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Grand Strategy and National Security

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Joan Johnson Freese, Ph.D. - Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College

This course examines the theoretical underpinnings of grand strategy as related to national security. While US national security and national security policy provide the focus for course material, the fundamental considerations are discussed as being applicable by/to any country.

Economic Strategy and Competitiveness

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Mark Esposito, DBA - Professor of Business and Economics, Hult International Business School and Fellow, Circular Economy Research Initiative, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

With the developments of the world economy becoming ever more unpredictable, there is not only a need for executives to have a good idea what is happening around us right now—they need to also think about how the future could unfold, strategically. Even though this course is by no account claiming to be a crystal ball, it seeks to help executives and professionals gain a clearer...

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The Economics of Emerging Markets: Asia and Eastern Europe

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Bruno S. Sergi, Ph.D. - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

This course covers, with a focus on both theory and empirics, the promises and realities of the emerging economies in Asia and Eastern Europe. Some of the most appealing economic growth stories have occurred in these regions since the end of World War II. The potential of booming markets, fast-developing local consumer markets, abundant low-cost labor, and the rising middle class have been the major characteristics of many emerging markets, attracting attention from investors,...

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Capital Markets and Investments

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Dorian Klein - Professor in Economics, Harvard University and Director, Harvest Capital

Students are exposed to the framework of modern portfolio theory and investment analysis with which one can critically evaluate alternatives relating to investing in financial securities and construct portfolios with desired risk/return characteristics. The course examines capital markets and fundamental models used in securities analysis and portfolio management. Topics include financial instruments, the organization of securities markets and trading, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing...

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Monetary Policy After the Financial Crisis

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Dorian Klein - Professor in Economics, Harvard University and Director, Harvest Capital

This course closely examines the path of public policy, whether fiscal stimulus plans or the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, through the nuts and bolts of—and from the viewpoint of—the capital markets. Using the 2008 financial crisis and policy responses thereto as a backdrop, we explore how (and whether) the new capital markets created over the past thirty years as a result of greatly increased financial innovation, globalization, and communication are distorting the economic...

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Emerging Markets

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Peter Marber, Ph.D. - Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Globalization is no longer an academic theory; it is a reality that affects all of our lives. From the foods we eat to the goods we buy, the ubiquity of developing countries from Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and former Soviet Union—those frequently referred to as emerging markets—intensifies daily. Yet beyond the well-documented commercial and cultural impacts of globalization, there are strong but less visible trends towards greater global financial...

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