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- 30 Jul 2012
- News
How technology adoption affects global economies
How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
As the world globalizes, countries compete for the markets, technologies, and skills needed to raise their standards of living. These strategies can make--or break--the government's efforts to drive and sustain growth. In How Countries Compete, Richard...
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- October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Gene Research, the Mapping of Life and the Global Economy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Juan Enriquez-Cabot
A new firm is being created to speed up the process of mapping humans, animals, and plants by combining gene technology with rapid gene identification to improve the health and well being of the human population and the productivity of crops and animals. How does one...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Organizational Structure;
Technological Innovation;
Business Processes;
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Productivity;
Welfare;
Agribusiness;
Genetics;
Science-Based Business;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Juan Enriquez-Cabot. "Gene Research, the Mapping of Life and the Global Economy." Harvard Business School Case 599-016, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- 2021
- Book
Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy
By: C. Fritz Foley, James R. Hines Jr. and David Wessel
Globalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it. In recent years, however, the notion that all...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalization;
Economy;
Economic Growth;
Equality and Inequality;
Employment;
Policy
Foley, C. Fritz, James R. Hines Jr., and David Wessel, eds. Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy. Brookings Institution Press, 2021.
- Aug 2003
- Article
The Economic Performance of Regions
This paper examines the basic facts about the regional economic performance, the composition of regional economies, and the role of clusters in the U.S. View Details
- Web
Regional Programs
Accelerate your growth as a leader who can navigate global and regional business challenges with confidence. Our regional senior executive...
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- 2004
- Chapter
Cost Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
Keywords:
Cost Management;
Advertising;
Marketing;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Advertising Industry;
Service Industry
Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Cost Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business." In The Global Market: Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders, edited by John A. Quelch and Rohit Deshpandé, 217–257. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
- 2023
- Chapter
Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond
By: Paula Rettl
Both populism and economic globalization have been on the rise in the last decades, motivating increasing scholarly attention to the phenomena and their relationship (see Rodrik 2021 for a recent review). However, the relationship between populism and economic...
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Keywords:
Populism;
Economic Globalization;
Latin America;
Economy;
Macroeconomics;
Economics;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Globalization;
Political Elections;
Government and Politics;
Finance;
Geographic Location;
Latin America
Rettl, Paula. "Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond." Chap. 5 in Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond, edited by Anthony W. Pereira, 1967–1987. Routledge, 2023.
- 24 Jun 2012
- HBS Conference
Natural Resources and Government-Business Relations: Tin in the Global Economy
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Scale and Scope Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
- November 2014
- Article
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of...
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Keywords:
Agglomeration;
Agglomeration Economies;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Manufacturing Industry
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen. "The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms." Journal of International Economics 94, no. 2 (November 2014): 263–276. (Revised April 2014. Also NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15576. See Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-043 for longer version.)
- 10 Jun 2015
- HBS Conference
The Political Economy of Food: Grown Locally and Consumed Globally
- 2018
- Introduction
Introduction: History and Political Economy
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Robert Fredona
This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis, and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end...
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Reinert, Sophus A., and Robert Fredona. "Introduction: History and Political Economy." Introduction to New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy, edited by Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert, 11–32. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- December 2017 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advise King and Parliament to declare war on Germany in the wake of the country’s invasion of Belgium or to stay out of what quickly was becoming a world war triggered...
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Keywords:
The World;
The Rise And Fall Of Globalization;
World War;
Globalization;
War;
Economics;
Trade;
Business Cycles;
Economic Growth;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Society;
History;
Values and Beliefs;
Macroeconomics
Reinert, Sophus A., and Federica Gabrieli. "Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-023, December 2017. (Revised January 2024.)
- Web
HBS Engagement Across the Region - Global Activities 2020
Asia Pacific HBS Engagement Across the Region Since establishing the Asia-Pacific Research Center as its first international research outpost in 1999, HBS has continued to increase its presence globally to...
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- 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.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Turning Away From the State: Trade Shocks and Informal Insurance in Brazil
By: Paula Rettl
How does economic globalization affect vote choices? Conventional wisdom holds that voters who lose from economic integration support parties that propose to expand the welfare state. I argue that a key scope condition of this causal relationship is expectations about...
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Keywords:
Economic Globalization;
Globalized Economies;
Government Administration;
Economics;
Globalization;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Voting;
Brazil;
Latin America
Rettl, Paula. "Turning Away From the State: Trade Shocks and Informal Insurance in Brazil." Working Paper, August 2022.
- 2009
- Chapter
The Global Competitive Position of the Baltic Sea Region
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Ketels, Christian H.M. "The Global Competitive Position of the Baltic Sea Region." Chap. 1.3 in Transnational Cooperation for Prosperity in the Baltic Sea Region, 15–19. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, 2009.
- 2007
- Book
How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
Vietor, Richard H. K. How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- 22 Nov 2002
- Other Presentation
Competitiveness and the Role of Regions
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report...
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Porter, Michael E. "Competitiveness and the Role of Regions." Center for Houston's Future, Houston, TX, November 22, 2002.