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  • December 2003 (Revised October 2005)
  • Case

High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
Describes political and economic forces that influenced the development of an all-digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in the United States between 1986 and 1996. Outlines the stakes for various government and industry participants in the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Emerging Markets; Standards; Business and Government Relations; Networks; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry; Japan; Europe; United States
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  • 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

social networking industry in 2003, but has been overtaken by MySpace and Facebook. The two options are: 1) offer new features to help members enhance their offline lives, such as arranging events with their friends; and 2) offer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

response of the family business to major political crises, demonstrates how they dealt with the transition to a socialist government in 1949, and interprets the success of overseas Chinese family business as well as the revival of family... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2013 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Cyprus (A)

By: Eric Werker, Sebastian Berardi, Stelios Elia, Omar Muakkassa and James Zumberge
Cyprus is a small Mediterranean island located at the cross-roads of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Since its 1974 split, Cyprus has grown real GDP more than fivefold—in large part because of its development as an "international business" center. The country... View Details
Keywords: Tax Havens; Taxation; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Cyprus
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  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

Interorganizational Network Forms By: Tatarynowicz, Adam, Maxim Sytch, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—This study investigates the origins of variation in the structures of interorganizational networks across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Migrant Inventors and the Technological Advantage of Nations

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the migrants’ receiving countries. We find that countries are 25% to 50% more likely to gain advantage in patenting in certain technologies given a twofold... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Migration; Patent; Immigration; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Information Technology; Knowledge Dissemination
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Trade Policy in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Dual-use Goods

By: Maxim Alekseev and Xinyue Lin
Policymakers increasingly use trade instruments to address national security concerns. This paper studies optimal policy for dual-use goods, items with both military and civilian applications. We begin by documenting that regulation and trade flows of dual-use goods... View Details
Keywords: Policy; National Security; Trade; Taxation; Financial Instruments; Macroeconomics
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  • 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

  Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of global multinational networks and examine the macro and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

Negativity spreads faster than positivity online, and news organizations at both ends of the political spectrum are leveraging this tendency on Twitter, according to a new study. To test whether the broadcast news adage, “If it bleeds, it... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Media & Broadcasting
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

which can be large in some cases. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-054.pdf The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy Abstract This paper uses social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

psychology, marketing, management, sociology, and anthropology. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49031 October 2015 Business and Politics The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

Business School Case 313-096 Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B) Supplements the (A) case 308-058. With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

varying political color, such as with Néstor Kirchner (2003–2007), the popular president who helped lead the country out of the financial crisis. But its relationship with the government changed in 2008 when a divisive agricultural export... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

No Taxation without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax

Keywords: by Dina Pomeranz
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance

By: Astrid Marinoni and Maria P. Roche
This paper examines the impact of the expansion of the US Postal Service in the late 19th century on firm creation and performance. Utilizing newly digitized archival data on historic business establishments, post office locations, and road networks in California,... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Innovation; Knowledge Exchange; US Postal Service; Firm Performance; Infrastructure; Expansion; Government Administration; Communication; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Public Administration Industry; California
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  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

press An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://ceo.usc.edu/book/doing_research_that_is_useful.html Business Network Transformation in Action Authors: Marco Iansiti and Ross Sullivan Publication: In Business View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

create significant value and have modest operating costs, and network effects protect their position once established-users rarely leave a vibrant platform. But these businesses also raise significant start-up challenges. Every platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
  • Other Unpublished Work

Strategic responses to collective activism in the U.S. biomass sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
Almost all companies face constraints and pressure from collective activists. Using tactics such as protests, boycotts, and lobbying, social movement organizations and collective actors can draw significant media attention to issues facing industries and organizations,... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business and Community Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Identity; Forest Products Industry; United States
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  • 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which social networks operate as tools of political influence through affective mechanisms. In Search of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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