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- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
information has increased considerably in the last decade, companies are still failing to disclose material information in a comparable format. We believe this has two downsides. On the one hand, companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that rivalry among firms plays an important role in firms' dynamic decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
manufacturers benefited. Larger homes with bigger refrigerators can absorb more inventory. Flat birth rates in developed economies have put pressure on durable consumer-goods companies desperate for top-line growth. Product quality... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces. Market research View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
Millennium" (Case 299-084) Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207105 Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd Harvard Business School Case 807-113 Fabindia is a for-profit Indian retail company with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
investments in research and development, was emphasized by several respondents. Mark Hopkinson remarked that "most big companies rely for their tech pipeline of new products on the innovation that comes from small business, acquiring... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
industry research to inform investment decisions. Provides detailed information about the recommended resources available for this type of research, focusing primarily on what is available from Harvard Business School's Baker Library. Focusing on how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
psychology, marketing, management, sociology, and anthropology. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49031 October 2015 Business and Politics The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
away protectionist barriers in developing countries. As multinational corporations from North America, Western Europe, Japan, and South Korea stormed into the emerging markets, many local companies lost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and thereby reduced the cost to U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
the proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial ingredients in a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
provides another example. Mira Wilkins published a major study of the globalization of Ford in 1964, only four years after the word "multinational" was coined. Her study of the growth of American multinationals from the colonial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
shift toward greater candor. Primarily that's because employees don't believe that management, particularly the CEO, will actually listen and act on their comments. Often, such initiatives have a negative effect on the company, fostering cynicism. In one View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
address: that salespeople promoted innovations; that they acted as brokers of information; and that their activities "embodied the spirit of capitalism in popular culture." Could you elaborate on the importance of these themes? A: In the early 20th century, a lot of... View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
In 2007, Sony Pictures became the first multinational studio to enter the India film business known as Bollywood with its $7 million film Saawariya. The movie grossed only $9 million. That same year, Walt Disney Pictures collaborated with... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
Marquis, Sergey Filippov, Henk-Jan Haasnoot, and Martijn van der Steen Abstract—This study investigates the role of national and organizational culture in day-to-day activities of multinational project teams, specifically focusing on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
Recession. Q: In the 1980s, Americans were concerned about the competitive challenge from Japan. Are current challenges different? JR: Today, we've got a far more diverse set of global competitors with capabilities that span the full set of reasons that customers buy... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
the impact of technology shifts on those boundaries, with significant implications for the incumbents. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608159 Symyx Technologies, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 608-152 Symyx is a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
collaboration of multinational corporations requesting such information from thousands of suppliers in 46 countries. We find evidence that suppliers are more likely to share this information when requests for information from buyers are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne