Multinational Firms and Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

Academy of Management Review, HBS professor Christopher Marquis and coauthors Gerald Davis and Mary Ann Glynn develop a framework for understanding an important aspect of this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 9

Publications December 2014 Academy of Management Journal Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises By: Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul, Anne-claire Pache, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

long-term impact on the practice and thinking in this field will reach its full potential. From Counting Risk to Making Risk Count: Boundary-Work in Risk Management Author:Anette Mikes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

concerned investors, activists, and customers. The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires large publicly-listed companies in Europe to annually disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, starting in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Mar 2009
News

A Modern-Day Classic

“Pathbreaking.” That, in one word, is how HBS professor Ranjay Gulati describes the impact of Organization and Environment. The book was published in 1967, reissued by Harvard Business Press in 1987, and won... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

managements. Venture and buyout investors work closely with the managers of the companies in which they invest. Syndication frequently results in representatives of two or more venture funds serving on... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic is Moderna, a Cambridge company with an immigrant co-founder and an immigrant CEO. Another firm already conducting vaccine trials is Inovio Pharmaceuticals of Plymouth... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

intelligence firm for nearly $2 billion, he remained active in venture capital, start-ups and charity work. In 2009 he founded the risk management consulting View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

reaction on capital markets. It was written by Harvard Business School assistant professors Gwen Yu and Francois Brochet, with MIT Sloan of Management doctoral student Patricia Naranjo. Although targeted at... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

keep rewarding and promoting them. Managers may feel that they need them, of course, as they do perform well. So it is pretty gutsy to fire them in today's rather poor economic environment. But if you're... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

Noam Wasserman is an assistant professor and MBA Class of 1961 Fellow in the entrepreneurial management unit at Harvard Business School. His paper "Founder-CEO Succession View Details

26 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

rewarded, despite the fact that US companies are spending more than a fifth of their budgets on wages. What employees crave even more is to feel that their managers appreciate them and aren’t afraid to show... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her... View Details

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

03 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising

interactivity, including Thought tracing. Firms infer states of mind from the content of a Web search and serve up relevant advertising; a market born of search terms develops. Ubiquitous connectivity. As... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Advertising

21 Nov 2024
Blog Post

Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

semester like some JD/MBA programs, Harvard’s program encourages JD/MBAs to take a mix of elective classes from both schools in their third and fourth years. For example, in my third year, I took a View Details

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, View Details

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

emeritus professor of business at Harvard Business School and a professor of management and organization at the University of Washington Business School in Seattle. McFarlan is... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

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

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