Multinational Firms and Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

probability of reaching the top, nor are they paid equally,” the researchers write. An entire nation of data To investigate the gender gap, the research team collected data on virtually every person who worked as a top executive in a Swedish View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

strategic naïveté. Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management By: Stein, Luke C.D., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—In the presence of managerial short-termism View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Nourishing Global Food System "Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Nourishing Global Food System" was the 2nd annual conference hosted by the Food, Agriculture,... View Details

20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

meanings is built by leveraging on external interpreters (designers, firms in other industries, suppliers, schools, artists, the media, etc ) who share its same problem: to understand the evolution of socio-cultural models, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

consider supporting deposit insurance schemes and undertaking subsidised recapitalisations. Working PapersTrade Policy and Firm Boundaries Authors:Laura Alfaro, Paola... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Doug Lester

Doug’s approach to career and executive coaching is informed by over ten years in marketing, digital, and general management roles at Johnson & Johnson View Details

Keywords: Auto/Transportation/Logistics; Consumer Products; Education; Emerging Markets; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Hospitality; Insurance; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Real Estate; Retail; Social Enterprise; Technology

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

Press, 2001. This excerpt is taken with permission from a contributed essay in Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives And Investors Manage High-Tech Risks, edited by Lewis M. Branscomb View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

the downsides of the cluster phenomenon. After the French tire maker Michelin introduced radial tire technology—which in effect doubled a tire's useful life—Akron tire companies quickly began to lose their edge. The Akron firms faltered... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

01 Mar 2012
News

Learning to Speak the Language of Business

including travel, banking, telecommunications, and credit card services. Not satisfied with dominating Japan’s e-commerce landscape, Mikitani believes the company’s future lies in taking its online expertise global. Since 2008, Rakuten... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; e-commerce; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

Career Coach

Judy Shen-Filerman

Judy (HBS '94) has a passion for helping students shape their career vision, improve their storytelling and be effective communicators in US corporate culture. Judy’s coaching firm specializes in developing... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Education; Entrepreneurship; Publishing / Communications / Advertising

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration; Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration; Abhiman Da, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; and Arti... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

the optimal capital requirement is around 20%. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51305 The Empirical Economics of Online Attention By: Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince Abstract—In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2024
Teaching Note

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A) & (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 724-391 and 724-398. In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between... View Details

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03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

Publications December 2014 Management Science When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation By: Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max Bazerman Abstract—We examine a new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

find that lean projects perform better than the non-lean projects in our sample in many, but not all, cases. Building on this result we see that the impact of the techniques on problem solving, coordination, and standardization of work... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2003 (Revised December 2006)
Case

Corrupt Practices in International Business

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Robert E. Kennedy

Explores various aspects of corruption in international business. This abridged case contains materials from both Corruption in International Business (A) & (B), but does not include the example "caselets." A rewritten version of earlier cases. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Crime and Corruption

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Educators

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

the true picture of how firms are actually performing. As such, enforcing uniformity could reduce uncertainty over the level of true profits thereby furthering the interests of unsure investors, tax authorities, View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Sep 2011
News

Capitalism’s False Mantra

Emeritus, and William Meckling. Capitalism has been reeling ever since. That’s the view of Roger Martin (MBA ’81) in his new book, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management; Management; Management