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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
and, ultimately, the long-term performance of firms. We examine the history of the Brazilian bioethanol industry, focusing on the industrial policy program implemented by the Brazilian government in the 1970s to develop the industry. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
and observable stability using reduced form regressions. The other is an institutional economics conception of how to measure performance. It is focused on understanding whether foreign entry gave rise to difficult-to-reverse changes in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Globalization and Business Applications Globalization in Historical Perspective By: Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This chapter explores the role that firms have played over time in promoting international trade and investment. It takes a chronological... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
year deeply disturbing. I am appalled at the instances of greed and corporate wrongdoing uncovered at firms and organizations once held up as paragons of success, and I am dismayed to see the destructive effect these instances of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
promoting its investment opportunities, to organizing site visits and meetings for foreign investors, to negotiating investment deals and incentive packages. In little more than two years on the job, we’ve had some good results: The... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
Recession. Q: In the 1980s, Americans were concerned about the competitive challenge from Japan. Are current challenges different? JR: Today, we've got a far more diverse set of global competitors with capabilities that span the full set of reasons that View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
Setagaya ward. Just as importantly, the clinic succeeded as an experimental lab, a place to pilot new ideas incubated within Mediva. From that one neighborhood clinic a much bigger business took shape, all focused on the View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
is different from a white-collar economy because it's much more dependent on nonprofit organizations such as hospitals, teaching hospitals, and universities. In this economy there are often complex partnerships between companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
buying from, selling to, and competing with enterprises and customers from around the world. What all four had in common was that they worked to extend the reach of markets, and hence of competition, into places that Schumpeterian... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
business owners from around the world. She has held a variety of other leadership positions at HBS, including serving as cochair of the MBA Program. Applegate, whose research focuses on the influence of information technology on markets... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
Transition to Democracy Promotion The Pivot: Neoconservatives, the Philippines, and the Democracy Agenda By: Fibiger, Mattias Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54829 forthcoming View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
outside of the county for more than 30 years, and the intensely secretive organization had amassed assets worth an astonishing—and still rapidly growing—$500 billion to $900 billion. A common refrain held that Abu Dhabi nationals could... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
amount of information. Studying the unconscious mind offers exciting new avenues for research, including creativity, decision making, and sleep. Research by Bos and his colleagues suggests that unconscious thought supports the kind of mental View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the steel industry. U.S. Steel presented its growing body of photographic work in public relations literature that focused on professional opportunities for those returning home from the war. Paths of Opportunity in U.S. Steel , for... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
Inc's model—designed to be replaced as scientific advances produce materials that can capture carbon more efficiently and more cheaply. MK: We as an organization fully believe that the best sorbent or the best technology has not yet been... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Women, Work, and the "M" Word
whatever we can to address common obstacles to women thriving at work so they can continue in their careers, leading teams and organizations to new heights. Consider these few names from Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list: Walgreens’... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
price risks in upstream markets for fossil fuels. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706015 HCA, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-076 Focuses on the buyout of HCA by three private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
communities alongside First Nations and had a deep appreciation for the natural world. Everyone he knew would feel the impact of this. He was in the midst of a spiritual conversion, too, having become a Christian in 1997, and was increasingly View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
Silverthorne: What are market categories, and why are they important? Mukti Khaire: Categories are cognitive constructs meant to organize large amounts of information into manageable units. Goods classified as belonging to the same... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
government affairs offices, that many times are engaging in public policy, writing, and advocacy that even other employees and other departments in the organization are not fully aware of. This is not asking businesses who are apolitical... View Details