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Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries
By: Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Andrew F. Newman and Harald Fadinger
We examine how trade policy affects firms' organizational choices. We embed a model of firms' vertical integration decisions into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. In the model, integration decisions are driven by a trade-off... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Policy; Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Vertical Integration; Boundaries
Alfaro, Laura, Paola Conconi, Andrew F. Newman, and Harald Fadinger. "Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries."
- Web
Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
and Unleashing Capability Featured Exercises Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
behaviors, and values of a legacy organization, changing a business model from paper to digital, capitalizing on huge brand awareness and international presence, and promoting cross-functional and... View Details
- Web
Online Management Course | HBS Online
management processes within each—what worked and what didn't—provided a unique method of learning, and incomparable to other course offerings available. Monica Higgins Account Director at Hollywood Agency Elevate your management skills by applying insights from Harvard... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
things fast when you know that the business has serious structural problems. So it is wise to get bad news on the table early and to lower unrealistic expectations. Be careful to assess your new organization's capacity for change before... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- Web
Aldrich Hall | About
Nations, purchased and donated thousands of acres of land to national parks, and—in 1949—funded Harvard Business School’s new classroom building. Rockefeller suggested that the building be named for his father-in-law, Nelson W. Aldrich,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
School's ongoing International Seminar Series. This area of research is of universal interest. After all, a basic question that any multinational business would like to answer is this: Is there a single... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
Internal Problems By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
research going on at Harvard Business School. Held each May on the HBS campus, the event provides the opportunity for a few faculty to share recent work with an audience of doctoral students, HBS staff members, and other professors. This... View Details
- 2020
- Chapter
Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build
By: John D. Macomber
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details
Macomber, John D. "Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build." In Climate Change: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review. Vol. 12. HBR Insights Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
International Tax Competition Matthew C. Weinzierl, and Jacob KuipersHarvard Business School Case 710-038 How do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Eligibility & Rules - Alumni
Applicant must be a first or second-time founder/co-founder only. Must have business model validation, traction, revenue, or customer commitments. The alumni track is geared towards high growth ventures with viable View Details
- July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details
Keywords: Female; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Health ＆ Wellness; Healthcare; Price Policies; Minimum Advertised Price; Differentiation; Positioning; Growth; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Price; Disruption; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Product Development; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Advertising; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Social Enterprise; Retail Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Health Industry; Green Technology Industry; Education Industry; Distribution Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Canada; United States; United Kingdom
- March 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli
When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details
Keywords: Female; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Health ＆ Wellness; Healthcare; Price Policies; Minimum Advertised Price; Differentiation; Positioning; Growth; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Price; Disruption; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Product Development; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Advertising; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Social Enterprise; Retail Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Health Industry; Green Technology Industry; Education Industry; Distribution Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Canada; United States; United Kingdom
Israeli, Ayelet. "The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth." Harvard Business School Case 519-055, March 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Trade and the Single Car Market: The EC-Japan Elements of Consensus, 1985–1999
By: Grace Ballor
In 1991, in the midst of the program to create a liberal Single European Market and in the context of a new Joint Declaration for cooperation with Japan, the European Commission brokered a private deal to restrict Japanese imports into the European Community for nearly... View Details
Keywords: Market; Protectionism; Liberalization; Trade; Markets; International Relations; Auto Industry; Europe; European Union; Japan
Ballor, Grace. "Trade and the Single Car Market: The EC-Japan Elements of Consensus, 1985–1999." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-145, June 2021.
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how some leaders embrace “deep purpose” as a generative force that can be a catalyst to achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
book Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game. In fact, venture-minded managers in big corporations often have the tools and infrastructure to become more successful than their peers at startups, say authors Michael Tushman, a Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
and, as a result, gain the capacity to curb its influence. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cultural Notes on Chinese Negotiating Behavior Authors:James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian Abstract Western View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership and internal organization. In practice, however, such stability is rare, as the composition and structure of teams often changes over time or between projects. In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Business School Note 709-050 The International Monetary Fund was dismissed as almost irrelevant to the global economy, but during the 2008 financial crisis, it returned to center stage, providing financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace