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- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national categories. The place of registration, the nationality of shareholders, and the nationality of management often pointed in different directions. During...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
might even be impeded by, an international agreement. As he put it, because "scale advantage is reversed" in the alternative energy field, change "will be driven from the bottom, not the top." In other words, will...
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- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
chains have engaged in private political strategies prompting transnational corporations (TNCs) to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether organizational structures established by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland
By: Martin A. Sinozich, Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere and Daniela Beyersdorfer
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Finland. It highlights Finland's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main...
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Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Corporate Strategy;
Research and Development;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Crisis Management;
Culture;
Environmental Sustainability;
International Relations;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Finland;
Europe
Sinozich, Martin A., Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland." Harvard Business School Case 323-079, February 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
payment to the company that decides to go ahead. Such an arrangement, he said, "doesn't work perfectly, but it's consistent with our internal prioritization of what projects we will be working on." Sea Change, Please How about...
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- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Finally, in contrast with some cross-country analyses, ethnic and caste polarization, land inequality, and political participation are not significantly associated with violence. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
Northern, students must decide how the railroad's coal-transporting operations will be affected by clean-air legislation; in another, they consider questions of risk and strategy, international politics, and environmental responsibility...
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- July 2016
- Supplement
The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
Supplements the (A) case.
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Law;
Antitrust;
EC Regulation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Multinational Firms and Management;
International Relations;
Laws and Statutes;
Monopoly;
Business and Government Relations;
Technology Industry;
European Union;
United States
Goldberg, Lena G. "The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-010, July 2016.
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
that in the global village the villagers drive the economy should be more successful." Flavius Chircu said that "... business leaders should get together with political leaders and figure out where and how to compete."...
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by James Heskett
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
develop three novel measures of how much of the price impact of their trading different mutual funds internalize. We show that mutual funds that internalize more of their price impact hold larger cash buffers and use these buffers more...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
while aiming for consistency and managing complexity. The case concludes with a description of new challenges as the district faces political unrest, shrinking enrollments, and decreased funding. Hiroshima and her team wrestle with...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
forthcoming Journal of International Business Studies Organizational Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization Theory and Business History By: da Silva Lopes, Teresa, Mark Casson, and G....
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Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
board, their past professional experience, and their political contributions vary with the degree to which the accounting standards they propose are perceived as increasing accounting "relevance" and/or decreasing accounting...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
explores how the nature of risk itself has changed over time. It highlights key aspects that have shaped the evolving industry, including shifts in risk engineering and risk management, the development of actuarial science, and the impact of changes in View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
19th or 20th? How international can a global media company be? What are the boundaries? What are the political implications of global media and how will media play a political...
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- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
of financial and social objectives warrants significant rethinking of organizational democracy’s merits compared both to hierarchy and to nondemocratic alternatives to hierarchy. In making this argument, we draw on some parallels with View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter laid a framework for experts from Japanese business, government, and View Details
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by Hilah Geer
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
and observable stability using reduced form regressions. The other is an institutional economics conception of how to measure performance. It is focused on understanding whether foreign entry gave rise to difficult-to-reverse changes in the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In Handbook of Safeguarding Global...
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Sean Silverthorne