Global Citizen Year - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 May 2021
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Semiconductor Shortage Causes Ripple Effect on Global Economy

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Latin America - Global Activities 2020

Roth have overlapping research interests in financial inclusion and entrepreneurial constraints in the developing world. They have forged a collaboration during the past two years that is leading to meaningful results for Fondo Esperanza... View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2021

want to continue to develop to best support my team and my company,” she says. Pictured: Karen Bruck, a vice president at MercadoLibre, is the protagonist of a case highlighting the challenges of helping employees to succeed. But through her nearly 20 View Details

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

Immigration will be a central issue in the upcoming US presidential election, just as it motivated the recent snap elections in France. After all, the number of migrants rose 27 percent to 281 million globally in 2020, compared with 2010,... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

30 Jan 2018
Blog Post

HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa

important strides economically, politically, and socially. By the year 2020, McKinsey Global Institute estimates that Africa’s GDP will reach $2.6 trillion and by 2040, over 1.1 billion Africans will be of... View Details

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion

In early May, I embarked on a journey to Seoul, South Korea, accompanied by 70 fellow Harvard Business School classmates. Our purpose? To culminate our first-year studies through the FIELD Global Immersion program. Throughout this... View Details

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

01 Oct 2000
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New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook

of staff for Tufts president John DiBiaggio and another five years coordinating one of the Fletcher School's academic programs with activities in Japan, China, Korea, Canada, and Russia. "Coming to the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services

2017
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The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

By: Tsedal Neeley

For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Residency; Corporate Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brazil; France; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; United States

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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets By Jennifer Gillespie on September 21, 2023 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email The challenge posed to students in HBS’s FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

panelists at a Global Alumni Conference session addressing the topic "Global Brands: Connecting with Consumers across Boundaries," chaired by HBS associate professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

Considering the title of the 1996 HBS Global Alumni Conference - The Information Revolution: "Bridging the Gap" - San Francisco was a particularly fitting locale for this forward-looking event. The city's Golden Gate has long been a... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

24 Jul 2018
Blog Post

The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

learn about her experience in Jakarta through the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course. FIELD Global Immersion is the exciting way that we end our first year at Harvard Business... View Details

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

military control) of less-developed countries and exploit their workers and natural resources. This form of globalization is clearly a win-lose system in terms of all four drives. And while political colonialism is practically dead,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

"Build it and they will come," announced Donald Hastings (MBA '53), chair of the HBS Global Alumni Conference held May 15-18 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Greeting a record-breaking crowd of more than one thousand participants, he... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

31 Mar 2022
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

meet the residents’ needs—whether that’s feeding folks in a homeless shelter or bringing meals to a local orphanage. That push to innovate proved important during the pandemic as the Robin Hood Army tried to reach senior citizens in... View Details

October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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FARM Rio: Bringing a Brazilian Fashion Brand to the World

By: Isamar Troncoso and Jill Avery

FARM Rio, a twenty-six year old Brazilian fashion brand, had recently put down roots in the U.S. The brand, known for its bold, colorful, nature-inspired tropical prints, was testing the waters in Europe to assess if and how the brand should further expand globally.... View Details

Keywords: Global Marketing; Go-to-market Strategy; Global Branding; Brand Positioning; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution Channels; Expansion; Fashion Industry; Brazil; United States; Europe