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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
those of Mandela and the African National Congress coincide," she notes, "but he has his own way of doing things. Reorganizing the structure of the presidency is just one example of that." Meyer credits her academic training with... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
whole technology landscape is going, how related firms are progressing, and how its work fits into that context.” He also cites public policy issues and government involvement; intellectual property questions; longer time horizons; and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS
translator, Wen stated that its “large population and underdevelopment are the two facts China has to face.” He portrayed his country not as an imminent international juggernaut but as a domestic work in progress. Stressing that “it is... View Details
- 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.
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Joseph Badaracco and David Moss, taught and shared their research in the January 2019 week-long program, which also educates business executives and government officials about the importance of empowering and promoting women employees.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- December 2003
- Case
George Mitchell in Northern Ireland (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Daniel F. Curran
Examines the strategies and tactics that U.S. negotiator George Mitchell used during his two-year tenure as chairman of the all-party talks in Northern Ireland. His efforts culminated in the signing of the historic Good Friday Accords. A revised version of an earlier... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains, and embarrassing View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
reshaping the international business environment. Finally, managers need to think creatively and analytically about different kinds of government support, both direct and indirect. Although many of us assume... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
into three interrelated parts. First, students learn about the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of companies and their leaders. Next, they look at organizational systems and governance View Details
- Third Quarter 2022
- Article
How Global Upheaval Influences Board Decision-Making: What Is the Effect of Cold War II on Corporate Governance?
By: Michael Montelongo
What should boards and companies do or not do when confronting the impact of geopolitical crises? It may be helpful to consider the broader context giving rise to these issues, namely why we’re in the situation, the lessons we’re learning about geopolitical risk in... View Details
Montelongo, Michael. "How Global Upheaval Influences Board Decision-Making: What Is the Effect of Cold War II on Corporate Governance?" Directors & Boards 46, no. 5 (Third Quarter 2022): 30–31.
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments
By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green and Eugene B. Kogan
Following a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger’s career, this paper describes six of his most pivotal negotiations: the historic establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, the easing of geopolitical tension with the Soviet Union,... View Details
Keywords: Kissinger; Bargaining; Diplomacy; Multiparty Negotiations; Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Coercive Diplomacy; Negotiation; International Relations; Personal Development and Career; United States
Sebenius, James K., Laurence A. Green, and Eugene B. Kogan. "Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-040, November 2014. (Revised December 2016.)
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
working, in parallel, on the governance aspects of the Balanced Scorecard. In the SFO book, we described the internal governance process by which the enterprise guides,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses
book, Becoming American: Why Immigration Is Good for Our Nation's Future, weaves in stories of successful immigrant economists, entrepreneurs, and government advisers while debunking myths that surround immigration. For example, according... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
markets. The commercial opportunities supported by the extraordinary Internet and emerging logistics structure in China means that Alibaba's future lies at home. It has huge market growth potential, real heft against local opponents, and... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless
disadvantaged or minority groups in India whose members are elected to local governments have not only more of a "political voice" but also more access to and better results from the justice system. In the working paper The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
sticker shock would carbon prices trigger?). Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), engagement officer for climate and impact investing at the International Finance Corporation, also responded that government policies... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
in the computer industry, while Professor Malcolm S. Salter's work on corporate strategy, organization, and governance looks at how ownership structure affects organizational performance. Asso-ciate... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
Yet this literature has had much more to say about international trade and institutional structures than about entrepreneurship and MNEs. Indeed, the story of the creation of the nineteenth-century global... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones