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- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Business School Case 706-052 In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and other professionals. The same... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
large-store formats, multiple-store formats and extensive channel blurring in the U.S. retail industry. Our analysis is based on aggregate segment-level data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), the Monthly Retail View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
shortages of cadavers (Agthong and Wiwanitkit 2002; Assemblée Nationale du Québec 2004; U.K. Department of Health 2005). However, trying to address the question of a shortage of cadavers often means facing the taboo on trading human... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
and shake hands with the Pope John Paul II if he's not a rock-and-roll roll star." A leader's mission is not static; it evolves. Bono continuously sets new goals around several related global challenges. For example, he started advocating... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
sector's tilt toward short-term financing was merely the industry responding to a lack of available government debt instruments, such as short-term risk-free Treasuries, that were much in demand by investors during the global savings... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In Handbook of Safeguarding Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
actually lived) is named phenomenology. In short, an epistemological mastery of a subject leaves one knowing. An ontological mastery of a subject leaves one being. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1681682 Reflected Knowledge and Trust... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
demonstrate their impact on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. This article draws on several cases to build a performance assessment framework premised on an organization's operational mission, scale, and scope. Not all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
records of all one-on-one meetings between senior management and investors for an NYSE-traded firm, we investigate the impact of private meetings on investor decisions. We find that when investors meet privately with management they make more informed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
for bonds, but it is also correlated with larger discount rate risk for bonds. The short rate forecasts only the discount rate component of bond beta. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lviceira/bbeta20100210-all.pdf The Euro as a Reserve Currency for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
On a journey that began 17 months ago, General Motors entered and emerged from bankruptcy to become a private company with Uncle Sam as its largest shareholder. The company reaches another milestone today by offering an initial public offering, the first time GM shares... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Working PapersSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram Abstract Global economic transactions such as foreign direct investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global engineering firm Siemens, the automaker VW, and the chemical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
across the business environment. The subject is also a hot political potato, from Republican President Donald Trump's dramatic trade approach to proposals from Democrats on automation, robots, and job loss. A new study looks at worker... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
global trade governance and the economic benefits and political tradeoffs associated with reduced trade barriers and the elimination of domestic subsidies. Purchase this... View Details
- August 2008 (Revised July 2009)
- Supplement
Gazprom (C): The Ukrainian Crisis and Its Aftermath
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Sogomon Tarontsi and Alexander Jorov
The case describes the resolution to the January 2006 gas crisis, precipitated by the decision of Gazprom, the largest natural gas producer in the world, to cut off gas supply to Ukraine because of disagreement on the terms of future trade. The case also narrates the... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Non-Renewable Energy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Conflict Management; Reputation; Energy Industry; Russia; Ukraine
Abdelal, Rawi E., Sogomon Tarontsi, and Alexander Jorov. "Gazprom (C): The Ukrainian Crisis and Its Aftermath." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-010, August 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
documented in their book, the authors are optimistic about the future of U.S. apparel and textile firms, even as many other commentators see danger ahead as a result of liberalized global trade agreements... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education. Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
Thanks to technology and instant global communication, it has never been easier for companies to seek solutions to problems or find new ideas from sources outside their own corporate walls. But the art of managing these external... View Details