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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Drilling Down

Future. "One of the biggest unknowns right now is what Saddam Hussein will be allowed to do. Most people think that his reserves are very, very large. If he were free to expand the production and export of oil, that would definitely bring... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

crisis of 2008-2009, emerging-market governments have increasingly restricted foreign capital inflows. The data show a statistically significant drop in cumulative abnormal returns for Brazilian firms following capital control announcements. Large firms and the largest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

Communities: When Locals Re-import Exported Ideas Authors:Julie Battilana, Michel Anteby, and M. Sengul Publication:Organization Studies (forthcoming) Abstract The circulation of ideas across academic communities is central to academic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers, and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, within Godiva’s global enterprise, Godiva Japan had become number two in worldwide sales and number... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10

rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but that it could have generated 4.7% in total, had the government set the tariff at the optimal level.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

technologies are a tremendous opportunity not only to create products we can export worldwide, but also to reduce high fuel costs in the United States, including home heating fuel, which hits the poor more than it hits the rich. Q: One of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

Business School Case 909-403 Transformation of COFCO in a Changing Environment China's COFCO, the country's leading edible oil and food importer and exporter and its largest food manufacturer, had in its 50-plus years of operation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

(PBOC) manages (some say manipulates) the dollar-yuan exchange rate. It discusses briefly the process of sterilization in China and the possible costs for the PBOC. Therefore, the note summarizes some of the main challenges the PBOC faces to contain inflation in China... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

(Ex-Im), and his team struggled to find a way to help finance the sale of Boeing aircraft to Emirates. Ex-Im responds to the challenges in the credit market with an innovative offering. This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the structure and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

exporting to 32 countries and had manufacturing plants in Brazil and Uruguay. As it continued its international expansion, should it follow the same vertical integration strategy in other countries, or should it develop its retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

Business School Case 514-054 Diageo: Innovating for Africa Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand Guinness first exported to Sierra Leone in 1827. By 2013, 13% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

contained expansion in Pakistan, exporting to nearby markets, and/or developing a global halal food brand. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512002-PDF-ENG Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

of the battery-powered quartz watch, mechanical watches and the Swiss watchmakers who built them were predicted to be nearly obsolete (Landes, 1983). Unexpectedly, however, by 2008 the Swiss mechanical watchmaking industry had rematerialized to become the world’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

A Boomtown's Echo

Europe. And there are folks who don’t want to export the gas—they want to keep it here so America will have this competitive advantage in manufacturing.” Vietor is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration and has... View Details
Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

earth's surface. With gas reserves up by more than 47%, natural gas prices fell from $12 to $3 per thousand cubic feet. Tight oil production in North Dakota and Texas soared to more than 500,000 barrels daily. Because government policy directly controlled gas View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

James McNerney Jr.

of the President’s Export Council. Do you have any perspectives to share from your work in that particular post? American business is trying to find the most constructive way to engage with the Obama administration. I happen to think that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed

suspect that the economists at the Boston Fed might say that a weaker EU economy suggests somewhat weaker US growth, since many US exporters depend on sales to the EU region. The oil price outlook matters, too, because it affects both the... View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

focus on developing the U.S. market or on maximizing Greencore's position in the UK? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/513052-PDF-ENG Building Brand Infosys Deshpandé, Rohit, and Vidhya MuthuramHarvard Business School Case 513-003 Infosys Limited was India's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage complex urban systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-062.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsZespri Jose B. Alvarez and Mary ShelmanHarvard Business School Case 511-001... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

applauded the United Kingdom’s funding initiatives to support the deployment of residential V2G (vehicle-to-grid). According to sources from Octopus Energy UK, who managed one of these funding initiatives, some vehicle owners were compensated as much as $400 USD... View Details