Cross-border Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

deep historical origins of 'born global' companies; the importance of networks and diaspora in new international market development; the key role of public policy in shaping cross-border entrepreneurial activity; and the impact of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling Abstract This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—while providing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

mandated language change at a Chilean subsidiary of a large U.S. multinational organization. The engineering-focused subsidiary aiming to facilitate cross-border interactions embedded language acquisition experts to transition all... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use product complexity to cater to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

Nomura's Global Growth: Picking Up Pieces of Lehman Harvard Business School Case 210-017 What issues commonly arise in international financial management? Kenichi Watanabe and Takumi Shibata, CEO and COO of Nomura Holdings Inc., one of the leading View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Collaboration Authors:T.B. Neeley, P.J. Hinds, and C.D. Cramton Publication:Organizational Dynamics (forthcoming) Abstract Companies are increasingly relying on a lingua franca, or common language (usually English), to facilitate View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

Working PapersSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram Abstract Global economic transactions such as foreign direct View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

Tsuchiya Publication:In The Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2010-2011, edited by Karl P. Sauvant. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-081.pdf Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration Authors:Daiji Kawaguchi and Soohyung Lee Abstract Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

taught. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/512047-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-003 Naina Lal Kidwai: Investing in Her Country This case showcases the 30-year career of Naina Lal Kidwai, chairman of HSBC India, a leading... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

Chinese joint ventures annually, Hong Kong China Gas executives began extracting cross-border negotiating lessons from their 80 existing Chinese JVs. Chairman Alfred Chan and CEO Peter Wong knew that HKGC's growth strategy required... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

crises and of the response of western and central Europe to their gas dependence-I find that firms are driving these political outcomes; those firms are motivated by profits but employ sociological conventions along their ways; and firms generally seek the necessary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Vallée Abstract—Using a large administrative panel of Swedish households, we document the fast and broad adoption of retail structured products, an innovative class of contracts offering non-linear exposures to equity markets. Households View Details

November 2017
Teaching Note

Tencent

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426. Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details