relocation - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

privileged families have always had an easier path to traditional power. Those on the outside—foreigners, women, African-Americans, non-Protestant religious affiliations—often pursued other paths to power. When doors were closed, outsiders created their own paths.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

05 Dec 2016
News

The Dragon’s Tale

their families for 48 weeks a year. At the same time, they were building the massive transportation infrastructure that eventually allowed factories to relocate to the center of the country and to move goods from the factory to customer.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 25

Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message to Congress in 1829 and the second document from Jackson's Second Annual Message in 1830, the year the Indian Removal Act was passed. The third and fourth documents cover the Congressional debate over the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth, and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

previously undisclosed files, many of which detailed the treatment of Kikuyu detainees during the Mau Mau Rebellion. The files had been removed from Kenya and relocated to Britain in the 1950s, along with reams of documents removed from... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

108-091 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

households had at least $25,000 in both a taxable and a tax-deferred account. And while about two-thirds of those households held tax-efficient portfolios, most of the remaining third could reduce their taxes by relocating heavily taxed... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Jun 2014
News

Screen Saver

need to maximize moviegoing to Hollywood blockbusters and also source smaller movies that appeal to our diverse audiences throughout the year," says Frank, who cites Lopez's "incredible positive energy and vision" as the key reason for her family's View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

27 Oct 2017
News

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

from MBA class, 2002. So after I graduated from 2002, then I stayed in Boston for a year, working here. Then my husband graduated from 2003. So when he graduated, he found a job with United Health Care in Minneapolis. And I said, OK, so we're View Details

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

look beyond just relocating supply toward harnessing process innovations and revisiting some of the trade-offs between product variety and flexibility. Harvard Business Review Webinar Student Perspective on Entrepreneurial Journey Having... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

students, relocated persons, immigrants, or refugees—will find useful advice for landing a job in the United States this book. Readers will learn the different stages of the search process and how to prepare for each one, as well as... View Details

02 Aug 2016
First Look

August 2, 2016

interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence of fund closures resulting from interest rate policy is the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

relocated to a larger store and is experiencing losses for the first time. Sales and costs have increased along with the breakeven point. Changes in pricing and promotion must be explored. Alternative actions to return to profitability... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

he announced his candidacy. He says he and his wife, Anne, relocated for the “quality of life” and a better environment to raise their young daughters. Others see the move as political opportunism. “Most people in this community who are... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

with sales and purchasing and relocated the business to a more efficient facility. She wondered if she moved too quickly. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-021... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

under way by the turn of the century, as millions of workers moved from the interior to new factories on the coast, leaving behind their families for 48 weeks a year. At the same time, they were building the massive transportation infrastructure that eventually allowed... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

that when a firm actually disappeared from the directory from which we were drawing our data, the women were very likely to leave the industry (93 percent). When a firm disappeared from the industry, the men were more likely to relocate... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

they can relocate their headquarters to a hub, as GE recently did (but make them much smaller). A less expensive strategy is to create an innovation lab or corporate outpost in a talent cluster, as Walmart did with Walmart Labs. The most... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

vitality. The first reaction to globalization was often, "It's wonderful that we can relocate anywhere. If we have a skill shortage here in America, we can just go somewhere else. If we can get a better tax deal there, we'll go... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

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