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- 29 Jan 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Banks Have an Edge?
- March 2012
- Article
Why U.S. Competitiveness Matters to All of Us
By: Nitin Nohria
Americans may not realize this, but the world wants the United States to be competitive. For more than a century, global observers have considered the U.S. economy to be an exemplar and America a country to envy and imitate. Unfortunately, America's reign as the... View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "Why U.S. Competitiveness Matters to All of Us." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- 05 Jul 2018
- News
Henry Kissinger's Lessons for Business Negotiators
- October 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Garage.com (A)
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Elizabeth Kind
Silicon Valley's Garage.com matches venture capital and corporate angel investors with high-tech start-ups that are looking for early stage funding. As a Web-based service, Garage.com fields inquiries from entrepreneurs and investors around the world, and is eager to... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Venture Capital; Investment; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Operations; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Brands and Branding; Information Technology Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Elizabeth Kind. "Garage.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-064, October 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- 28 Aug 2010
- News
Paul Allen's Company Files Broad Lawsuit Over Patents
- 24 Jul 2017
- News
How to fight 'time famine' and boost your happiness
- 01 Apr 2012
- News
Celebrate Innovation, No Matter Where It Occurs
- August 2022
- Article
The U.S. Approach to Antitrust Policy in Technology Markets
By: Shane Greenstein
This report illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. approach to antitrust policy by drawing lessons from three cases: United States v. AT&T, United States v. Microsoft, and United States v. Google. The cases against AT&T and Microsoft are historical cases,... View Details
Greenstein, Shane. "The U.S. Approach to Antitrust Policy in Technology Markets." AEI Digital Platforms and American Life Project (August 2022).
- October 2013 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Walmart around the World
By: Juan Alcácer, Abhishek Agrawal and Harshit Vaish
After reaching the limits of its successful expansion in the United States in the early 1990s, Walmart sought growth opportunities in markets abroad. This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil,... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Success; Globalized Markets and Industries; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Failure; Retail Industry; Germany; China; Argentina; South Korea; Canada; Japan; Brazil; Africa; United Kingdom; United States; Mexico
Alcácer, Juan, Abhishek Agrawal, and Harshit Vaish. "Walmart around the World." Harvard Business School Case 714-431, October 2013. (Revised January 2017.)
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
the wrong things and doesn't create value for the consumer. In this Q&A, Porter discusses his research.Roger Thompson: What went wrong with the American model? On paper it looks ideal. It's private, it's competitive, yet it doesn't seem to work. Michael E. Porter:... View Details
- October 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
The Commission on Presidential Debates
By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Kerry Herman and Joshua Groysberg
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has organized the presidential and vice-presidential debates in the United States since 1988. In the spring of 2022, the Republican National Committee threatened to bar their nominees from participating in any CPD-sponsored... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, Alexis Lefort, Kerry Herman, and Joshua Groysberg. "The Commission on Presidential Debates." Harvard Business School Case 423-032, October 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- 06 Jan 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the US Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?
- 30 Aug 2017
- News
Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?
- March 2011 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Wealth Management Crisis at UBS (A)
By: Paul M. Healy
The case describes the challenges that UBS faced as a result of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation for tax fraud, that claimed that UBS had helped some 52,000 U.S. residents hide billions of dollars in untaxed assets in secret Swiss accounts between... View Details
Keywords: Fraud; Regulatory Enforcement; Reputation Incentives; Crony Capitalism; Tax Havens; Legitimacy; Multinational; Strategic Change; Incentives; Transparency; Financial Services; Taxation; Crime and Corruption; Global Range; Asset Management; Ethics; Problems and Challenges; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Governance; Financial Services Industry; United States; Switzerland
Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, and David Lane. "Wealth Management Crisis at UBS (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-082, March 2011. (Revised December 2019.)
- October 1989 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Jaguar plc--1984
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William Schiano
A vehicle for analyzing the exposure of operating cash flows to exchange rate changes. Considers the value of Jaguar plc at the time of its privatization and share offering in 1984. Jaguar is a major exporter from the United Kingdom and the United States is therefore... View Details
Keywords: Change; Cash Flow; Currency Exchange Rate; Risk Management; Privatization; Valuation; Auto Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Luehrman, Timothy A., and William Schiano. "Jaguar plc--1984." Harvard Business School Case 290-005, October 1989. (Revised May 1990.)
- 2014
- Chapter
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
By: Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr
This chapter reviews recent academic work on the spatial concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the agglomeration of these activities and the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Agglomeration; Clusters; Place Making; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; United States
Chatterji, Aaron, Edward Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 129–166. University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- February 2004 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The American System
By: David A. Moss, Tiffany Morris and Sarah Brennan
Traces the economic development of the United States from 1790 to 1857, focusing especially on the struggle between free traders and protectionists over federal tariff policy. Devotes considerable attention to the nation's political system, its evolving common law,... View Details
Moss, David A., Tiffany Morris, and Sarah Brennan. "The American System." Harvard Business School Case 704-036, February 2004. (Revised August 2018.)
- 18 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19? Early Evidence From a Survey
- April 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Volkswagen de Mexico's North American Strategy (A)
In 1988, Volkswagen (VW) consolidated its North American operations in Puebla, Mexico, after shutting down its plant in Pennsylvania. Volkswagen de Mexico had been in operation since the 1960s, but produced almost exclusively for the Mexican market. In the late 1980s,... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Canada; Germany; United States; Mexico
Shapiro, Helen. "Volkswagen de Mexico's North American Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 794-104, April 1994. (Revised April 1995.)