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  • 26 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play. Zeenat Potia: Can you... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
  • 20 Jun 2008
  • News

Risk and Reward

Chimneys resident) sired foals to the ripe old age of 28. Big Brown is only 3 years old. So you do the math. So here’s a real-life business dilemma. If you owned Big Brown, would you ship the colt straight... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
  • November – December 2008
  • Article

Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?

By: Anette Mikes

Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships
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  • Research Summary

Family Business Management

John Davis is developing cases and other course materials on family business management for the Executive Education program Families in Business: From Generation to Generation, Families in Business/China, the Owner/President Management... View Details
  • May 2017
  • Teaching Note

Hilti Fleet Management (A) and (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
These notes are meant to accompany Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head (717-427) and Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (717-465).
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; BMI; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Growth Management; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong; France; Italy; Spain
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  • 15 Sep 2017
  • News

How human is the world of risk and return?

  • 04 Feb 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Risk Preferences and Misconduct: Evidence from Politicians

Keywords: by Dylan Minor; Public Administration; Financial Services
  • October 2011 (Revised August 2017)
  • Case

Veracity Worldwide in Syria: Assessing Political Risk in a Volatile Environment

By: Aldo Musacchio and Sophus A. Reinert
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Syria
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  • 19 Dec 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Political Economy of Capitalism

Keywords: by Bruce R. Scott

    Political Standards

    The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

    Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

    • 16 Jan 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Political Economy of “Natural” Disasters

    Keywords: by Charles Cohen & Eric D. Werker
    • 2021
    • Chapter

    International Business History and the Strategy of Multinational Enterprises: How History Matters

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Teresa da Silva Lopes
    This chapter provides an overview of the evolution of international business over the long-run as well as the strategies of MNEs. It highlights how strategies became more complex over time with MNEs moving from being coordinators of resources and managers of... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational; International Business; Internalization; Globalization; Theory; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Politics of Philanthropy in China

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
    This working paper looks historically at business philanthropy in China. In the West, the literature has distinguished between entrepreneurial and customary philanthropy, while the phenomenon of spiritual philanthropy has been identified in many emerging markets. This... View Details
    Keywords: China; Philanthropy; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Economic Systems; Economic Sectors; China
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    • 10 Feb 2015
    • News

    Managing family businesses

    • June 2010 (Revised October 2014)
    • Teaching Note

    Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)

    By: Anette Mikes
    Teaching Note for 109-001 View Details
    Keywords: SWOT Analysis; Risk Management; Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Technology Adoption; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Perspective; Goals and Objectives; Capital Budgeting; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry
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    • 2022
    • Chapter

    Crises and International Business

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter uses the intellectual journey of the author to suggest that crises have been the norm rather than the exception in the history of international business. Over the last 100 years world wars, regional conflicts, the Great Depression, and decolonization are... View Details
    Keywords: Crisis; Multinational Companies; International Business; Emerging Market; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; System Shocks; War; Emerging Markets; Crisis Management
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    • December 2011 (Revised March 2013)
    • Background Note

    The Business Development Manager

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Sarah Dillard, Katharine Nevins and Puja Ramani
    Describes the role of business development (BD) managers in technology companies, detailing: 1) BD managers' key responsibilities at each step in the process of creating a partnership agreement; 2) how the nature of the BD function evolves as a technology startup... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Partnerships; High Technology Products; Information Technology; Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Management Skills; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry
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    • 15 Oct 2016
    • News

    Political dysfunction, economic progress and James Buchanan

    • 1983
    • Book

    The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    Keywords: Management; Leadership; Business Ventures; Government and Politics; United States
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    • March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
    • Case

    Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk

    By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell
    The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its microfinance network leads Opportunity International to launch the first global specialized microinsurance company, the Micro Insurance Agency (MIA). Building on the experience in 10 countries... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Cost Management; Microfinance; Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Nonprofit Organizations; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America
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