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Going Global: Lessons from Late Movers

By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal

Keywords: Global Range; Learning

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March 1979
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Developing Country Investors in Indonesia

By: Louis T Wells Jr and V'Ella Warren

Keywords: Global Range; Investment; Indonesia

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July–August 2020
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Make the Most of Your Relocation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury

Although the COVID-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Geographic mobility can pay off... View Details

Keywords: Relocation; Mobility; Personal Development and Career; Geographic Location; Work-Life Balance

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Can Big-Box Retailers Provide Local Health Care?

By: Robert S. Huckman

National retailers, most notably Walmart and Best Buy, are making big bets on their ability to fill this need for local health care. At first glance, these moves are a bit surprising given that these companies have not traditionally been focused on health care... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Local Range; Retail Industry; Health Industry

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21 Feb 2023
Interview

How Miami Can Become a Global Climate Solutions Hub

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Miami has been described as the epicenter of the climate change crisis in the country. But how can Miami transform its climate vulnerability into solutions? Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter released a study in 2022 that focused on Miami’s climate... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; ＂Solutions Approach; Network; Future; Change; Economic Growth; Environmental Management; City; Miami

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February 2023
Teaching Note

Bangladesh: Into the Maelstrom

By: Reshmaan Hussam, Sophus A. Reinert and Jaya Y. Wen

In the fall of 2018, Rohima Begum considered her options as the small island, or “char,” on which her family’s house rested slowly but inescapably eroded into the mighty Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh. Should she move to another island or into the city on the... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Geographic Location; Bangladesh

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09 Aug 2017
Blog Post

"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."

help me learn. And it was on the east coast which I preferred.” Jon’s internship started June 12 and will run through August 21. “I’m working with the business development team to pull together RFP responses, picking out the ones that make the most sense for us based... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

18 Sep 2019
News

Level Up

sports market? The evolving fan. Ruggiero breaks fandom into eras: First came the Age of the Local Fan, which lasted until the mid-1950s and saw geography as a determining factor. The Age of the Global Fan, which takes us up to today, saw... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery and Dan Morrell; illustrations by Matt Chinworth

05 Nov 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

advantage of the virtual internship is that none of this was physically constrained. I met with 50+ entrepreneurs over the course of 12 weeks across all different geographies and verticals, including mental health, subscription services,... View Details

September 2011 (Revised August 2013)
Case

China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets

By: Karthik Ramanna, Gwen Yu and G.A. Donovan

Set in 2010, the case discusses the strategic directions Hong Kong could pursue, particularly vis-a-vis China, as it seeks to preserve its preeminence in the region. In 2010, the Hong Kong Exchange announced that it would allow listed Chinese companies to report using... View Details

Keywords: Governance Compliance; Global Range; Local Range; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Hong Kong

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2011
Working Paper

Fractionalization and the Municipal Bond Market

We study the impact of ethnic and religious fractionalization on the U.S. municipal debt market and find that issuers from more ethnically and religiously fractionalized counties pay higher yields on their municipal debt. A two standard deviation increase in religious... View Details

Keywords: Ethnicity Characteristics; Bonds; Financial Markets; Investment Return; Geographic Location; City; Religion; United States

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2008
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The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors

By: William R. Kerr

The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation—with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail.... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Geographic Location; Patents; Ethnicity; City; Innovation and Invention; United States

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04 Nov 2016
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A Solo Sail Around the World

website provides a teacher’s guide and a 15-week curriculum focused on science, math, geography and history. Wilson said he expected to spend about two hours a day working on material for the site, which also provides input from and... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Recognizing Volunteers and Donors

G members Carlo Sant Albano, Jackie Donnelly Russell, and Loraine von Moltke. Reaching out to sectionmates near and far, the trio proved that in today's global society, geography does not hinder the strong bonds forged at HBS. Alice Au... View Details