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  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

Chinese companies. Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel has all but been blocked despite the Japanese firm’s planned $1.4 billion investment to improve U.S. Steel’s older mills. When assessing regulatory risks as a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

to the support of companies, investors, and the initiatives of a number of NGOs, widespread regulatory intervention has yet to materialize. Outside of South Africa, adoption remains voluntary, accomplished via social movement abetted, to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

launch a new blockchain currency to facilitate financial services for unbanked and underbanked customers in emerging markets via their smartphone. Santos had to decide whether to go forward with the new plan despite regulatory risk,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jul 2019
  • Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

social media companies system from the platform. Unless regulatory or governance change happens, it’s hard to see what changes Facebook implements will solve the Pandora’s box of problems opened when it allowed advertisers access to user... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

they're getting great results because of leadership. I think it's time for Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to step up to leadership. Industries do not do a good job of self-regulation, so we have regulatory bodies. We don’t let pharma... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

contributed to the financial turmoil that followed. This performance has come under tremendous scrutiny by lawmakers and regulators, who are debating ways to reform the ratings industry. One prominent suggestion: increased competition.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

wondered if the regulatory events might affect Goodyear's ability to maintain its world leadership in the tire industry. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707494 J.R.D. Tata Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

starting in 1992 with a focus on the three King codes of corporate governance (King I in 1994, King II in 2000, and King III in 2009). From a reporting perspective these reforms culminated in the "apply to explain why not"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

license from multinational companies in 1994, the “old generation” of lab managers disagreed with these aims and failed to adequately support scientists’ efforts. First, we show that the introduction of new lab managers aligned with the national R&D View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

opportunities arise at home and abroad. Before inking a deal these days, venture firms need a global perspective on competition, if not a global presence, especially in China and India. Meanwhile, industry insiders worry that post-Enron View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

Does Planning Regulation Protect Independent Retailers? By: Sadun, Raffaella Abstract—Regulations aimed at curbing the entry of large retail stores have been introduced in many countries to protect independent retailers. Analyzing a planning View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

influence when the vast majority can't? The authors tracked 68 change initiatives in the UK's National Health Service, an organization whose size, complexity, and tradition can make reform difficult. They discovered several predictors of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Cristina Kirchner, Néstor Kirchner’s wife and successor. Then in 2009, in a call for “democratizing” the media, Cristina Kirchner introduced a media reform law that would significantly limit Grupo Clarín’s operations. By 2012, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

behavior. Then we can understand that rationality also includes things that were once considered irrational, such as altruism or sacrifice in the interest of the greater good. The Economics of Housing Finance Reform Authors:David S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

could be a good start. But on both of these fronts, the policy details will matter when it comes to what small businesses need to grow and succeed. On the regulatory front, as I have written in a recent working paper, small business... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

remain attractive to doctors, insurance providers, and individual patients? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517065-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 906-408 Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

accelerating the destruction of the planet. 2022 is a critical juncture: We can continue as is, reproducing the neoliberal economic model, which will result in further inequalities and the destruction of the planet, or we can dare to rethink and View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 08 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 8

that egalitarianism distance has a negative causal impact on FDI flows. This effect is robust to a broad set of competing accounts, including the effects of other cultural dimensions, various features of the prevailing legal and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Past Issues - Alumni

traditional ways of doing things, improving people’s lives, and setting new standards in their fields. Complete Table of Contents September 2010 Leslie Gold RX for Change Health-care reform is more than a policy debate — it’s a managerial... View Details