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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms

By: Mihir A. Desai
Tax policy toward American multinational firms would appear to be approaching a crossroads. The presumed linkages between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Taxation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; United States
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  • 28 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

resulting in such a switch. Download the paper: http://nocke.vwl.uni-mannheim.de/fileadmin/user_upload/nocke/papers/EsoNockeWhite-RJE-2010.pdf Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting Authors:S.P. Kothari,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2018
  • Case

Verona Group

By: Robert L. Simons and Sarah Abbott
Are a salesperson's struggles her own fault or the result of a problematic job design? Anna George works as a salesperson at Verona Group, a company that designs and wholesales high-end women's apparel. She had spent nearly 20 years in sales with another fashion label... View Details
Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Design; Analysis; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Salesforce Management; Organizational Design
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  • June 2003 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Cathay Pacific: Doing More with Less

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Fred Young
This case explores the various aspects of information technology that can be outsourced. Cathay Pacific outsourced a significant part of its vital operations from Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Globalization; Globalized Firms and Management; Information Technology Industry; Hong Kong; Sydney
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  • August 2001 (Revised January 2015)
  • Case

SonoSite: A View Inside

By: Clayton Christensen and Jeremy Dann
After its spin-off from one of the world's largest ultrasound makers, Sonosite attempts to popularize a new kind of handheld ultrasound units. Sonosite needs to decide if it should focus on new markets that will value the portability and ease of use of its products, or... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Disruptive Innovation; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers
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  • October 1981 (Revised August 1985)
  • Case

Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (C)

Reveals that the new products executives have decided to recommend national expansion. They have to develop a justification and preliminary marketing plan. Emphasizes consumer and trade promotion options. Students have to complete a five-year projected P&L statement. View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Health Care and Treatment; Product Launch; Health Industry
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  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers

quickly, a job hunter should target two hundred positions. These are not job openings, but two hundred positions you think may be right for you. For example, if there were thirty appropriate sales positions... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Portrait Project

Julie Ann Haldeman

slow Alzheimer’s encroach on grandma’s brain.    Grandma struggles to string together words, but a fire lights in her eyes each time my mom reminds her, “This is the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it.”   My mom embraces others with View Details
  • Article

Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century

By: Tom Nicholas
This article analyses the proportions of personal to real estate wealth for a group of 295 businessmen profiled in the Dictionary of business biography. It shows that businessmen who owned land on a large scale in the late nineteenth century were a comparatively small... View Details
Keywords: Ownership; Personal Finance; Property; Biography; History; Acquisition; Wealth; Power and Influence; Status and Position; Integration; Transformation; Market Transactions
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    Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui

    having served as the Chairman of the Board for Compartamos Banco (Gentera), the largest microfinance institution in the Americas, and Chair of ACCION International, a 65-year-old US non-profit organization. Throughout his career, Alvaro has held C-suite View Details
    Keywords: Financial Services
    • Profile

    Seth Moulton

    looking forward to in your career? I want to make a difference in the world, positively affect the lives of others, and strengthen our nation and the values it represents. In other words, I want to be able to do the same things I was able... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship
    • Portrait Project

    Tiberius Vadan

    question, now, days before graduation, I know this: I want to make a significant positive impact in every one of my relationships and in each of my communities: I will be a loving son, brother, husband, and parent and share that extra... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Allison Kotzin

    like my father. Although he was given a death sentence at age 42, my Dad remained positive and focused on his passion for life. My Dad's own motto was: "This disease may ultimately kill me, but it will never defeat me." Dad was... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Austin Dirks

    silence— "We have an issue." I refused to break eye contact as the inquisitive stare came my way from the physician. "We have to reopen the chest." I'll never forget this moment and the thoughts that transcend as I recount it. I was in a View Details
    • Web

    Eligibility | New Venture Competition

    (HSPH) Innovative Problem Solving & Design Thinking in Healthcare (HSPH) Launching Tech Ventures (HBS) Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning (HGSE) Managing the Future of Work (HBS) Power and Influence for Positive Impact (HBS/HKS)... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2012
    • News

    WSA Speakers Kick Off W50

    WSA's copresident with Deborah Singer (both HBS 2013). Barnard College President Debora Spar (PMD 62, 1991), a former HBS faculty member, described the conundrum facing women today: Despite enormous gains, the percentage of women in leadership View Details
    • 12 Mar 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

    titles such as chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer, and chief human resources officer. “In companies that have more related businesses, it makes sense to have these positions toward the top with the... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 05 Nov 2007
    • What Do You Think?

    Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

    effort into succession ." C.J. Cullinane pointed out that "if the style or background of a capable insider does not mesh with the CEO, (insiders) seldom get to a position where the Board of Directors can evaluate them."... View Details
    Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
    • 16 Mar 2022
    • Blog Post

    Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

    the US in the sports industry. Bringing His Skills Back to the Court After a little more than a year in the UK, the sports industry came calling for Laitsas yet again and he returned to the US. The Head of the North America Basketball Business Unit at Adidas was the... View Details
    • 27 Jan 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: January 27, 2009

    frontier technology and therefore do not need to attract foreign investment to innovate, so domestic saving does not matter for growth. A cross-country regression shows that lagged savings is positively associated with productivity growth... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace