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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
can you succeed in doing business in and with China in the coming decade and beyond? In our course, we consider these questions: How do foreign businesses succeed and fail in Chinese markets? How can Chinese firms, such as Huawei, DJI and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
I’m the CEO of Invest Macedonia, the primary institution in the country responsible for attracting foreign investments. The prime minister asked me to take the job, and I report directly to him. It’s the... View Details
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CRSP: historical coverage | Baker Library
Partnership Interest, Depository Receipts, etc.) Closed-End Mutual Funds Foreigns on NYSE, NYSE MKT, NASDAQ, Arca and Bats Americus Trust Components (Primes and Scores) HOLDRs Trusts REITs (Real Estate View Details
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
where big deals are available—Japan and South Korea—are highly competitive and tend not to be friendly towards foreign firms. The high-growth markets of Southeast Asia generally offer smaller targets or minority stakes in large companies.... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Dynamic Personalization with Multiple Customer Signals: Multi-Response State Representation in Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement learning (RL) offers potential for optimizing sequences of customer interactions by modeling the relationships
between customer states, company actions, and long-term value. However, its practical implementation often faces significant
challenges.... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Policy; Deep Reinforcement Learning; Representation Learning; Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment; Latent Variable Models; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Foreign Direct Investment; Analytics and Data Science
Ma, Liangzong, Ta-Wei Huang, Eva Ascarza, and Ayelet Israeli. "Dynamic Personalization with Multiple Customer Signals: Multi-Response State Representation in Reinforcement Learning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-037, February 2025.
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Brighton Mudzingwa
reduced foreign investment. The unemployment rate rose to 70 percent; we had record levels of inflation, major shortages of petrol, long lines and empty shelves. Zimbabwe had become a basket case." Brighton left Zimbabwe for greater... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
accelerate the diffusion of new environmental standards that require coordinated complementary investments by various types of private adopters. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-030.pdf The Political Economy of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
Kentucky Derby Hosiery: Negotiating with Wal-Mart Harvard Business School Case 907-001 More information and purchase: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907001 PublicationsMaking Foreign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
the world, both for the better and for the more challenging,” says Lemmon, who wrote The Dressmaker while working at global investment management firm PIMCO. “I want to tell stories that have implications for the broader community, and... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Jackie Burgos
family every night and exposed them to a wonderful nation that is very foreign for them,” says Jackie. “They shared the trip. I feel like my family went with me to India.” After completing the MBA, Jackie says, she would “love to start my... View Details
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Jackie Burgos
talked to my family every night and exposed them to a wonderful nation that is very foreign for them,” says Jackie. “They shared the trip. I feel like my family went with me to India.” After completing the MBA, Jackie says, she would... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
a company’s population health footprint. Examples, statistics, and visuals showcase emerging corporate involvement in public health and underscore the business opportunities available to companies that invest in health. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006
equity when local firms are most constrained. These results indicate another role for foreign direct investment in emerging markets—multinational affiliates expand economic activity during currency crises... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence. "The government will enact a... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
are the largest cross-border investors, with US investors relegated to second place.) The second is the move toward transparency in real estate markets. It’s easier now for an investor to come into a foreign market like London or New York... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
fashion, arts and culture, and business and finance. It features guides to each of the continent’s 54 nations, where you can find everything from breaking news to museum guides, as well as content from such partners as the Council on View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007
the national microfinance markets of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru within the context of global microfinance. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307060 Foreign Direct View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
edge of innovation, and they can boost their reputations by supplying well-known U.S. firms. The market size of the U.S makes it an important target but, in addition, foreign companies often feel they have to crack the U.S. market in... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
California, Rock became a believer in the group's vision and set out to sell their idea to potential investors. Thirty-five companies turned him down; investing in something at the idea stage was too foreign... View Details
- January 2011
- Article
Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development?
By: Lee G. Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi
An extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) expand production in reforming countries... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Intellectual Property; Rights; Production; Expansion; United States
Branstetter, Lee G., Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi. "Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development?" Journal of International Economics 83, no. 1 (January 2011): 27–36.