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- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Supplement
ABB: Accountability Times Two (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes internal allocation conflicts in a complex global company structured as a matrix organization. ABB Switzerland has secured and will build an important power station project; however, internal market allocation policies dictate that this work be handled by ABB... View Details
Simons, Robert L. "ABB: Accountability Times Two (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 192-142, May 1992. (Revised January 2000.)
- May 2022
- Article
The Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Communication Patterns
By: Evan DeFilippis, Stephen Michael Impink, Madison Singell, Jeff Polzer and Raffaella Sadun
We explore the impact of COVID-19 on employees’ digital communication patterns through an event study of lockdowns in 16 large metropolitan areas in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Using de-identified, aggregated meeting and email meta-data from 3,143,270... View Details
Keywords: Meetings; Email; COVID-19 Pandemic; Communication Technology; Health Pandemics; Time Management
DeFilippis, Evan, Stephen Michael Impink, Madison Singell, Jeff Polzer, and Raffaella Sadun. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Communication Patterns." Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 9, no. 180 (May 2022).
- 22 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness
Keywords: by Frank Nagle
- Research Summary
Business history
Espen Storli is currently working on a project on commodity trading in the post-WWII period, with a special interest in the political economy of the world mercury markets. He is also one of the editors of a forthcoming book on the global economic history of bauxite. View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite
- 31 Mar 2021
- News
Biden Tax Plan Challenges G.O.P. Formula for Economic Growth
- 05 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
- 20 Nov 2024
- HBS Seminar
Marc Rotenberg, Georgetown University Law
- April 2012
- Article
Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It
By: Marcel Corstjens and Rajiv Lal
Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for boosting revenues and profits today. However, success abroad varies widely, and research shows that it's often tough to... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Local Range; Retail Industry
Corstjens, Marcel, and Rajiv Lal. "Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
A.P. Møller–Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
This teaching note is an accompaniment to the case, A.P. Møller–Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives. The case reviews the talent management issues being discussed at Maersk Group, a global conglomerate with large shipping and oil & gas... View Details
- March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Mips Computer Systems (A)
Describes the strategy and performance of Mips Computer Systems, focusing on the company's use of a global network of alliances to promote its RISC standard. Addresses how various networks (consortia) of firms are competing in this field. Examines networking... View Details
Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Mips Computer Systems (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-055, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
At Harvard B-School, lessons for impact investors
- 17 Dec 2020
- Video
Interaction with the Broader HBS Community
- 2025
- Chapter
Sustainability and Green Business in Latin America
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter argues that since the nineteenth century capitalism has created much wealth, but at the cost of massive ecological destruction, which has been particularly severe in Latin America. During the first global economy before 1929, considerable wealth was... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business History; Globalization; Economic Growth; Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey. "Sustainability and Green Business in Latin America." Chap. 8 in A Business History of Latin America, edited by Andrea Lluch, Martin Monsalve Zanatti, and Marcelo Bucheli, 159–174. New York, NY, United States: Routledge, 2025.
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
here. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsHaier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011 Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu, and Phillip AndrewsHarvard Business School Case 712-408 In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024
- Teaching Note
CyberArk: Fearlessly Forward in a Digital World
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-382. CyberArk was a leader in privileged access management and was an emerging leader in security identity. This case explores strategies in cybersecurity and whether big bets are needed to become a global leader. View Details
- March 2022
- Case
The Future of Start-Up Chile
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo
In 2021, public accelerator program Start-Up Chile, which ten years earlier had created a global buzz, might be losing its competitive edge to similar programs or one-year visas for digital nomads offered by other countries. The case follows SUP’s CEO, Angeles Romo, as... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Disruption; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Sharing; Business Education; Emerging Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Administration; Recruitment; Job Design and Levels; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social and Collaborative Networks; Public Administration Industry; Latin America; Chile
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "The Future of Start-Up Chile." Harvard Business School Case 622-080, March 2022.
- March 2007 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?
Mary Gadams, founder and CEO of RacingThePlanet is facing one of the many logistical crises that her young Hong Kong-based venture faces as it stages its popular 4Deserts(tm) adventure marathon series in Atacama Chile, Gobi Desert Mongolia, Sahara Desert Egypt, and... View Details
Keywords: Global Range; Business or Company Management; Logistics; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; Egypt; Mongolia; Chile; Antarctica
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?" Harvard Business School Case 807-148, March 2007. (Revised August 2009.)
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
Working PapersGlobalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980 Geoffrey G. Jones This working paper examines the globalization of the beauty industry before 1980. This industry, which had emerged in its modern form in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Article
We Need Better Carbon Accounting. Here's How to Get There.
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Any effective system of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting needs to measure each company’s supply-chain carbon impacts accurately. Such information would provide visibility and incentives for the company to make more climate-friendly product-specification and purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; GHG; Carbon Accounting; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Supply Chain
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "We Need Better Carbon Accounting. Here's How to Get There." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 12, 2022).