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2009
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Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries

By: Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Andrew F. Newman and Harald Fadinger

We examine how trade policy affects firms' organizational choices. We embed a model of firms' vertical integration decisions into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. In the model, integration decisions are driven by a trade-off... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Policy; Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Vertical Integration; Boundaries

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04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

Editor's Note: Rapid urbanization and resource scarcity pose problems—and opportunities—for businesses and governments all over the world. But who can best lead the building and developing of these municipalities? One model: promotion and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

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My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 04 Dec 2023 My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service Rhea Choudhury Author MBA Students tag Nonprofit / Government Student & Alumni Stories Summer Internships Hi all, my name is Rhea! I was lucky enough to work for the National Park Service... View Details

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

01 Jun 2023
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From Big Pharma to Startup

Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Publication:Harvard Business Review 87, no. 5 (May 2009) Abstract Few companies are thinking about hiring right now, but that's a mistake. If history is any guide, staffing will become a front-burner issue once the economic upheaval... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
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From Chalkboards to Chatbots

Artwork/animation by Greg Meeson/hitandrunmedia.com; shutterstock.com Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace, becoming an integral part of how we live, work, and interact. It is therefore critical for current and... View Details

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Angela Q. Crispi | About

Angela Q. Crispi Executive Dean for Administration Bio Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the... View Details

28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

in front of a standing-room-only audience at the Harvard Innovation Lab at Harvard Business School. Other participants included Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Houston Texans running back Arian... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

group interested us most. They saw the possibility of building businesses using the kinds of innovation and technology that brought millions of rural poor into the market system (as China Mobile did by... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

07 Oct 2013
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Open brainstorming is the way to go

27 Nov 2021
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The Bright New Age of Venture Capital

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

companies hoping to do business across the southern tier of Africa. With the emergence of New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the overall climate for trade and investment in Africa is... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

18 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

co-developed with the Business and Environment Initiative. SIPs are an important way for faculty to build out and test new materials and themes. As Professor Macomber said at the outset, “we don’t yet know the answers to many of the... View Details

February 2024
Supplement

Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab

By: George Serafeim

In 2023, Luciano Bueno, CEO and founder of plant cell culture agriculture company GALY, was considering the best path forward for his company as he planned to pitch Series B investors. GALY, founded in 2019, aimed to produce cotton and other crops from cells grown in... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Green Technology; Goods and Commodities; Growth and Development Strategy; Science-Based Business; Entrepreneurship; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Startups; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Production; Entrepreneurial Finance; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Sao Paulo

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17 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

Recent events in Orlando underscore an important marketing truth: consumer safety and security are mission critical. A popular nightclub, Pulse, known as a safe place for the LGBT community, is put out of business at least temporarily by... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

that Bezos has shown in his leadership at Amazon, including constant commitment to the customer and a long-term approach to innovation, are good news for DC's paper of record. Three Ingredients For Success By: Bharat Anand Henry R. Byers Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

centers into more nimble operations that can sustain its renewed brands far into the 21st Century. Nancy F. Koehn, James E. Robison Professor Of Business Administration: General Motors was formed in 1908, the same year Henry Ford brought... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Now Key Concepts Master frameworks and tools to execute a high-quality, profitable business model Discover how to conduct experiments to determine your venture’s value proposition, go-to-market strategy, and... View Details

05 Jun 2023
What Do You Think?

Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?

(iStockphoto/Anchiy) The late Professor Anthony Athos, an unforgettable member of the Harvard Business School faculty to all who knew him, used to have a favorite non-activity. He would take a break, leave the office, and take a seat on a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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