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- 24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24
note. Flattening can lead to exactly the opposite effects from what it promises to do. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-087.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Freelancers Union (B) Michel Anteby and Erin...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
that creating one financial market across the Union was crucial to allowing true coordination within the Union. They quickly realized that having one set of accounting was a necessary component in making the "one market" concept...
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- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
Above: Friedman at Union Glacier, Antarctica Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. While Ken Friedman (MBA 1983) was at HBS, he and a group of about a dozen friends would...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II by James Ellman (MBA 1994) Stackpole Books On June 22, 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the...
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- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
the transparency front, it is publishing quarterly reports across nine categories of content, showing how much they take down before users see it. Last May, the European Union passed the General Data Protection Regulation, which places...
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by George Riedel
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
generate growth include relaxing financing constraints for both large and start-up Greek companies and by attracting FDI by reducing political uncertainty and strengthening property rights. So Greece must first help itself. But it is in everyone's interests for the...
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by George Serafeim
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
simply a bilateral matter. First, a need to secure construction permits in multiple jurisdictions around the Baltic Sea involved other countries. And second, Germany's membership in the European Union entailed compliance with goals and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
food they consumed to the jobs they took. Environmental quality does behave like a luxury good.— Forest L. Reinhardt All that has changed, partly due to alarming disasters such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 and the 1984 Union...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Michigan, essentially halted the corporation’s U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United Automobile Workers of America union and the Committee for Industrial Organization, both of which had supported the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
with others, Barnevik generated an irreversible commitment to a preferred deal. This high-risk sequence sought to prevent factions such as unions and the Swedish government from blocking the deal. Had he started by trying for agreement...
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by James K. Sebenius
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
becoming increasingly salient, as geopolitical tensions are on the rise. If you think back to the original Space Age, it was all about the Cold War rivalry and the United States and the Soviet Union trying to demonstrate superiority. As...
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- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union Harvard Business School Note 309-023 This note analyses and compares the legal definitions and practical applications of Business Method...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Boston took him up on his idea, and granted waivers on budget authority, use of time, curricula, and certain union work rules. Less than three years later, his Unlocking Potential (UP) group runs a charter in Boston and a middle school in...
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- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
prices. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55025 UK Competitiveness after Brexit By: Ketels, Christian, and Michael E. Porter Abstract—On June 23, 2016, 52% of UK voters opted to put their country on the path to leave the European...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
management. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsRussia: Revolution and Reform Rawi Abdelal and Sogomon TarontsiHarvard Business School Case 710-030 The collapse of central authority in the Soviet View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
plunge in the Icelandic Krona since the beginning of 2008 also forced the Icelandic people to confront a decision: would joining the European Union (EU) protect Iceland from capricious swings in investor sentiment? What, if anything,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
results will come through the consistent pursuit of policies that streamline the judicial process, strengthen corporate governance, and liberalize markets." Fitzhugh Conference Marks Three Decades of Achievement In celebration of its thirtieth anniversary, this year's...
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- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Putin and the Russian Oligarchs This case examines the career of the Russian business oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Berezovsky was one of a small group of business tycoons that became fabulously rich after the collapse of the Soviet Union in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
as for employees looking to join a young high-potential startup. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-027 Reform in the Chicago Public Schools In 2012, the Chicago Teachers View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
five-year legislative process for a major new law regulating chemicals in the European Union appeared to be nearing its conclusion. REACH—the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals—would create a new...
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Martha Lagace