Localization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
News

Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS

China is not yet ready, he said, for national elections (although 680,000 villages have elected local officials), the country’s goal is that “the people supervise the work of the government.” China is committed to improvements in human... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Oct 2002
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The World According to MTV

TV brand, with 38 channels reaching more than one billion viewers in 164 countries, earning it “membership in that tiny elite of such globally transcendent brands as Coke and Levi's.” Eighty percent of MTV's global viewership is outside the United States, and all its... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

News in the News Biz

turns down,” he wrote. But such layoffs, he warned, should take into account the paper's unique contribution to its readers. Bower advised most local papers to save money by not sending reporters into the field to cover national and... View Details

20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310077-PDF-ENG Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer Michael I. Norton and Jeremy B. DannHarvard Business School Case 510-062 In the wake of the meltdown among U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

limit their equity exposures in politically risky countries by sharing ownership with local partners and by serving foreign markets with exports rather than local production. The residual political risk... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

there was a question about whether that would be a detriment - people might think that I was buying the election. The local newspaper took a poll and asked, "Are you offended by Herb Kohl spending his own money to run for office?"... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

political, as they faced widespread host government hostility and expropriation. In the contemporary global economy, political risk partially declined with the spread of liberalization, although the management of relations with host governments remained a challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2011
News

Inside MTV’s Global Fame

building a global business strategy to establish markets in countries such as Russia and China, which American business interests had largely ignored. Starting out, he crafted a pan-European approach, believing his young audiences wanted shared common experiences... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2008
News

America the Difficult

destination end up being so much less attractive despite the relative absence of this usual litany of investment obstacles? Part of the answer may lie precisely in how these obstacles tilt the playing field between local firms and... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

one’s corporate ecosystem, etc.) is essential to establishing and growing businesses in African markets. Many of the failed entry attempts we discussed were led by organizations who either failed to identify suitable local partners or... View Details

04 Jun 2020
Blog Post

What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

Here are a few ways MBAs can support the movement for Black lives: Donate to and fundraise for racial justice nonprofits. Support local Black-led organizing groups and/or invest in national organizations like Movement for Black Lives, a... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

Courtesy Debora Spar “We’re going to start seeing many businesses wanting to bring their supply chain much closer to home in ways that will probably make goods more expensive, but hopefully will help drive employment as we replace outsourcing with View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change

Opportunity,” part of a global series of events organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) and cosponsored by local HBS alumni clubs. The series launched in February 2018 in San Francisco, and has been presented... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers

01 Jun 2000
News

Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

that we want to collaborate with local academics will gain us a lot of goodwill. The payoff for HBS faculty will be a better understanding of developments in the region and an increase in the amount and quality of teaching materials about... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

Having grown up in Pakistan, Tarim Wasim (MBA 2005) and other Boston-based students and professionals started the Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP) in 2003 to support the best local nonprofits. Wasim, a Baker Scholar at... View Details

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Di Bai

Growing up with parents who worked for China's state-owned enterprises, Di Bai has personally witnessed the transition from a planned to an open-market economy. "For local companies, the change has been difficult," Di says. To... View Details

07 Dec 2015
News

Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers

consumption of local, sustainably produced food.” That mission was inspired by the work of Food Solutions New England (FSNE), an organized network of agricultural experts, farmers, academics, concerned citizens, and regional grassroots organizations working to overcome... View Details

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

that customers defect at a higher rate from the incumbent following increased service competition only when the incumbent offers high quality service relative to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that this result... View Details