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  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Making History, Starting Over

British government to declare a state of emergency and place businesses on a three-day workweek to conserve electricity. It would take more than luck to grow a business in such conditions. By 1977, two of the founding partners had moved... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

new fintech entrepreneurs, and banks—small and large—vying for a position. Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • News

How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft

to take an ax to corporate policies governing things like travel and purchasing, Brad Smith suggested she trim about 20 percent of the 1,800 policies. Hood told Smith he was letting the team off easy. She... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

  PublicationsCapitalism: Its Origins and Evolution as a System of Governance Author:Bruce R. Scott Publication:Springer-Verlag, 2011 Abstract Two systems of governance, capitalism and democracy, prevail in the world today. Operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25

framework for understanding the links between manufacturing and innovation that will enable them to make better outsourcing decisions. They also detail how government must change its support of basic and applied scientific research and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

observationally result in the same thing—‘I don’t trust them’—but has very different policy implications and takeaways for practitioners.” IN BELIEF WE TRUST Minor says the overarching issue is what leads people to trust one group over... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services
  • March 1992 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Lada do Brasil

By: James E. Austin and Helen Shapiro
In an effort to capitalize on the entrepreneurial opportunity presented by the Brazilian government's trade liberalization, a Panamanian automobile trading company launched a business of importing the Russian made Lada cars into Brazil. The company confronts a complex... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Transformation; Economics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Capital; Policy; Competition; Auto Industry; Brazil
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  • February 1998
  • Case

Creating the International Trade Organization

By: David A. Moss, George R. Appling and Andrew D Archer
In the late 1940s, officials at the U.S. State Department began campaigning for the creation of an International Trade Organization (ITO). This new organization would oversee global negotiations on trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, cartels, and commodity... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Agreements and Arrangements; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Systems; International Relations
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  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

Environmental Policy Making and Implementation Author:Alnoor S. Ebrahim Abstract This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

such rifts, language training must include cross-cultural education. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1 September 2014 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Government Green Procurement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

much thinking on the importance of regions and the policies that should be designed towards them. But there is comparatively little work on what regional governments’ role should be in implementing these View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

  Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract Tax policy toward American multinational firms would... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Oct 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

he said "our best policy is to promote economic liberty so that individuals and corporations can adjust to changes in society, technology, the economy, the environment and politics stop trying to make View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Bad Times for Business

to talk about issues of corporate governance and the ethics of leadership. They can’ t believe that what they consider an honorable profession is being publicly judged by the misdeeds of a few people. Mark Twain once said words to the... View Details
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

  Publications September 2014 Research in Organizational Behavior The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

leaders from Harvard Business School who discuss theory with practices from the world's top corporations to show how businesses, NGOs and government organizations can use business solutions to add social value to the world's poorest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2010 (Revised March 2011)
  • Case

The Euro in Crisis: Decision Time at the European Central Bank

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull, Dante Roscini and Diane Choi
This case traces the origins and evolution of the European Central Bank, with attention to its 2010 decision concerning the purchase of Greek sovereign debt. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Central Banking; Financial Management; Sovereign Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Europe; Greece
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  • 01 Jan 2004
  • News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

had been suspended for several years. One of the first women to graduate from HBS, Franklin is used to breaking down barriers. She has worked with five Presidents of the United States, founded an international trade consulting and investment firm, and earned kudos as a... View Details
  • Student-Profile

Yueran Ma

appears to be a significant component of financing activities in capital markets today; it could also affect how we think about government policies like quantitative easing, as well as other corporate... View Details