Mergers Impact On International Economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

and refugees. In effect, nonprofit organizations act as a check and balance on government and on business." Valuable as they are, Herzlinger asserted that nonprofits need to overcome the Achilles' heel —... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

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Nigeria, saw how Ebola ravaged West Africa from 2014 to 2016, which prompted her to think about how she could have an impact in Africa when macro shocks occurred. The crisis led her to HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School—the first steps... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Reimagining China and India

transparently of value, so nobody’s going to oppose it. Are China and India capable of creating domestic firms that can compete successfully on an international scale? There already are at least 20 companies... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

scale and scope economies may be limited, and that the merger premiums have become quite high. Moreover, we know that some large distilled spirits companies, who entered the wine market quite aggressively,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

right long-term career path for me. The Path to ACP My journey with ACP began with a cold email to an HBS alum on the organization’s leadership team. Interestingly, they hadn’t considered hiring interns... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

family or friends passing through Austria., you can reach Herbert at hbleier@icloud.com. MARCH 22 Event: BGIE Faculty Perspectives on the War in Ukraine Monday, March 24, 5:00-6:00pm, Virtual program Three faculty experts from the... View Details

07 Apr 2003
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Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

firms with global interests—one that centers around the impact that these phenomena may have on such things as the potential benefits and costs of doing business abroad? Specifically, will questions... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union

working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

01 Sep 2024
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From the Classroom to Casablanca

To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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data analysis and metrics tracking. ArcelorMittal and the private sector during the Ebola crisis Spring 2016 | Focus: Healthcare; International Development Team: Sarah Nam and Sisi Pan Description: The Ebola outbreak in 2013-16 devastated... View Details

30 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 30

and by the effects of their private governance mechanisms. These organizational characteristics affect the stringency of monitoring through reputation, customer loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

Spanish flu epidemic, but that doesn’t seem to have had the economic impact that this one is likely to have. So I think when you’re looking for precedents, you're really looking for other global... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Got Global?

’95), CEO of Atlas Honda in Karachi, Pakistan, and the new HBS Alumni Association president, when he was on campus for a board meeting. He spoke with passion and eloquence of the School’s growing impact... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Jun 2015
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Learning from Global Immersion Experiences

partner companies. “Both crises had a huge impact on the students,” says Mayo, who teaches all three modules of FIELD and traveled with the Istanbul team. “Of course, the tragedies themselves were horrendous... View Details

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

levels, will affect structural conditions." 2 Porter integrated the impact of government into strategy development by focusing on how it affected his "five-forces" analysis of rivals,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

approach when considering SOX," explains Srinivasan. The most worrisome part of the act on the business side was the mandate that required public companies to obtain an independent audit of their View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

"We've wanted to learn about the challenges of the process and the challenges of companies in those markets trying to compete on a global platform. We are also curious how international companies have been... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

increase the impact of a mailed communication on conversion rates to lower-cost, therapeutically equivalent medications, even when the testimonial is presented as coming from a more socially proximate peer.... View Details