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- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
competitive structure of the global real estate services market mandating that providers become more customer-solutions oriented. The case is set shortly after the announcement of the restructuring which, for the first time, will place...
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Martha Lagace
- 2008
- Casebook
The Rules of Globalization: Case Book
By: Rawi Abdelal
This is a book about the politics of the global economy — about how firms prosper by understanding those politics, or fail by misunderstanding them. Understanding the politics of globalization may once have been a luxury; it is now, for most high-level managers, simply...
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Trade;
International Finance;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Business and Government Relations
Abdelal, Rawi, ed. The Rules of Globalization: Case Book. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2008.
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Golden Revolving Door
By: Ling Cen, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu and Fan Zhang
Using both the onset of the US-China trade war in 2018 and the most recent Russia-Ukraine war and associated trade tensions, we show a counterintuitive pattern in global trade. Namely, while the average firm trading with these nations significantly decreases their...
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Cen, Ling, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu, and Fan Zhang. "The Golden Revolving Door." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32621, June 2024.
- 10 Dec 2012
- News
In Beyoncé Deal, Pepsi Focuses on Collaboration
- 05 Jun 2019
- News
When Customers Want to See the Human Behind the Product
- 04 Jun 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?
Summing Up The Subscription Model: Down but Not Out Just as manufacturing organizations are once again adopting a subscription model as a means of pricing product-service packages marketed as solutions, it appears that Internet-based...
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by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
field studies, researchers tend to think that workers submit resumes to open positions. In fact, scholars have learned a lot about discrimination in labor markets by sending resumes to job postings to see who gets called back and who...
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- 17 Dec 2012
- News
Sir Alex leads the way
- Article
Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We present a survey of recent contributions in empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization across industries...
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Economics;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Productivity;
Geographic Location;
Motivation and Incentives;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Competition;
Human Capital;
Markets;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Multinational Firms and Management;
India;
Brazil;
United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics." Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010): 105–137.
- September 2004 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe
IBM Europe is trying to expand business-to-business (B2B) efforts with its large distributors of midrange systems. These efforts aim to automate many transactions and business processes, removing the need for human involvement. IBM has completed an initial project with...
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Customer Relationship Management;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Marketing Channels;
Distribution Channels;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
Germany;
United States
McAfee, Andrew P., and Michael Otten. "IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 605-022, September 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
says Ian Larkin, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "You should see the angry e-mails I get from students when they find out that a job...
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by Carmen Nobel
- March – April 2010
- Article
The Need for Ideological Consciousness
By: George C. Lodge
Every so often in American history a crisis comes along that requires Americans to inspect cherished assumptions and to act in a way that many find ideologically repulsive. Although our leaders insist that such actions are pragmatic-the only sensible way to deal with...
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History;
Leadership;
Competition;
Framework;
Consumer Behavior;
Business and Community Relations;
Government and Politics;
Financial Crisis;
Planning;
United States
Lodge, George C. "The Need for Ideological Consciousness." Challenge 53, no. 2 (March–April 2010): 76–89.
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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020
research in the region. “These are fascinating markets with big opportunities,” Ivashina says. “For students who come from the United States or Europe, these cases expose them to something new and test their understanding of View Details
- September 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a Strategy for Long-term Impact
By: Stacey M. Childress, Geoff Eckman Marietta and Sara Suchman
In June 2008, Jesse Solomon, the founding director of the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR), faced an important decision about the organization's strategic direction. Since its founding in 2003, 125 of its graduates had joined the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and BTR had...
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Restructuring;
Teaching;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Improvement;
Business Strategy;
Education Industry;
Boston
Childress, Stacey M., Geoff Eckman Marietta, and Sara Suchman. "Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a Strategy for Long-term Impact." Harvard Business School Case 309-043, September 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
retain or remove from the presentation. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/812172-PDF-ENG Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen MantyHarvard View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
News & Commentary - Advancing Racial Equity
Professor Jan Hammond, chief marketing & communications officer Brian Kenny, and chief inclusion & diversity officer Terrill Drake. Vehement Arguments’: Romney Talks Importance of Free Speech at Harvard View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurs giving them the foundation needed to achieve their goals. Among those resources is the Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship. Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows This innovative fellowship program provides a select group of Harvard View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
that I've done over the course of the last 10 years has been field-based, working in conjunction with HBS student teams, partners in business and the nonprofit sector, and especially through the nonprofit that I founded, Doorways to...
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Forum - U.S. Competitiveness
Forum Started 18 Nov 2014 What Employers Must Do To Find Workers Forum started by Joseph B. Fuller Economists and commentators have long debated the existence of a “skills gap” and its purported causes. The Harvard Business School’s...
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- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the 1980s," says Harvard Business...
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by Julia Hanna