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- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
and their establishment becomes Lehman Brothers. 1858 Lehman Brothers transitions into the cotton commodity business and opens a branch in New York City. 1861-1865 The Civil War causes devastation to the Southern economy and cotton trade.... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
resolution settings. It is believed that by making people more aware of their failure to notice and punish indirect unethical behavior, others can create a world where the use of intermediation will no longer provide harm doers an easy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2008 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
The International Monetary Fund in Crisis
By: Rawi Abdelal, David Moss and Eugene Kintgen
When Dominique Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in late 2007, he faced a number of significant changes. The organization had lost much of its legitimacy over the previous decade, and countries seemed increasingly reluctant to... View Details
Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Problems and Challenges; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Government and Politics; Financial Institutions; Business Strategy; Macroeconomics; Financial Services Industry
Abdelal, Rawi, David Moss, and Eugene Kintgen. "The International Monetary Fund in Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 708-035, February 2008. (Revised November 2011.)
- 27 Mar 2020
- News
Lessons from Italy’s Response to Coronavirus
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
Government in the Global Economy Author:Richard H. K. Vietor Publication:Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007 Abstract As the world globalizes, countries compete for the markets, technologies, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
collection on an American consumer and how credit agencies share the information to determine proper credit risk and worthiness of a consumer. The American system as defined in this note can be contrasted against the lack of developed systems in burgeoning View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2022
- Chapter
The Origins of the Developmental State: The European Experience
Book Abstract: There has been a major revival of interest in State Capitalism: what it is, where it is found, and why it is seemingly becoming more ubiquitous. As a concept, it has evolved from radical critiques of the Soviet Union, to being deployed by neo-liberals to... View Details
Keywords: State Capitalism; History; Macroeconomics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Systems; Europe
Reinert, Sophus A. "The Origins of the Developmental State: The European Experience." Chap. 3 in The Oxford Handbook of State Capitalism and the Firm, edited by Mike Wright, Geoffrey T. Wood, Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Pei Sun, Ilya Okhmatovskiy, and Anna Grosman, 53–77. Oxford University Press, 2022.
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the... View Details
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
slows down. Their opportunities come in the later stages of industry evolution. Q: What are you working on now? A: Going back to my original agenda, I'm interested in the many different ways designs are created and made into real things, and how the View Details
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
I hope will last. My primary research interests are political economy and development. In the past few years economists have been very interested in analyzing political phenomena like civil wars. Civil wars are the dominant form of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- January 2018
- Technical Note
The Scope of Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Middle and Lower Income Countries
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Using World Bank data, the note defines the Base of the Pyramid population as the 4.76 billion people living on less than $10/day. It briefly reviews the perspectives of key business articles that address this market, notably C.K. Prahalad’s work on Bottom of the... View Details
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "The Scope of Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Middle and Lower Income Countries." Harvard Business School Technical Note 518-032, January 2018.
The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth
When the economy was booming and dot-coms were flying high, venture capitalists were admired as impresarios of innovation. Then the market tanked, start-ups fizzled, and those same deal-makers were rebuked as predators out for a quick score. So... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
what is done. The differences in styles most markedly reflect the stage of development of the economies and companies of Asia. As Asian companies seek access to world capital markets, they will move toward... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- April 2010
- Article
Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise
By: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier
Two alternate visions for shaping and explaining the governance of economic globalization have been in competition for the past 20 years: an ad hoc, laissez-faire vision promoted by the United States versus a managed vision relying on multilateral rules and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; European Union; United States
Abdelal, Rawi, and Sophie Meunier. "Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise." Journal of European Public Policy 17, no. 3 (April 2010): 350–367.
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
An Ample Hills Creamery store in Disney World would be part of the deal, necessitating, Smith thought, a new factory. He set out to build it in high-cost Brooklyn—the Red Hook neighborhood—to show the company’s commitment to its... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Ghana: National Economic Strategy
By: Michael E. Porter and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson
Set in the year 2001, as President John Kufuor contemplates a national economic strategy following his election in the first democratic transfer of power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty,... View Details
Keywords: History; Economic Growth; Government Administration; Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Ghana
Porter, Michael E., and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Ghana: National Economic Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 706-497, April 2006. (Revised April 2012.)
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America
In most capitalist economies today, it is embedded in the intricate law of contracts enforced by governments through courts. Still another English corporation instrumental in populating the New World was the... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
"One of the truly big differences between growing economies and economies that stagnate is the acceptance of failure. If you don't let forests burn, if you don't let the old trees die out and the new... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel