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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
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Supporting Entrepreneurs in Muslim Countries
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Shadid A. Ansari
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Shadid A. Ansari. "Supporting Entrepreneurs in Muslim Countries." Bloomberg Businessweek Online (May 11, 2010).
- Article
Changing Role of Country Managers
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Changing Role of Country Managers." International Business 6, no. 7 (July 1993): 83–84.
- March 1985
- Background Note
MNCs and Host Country Relationships
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management
Bartlett, Christopher A. "MNCs and Host Country Relationships." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-299, March 1985.
- 2011
- Working Paper
Management Practices Across Firms and Countries
By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing, American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Public Sector; Private Sector; Country; Performance; Motivation and Incentives
Bloom, Nicholas, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Management Practices Across Firms and Countries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-052, December 2011.
- February 2012
- Article
Management Practices across Firms and Countries
By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Competency and Skills; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Sectors; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Private Equity; Multinational Firms and Management; United States; Germany; Japan; China; India
Bloom, Nicholas, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Management Practices across Firms and Countries." Academy of Management Perspectives 26, no. 1 (February 2012): 12–33.
- 1990
- Book
Strategic Management in Developing Countries
By: J. E. Austin and T. Kohn
Austin, J. E., and T. Kohn. Strategic Management in Developing Countries. New York: Free Press, 1990.
- 2003
- Chapter
Multinationals and the Developing Countries
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Multinationals and the Developing Countries." In The New Economic Analysis of Multinationals, edited by Thomas Brewer, Stephen Guisinger, and Stephen Young. Northampton, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003. (Originally published in Journal of International Business Studies 29, no. 1, pp. 101-114.)
- March 1979
- Article
Developing Country Investors in Indonesia
By: Louis T Wells Jr and V'Ella Warren
Wells, Louis T., Jr, and V'Ella Warren. "Developing Country Investors in Indonesia." Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 15, no. 1 (March 1979).
- 1996
- Article
Country Managers: The Next Generation
By: Jon I. Martinez and John A. Quelch
Martinez, Jon I., and John A. Quelch. "Country Managers: The Next Generation." International Marketing Review 13, no. 3 (1996): 43–55.
- December 1997 (Revised January 1998)
- Exercise
COO and Country Manager Job Selection Exercise
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
From seven candidates, students must choose two who are most qualified for the COO position at an entrepreneurial Danish multinational organization, and two who are the best choices for country manager in Vietnam for the company. View Details
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "COO and Country Manager Job Selection Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 398-079, December 1997. (Revised January 1998.)
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
The fiscal and monetary response to the coronavirus pandemic has been emergent, global, and deep. Some countries have more sophisticated fiscal and monetary tools—and the ability to use them swiftly—than others. The ability to compare... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Article
The Return of the Country Manager
By: John A. Quelch and Helen Bloom
Quelch, John A., and Helen Bloom. "The Return of the Country Manager." McKinsey Quarterly, no. 2 (1996): 31–43.
- 2025
- Working Paper
CEO-Firm Matches and Productivity in 42 Countries
By: Amanda Dahlstrand, Dávid László, Helena Schweiger, Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
Firms are key to economic development, and CEOs are key to firm productivity. Are firms in countries at varying stages of development led by the right CEOs, and if not, why? We develop a parsimonious measure of CEO time use that allows us to differentiate CEOs into... View Details
Dahlstrand, Amanda, Dávid László, Helena Schweiger, Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun. "CEO-Firm Matches and Productivity in 42 Countries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-033, January 2025. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33324, January 2025.)
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Multinationals and the Developing Countries
By: Louis T Wells Jr
Keywords: Global Range
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Multinationals and the Developing Countries." Journal of International Business Studies 29, no. 1 (First Quarter 1998): 101–114.
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
Measuring the Broadband Bonus in 20 OECD Countries
By: Shane Greenstein and Ryan McDevitt
This paper provides estimates of the economic value created by broadband Internet using measures of new gross domestic product and consumer surplus. The study finds that the economic value created in 30 OECD countries correlates roughly with the overall size of their... View Details
Greenstein, Shane, and Ryan McDevitt. "Measuring the Broadband Bonus in 20 OECD Countries." OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 197, OECD Publishing, April 2012.
- Summer, 2021
- Article
The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries
By: Meredith Fowlie and Robyn C. Meeks
Almost all of the world’s energy demand growth is projected to occur in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to mitigate tensions between economic growth objectives and sustainable development commitments.... View Details
Fowlie, Meredith, and Robyn C. Meeks. "The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 15, no. 2 (Summer, 2021): 238–260.
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
post–Cold War world therefore requires not only that we analyze the political and economic competition among countries espousing different ideologies but that we examine what that competition did to those ideologies themselves. It... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries