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Principal Research Interests
My research is principally focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century subjects, with an emphasis on economic and especially financial history. I am interested in the role of banks and capital markets in the process of economic development as well as in the political...
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- 2010
- Casebook
Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture
By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Capital;
International Finance;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Business and Government Relations
Alfaro, Laura. Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2010.
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Europe - Global
2024 Harvard Center for International Development Faculty Spotlight: Vincent Pons on Understanding and Upholding Democracy Discover the journey of Vincent Pons, a French political economist and associate professor at HBS, in this Harvard...
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- 2021
- Article
Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)
By: Sabine Pitteloud
While multinationals are emblematic economic actors driving the current globalization process through the organization of production in global value chains, they appear to be important political actors as well. This article provides an historical perspective on such...
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporation;
Lobbying;
Investor Protection;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Governance
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)." Special Issue on L'entreprise comme acteur politique. Entreprises et histoire 3, no. 104 (2021): 93–110.
- Fall 2013
- Article
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
By: Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less theory and evidence, however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets...
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Keywords:
State-owned Enterprises;
Oil Companies;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Energy Industry;
Brazil;
Mexico;
Norway
Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. "In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms." Cornell International Law Journal 46, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 569–610.
- August 2011 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Albert 'Jack' Stanley in Nigeria (A)
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad M. Carr
The international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one of the JV...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Globalization;
Governance Compliance;
Energy Industry;
Nigeria;
Europe;
United States
Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad M. Carr. "Albert 'Jack' Stanley in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 312-034, August 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
- 02 Feb 2012
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty Lead Immersion Trip to Israel
- 02 Feb 2012
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty Lead Immersion Trip to Israel
- 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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Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Macroeconomics Competitiveness Sound Monetary & Fiscal Policies Human Development & Effective Political Institutions Endowments Productivity ultimately depends on improving the microeconomic capability of the economy and the...
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- December 2016
- Article
The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales, Revisited
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf
Even as we approach the twentieth anniversary of widespread file sharing, its impact on the sale of copyrighted material remains in dispute. We contributed to this debate with an early study, “The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis,” that was...
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Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales, Revisited." Information Economics and Policy 37 (December 2016): 61–66.
- August 2012 (Revised March 2014)
- Technical Note
4M: Four-Markets Analysis for Emerging Economies
By: Eric Werker
This technical note describes a methodology for evaluating the political economy of business-government relations in an emerging or frontier economy. The note argues that there are not one but four markets in an emerging economy: the market of "rentiers" such as mining...
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Werker, Eric. "4M: Four-Markets Analysis for Emerging Economies." Harvard Business School Technical Note 713-026, August 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Cost of Property Rights: Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Noel Maurer
We examine three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th century: the redistribution of large estates to their tenants, the creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Rights;
Property;
Business and Government Relations;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Philippines
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Noel Maurer. "The Cost of Property Rights: Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-023, August 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Russia: A Drama In Three Acts
By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein and Sogomon Tarontsi
The collapse of central authority in the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in a period of revolutionary transformations for the states that emerged in its wake. The leaders of Russia, the USSR's successor, struggled to reestablish central authority while also seeking to...
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Keywords:
Business & Government Relations;
Developing Countries;
Government Policy;
Policy Change;
Policy Making;
Economic Systems;
Economics;
Globalization;
Emerging Markets;
Privatization;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Governance;
Global Strategy;
Corporate Governance;
Policy;
Business History;
Lawfulness;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Government Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategy;
Change Management;
Russia;
Moscow
Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Russia: A Drama In Three Acts." Harvard Business School Case 720-020, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
- February 2023
- Module Note
Illiberalism and Interdependence
By: Meg Rithmire
This module note explains the themes of Illiberalism and Interdependence, the cases and readings used to teach these themes, and how the themes fit into the MITI course. After decades of international political economy scholarship focusing on the impact of rules, there...
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Keywords:
International Relations;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Business and Government Relations;
National Security;
Economic Systems
Rithmire, Meg. "Illiberalism and Interdependence." Harvard Business School Module Note 723-032, February 2023.
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back - MBA
Virtual Events The views and opinions expressed in the MBA Voices blog are those of the authors. Any political views shared by students are their own; HBS does not endorse a particular party or candidate.
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- 04 Jun 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how politicians with short-term electoral pressures control bureaucrats...
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Keywords:
Martha Lagace
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HBS Application Tips from MBA Admissions - MBA
student days, and information sessions on campus and around the world. –View Events Recorded Virtual Events Curious about HBS? We have prospective student virtual events, available by geography, industry and interest. –Recorded Virtual Events The views and opinions...
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- 2015
- Book
Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World
By: Jeremy Friedman
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's Shadow Cold War delves deeper into the era to examine the competition between the Soviet Union and the People's...
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Friedman, Jeremy. Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2015.