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10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

Business School Case 313-096 Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B) Supplements the (A) case 308-058. With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16

covers the history of newspapers, industry economics, current news consumption trends, the response of the newspapers to the threat of the Internet, and vignettes highlighting newspaper business models throughout the world. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

well understand that you don't know what you're doing. Christensen: If you look back in history at companies that have successfully launched new disruptive-growth businesses, with only a couple of exceptions they were run by the founder.... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

history of empirical work on the search for a relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP). Second, we critically appraise the quality of this work. And third, we question the... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Cold Spring Harbor... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2022
Case

Copper Nationalization in Chile

By: Jeremy Friedman, John Masko and Jingyu Liu

In 1970 Chile became the first country to elect a Marxist president through open, multi-party elections in Salvador Allende. In his first year as president, Allende nationalized the copper industry, Chile’s largest export industry that was developed and owned by US... View Details

Keywords: Nationalism; History; Political Elections; Natural Resources; Globalized Markets and Industries; National Security; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Chile

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12 May 2015
Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

very different means. Where the NEA has a nearly 50-year history of art market-making, with vetted mechanisms for ensuring artistic quality and value, Kickstarter offers almost the opposite—it makes funding more into a matter of marketing... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ramana Nanda; Entertainment & Recreation

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or those who failed previously, new... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

environmental groups. Had Stone taken into account the history of strained relationships between Honduras and the U.S. government and multinationals, as well as the fragile status of the presidency in this fledgling democracy, it could... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

responded to political risk in South Asia and Latin America over the last half century. The existing business history literature on political risk is focused on the experiences of Western multinationals in the 20th century, especially in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

LV:There’s certainly a symbolic vibe when the Dow gets to 20,000-- something to celebrate to the extent that it reflects the American economy’s long history of growth, profitability, and success. For the professional and institutional... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

firm, as opposed to involuntarily (e.g., as required by law). These results imply that the proactive revelation of costs can improve a firm’s bottom line. The Use of History as a Strategic Resource: Institutional Resilience and the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

April 2004 (Revised September 2005)
Case

China and the WTO: Doing the Right Thing?

In late 2001, the People's Republic of China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). Sets the terms of China's accession agreement against its compliance record some two years later. Discusses why key actors, such as business, organized labor, and other governments,... View Details

Keywords: Management; History; International Relations; Judgments; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics; Governance Compliance; Emerging Markets; Global Strategy; China

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26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Chicago press on June 1 in an edited volume entitled Accelerating Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors. In detailed histories of agriculture, chemicals, semiconductors, computers, the internet and biopharmaceuticals we asked "what... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow

school's long history provides some comfort that it would remain a significant force in years to come, yet he noted that 100 years ago, the best universities in the world were located in Germany, and today few in that country are... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education; Advertising

07 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers

regulations by opening small stores instead. And while their giant superstores generally sit on the outskirts of a city, their smaller chain stores are often located downtown, creating more direct competition against the mom-and-pops. Sadun focused her study on England... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

venture and how you behaved when things didn't go well." History points to the importance of people skills in successful ventures, agreed Sahlman. But what roles do operating experience and technical knowledge play in a firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

whether revelations about weak enforcement history have hurt the market for cross-listing. The evidence from my two papers would suggest that investors should place greater trust in those cross-listed firms that have built up a reputation... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

policies that encourage the provision of venture capital? Or is the world really flat? Do the "techno-nationalists" have it right? What do you think? To read more: Amar Bhidé, The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

August 2005 (Revised April 2007)
Case

DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp.

By: Paul M. Healy

Compares two companies in the information capture software industry. Asks students to analyze and compare the performance of two companies (one in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States) from the perspective of a buy-side analyst reporting to the manager... View Details