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  • November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
  • Case

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry
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  • 24 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 24

competition, which puts pressure on policymakers to improve institutions; information, which provides necessary knowledge to citizens that can help them push for improved governance; trade in institutions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1992 (Revised June 1996)
  • Case

Siemens Corporation (A): Corporate Advertising for 1992

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Describes the approach of the German-based multinational company, Siemens Corp., to establishing an identity in the United States. The specific goals for the 1991-92 corporate advertising campaign are described. Examples of print and television messages are included,... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Trade; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Performance Evaluation; Germany; United States
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  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

shareholder value in concentrated industries. By contrast, non-delay provisions have an unambiguously negative relation with value, and more so in concentrated industries. Overall, our analysis suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

now give to the overall benefits of globalization. As practiced today, Ricardo's classic system results in win-win exchanges when both trading partners are either (1) industrialized nations with modern... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
  • 29 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 29

Eurasia In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Person Page

Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

 

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

function while others are only peripheral. The dynamics of how such "core-periphery" structures evolve and become embedded in a firm's innovation routines has been shown to be a major factor in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

Before I came to HBS, I bootstrapped a software company, Proximate, for three years.* We make social-media marketing software for alumni and trade associations. In many ways, HBS made starting my own... View Details
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio
There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Cost of Capital; Revenue; Sovereign Finance; Goods and Commodities; Taxation; Business History; Risk and Uncertainty; Brazil
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  • 19 Nov 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

decisions will come as business leaders figure out how to respond to new regulations, taxes, or to cap and trade schemes, all enacted to control the buildup of greenhouse gases. In addition to providing... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter laid a framework for experts from Japanese business,... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Jealousy of Trade and the History of Political Thought By: Kapossy, Béla, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Sophus A. Reinert, and Richard Whatmore, eds. Abstract—When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

2016 Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House Win-Win Corporations: The Indian Way of Shaping Successful Strategies By: Shah, Shashank Abstract—Why did Ratan Tata decide to pay for all the victims of 26/11 whether injured in the Taj or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

across firms. Using information disclosed in proxy statements of publicly traded companies, I predict and find that firms connected through board interlocks or common compensation consultants display a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Lehman Brothers

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
In 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And... View Details
Keywords: History; Business History; Development Economics; Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment Banking; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 2018
  • Introduction

Introduction

By: Sophus A. Reinert
BOOK ABSTRACT: When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of intellectual history. A leader of the Cambridge School of Political Thought, Hont argued passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Moral Sensibility; Government and Politics; Trade; History
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  • January 2003 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

Newport Creamery (A)

By: Paul Marshall and Todd Thedinga
Describes the operating challenges of Newport Creamery, a Rhode Island-based chain of ice cream restaurants. Profiles the company's transition from longtime family ownership to a real estate developer, the developer's expansion strategy, and the company's subsequent... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Food and Beverage Industry; Rhode Island
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  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

performance metrics should be included in assessing the sustainability performance of a company. Publisher's link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415624510/ March 2015 Journal of Applied Finance Wall Street Research By: Healy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

are so interrelated. Q: What's happening in the Gulf? A: We have seen increasing liberalization of the Gulf economies, for instance, the lowering of barriers to trade for foreign companies. These changes... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman