1997
- Article
The Inner City's Competitive Advantage
By: M. E. Porter and Tapan Munroe
Porter, M. E., and Tapan Munroe. "The Inner City's Competitive Advantage." San Francisco Examiner (February 27, 1997).
- December 2011
- Class Lecture
Impacting Global Health
By: Nava Ashraf
Ashraf, Nava. "Impacting Global Health." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 912-702, December 2011.
- February 2000
- Article
Location, Competition and Economic Development: Local Clusters in a Global Economy
Keywords:
Competition;
Economics;
Growth and Development;
Global Range;
Geographic Location;
Economy
Porter, Michael E. "Location, Competition and Economic Development: Local Clusters in a Global Economy." Economic Development Quarterly 14, no. 1 (February 2000): 15–34.
- 2010
- Chapter
The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors
By: William R. Kerr
The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation - with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail....
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Geographic Location;
Patents;
Ethnicity;
City;
Innovation and Invention;
United States
Kerr, William R. "The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors." In Agglomeration Economics, edited by Edward Glaeser, 237–276. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- 2004
- Chapter
The City and the Countryside: Economy, State and Socialist Legacies in the Vietnamese Labor Market
Abrami, Regina M., and Nolwen Henaff. "The City and the Countryside: Economy, State and Socialist Legacies in the Vietnamese Labor Market." In Reaching for the Dream: Challenges of Sustainable Development in Vietnam, edited by Melanie Beresford and Angie Tran. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004.
- Article
Foreign Direct Investment and the Demand for Protection in the United States
By: John B. Goodman, Debora Spar and David B. Yoffie
Goodman, John B., Debora Spar, and David B. Yoffie. "Foreign Direct Investment and the Demand for Protection in the United States." International Organization 50, no. 4 (Fall 1996): 565–591.
- January 8, 2022
- Editorial
The Post-Pandemic Office Should Be a Clubhouse
By: Nitin Nohria
If the primary purpose of an office today is no longer to get actual work done, then perhaps it’s better conceived as a place for connection and community. Do we still need desks and cubicles?
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Nohria, Nitin. "The Post-Pandemic Office Should Be a Clubhouse." Wall Street Journal (January 8, 2022), C.3.
- November 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Teaching Note
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A) and (B) TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-196-115) and (9-196-117).
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- 11 Apr 2013
- Panel Discussion
From Per Capita to Pro Capita: Launch of the Social Progress Imperative
By: Michael E. Porter, Michael Green, Heather Hancock, Judith Rodin, Madhav Chavan and Ngaire Woods
What is a successful country? The global debate about development has, for decades, been focused on a single, economic measure of success: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita. But this tells us little about the real wellbeing of a nation or its sustainability. What...
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Porter, Michael E., Michael Green, Heather Hancock, Judith Rodin, Madhav Chavan, and Ngaire Woods. "From Per Capita to Pro Capita: Launch of the Social Progress Imperative." Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation, United Kingdom, April 11, 2013.
- Article
Global Strategic Linkages and Industry Structure
By: N. Nohria and C. Garcia-Pont
Nohria, N., and C. Garcia-Pont. "Global Strategic Linkages and Industry Structure." Strategic Management Journal 12 (Summer 1991): 105–124.
- September–October 1995
- Article
Is Foreign Infrastructure Investment Still Risky?
By: L. T. Wells Jr. and E. S. Gleason
Wells, L. T., Jr., and E. S. Gleason. "Is Foreign Infrastructure Investment Still Risky?" Harvard Business Review 73, no. 5 (September–October 1995): 44–55.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy
By: Marco Tabellini and Giacomo Magistretti
In this paper, we study the effects of economic integration with democratic partners
on democracy. We assemble a large country-level panel dataset from 1960 to 2015, and
exploit improvements in air, relative to sea, transportation to derive a time-varying
instrument...
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Keywords:
Democratization;
Institutional Development;
Economic Integration;
International Trade;
Democracy;
Political Preferences;
Institutions;
Trade;
Global Range;
Economics;
Government and Politics
Tabellini, Marco, and Giacomo Magistretti. "Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-003, July 2018. (Revised March 2024. Available also from VOX, VOXEU, Atlantico, The Economist, Domani, and Ideas for India. Longer NBER working paper version available here. Conditionally accepted at the Review of Economic Studies.)
- September 1999 (Revised November 2002)
- Background Note
Indian Software Industry in 2002, The
The Indian software industry, growing at more than 50% per annum and largely dependent on exports of services and products, is one of the few industries in that country considered to be globally competitive. This note allows a discussion of the uses and limits of...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Competition;
Applications and Software;
Globalization;
Information Technology Industry;
India
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Indian Software Industry in 2002, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-036, September 1999. (Revised November 2002.)
- March 2004
- Article
New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations." Special Issue from the University of Chicago Federal Tax Conference Taxes (March 2004).
- Profile
Naiyya Saggi
strongly believe core aspects of best practices can be shared: between the private and the public sector, between geographies and among governments. In an increasingly globalized world, I can't wait to radically improve this dialogue...
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