Asian American - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

HamelHarvard Business School Case 113-054 On January 1, 2012, the LEGO Group announced a major new initiative to enhance its market penetration in Asia. Later in the year, a cross-functional group of senior managers gathered at company headquarters to discuss the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

initially furloughed their workers during the pandemic, but some of those workers were subsequently laid off. Furloughs have long been used in some European and Asian countries but are less common in the United States. Many European... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

will be illuminated sharply by the coronavirus as, for example, when an American equipment manufacturer discovers that a British supplier of a major assembly that they thought they had fully vetted must suspend production because they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

boutiques? (Nanda stuck with small museum shops and specialty catalogs at first, in spite of all the advance publicity.) Is it better to partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive expense, or to team up with a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

precursor to creativity in a global context. For example, when given the words "Great," "Street," and "Berlin," they should correctly answer "Wall," connecting the Chinese "Great Wall," American "Wall Street," and German "Berlin Wall."... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Alexander Hamilton Clearly, he was a remarkable historical figure. He was born in 1840 in a feudal country that had largely cut itself off from the rest of the world for centuries. By the time he died in 1931, Japan was the only Asian... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

purchased by an employee. Subanalyses tracked beverage purchases, including calories and price per beverage. Results: Employees self-identified as white (73%); black (10%); Latino (7%); and Asian (10%). Compared to white employees, Latino... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Mar 2012
Op-Ed

Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline

the Knicks this year. When injuries to starters gave Lin a chance to play more, he blossomed into a star in just a few games, setting off an episode of "Lin-Sanity" that swept New York and swept up many Asian fans. At the same... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Entertainment & Recreation

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

Get More Interviews African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews. The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Attempting to overcome... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Aug 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

American business leaders share similar characteristics? What is the legacy of Alfred Chandler? How Can Business History Influence Current Practice? The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook Compiling a handbook on the current thinking... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo

07 Jun 2004
What Do You Think?

How Important are Big Ideas?

the question of the month in helping us sum up responses to issues surrounding big ideas. In his words, "It’s the right mix of management concepts, IT and IP—not just one of them—that probably defined the American century. Now all... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

insights into how we can lead more balanced lives. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business trends of the year. Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews African American and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

easier for an engineer to walk across the street to the plant or drive down the road than to fly halfway around the world to troubleshoot a problem. This helps to explain why the American company Applied Materials, a leading maker of... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

economy. Q: Are we chiefly talking about American businesses? Hamel: No, this is worldwide. Because of the spread of the American form of capitalism around the world, Asian and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

search processes that shape networks, cognition, and capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-106.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBanca Regional Andino: Facing the Globalization of Microfinance Harvard Business School Case 307-060 Three... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

Asian Americans together. That's usually good for one or two lunches if there's no agenda. The secret of collaboration is that you have a task that you care about together." View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

globalization, which is one of the major challenges Japanese companies face. While globalization is a challenge for all companies in the world, I believe that the issues are quite different for Western companies and Japanese companies. When U.S., European, or Latin... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

other minorities on corporate boards? A: It's no revelation that US companies are not doing very well in this regard. Even if a company has a woman and an African American on its board, what about an Hispanic or an View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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