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- 01 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to Solve Their Internal Problems
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by James K. Sebenius
- May 2010
- Case
Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sunru Yong
In 2006, the country manager for Alpen Bank in Romania, Gregory Carle, considers whether to recommend the launch of a credit card business. The firm rejected the idea several years earlier because of poor economic conditions in Romania. However, Romania is experiencing...
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Keywords:
Consumer Credit;
International Business;
International Marketing;
Product Introduction;
Service Management;
Credit Cards;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Delivery;
Personal Finance;
Product Launch;
Banking Industry;
European Union;
Romania
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sunru Yong. "Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-559, May 2010.
- March 2008 (Revised March 2010)
- Module Note
Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture
By: Laura Alfaro
This module note presents a series of case studies taught in the Harvard Business School course Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy (IMaGE). The course addresses the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy and proposes strategies for...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
International Finance;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Macroeconomics
Alfaro, Laura. "Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture." Harvard Business School Module Note 708-041, March 2008. (Revised March 2010.)
- 2014
- Book
Great Power, Peace, and American Primacy: The Origins of a New International Order
By: Josh Baron
This book explains the period of great power peace in the last fifty years and outlines the path to perpetuating it. Drawing on the Realist tradition and challenging conventional wisdom about the causes of American primacy, Baron explores contributions to peace made by...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
International Relations;
Power and Influence;
Conflict and Resolution;
United States
Baron, Josh. Great Power, Peace, and American Primacy: The Origins of a New International Order. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- April 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Background Note
Comparative Advantage
The theory of comparative advantage is a factor in international trade. In this note, we introduce the basic economics of comparative advantage and study its key implications.
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Keywords:
Comparative Advantage;
Economics;
International Trade;
Trade;
Cooperation;
Business and Government Relations
Weinzierl, Matthew. "Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 713-080, April 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- November 1984 (Revised November 1985)
- Background Note
Problems Involving Calculation of Internal Rate of Return and Net Present Value--November 1984
Butters, J. Keith. "Problems Involving Calculation of Internal Rate of Return and Net Present Value--November 1984." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-055, November 1984. (Revised November 1985.)
- March 1999
- Article
'Basket' Cases: Tax Incentives and International Joint Venture Participation by American Multinational Firms
By: Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., and James R. Hines Jr. "'Basket' Cases: Tax Incentives and International Joint Venture Participation by American Multinational Firms." Journal of Public Economics 71 (March 1999): 379–402.
- 2000
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No. 16: Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
By: Diana Barrett, James E. Austin and Sheila McCarthy
- 21 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management
over the past two decades to include funds in the US and unique collaborations with impact investing peers and graduate schools, their mission remains central to their work. Over the past three years, three interns from HBS have joined...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital / Private Equity
- July–September 1991
- Article
Strategic Trade Policies in a Tripolar World
By: Kenneth A. Froot and D. B. Yoffie
Froot, Kenneth A., and D. B. Yoffie. "Strategic Trade Policies in a Tripolar World." International Spectator 26, no. 3 (July–September 1991): 3–28. (Reprinted in The Political Economy of International Cooperation, NIRA Research Output, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1992.)
- 1988
- Chapter
Adjustment of the U.S. and Japanese External Imbalances
By: K. A. Froot
Froot, K. A. "Adjustment of the U.S. and Japanese External Imbalances." In Papers and Proceedings of the Fourth Economic Planning Agency International Symposium, edited by M. Yoshitomi, 287–304. Economic Planning Agency (Japan), 1988.
- 07 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination
- December 2015
- Article
Be International or Be Innovative? Be Both? The Role of the Entrepreneurial Profile
By: Stefano Denicolai, Birgit Hagen and Alessia Pisoni
Denicolai, Stefano, Birgit Hagen, and Alessia Pisoni. "Be International or Be Innovative? Be Both? The Role of the Entrepreneurial Profile." Journal of International Entrepreneurship 13, no. 4 (December 2015): 390–417.
- July 1995
- Article
International Accounting Standards Update: New Standard, New Proposal and an Aggressive Work Plan
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "International Accounting Standards Update: New Standard, New Proposal and an Aggressive Work Plan." Accounting Bulletin, no. 32 (July 1995).
- May 2009
- Case
Who is the Fairest of Them All? Choosing a Leader at Deronde International
By: Nitin Nohria and Martha Spaulding
Alain Deronde, the CEO of a French personal care company, has to choose a successor to head global product development from a diverse set of candidates with different backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses. The candidates include Elise Bernier, Vice President of...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Management Succession;
Diversity;
Management Teams;
Product Development;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
France
Nohria, Nitin, and Martha Spaulding. "Who is the Fairest of Them All? Choosing a Leader at Deronde International." Harvard Business School Case 409-113, May 2009.
- May 2004
- Article
The Case for International Coordination of Electricity Regulation: Evidence from the Measurement of Efficiency in South America
A decade of experience has shown that monitoring the performance of public and private monopolies is the hardest part of electricity sector reform in South America—because operators control most of the information needed for effective regulation. South American...
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Keywords:
Information;
Mathematical Methods;
Monopoly;
Globalization;
Energy Sources;
Energy Industry;
South America
Ruzzier, Christian Alejandro, A. Estache, and M. Rossi. "The Case for International Coordination of Electricity Regulation: Evidence from the Measurement of Efficiency in South America." Journal of Regulatory Economics 25, no. 3 (May 2004): 271–295.
- December 2015
- Article
On Wealth and the Diversity of Friendships: High Social Class People around the World Have Fewer International Friends
By: Maurice H. Yearwood, Amy Cuddy, Nishtha Lambaa, Wu Youyoua, Ilmo van der Lowe, Paul K. Piff, Charles Gronin, Pete Fleming, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Dacher Keltner and Aleksandr Spectre
Having international social ties carries many potential advantages, including access to novel ideas and greater commercial opportunities. Yet little is known about who forms more international friendships. Here, we propose social class plays a key role in determining...
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Yearwood, Maurice H., Amy Cuddy, Nishtha Lambaa, Wu Youyoua, Ilmo van der Lowe, Paul K. Piff, Charles Gronin, Pete Fleming, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Dacher Keltner, and Aleksandr Spectre. "On Wealth and the Diversity of Friendships: High Social Class People around the World Have Fewer International Friends." Personality and Individual Differences 87 (December 2015): 224–229.
- May 2013
- Supplement
Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers?
This is the Spreadsheet Supplement HBS Case #808099 (PACIV). Includes Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, Exhibit 1c, Exhibit 1d, Exhibit 1e, Exhibit 1f, Exhibit 5, Exhibit 6, and Exhibit 8.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Foreign Subsidiaries;
Global Business;
International Business;
International Entrepreneurial Finance;
International Operations;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
International Finance;
Operations;
Finance;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Technology Industry;
Puerto Rico;
United Kingdom;
Europe;
United States