politics - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

following: [ ] Frustrating. Lack of decisiveness is driven by political pressure from corporate, making them [the VPs] very risk averse. Steve is not strongly leading the project, and appears to be afraid to come down on one side or the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

different approaches adopted by Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin and concludes with a vision outlined by Russia's third post-Soviet president, Dmitry Medvedev. The case focuses on problems of state authority, fiscal capacity, institutionalization of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

practice area creation is a critical imperative for professional services firms. Using theories of organizational territoriality and corporate charters, we conceptualize professional firms as federations of distinct practice areas and argue that the chartering of a new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

MaterialsChina in Africa: The Case of Sudan Harvard Business School Case 308-060 This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk. Purchase the case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

therefore a critical issue for all young firms. Most firms start out small, and small size makes them vulnerable to failure. Large firms almost always possess sufficient slack resources that buffer them from the vagaries of their environment and have View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

citizens. The consequences of this, I think, are perhaps somewhere in the background of what we see now in a difficult international, political, and security situation. Countries that aren't prospering, citizens that see no economic opportunity, simply breed both View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

from the Harvard Kennedy School, about the US election and its implications on trade, the economy, and Europe’s political landscape. * At its GNN event, the HBS Club of Mexico welcomed HBS MBA candidates from Mexico for the classes of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

the New Competitive Landscape," brought together some 450 participants to focus on challenges arising from the current political and economic climate. Given the prominence of Fitzhugh's legacy throughout the weekend's events, it was a... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

comparison concerns a central activity of citizenship, which is participation in the political and legislative processes. Publisher's link: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15241.html August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

Navalny the right figure for business leaders in Russia to organize around? What were the risks of getting involved with a politically volatile activist? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112033-PDF-ENG McKesson... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

built international political and military coalitions, and negotiated a U.N. Security Council Resolution authorizing "all necessary means" to eject Iraq from Kuwait. Only after these steps were taken did the Bush administration... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

gave government officials enormous power and prestige. In fact, bureaucrats in MITI [the Ministry of International Trade and Industry] were much more powerful than the elected political leaders—who had little real influence on policy.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

October 2010
Teaching Note

From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

Teaching Note for 610057. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Taxation; Information Technology; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Strategy; Acquisition; Technology Adoption; Supply Chain; Motorcycle Industry

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10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

everyone was exhausted and intellectual capital was drained," said Levy, who previously ran the International Rescue Committee, which responds to the world's humanitarian crises. "I needed to avoid getting caught up in trivial View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather than fund View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the after-action reports, George Topic, the Vice Director of the Center for Joint and Strategic Logistics at the National Defense University wondered how the performance of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

while average companies in France, Germany, and Japan may all look quite different from each other, those countries' best-performing multinationals look quite similar. "When you consider the top-quartile companies across multiple sectors—such as B2B, B2C,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

average companies in France, Germany, and Japan may all look quite different from each other, those countries’ best-performing multinationals look quite similar. “When you consider the top-quartile companies across multiple sectors — such as B2B, B2C, services, View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

September 2019
Supplement

Keroche (B): Considering Entry into the Kenyan Beer Market

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding

This case discusses the situation of the Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche in July 2004, when co-founder Tabitha Karanja was debating whether to enter the Kenyan beer market. Doing so would mean direct competition with the multinational EABL in an industry and... View Details

Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Drinks; Alcoholic Beverages; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Viena; Beer; Beer Market; Manufacturing; Production Capacity; Capacity; Growth; Regulated; Unregulated; Informal; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Substandard; Dangerous; Shutdown; Factory; Safe; Affordable; Low-income Consumers; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Investment; Safety; Quality; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa

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September 2024 (Revised October 2024)
Case

River Remedy: Navigating Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Market

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti

MBA student William Chism, the founder of a fully integrated medical marijuana company based in Mississippi, must respond to a significant disruption in the fledgling industry. In late 2023, Rapid Analytics, one of two active licensed testing facilities, has its... View Details