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Business History - Faculty & Research
conditional on the first choice, it has to decide on its local responsiveness strategy at the onset of each policy epoch. India, which experienced two policy shocks—shutting down to MNEs in 1970 and then opening up again in 1991—offers an... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
many of its most influential citizens. Yet a small group of opponents catalyzed a local movement that, despite being outspent 1,500 to one by the bid’s boosters, ultimately caused the city to back out in 2015. [DAD can be appropriate for... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
perennial topic for writers on capitalism, from Progressive historians who argued that elites used the advantages of wealth to skew political structures in their favor to consensus historians who found more widespread support for a... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
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Events - Business History
Silk-for-Silver Connection across the Pacific World, XVI-XVIII.” Marcel Anduiza (Harvard Business School), 12 pm to 1:30 pm Jun 11 11 Jun 2025 Virtual Seminar Paloma Fernández Pérez (University of Barcelona), "Global Business and Local... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
a team of agile, imaginative and analytical individuals.” Ovia’s CEO, Paris Wallace, grew up on government assistance in California’s Marin County, one of the wealthiest areas in the United States. Raised by a mother who was single and disabled, he managed to gain... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
elite patronage, the canal could operate as a commercial enterprise free of adverse political interference. Under the Panama Canal Authority, the canal professionalized its management and began making long-term investments with an eye to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
the training grounds for the Evolve Fight Team, an elite group of nearly three dozen professional fighters. (Alongside ONE FC and Evolve, other ventures include Evolve University, the largest online site for training in martial arts, as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
Dakar, Senegal, and Giza, Egypt, and observing the impact inside and outside the stadiums. “Just this season, we have engaged more than a hundred local vendors, entrepreneurs, and freelancers,” covering everything from uniform production... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
or not we agree. Finally, I am humbled by the service of some of our classmates. Those among us that have seen a need or a shortcoming in our local community and stepped forward to fill that gap. There are disproportionate impacts in the... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
hospitals teach tutorials and lead clinical rotations, and in that sense are considered faculty. The same notion of an extended faculty could apply to business schools, where the 10,000 might include alumni such as local business leaders,... View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
over 33 million reviews for local businesses, with some sporting more than 1,000 reviews each. How, then, does a consumer make sense of the spate of opinions, many of which contradict each other? New research suggests a scientific way to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The World According to MTV
TV brand, with 38 channels reaching more than one billion viewers in 164 countries, earning it “membership in that tiny elite of such globally transcendent brands as Coke and Levi's.” Eighty percent of MTV's global viewership is outside... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
more than $1,000 from local citizens and businesses; it is taught only in and by local business venues; and it requires that each student start a business. The program also features a $100,000 venture fund,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
intriguing new book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (Twelve), written by Dan Senor (MBA ’01) and Saul Singer, a columnist at the Jerusalem Post. Most Israelis in their late teens serve several years in the elite... View Details
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
that it is high time our government started addressing the long-term issues America faces. It was also clear, however, that business can take collective action without waiting for government. It can invest to create more-competitive local... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
benefits for those communities over the lifetime of a mine and beyond. That means providing education and training to raise local people to a standard where they can access jobs. It also means seeking ways to augment other sources of... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
literature. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-058.pdf Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout? Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel Abstract Since the dawn of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
vary. A missing dimension to the global versus local debate is that global corporate brands compete with other global brands, said Holt. Consumers usually evaluate transnational brands through five different lenses, he said: Perceived... View Details