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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Global Strategy ; Globalized Economies and Regions ; Governance ; Government Administration ; Political Elections... View Details

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Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s

By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski

This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies, Bayer and Henkel, that have been identified as "green giants," and traces the evolution of their... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Green Business; Regional Strategy; Pollution; Henkel; Bayer; Globalization; History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States

01 Mar 2012
News

FIELD 2: Global Intelligence

a new concept for a product or service for global partner organizations around the world. In January, they spent a week in the region conducting market research and meeting... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

What about the race between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in colonial Africa and Asia

Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and... View Details

2014
Report

An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2013–14 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan Rivkin

In 2013–14, Harvard Business School (HBS) conducted its third alumni survey on U.S. competitiveness. Our report on the findings focuses on a troubling divergence in the American economy: large and midsize firms have rallied strongly from the Great Recession, and highly... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Economy; Financial Crisis; United States

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18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Sophus A. Reinert , Dante Roscini January 2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global View Details

November 2021 (Revised January 2024)
Case

The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939

By: Alberto Cavallo, Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli

The Great Depression was, by far, the worst economic contraction of the twentieth century, and some of the most important ideas about both fiscal and monetary policy in the second half of the century were developed in response to it. The economic collapse, which... View Details

Keywords: Great Depression; Economic Conditions; Unemployment; Homelessness; Financial Crisis; History; Economy; Policy; Poverty; Social Issues; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation

Educators

01 Jun 2015
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Exploring Global Business Practices

Enhancing the Worldview of HBS Students and Faculty Building on a legacy of global engagement, Harvard Business School has made internationalization a key priority for its second century. To prepare leaders... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

research and an array of programs and activities. Read more about Preparing Global Leaders The Initiative has expanded HBS’s intellectual footprint over the years with the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Feb 2002
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HBS Expands Global Presence

Following the successful launch of research centers in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, and Buenos Aires, HBS has opened the European Research Center (ERC) in Paris. With Vincent Dessain (MBA '87) serving as executive director, the ERC will... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Nov 2018
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Want to Leverage Global Talent for Your Business? Read This

01 Jun 2012
News

Think Locally, Act Globally

Issue Focus: The Global Manager Mittal Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Bringing Global Back Home In 1976, in India’s Punjab region,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Dec 2009
News

INCAE Making Global Impact

A REGIONAL LEADER: Founded nearly fifty years ago with HBS’s help, INCAE looks to a bright future, building on its role and reputation as a center for business education in Latin America. Photo Courtesy... View Details

June 2013 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa

By: Geoffrey Jones and Elliot R. Benton

This case considers the strategies of Charles W. Engelhard, an American mining magnate who made large investments in apartheid-era South Africa. Engelhard was widely believed to have been the model for the James Bond villan Auric Goldfinger. During the 1950s and 1960s... View Details

Keywords: Political Economy; Business History; FDI; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; South Africa; Mining; Ethics; Globalization; Government and Politics; History; Mining Industry; Africa; South Africa

Educators

September 2023
Article

Judging Foreign Startups

By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Rembrand Koning and Tarun Khanna

Can accelerators pick the most promising startup ideas no matter their provenance? Using unique data from a global accelerator where judges are randomly assigned to evaluate startups headquartered across the globe, we show that judges are less likely to recommend... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship And Strategy; Global Strategy; Entrepreneurial Financing; Innovation; International; Entrepreneurship; Judgments; Business Startups; Geographic Location; Growth and Development Strategy

2016
Book

Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue Across Continents

By: William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model... View Details

Keywords: International And Comparative Education; Educational Policy And Politics; Science Education; Arts; Global Range; Education; Science

January 16, 2020
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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

By: Mark R. Kramer, Marc W. Pfitzer and Helge Mahne

The corporate social conscience will soon be on full display in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders from business, government, and civil society will assemble on January 21 for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy