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  • 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016

extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes That Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail and that he died there soon afterwards. However, the influence of this work represents a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016

Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A) In 2010, Human Rights Watch, a well-regarded international NGO, approached Barrick Gold asserting that members of the company’s security force at the Porgera Gold Mine in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

case:http://hbr.org/search/912017-PDF-ENG First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources George Serafeim and Andrew KnauerHarvard Business School Case 112-083 The case describes the battle between First Quantum Mineral (FQM) and Eurasian Resources over View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408128 Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal Harvard Business School Case 209-009 When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

WhiteHarvard Business School Case 713-015 For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

unlikely to appear in this western-located city. Probably many more tokens were issued in association with the Congo's important mines and plantations. This "Part I" article should serve as a start for the development of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

for growth. During the nineteenth century, most multinational investment in developing countries went into natural resources and related services. These were often enclave investments, like mining towns, with few links to the local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

appreciation of the role of the chief risk officer, and of leadership in general, in risk management. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110031-PDF-ENG IFP, Indonesia Roy D. ShapiroHarvard Business School Case 610-052 IFP, Ltd. is a Europe-based... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

reporting, while strengthening vigorous enforcement of environmental laws. “This workshop was a gold mine of new contacts, information, and studies,” he says. One paper that Silberman found particularly interesting looked at... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

sustainability research and engagement, Steve Waygood. The case describes Aviva Investors' policies on materiality, engagement, and its corporate responsibility voting policy. It then explores how the company is implementing these policies in the case of a particular... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006

decade has seen the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fall of communism in Russia, the opening of major mines in Canada, and the emergence of a worldwide movement against so-called "blood" or "conflict" diamonds.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-026 China Shenhua Energy Company A leading Chinese energy firm, active in coal mining and electric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

to accomplish the following: mine your sales data to identify "homerun" products you're missing; reinvent your forecasting and pricing strategies; build end-to-end agility into your supply chain; establish incentives that align... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

mining and exporting raw phosphate rock—its traditional focus, which it performed at a relatively low cost—towards greater production of phosphoric acid and finished fertilizer products. In the next phase of the program, OCP planned to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

case:http://hbr.org/search/212044-PDF-ENG Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (B) Aldo Musacchio, Tarun Khanna, and Ricardo Reisen de PinhoHarvard Business School Supplement 713-012 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

Vavilov, who had co-founded Bitfury and expanded it substantially from its bitcoin mining roots, felt a blockchain-driven makeover of this sort would take place not just in Georgia's government but also around the world. It was not a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

and the $6 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion in Mongolia (2014). Globally, firms financed a record $415 billion in capital expenditures using project finance in 2013, and the use of project-financed investment has grown at a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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