Direct Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

labor policies. As to foreign direct investment, any American business person contemplating an investment elsewhere must take into consideration all of the policies mentioned above, as well as for the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The managerial biases approach studies the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Choosing the Right Student Loan

At HBS, we consider getting your MBA a shared investment in your future. This means that while we offer generous financial aid, we also expect all students to contribute to their education through a combination of savings and student... View Details

21 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?

The US government set out to support consumers and jolt the economy when it issued federal stimulus checks during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. But actually, that money helped propel questionable investments in “meme stocks,”... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

speed from launch to maturity is faster than ever before. Marketers can do three things to delay the inevitable forces of commoditization. Innovate. A new product that better meets consumer needs, even an upgrade of an existing product, can one-up competitors and force... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

management , supply chain , supply chain management Interviews Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Meg Rithmire James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration Research Interests : economic development , economic institutions , emerging markets , foreign View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care

Illustration by Drue Wagner Mike H. M. Teodorescu (DBA 2018) CEO, SurgiBox Dan Brown (DBA 2019) CFO Concept: Founded in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, SurgiBox’s lead product is a portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; surgery; Ukraine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

his investments in Eastern Air Lines and what became McDonnell Douglas. He decided, hey, let’s have this HBS guy come clean up the files. My salary was $6,500 a year. And that began a 45-year relationship.” In the beginning: Venrock was... View Details

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

In the not-too-distant past, many companies secured competitive advantage by investing heavily in internal R&D. Company engineers and scientists built value from the ground up, and protected their intellectual property like lions... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

implemented. As such, Section 223 of Executive Order 14008 establishes Justice40, directing “40% of some federal investments to disadvantaged communities.”[48] Harvard’s Environmental and Energy Law Program... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

Otherwise, it’s time to set your team free to make the right calls for their teams’ needs. At this stage—other than your direct hires—you should only be on-call as needed for key hires. For example, when VMware was nearing 800 employees,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

with moving eyes and lips, performing clever songs, and making deft cultural references. The mainstreaming of TikTok TikTok is evolving in directions that seem to be reducing its distinctiveness. Search. Because TikTok can be searched,... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

01 Dec 2023
News

Action Plan: Life Study

inspired by the war in Ukraine. Proceeds from the sale of those works totaled just under $150,000 and benefited Ukrainian aid organizations. A similar sense of kismet runs through the other branches of Hartley’s remarkable career: US Navy carrier fighter pilot, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

leadership of James Austin on the importance of collaborative relationships to the success of nonprofits and Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi “Kash” Rangan on new directions in nonprofit strategy , we adopted a problem-focused approach... View Details

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

obtained through interviews with employees or by direct observation. There is no need to conduct surveys, although in large organizations, surveying employees may help. It is important to stress, though, that the question is not about the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

scale, and achieve meaningful progress on climate solutions . Through expert panels, case discussions, and networking, participants considered the role of the firm, individual business leaders, and HBS, as well as new business and View Details

September 2004 (Revised February 2007)
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Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS

By: Mihir A. Desai, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman

The American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) organizes study abroad programs and cultural exchanges for American students. The firm's revenues are mainly in U.S. dollars, but most of its costs are in eurodollars and British pounds. The company's controllers review... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Revenue; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Education Industry; North and Central America

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08 Oct 2020
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Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

example by giving rewards for both individual and team performance. Without direct oversight, “Relationships can all too readily slide into cutthroat competition or totally collusive bonding. Either extreme will harm the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

that more intensive people management is a worthwhile investment of a founder’s time.” Effective human resource management is more than just keeping the paperwork flowing. “You also need to focus on the strategic part of managing people... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 May 2024
News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Better. But the path to his latest book begins earlier in his career—when he first became a manager. He was at the New York Times back then, and he was pretty confident in his new role. After all, he had his MBA from HBS, and he was really good at logistics and... View Details

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