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- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-024 Evolving Trends in Global Trade The note, while not intended to be historically comprehensive, explores the regulation of international trade...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
Greek companies to simulate growth in the economy, another mechanism to do this could have been foreign direct investment (FDI). Again, the news was not good, with no positive trends shown. Only the Greek government is to blame for this...
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by George Serafeim
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
the spectrum is the view that US companies hire skilled immigrants through the H-1B program to displace citizen workers with high salaries, effectively lowering a firm's costs. Kerr says his research pointed to a trend somewhere in the...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
should consider the potential trade-offs between maintaining central control and having widespread impact. Q: Are there one or two social enterprises that exemplify the characteristics that make them trend toward branching? A: While not...
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by Carla Tishler
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
Press in 2000. Reinhardt evaluated current trends and tensions for managers, and outlined tactics that managers use to try to reconcile what at face value seem competing objectives: how to maximize shareholder value while at the same time...
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
that 43 percent of Gen Z adults over age 21 have never had an alcoholic cocktail, and about 45 percent of adult Americans don’t drink at all,” says Wood. “And 66 percent of Millennials are buying more no- and low-alcohol drinks. Those View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
to develop new models and tools. “Traditional backward-looking models based on historical trends will no longer be reliable,” Stiroh said. “We'll need to develop a more forward-looking approach that’s grounded in scenario-based analysis.”...
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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
than 30 minutes. That is a huge barrier to in-person interaction, and people will almost always pick the virtual over the in-person option if they have a choice. That is a general secular trend some companies will have to fight against...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
governments to use those resources to help people escape poverty. In the private sector, Rangan sees a positive trend among multinational corporations within industries to set and adhere to minimum standards for labor, the environment,...
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- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
the salience of ethnicity in a country like Kenya that has experienced significant recent racial tension—and may not necessarily be as strong in a country like the United States or France. Even so, these trends are worth keeping in mind...
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by Michael Blanding
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
spread of epidemics, reducing congestion on highways, or finding ways to detect fraudulent transactions.The trend toward people analytics, Polzer says, is a logical extension of the era of big data, as the science of processing and...
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by Ben Rand
- 20 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
emotional journeys as well as their physical ones. After we had met with dozens of individuals across the country, hailing from Bhutan, Syria, Congo, Iraq and beyond, we began our synthesis phase, deconstructing all of our conversations into their components to search...
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Case Writing & Industry | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
continual ties with industry, HBS has produced case studies that are both grounded in complex, real-world business situations and serve as effective teaching instruments. The development of case studies has in turn enabled faculty to keep informed of current management...
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- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
advantage of new technologies in the early 1900s: "If I asked people what they wanted," he said, "they would have said, 'Faster horses.' Expand your horizons: Set aside a portion of every week for broadening your perspective. Identify important global...
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by Lynda M. Applegate
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
occupational licensing, personal/psychological costs, and economic costs. He is currently studying productivity effects of new forms of remote work, such as “work from anywhere” and “all-remote work” arrangements on individuals, companies, and communities. He says he...
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by Kristen Senz
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
questions on the business problems that affect entrepreneurs. “They can share insights about customer trends and help find workers to hire,” says Kerr. “They can say, ‘My convenience store is over here, and your convenience store is over...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
technology trends covered will feel dated simply because things are moving so fast. The evolution and accrual of market value (and income disparity) is playing out as they predict. —Bill Tai (MBA 1987) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
successful.” The assessment trend is also driven by companies that are eager for what Schlatka calls “people data.” Businesses that have long relied on customer numbers and financial reports to make important decisions have recognized...
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April White
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
project was born from that feeling, and the belief that the school could convene and analyze and understand in ways we had not taken full advantage of. As Jan and I started looking at the data, a whole set of indicators validated disturbing View Details
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin