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November 2012
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The Organization of Firms Across Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local... View Details

Keywords: Decentralization; Social Capital; Theory Of The Firm; Firm Objectives, Organization, And Behavior; Business Economics; Management Of Technological Innovation And R＆D; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Diffusion Processes; Organizational Structure; Performance Productivity; Trust; Technology Adoption; Multinational Firms and Management

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19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

company's future. The good news is that in today's hypercompetitive global economy, certain countries offer distinctive advantages to help your business but you need to choose wisely. Understanding the competitive dynamics of the world's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Coca-Cola: Countries with Bottlers

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Petroleum Exports by Country

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Tesco: Countries of Operation

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Banana Exports by Country

June 1993
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Case of Unidentified Countries

By: Bruce R. Scott and Monica Brand

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Ford: Countries of Operation

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

Islamic finance and an emeritus professor of investment banking at Harvard Business School. Hayes, who continues to travel regularly to Islamic countries for research and consulting, offered advice to HBS students on January 23 as part of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Competitiveness of particular countries and regions

Michael Porter's framework of competitiveness has provided a structured way for regions, countries, and groups of neighboring countries to analyze their competitiveness and identify priorities for competitiveness upgrading. My research applies these concepts to... View Details

Article

The New Country Managers

By: John A. Quelch

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IBM: Countries of Operation

2002
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Management in the Emerging Countries

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management

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August 2006 (Revised June 2015)
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Female Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Countries

By: Geoffrey Jones and Alexis Lefort

Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in developing countries. There are higher rates of female entrepreneurship in developing countries than developed countries, but necessity is often the main driver in lower income countries. Explores the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies

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Oxford Business Group Country Reports

How do I access Oxford Business Group (OBG) reports? Oxford Business Group (OBG) provides in-depth reports on frontier market countries and sectors. READ ONLY: The Oxford online platform is read-only access. DOWNLOADABLE... View Details

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The Organization of Firms Across Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Performance Productivity; Trust; Asia; Europe; United States

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