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- January 2013 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Kunshan, Incorporated: The Making of China's Richest Town
By: William C. Kirby, Nora Bynum, Tracy Yuen Manty and Erica M. Zendell
In 1980, the city of Kunshan was mere countryside, registering neither on the Chinese government's nor the international business community's radar. By 2010, Kunshan had become the richest city per capita in China and a global technology powerhouse, home to companies... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Investment; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Emerging Markets; FDI; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Innovation Leadership; Technology Industry; China; Taiwan Strait
Kirby, William C., Nora Bynum, Tracy Yuen Manty, and Erica M. Zendell. "Kunshan, Incorporated: The Making of China's Richest Town." Harvard Business School Case 313-103, January 2013. (Revised May 2013.)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
committees to create and sustain valuable educational programs for alumni that keep them current on major trends in business, business skills, and business education, specifically the HBS curriculum. The Global Alumni Conference Committee, led by Ellen View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
does Charles Darwin, who wrote that cooperative social behavior was a trait of survival and prosperity. Pearlstein ends with a beautiful quote from Robert Kennedy from 1968, that the GNP statistic our country so relies on captures... View Details
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
Management Accounting and Control: Lessons for and from the World's Tiniest Businesses Authors:Srikant M. Datar, Marc J. Epstein, and Kristi Yuthas Publication:Strategic Finance (November 2009) Abstract The article discusses skills... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
worked. In the first decade of the 20th century, Charles Coffin demonstrated that he was an adept negotiator who amassed great wealth for GE in building generators and power equipment for local utilities in which GE also had a financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot story reminded me of the only contact I ever had with him, a telephone conversation in late August 1966 when I returned to Boston from my honeymoon. I picked up the phone, and someone with a very heavy French accent said, “Is this Ronald Demer?”It sounded like... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Entrepreneurship in India Authors:Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. Among general district traits,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2023
- News
How AI Will Accelerate the Circular Economy
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
Image by Martin Leon Barreto In 2021, while the pandemic was amplifying social inequities and climate catastrophes, investors were busy pouring more money than ever into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments: In the United States alone, an estimated... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
complex. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/55314 August 2013 Journal of Monetary Economics Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Austin. He is a nationally recognized leader in orthopaedic surgery and value-based health care payment and delivery models. Prior to joining the Dell Medical School, he was the William R. Murray Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
between creativity and dishonesty, thus highlighting a dark side of creativity. Anxiety, Advice, and the Ability to Discern: Feeling Anxious Motivates Individuals to Seek and Use Advice Authors:F. Gino, A. Wood, and M. Schweitzer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Victoria Crittenden (DBA 1989) and William Crittenden Business Expert Press Direct selling is not an industry, per se, nor is it merely a go-to-market business model or channel to reach consumers. It is bigger than any of that: Direct... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
Seeker Beware: The Relational Costs of Advice-Seeker Decisions By: Blunden, Hayley, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie John, and Francesca Gino Abstract—Prior advice research has focused on understanding when and why people rely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2019
- Report
A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019
By: Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr and Manjari Raman
In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2019 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, this report—built on the survey findings and eight years of prior research on the competitiveness of the... View Details
Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States
Porter, Michael E., Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr, and Manjari Raman. "A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, December 2019.
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
operating budget of $200 million, finds the challenge of functioning with a break-even bottom line to be considerable. Deborah M. Winshel (MBA 1985) spent thirteen years at J.P. Morgan before putting her skills to work as SVP and CFO at... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
core markets, while also winning in new domains. Clayton M. Christensen has been pessimistic about whether established companies can prevail in the face of disruption. Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael L.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Competing platforms are affected negatively because more information intensifies price competition. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2360263 Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks By: Campbell, John Y., Carolin E. Pflueger, and Luis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Publications September 2013 Management Science Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
issues. ROY WILLIS was born in 1939 in Halifax County, North Carolina, and moved to Norfolk, Virginia, when he was 12. Though an honors student, Willis was denied admittance to the College of William & Mary during the early days of... View Details