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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog

flows. Educational Objectives The course aims to equip students with a deeper understanding of globalization and international business by focusing on three broad themes. First, we will consider the variety of domestic institutions and the relationships between... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

free-market competition. While market liberalization internationally is still evolving, the consumer benefits of the competitive marketplace are pretty compelling. Putting any one carrier in charge of the infrastructure that forms the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Taking Care of Business

Winners the HBS New Venture Competition don’t rest on their laurels for long—the ink is hardly dry on those prizewinning checks before it’s time to shift to a higher gear. (This year’s cash prizes in the alumni View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Playing to Win

Seldom, if ever, has global competition been so glamorous, or so passionately beheld. At soccer's World Cup in France this summer, hundreds of thousands of spectators and a cumulative TV audience of 37 billion cheered and wept as 32... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates

Benefits & Compensation Research Associates enjoy a salary that is extremely competitive for the field, a substantial benefits package, and access to a variety of opportunities to enrich their personal and professional lives. At the... View Details
  • December 1998
  • Case

Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of First Union's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • April 8, 2024
  • Article

Loyalty Programs May Limit Competition, and They Could Be Pushing Prices up for Everyone

By: Alexandru Nichifor and Scott Duke Kominers
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Brands and Branding
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  • February 2024
  • Teaching Note

Compass Pathways: Pioneering Psychedelic Treatment

By: Tiona Zuzul
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-412. View Details
Keywords: Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Product Launch; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe; United States; United Kingdom
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  • November 2014
  • Case

Nestlé SA, 2014

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2014, Nestlé was the largest producer of packaged foods and beverages in the world. 2013 revenues were $103.7 billion and operating profits $16.1 billion (15.5% of sales). The company owned 29 mega brands, each generating more than Euro 1 billion ($1.25 billion).... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Acquisitions; Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Nutrition; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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  • May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Benetton was one of the leading mass fashion competitors in the world with approximately $1.9 billion in sales across 5,500 stores in 120 countries. But the company's fortunes seemed to be on the wane. Operating profits had fallen 9% from the prior year to... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Strategic Change; Strategic Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Performance Consistency; Management Teams; Strategy; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Italy
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  • March 2012
  • Article

How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth--Until Now

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
Societies that are better at utilizing tools are likely to be more productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Wealth; Development Economics; Performance Productivity; Competitive Advantage
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  • February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

Henry Heinz: Making Markets for Processed Foods

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Outlines many of the supply-side innovations, such as improved transportation, communication, and technological developments, that greatly expanded the productive capacity of the United States in the late 19th century. Explores a range of demand-side shifts, including... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Supply and Industry; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 14 May 2009
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

competition between groups can provide motivation, but if competition becomes too strong, it can inhibit cooperation and lead to dysfunction. The best teams are those that not only combine the skills of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

longitudinal studies, to address complex problems. US Competitiveness Project: The Young American Leaders Program was launched in 2015 to put US competitiveness research into action by bringing together... View Details
  • Mar 2012
  • Report

A Jobs Compact for America's Future

human capital in the United States. In short, badly needed investments in the workforce are not being made, thereby threatening the country's future competitiveness and living standards. So argues Kochan, of MIT's Sloan School of... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Noted & Quoted

World War II that includes two Croix de Guerre and one Purple Heart. (Dallas Morning News, November 18, 2011) “We need to help create a new understanding of what capitalism is all about.” —University Professor Michael Porter, discussing the School’s recently launched... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Running faster to compete

Summers spent lobstering in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and a competitive spirit helped the late Jim Knott Sr. (AB 1954, OPM 17, 1991) build a better mouse trap, or, in his case, a better lobster trap. Knott created Aquamesh, a... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

Roll the Credits

the ratings system, to challenge government boards that censored Hollywood content” (USA Today, March 24, 2004). In those days, the movies were the country’s undisputed entertainment choice; today, by contrast, there is an “onslaught of View Details
  • 02 Jan 2020
  • Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

its share of the capital that American taxpayers have invested in Medicare’s infrastructure, including its buildings, equipment, and workers. "The public option would harness Medicare’s pricing advantages while ensuring a competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration
  • 06 Oct 2011
  • What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

course, referred to a type of analytic data that might suggest nontraditional indicators designed to provide a competitive edge in everything from investments to selection of talent. One such example is the use of puzzles to select... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett