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12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

mortgage should continue as the backbone of the new system. It helps keep monthly payments low, and protects consumers from interest-rate volatility. Given the recent extreme economic stress, Uncle Sam must stand behind these mortgages in the secondary market in order... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

as AOL (now AOL Time Warner) are defining the business models that are reshaping the global business landscape and redefining power.— Lynda M. Applegate The point within a value chain where maximum economies of scale and scope are created... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

September 1972 (Revised September 1983)
Case

Timex Corp.

The evolution of Timex from its inception in the 1940s to its position as a leading multinational watch manufacturer in the early 1970s. Focuses on Timex's strategy for marketing, on a worldwide basis, and its line of inexpensive watches. View Details

Keywords: Product; Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

1977
Chapter

The Internationalization of Firms from Developing Countries

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Economies and Regions

March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
Case

CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)

By: Gary P. Pisano

Examines CIBA Vision's decision on whether to launch a major new R&D initiative to develop a low-cost, daily disposable contact lens, and how to organize such a project should it proceed. One group of executives favors setting up a small, autonomous project team... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Operations; Research and Development; Decision Making; Production; Strategy; Management; Organizational Design; Globalization; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Garage.com (A)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Elizabeth Kind

Silicon Valley's Garage.com matches venture capital and corporate angel investors with high-tech start-ups that are looking for early stage funding. As a Web-based service, Garage.com fields inquiries from entrepreneurs and investors around the world, and is eager to... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Venture Capital; Investment; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Operations; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Brands and Branding; Information Technology Industry

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04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

The carbon market has emerged in response to concerns about global climate change. This note characterizes the market in 2008, describing each segment and how it operates. Purchase this note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

Management. Blackwell Publishers, forthcoming Abstract The selection of R&D projects has been recognized as an important problem since the 1950s and 1960s, and its importance has grown with intensifying global competition and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 1999
Case

Avon Products China (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Gui

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Ventures; Ethics; Government and Politics; Globalization; Global Strategy; China

2008
Working Paper

International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Activity

By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton

We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique firm-level data set in a broad sample of developed and developing countries, which enables us to present both cross-country and... View Details

Keywords: International Financial Integration; Capital Mobility; Firm Entry; Capital Controls; Finance; Integration; Global Range; Capital; Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies

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07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

question of the dynamic between consumer protection and globalization. How do local consumer protections affect global free trade? Are there agencies that offer consumer protections on a global scale? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006

Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

argue the authors of Higher Ambition. In fact, as global competition stiffens and enterprises face increasing public scrutiny, successful leaders must win on all fronts-with their people, their customers, their communities, and their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

Global health care is entering its most challenging era, with increasing demand for services from consumers newly arrived in the middle class, under-served people, and rapidly aging populations, all the while dealing with the need to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

Most managers understand at some level the wisdom of the adage, "It's not what you know; it's who you know." Indeed, building the right professional relationships is critical for business success. In China, relationships are even more important to getting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

November 1997 (Revised November 2010)
Case

Hikma Pharmaceuticals (A)

By: John A. Quelch

The president of a Jordanian pharmaceutical company is contemplating how to further penetrate the U.S. market, either through its own manufacturing and sales efforts, or as a supplier to a third party. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Globalized Markets and Industries; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan; United States