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  • 23 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

For example, investors can move money more quickly than ever from one country to another, potentially leaving a developing country reeling from the effects. Paolo Gomes, executive director at the World Bank,... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

Summing Up by Jim Heskett A small but thoughtful set of responses to the question "Is Growth Good?" posed this month conveys the sense that the wrong questions were asked. According to the responses, growth is not only good—it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

large due to either product characteristics or the distance between exporter and importer. Finally, we find that in countries with well-developed finance, total exports and the allocation of exports across... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • February 2005
  • Case

Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio

By: Tarun Khanna, Rajiv Lal and Merlina Manocaran
Details the emergence of a private sector automobile manufacturer in India that has created globally competitive and cheap versions of an SUV commonly available worldwide. Asks us to think about the parent corporation's next steps in leveraging this success. In... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Commercialization; Expansion; Auto Industry; India
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  • March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
  • Supplement

Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed. His fiscal policy that had come under attack just a year ago had been used to finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Policy; Government and Politics; Chile
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  • 09 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

the price drops 70%, his options are worth a mere $211,000, less than 8% of the original stake. Disney's Michael Eisner is perhaps the best known CEO who has received megagrants. Every few years since 1984,... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
  • 17 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

those declines. Our argument is built around three core themes. Theme 1: When a Country Loses the Capability to Manufacture, It Loses the Ability to Innovate Innovation and manufacturing are often viewed as residing at the opposite ends... View Details
Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing
  • 08 Jan 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

"wins" be sufficiently significant to foster longer term development in the field? Is it too early to tell? What do you think? Original Article Are you ready for "neuro everything" in management? The year 2007 will see... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • October 2008 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

Lawrence Trinh: Venturing to Vietnam

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Rachel Gordon
Should Lawrence Trinh pursue his aspiration of working in Vietnam—and if so, what set of principles and practices should he adopt if he encounters corruption? These are questions that reverberate for many students who wish to work in emerging markets and other contexts... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Ethics; Investment; Leadership Development; Emerging Markets; Personal Development and Career; Welfare; Financial Services Industry
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  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

literacy stifle demand. A second view argues that demand is rationally low, because formal financial services are expensive and of relatively low value to the poor. This paper uses original surveys and a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Feb 2018
  • Op-Ed

What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan

those who claim them, while cuts to mortgage interest and state and local tax deductions can be seen as efforts to get the government out of the business of distorting prices. “Discussing values gives the... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
  • 27 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 27

argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

because most content on Wikipedia appears to originate at the fringes of the community from anonymous or infrequent contributors. (A central core of about 1,200 volunteers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Taking That Hill

GM plant in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio, has held senior management positions at GM, TRW, MeadWestvaco, and BorgWarner and currently is a SVP at PPG Industries. Niekamp, who oversees about 4,000 employees in 18 View Details
Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • 02 Sep 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

age or take their own lives. They die in only one way. The Fed kills them.” Do you agree? Is the current US economic expansion primarily in the hands of the Fed? What do you think? Original Column There is a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 04 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

The social sector is big business. In the United States alone some 1.5 million nonprofits and other social ventures have combined revenues of $700 billion and control assets valued at $2 trillion—a seemingly substantial arsenal to tackle... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

workers. Immigrants who come to the country on H-1B visas are very dependent upon the firms that hire them, a situation that critics contend leads some companies to view the program as a source of cheap... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

be dynamic, and do everything that markets do so well." This targeted approach, Moss believes, helped ensure both stability and innovation in the American financial system over much of the 20th century. In fact, for the next fifty years,... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

represent the USA by continually competing around the world, at the highest level of the sport, so I feel like it’s my obligation to share it with as many disabled people and their families as possible,” he says. The nonprofit, which... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
  • 30 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

and historical framework that is actually far more favorable to all stakeholders. We did case studies on companies that made some tough decisions regarding its shareholders versus employers and customers, and I appreciated perspective from my international classmates... View Details