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  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

organizations adopt these strategies, there may be tensions and multiple conflicting institutional logics. Additionally, we consider four strategic leadership topics and how they relate to platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Health Care - Faculty & Research

following the onset of COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19 ; Remote Work ; Health Pandemics ; Jobs and Positions ; Demographics ; Surveys Citation Find at Harvard Read Now Purchase Related Bartik, Alexander, Zoë Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser,... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

certain settings. In particular we find that the impact of the changes on problem solving, standardization of work, and coordination improve the way that the firm learns and its productivity. Using a detailed case study we document the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

help you” “The findings didn’t support that gender angle at all. I was really surprised,” Wolf says. “ It was just evenly good for everyone.” Although much has been researched about how to hide emotional expressions or how to internally... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • June 1996 (Revised November 1996)
  • Background Note

Economic Gains from Trade: Comparative Advantage

By: Robert E. Kennedy and Nancy F. Koehn
How nations trade and whether they benefit from it are two of the oldest and most important questions in political economy. In the 170 years since David Ricardo formally developed the theory of comparative advantage, it has become one of the principles most widely... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Microeconomics; Trade; Cost Management; Business and Government Relations
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  • January 23, 2020
  • Article

Sanctions and the End of Trans-Atlanticism: Iran, Russia, and the Unintended Division of the West

By: Rawi Abdelal and Aurélie Bros
Sanctions have become the dominant tool of statecraft in the United States and other Western states, especially the European Union, since the end of the Cold War. But the systematic use of this instrument may produce unintended and somewhat paradoxical geopolitical... View Details
Keywords: Geopolitics; Economic Sanctions; International Relations; United States; Russia; Iran; Europe
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  • 2011
  • Book

Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Leading Change; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

; Global Supply Chains ; Internal Governance Structure ; Public Opinion ; Supply Chain ; Corporate Accountability ; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact ; Working Conditions Citation Read Now Related... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Global Supply Chains: The Looming 'Great Reallocation'

By: Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor
Global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of U.S.-China trade tensions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We document shifts in the pattern of U.S. participation in global value chains over the last four decades, in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; International Relations; Trade; Globalized Markets and Industries
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  • June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
  • Case

State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang and Hong Wu
In October 2009, State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, and a pioneer and leader in CSR practices in China, was planning its 2009 CSR Report and long-term CSR implementation. Some of the specific challenges faced at the time include: How could the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Systems; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Accountability; Behavior; Change Management; Global Range; Employees; Utilities Industry; China
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  • 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program that sought to further develop the company's corporate governance practices to meet international corporate governance standards. The company hoped that its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Globalization Citation Purchase Related Wells, Louis T. "Commentary on 'Tracing the Early History of IB Teaching at Harvard Business School' by Teresa da Silva Lopes." Chap. 11 in The Historical Evolution of View Details
  • 03 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

After more than two decades in consulting, Jurgen Weiss joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 2020 as a member of the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit. He currently teaches the first year BGIE core course... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Business History

Geoffrey G. Jones General Management 55 results Related Faculty Rawi E. Abdelal Business, Government and the International Economy 2 results Caroline M. Elkins Business, Government and the View Details
  • 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique firm-level data set in a broad... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 1992 (Revised August 1994)
  • Case

Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Edward Prewitt
Allied-Signal, Inc., one of the world's oldest chemical companies and today a diversified conglomerate, is liable for clean-up costs of old hazardous waste sites. These costs are substantial: reserves grew to nearly $500 million in 1991. Attempting to avoid further... View Details
Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Programs; Cost Management; Policy; Government Legislation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Governance Compliance; Legal Liability; Chemical Industry; United States; Europe
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  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

through fast-track promotion programs and their colleagues don’t. So, in discussing a promotion or a work-related reward, a manager might consider tossing in a setback encountered earlier in the person’s career to appear more confident and credible, rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

or set of related conditions to be served, as well as defining patient needs across the care cycle and mapping... 01 Jul 2020 Assessing the Training Costs and Work of Diagnostic Radiology Residents Using Key Performance Indicators – An... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

companies to improve returns for shareholders. Theory O In response to poor performance, a decade of adversarial relations with unions, and a prolonged and costly mill strike, CEO Andrew Sigler of Champion View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria