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  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

women, by founding the temporary-staffing agency Tempstaff and lobbying to strike down laws that stifled the temp industry. Tempstaff now has approximately 3,300 employees and is a public company. For the past nine years, Shinohara has been on Fortune's list of the 50... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2022 (Revised November 2022)
  • Case

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Forced Labor and Genocide in U.S.-China Relations

By: Jeremy Friedman and David Lane
On June 21, 2022, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect, requiring companies to prove that goods imported from the People’s Republic of China were not made with forced labor. The bill was a reaction to reports of products being made with... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; International Relations; Labor; Wages; Law Enforcement; Law; Rights; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; China; United States
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  • 28 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

how to unlock goods and services for the remaining four billion." Poverty is the "normal state" of the world, he said. Fifty percent of global citizens live on less than $2 a day. Poverty reigns, despite the fact that since... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

States on view, where are the most flagrant polluters? Well, the United States has a lot of red dots. Toffel mentions that power plants and metal mines are the 2 industries with the greatest amount of toxic pollution, and that counties... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

Implementing a 'Social Way' for Global Mining The mining giant Anglo American attempts to differentiate itself through its social performance, yet public expectations are still... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

trials. As a result, this could change the types of products that can be profitably brought to market. To better understand the landscape of precision medicines, we use a comprehensive database of over 130,000 global clinical trials over... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

drugs, and will they be less expensive?' My answer is, 'I don't know, and probably not.' Lechleiter was one of several panelists to discuss, "Breaking the Genetic Code: The Business of Life Science in the 21st Century" at the 2001 View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
  • Supplement

From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Battery Industry; Israel; United States; China
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  • 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

design, competing interests, global health, personalized medicine, residential care, and concierge medicine, among others—and structures what has been a highly fragmented research area into a coherent scientific discipline. The Handbook... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

theoretical prediction using a novel methodology based on the classic gravity equation in economics and measures of knowledge distance. Using a custom dataset of patents filed by all global subsidiaries of the top 25 patenting U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Dec 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

Summing Up When Does Friction Trump Scale in the Corporate Life Cycle? This month's column raised the issue of size limits on an organization's ability to compete In today's global economy. The specific case in point was Walmart and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business regulation is increasingly implemented through private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

objectives in case method learning. One challenge for case method instructors is the assessment of students' class participation, particularly in large classes. This article offers a solution that mines the practices of peer-to-peer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

actually lived) is named phenomenology. In short, an epistemological mastery of a subject leaves one knowing. An ontological mastery of a subject leaves one being. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1681682 Reflected Knowledge and Trust... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

race, one culture, one people is superior to another.” Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318053 Harvard Business School Case 318-090 HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B) This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

often sought some equity in mining and other foreign investment projects, but as shareholders they have rarely gained what they anticipated. Only in special cases might the benefits to governments outweigh the risks and often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue By: Rashid, Faaiza, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard Abstract—Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

describes the growth of Guggenheim Brothers as one of the largest mining companies in the world in the early twentieth century. Global expansion led the firm to Chile, first in copper and later in natural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

or prejudice? These are collective failures where we all bear a responsibility. Fixing them is going to take a long time, but we should have the objective clear in mind. Katy DeCelles, James M. Collins Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration: A friend... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

world's leading iron mining company. Regulatory obstacles and unexpected costs have placed the project in jeopardy. Outside Brazil, however, Baosteel has been growing rapidly, and market trends favor an overseas plant. Baosteel must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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