Asian American - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

initially furloughed their workers during the pandemic, but some of those workers were subsequently laid off. Furloughs have long been used in some European and Asian countries but are less common in the United States. Many European... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

precursor to creativity in a global context. For example, when given the words "Great," "Street," and "Berlin," they should correctly answer "Wall," connecting the Chinese "Great Wall," American "Wall Street," and German "Berlin Wall."... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Alexander Hamilton Clearly, he was a remarkable historical figure. He was born in 1840 in a feudal country that had largely cut itself off from the rest of the world for centuries. By the time he died in 1931, Japan was the only Asian... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

the current economic and financial crisis, countries around the globe are looking for ways to reignite economic growth. Traditionally, export-led growth has been perceived as one of the most promising pathways to do so. The experience of several waves of View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

purchased by an employee. Subanalyses tracked beverage purchases, including calories and price per beverage. Results: Employees self-identified as white (73%); black (10%); Latino (7%); and Asian (10%). Compared to white employees, Latino... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

HamelHarvard Business School Case 113-054 On January 1, 2012, the LEGO Group announced a major new initiative to enhance its market penetration in Asia. Later in the year, a cross-functional group of senior managers gathered at company headquarters to discuss the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

organization cohesion. The brand is the glue holding the components of the global organization together. Q: Some NGO brands, such as the Red Cross, are recognized worldwide. When a humanitarian crisis such as the recent Asian tsunami... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

28 Aug 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

American business leaders share similar characteristics? What is the legacy of Alfred Chandler? How Can Business History Influence Current Practice? The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook Compiling a handbook on the current thinking... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo

21 Mar 2012
Op-Ed

Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline

the Knicks this year. When injuries to starters gave Lin a chance to play more, he blossomed into a star in just a few games, setting off an episode of "Lin-Sanity" that swept New York and swept up many Asian fans. At the same... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Entertainment & Recreation

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

Get More Interviews African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews. The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Attempting to overcome... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

insights into how we can lead more balanced lives. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business trends of the year. Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews African American and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

other minorities on corporate boards? A: It's no revelation that US companies are not doing very well in this regard. Even if a company has a woman and an African American on its board, what about an Hispanic or an View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

economy. Q: Are we chiefly talking about American businesses? Hamel: No, this is worldwide. Because of the spread of the American form of capitalism around the world, Asian and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

Asian Americans together. That's usually good for one or two lunches if there's no agenda. The secret of collaboration is that you have a task that you care about together." View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

globalization, which is one of the major challenges Japanese companies face. While globalization is a challenge for all companies in the world, I believe that the issues are quite different for Western companies and Japanese companies. When U.S., European, or Latin... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

vulnerability indicators prior to the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) attributed to corporate financial roots provide a benchmark for comparison. The firm-level data suggest that emerging markets post-GFC have lower leverage ratios than the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

"is like any gas that is compressed; it gets hotter." Its tribes overlap socially and professionally based on work discipline (software engineers, for example), organizational affiliation (Hewlett-Packard), or background (Stanford MBAs or South View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

market conditions and, indeed, to a company's own strategic decisions. By serving the U.S. market from Japan, Toyota in its early days implicitly considered that market to be on the periphery of its own region. The North American West... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

search processes that shape networks, cognition, and capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-106.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBanca Regional Andino: Facing the Globalization of Microfinance Harvard Business School Case 307-060 Three... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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