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- 06 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
Edward Fertik, Yale University
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
in the country's economy during the past two decades, have brought together a group of economists and political scientists to systematically examine the impact of a wide range of factors affecting the economy's collapse, from the cost of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Political corruption governs the efficiency with which tax revenues are translated into infrastructure. The model predicts an inverted-U relationship between taxation and growth, with corruption reducing the optimal taxation level. We...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Curriculum - Case Method Project
Confederation—including debt, contraction of trade, recession, inflation, and Shays’ Rebellion—and how those problems informed key features of the U.S. Constitution. Coverage: 1763 – 1787; American Revolution; Articles of Confederation; the ‘Critical Period’; Shays’...
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Placement - Doctoral
School Dissertation: Contests for Consumption: Empirical evidence from professional sports on contest theory” Advisors: Dennis Campbell (Co-Chair), Karim R. Lakhani (Co-Chair), and Srikant M. Datar Alexandra...
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- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
cross-border finance and in patterns we have seen before. In his new book Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance, Abdelal documents the waxing and waning of international capital controls in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the View Details
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by Rawi Abdelal
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
to prevent them. "The main conclusion from this whole stream of research is that investing in poverty reduction strategies not only has direct economic benefits but also political benefits," says Lakshmi Iyer, a Harvard Business...
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
industry also grew as the means out of poverty for many women who worked as sales consultants and in salons. Winning beauty contests became the equivalent to winning a lottery. In this respect, the impact of the beauty industry was...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty, highlighting the challenges of economic development in Africa and in other low-income countries. Provides a brief political...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
and traces the evolution of their environmental strategies in response to growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model...
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- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
the classic "invisible hand" that Scott claims leads at times to a "free-for all," like an athletic contest without rules. What's to be done about it? That's where a political authority...
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by Jim Heskett
- Web
HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024) - MBA
contested waters and communicating with our allies to protect the nation’s interests. Even though I appreciated the responsibility, I found the opportunity to lead, motivating sailors, far more rewarding. Although physical assets such as...
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- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental...
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by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
share of female candidates from major political parties in the subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important margin in India...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
Desan look to how scholars in history, law, and political science are redefining capitalism in light of the American experience. Essayists write on such diverse subjects as markets, selling of slave clothing, the Gilded Age, women’s...
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Manufacturing
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
own case and determine where to draw the line." That raises the question: How should the line be drawn on pay transparency? What do you think? Original Column Organizational transparency is a much contested topic in boardrooms and...
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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets
History Review Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991 By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer 23 APR 2021 Working Paper Faculty Research Spiritual Philanthropy in...
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- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
all. Everyone would act as a free agent in a winner-take-all contest. Opportunism and selfish political behavior would be rampant. A great deal of frantic effort would be expended—but little of it would be the kind of coordinated effort...
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by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
two locations shared knowledge of palm oil production even as they competed for market share—a contest that Malaysia eventually won thanks to its more stable political climate and higher quality of...
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