international deal - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

my course is about risk mitigation. I hope they will be able to answer the following question after a term in my course: How does one use all the tools learned at HBS to successfully structure deals and companies around the risks in this... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

high-speed technological advances their employees master, and that so much of the work is difficult to observe. “IT has become a 'participative sport' for the senior management team, rather than a 'spectator sport.'” Chapter 15 of the book View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

terms. One example is MPEG-2, a digital video compression standard used in products including DVD and high-definition television. The standard was developed by the International Organization for Standardization, but during the completion... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

empirical analysis to be more than sketched in this paper. It is also a field that has not yet taken management as a central subject of empirical study. We shall therefore deal only with some of the central problems of the structure of... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

It's a sad, quantitative fact that bribery runs so rampant in the world that it has become a Darwinian business tool. A July 2013 report from Transparency International finds that more than one in four people paid a bribe in the past... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

of action? A: The hacking incident was probably the last straw in a rather long line of issues. Sooner or later, Google had to stand up for its principles. They have always been at odds internally as to whether or not being in China,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

or internal to the organization. However, the path to greater latitude on the job is not short. It involves, as Pradipta Saha commented, "Selecting the right entry-level employee ." We have found, for example, that high... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

heightened uncertainty? While we are still far from knowing what constitutes a “best practice,” there is already a great deal of experimentation emerging globally. To provide an early report of these emerging approaches, over the past... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

office may be a good time to dismantle silos and foster relationships across department, function, rank, and location. This is especially so at a time when so many people are dealing with similar practical challenges. View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of productivity gains from multinational production. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42615 Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

even investors. At a national level, it can damage international relations. Here’s a sample of some indicators of differences between pride and arrogance: Pride We work for the customer We worry about what we can learn from others We’re... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

their leaders for the coming years." Generational differences related to the development of millennials comprise, according to Muder Chiba, "a global phenomenon." Amy Lynch concurred, saying, "When I talk with recruiters for View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

gender diversity, induced by parenting more daughters, improves deal and fund performances. These effects concentrate overwhelmingly on the daughters of senior partners than junior partners. Taken together, our findings have profound... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

culture,” Frazier told Bain’s Maceda. “There is something missing in that [Black] people who get hired leave very quickly. They get to the middle of the company and they stall. Through this community of practice, we’ll be able to share best practices and ideas for how... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

top executive. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are all taking in vast amounts of new information every day and adjusting to an entirely new set of behavioral habits. In addition, most of us are dealing with unprecedented tasks and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

life and health that one is dealing with. And the prospect of entrusting health care to a developing country had a pedagogical "shock value," too. “A lot of entrusting medical care to different locations is about a psychological... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

“Crises offer rare opportunities to make major changes in an organization because they lessen the resistance that exists in good times.” "Leaders must be willing to ask for help," he continues. "They should rely on a mentor, an View Details