international deal - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

Northern, students must decide how the railroad's coal-transporting operations will be affected by clean-air legislation; in another, they consider questions of risk and strategy, international politics, and environmental responsibility... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

CEOs have never had so many ways to communicate with their employees. But despite the availability of Slack, internal newsletters, and virtual town hall meetings, organizations can still go quiet. One of the most common culprits: Major... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

correspondence, including dealings with many of the prominent American firms located in China. The collection also contains one letter book of China trader John Perkins Cushing. Comstock Family business records Mss:766 1833-1876 119... View Details

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

counterpart at Honeywell, Michael Bonsignore, were rushing to close the deal (United Technologies was also eager to acquire Honeywell), they "reportedly never held initial consultations with their Brussels lawyers who specialize in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

"talking past each other" manifests itself in many ways. Q: Can outsiders bring enough pressure to create political and social change in China? A: Outside pressure can be a useful catalyst, but probably more so when used to feed View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2013
News

The Good Writer

of the European Common Market in 1792. Before HBS, he worked as an M&A analyst at Morgan Stanley. In the summer between his first and second years, he worked as a summer intern at Cineplex Odeon in his native Toronto, and then upon... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

In a new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, Harvard Business School professor Michael Watkins dissects the art of give-and-take. This excerpt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

be settled for months. How Do You Deal With It? Like so many executives over the past few years, you have made a commitment to internal "transparency"—where not only the numbers but also the big... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

01 Jan 2007
News

Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

class for the first five weeks," he recalls. "My classmates were all the crème de la crème, with button-down shirts I had never seen before." He finally broke his silence during a discussion of the International Monetary Fund. "I had a... View Details

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

treaties, tariff policies, and regional trade agreements that can be put in place to enhance the effectiveness of CSR and a country's long-term competitiveness. When international quotas on textiles and garments are eliminated at the end... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

deeply committed to the project, but it is also struggling with the organizational issues involved in dealing with international institutions like the World Health Organization and fitting nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Herman I. Safin

Despite those accomplishments, however, his first application to the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) was turned down. "I had one year to deal with my failure," Safin... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

15 Dec 2024
News

Forward Thinking

deal to increase the amount of renewable energy powering its data centers. Such “power-purchase agreements,” Nussey says, are popular with the tech firms because they can advance their internal climate goals... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

for auto parts online. Finally, the company is moving its internal processes, such as billing and inventory, online. GM estimates that each of these four undertakings will save an extraordinary amount of money and enable the company to... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2003
News

Up Against The Firewall

company can ever be completely safe — even if a firm disconnects from the Internet, unauthorized personnel or disgruntled employees inside the company’s facilities can figure out ways to access its computers — some firms, especially those View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

support the creation of highly differentiated products. It also deals with issues of change in an already successful context, and of managing highly creative staff who are vital to a company's business model. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

supply chain system. When commodity prices became more volatile in 2007 and 2008, executives at Domino's changed the way they worked with suppliers and franchisees to manage costs and risks and better leverage the assets of the supply chain system. As the company... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

What can companies today take away from the experience of myriad multinationals in the United States? A lot, says HBS professor Geoffrey G. Jones, a specialist in business history and international business. In the following e-mail... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

how complex it can be to do business around the world. The capacity to simultaneously develop a global and local perspective. "This is much easier said than done," George says. "And it's almost impossible to achieve without a great View Details