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  • 10 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

potential pitfalls of pursuing sole ownership of a foreign affiliate? A: Sole ownership is most likely to be second best in settings where either local sourcing or local selling are the defining characteristics of the affiliate's... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

Accounting Review Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting By: Srinivasan, Suraj, Aida Sijamic Wahid, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We study the frequency of restatements by foreign firms listed on U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

2004, AFORES were allowed to begin investing up to 15 percent of fund assets in the Mexican stock market and up to an added 20 percent in foreign securities. This ruling is thought to have helped fuel a 40... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

are held longer than want DVDs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled its intention to geographically limit the reach of the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Profile

Hunter Goble

Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “It was an incredible experience,” says Hunter. “Being in DC is like being in Hollywood, but with people doing important work shaping the daily life of the American people.” Yet Hunter grew frustrated... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

News about the Greek economy continues on the front page of every major newspaper, as the country continues its six-year struggle to reenergize its economy. On Friday, Eurozone finance ministers will decide whether to release emergency View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

out of the brinkmanship of the past weeks, but not after payments to the International Monetary Fund have been missed, and European funding has ended. These tactics have created high and unnecessary... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 13 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

first time a wide range of top industry CEOs, government leaders, and customers of transportation services, was designed to help provide that purpose by assessing the state of the industry, identifying innovations both in technology and business models, and discussing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto
  • 15 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path

research a topic of interest with a professor, travel to work with a local company in a foreign country, and more. For example, I have been wonderfully fortunate to have the opportunities to write an HBS case with Professor Kristin... View Details
  • 08 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

from Dice-K in the 2007 season? And finally, how does the signing fit into the greater strategic context of competing with the much-better funded Yankees? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

debt needed to fund the transaction. Covers issues such as identifying and attracting bidders; dealing with the concerns of the managers of the selling company; negotiating issues in a definitive merger agreement; and post-sale issues.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 4

  Publications November 2014 Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

its current status as a low-income country to a middle-income one by 2030. “The timeline could be two or three years, or a decade later” While the International Monetary Fund predicted the country could achieve 6-7 percent annual... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

Abstract A new instrument (the Mutual Inheritance Fund or MIF) is proposed whose purpose is to help people carry their savings forward from the moment they retire into their old age. Like annuities, this instrument requires an up-front... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

multinational firms hold cash in their foreign subsidiaries because of the tax costs associated with repatriating foreign income. Consistent with this hypothesis, firms that face higher repatriation tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

economies, the smaller economies pay the price. The problem is exacerbated by continuing structural weaknesses in developing countries where foreign investments are not necessarily anchored in long-term commitments to infrastructure or... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

help improve saving and financial decision-making, but much more can be done to improve the effectiveness of these programs. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13824 Contract Rights and Risk Aversion: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Christensen and Vernon Remembered

will soon open the C. Roland Christensen Center, a facility designed for case-method teaching that was the vision of one of his former students. A memorial service was held for Christensen on November 5 at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. Donations in his memory may be... View Details