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- 21 May 2019
- Video
Getting to Know 2019 Class Day Student Speaker Brandon Rapp
Nien-he Hsieh
Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details
- March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)
By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed. His fiscal policy that had come under attack just a year ago had been used to finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Policy; Government and Politics; Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Dante Roscini, and Renee Kim. "Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-020, March 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
- November 2003 (Revised June 2004)
- Background Note
China's Telecommunications Sector
By: Richard L. Nolan and Stephen P. Bradley
In mid-2003, China was the fastest-growing telecom market. Telecom subscribers are estimated at 472 million. With the size and growth of telecom, China is a hot spot for new telecom and IT technologies. Furthermore, China's sheer market power provides a strong position... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Technological Innovation; Policy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Telecommunications Industry; China
Nolan, Richard L., and Stephen P. Bradley. "China's Telecommunications Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-416, November 2003. (Revised June 2004.)
- 2018
- Book
New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy
By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end... View Details
Fredona, Robert and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- 5 Dec 2013
- Other Presentation
Can Japan Compete? Revisited
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Can Japan Compete? Revisited." Porter Prize Conference, Hitotsubashi University. Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2013.
- 2020
- Chapter
Islamic Capitalism and the Rise of Religious-Conservative Big Business
By: Kristin Fabbe, Űmit Őzlale and Efe Murat Balikçioğlu
This chapter argues that the rise of “Islamic capitalism” and the country’s so-called “conservative bourgeoisie” owes much to the pragmatism and agility of Islamic actors who are quick to seize upon new economic and political opportunities by leveraging religious... View Details
Keywords: Islamic Capitalism; Economic Systems; Religion; Values and Beliefs; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Turkey
Fabbe, Kristin, Űmit Őzlale, and Efe Murat Balikçioğlu. "Islamic Capitalism and the Rise of Religious-Conservative Big Business." Chap. 5 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones, 97–122. New York: Routledge, 2019.
William R. Kerr
William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
calls for targeting countries similar to a company's home base, whereas the logic of arbitrage involves exploiting one or more of the differences inherent in distance. The future of the globalization process is by no means obvious.... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- May 2007 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
Examines the career of Ernesto Tornquist, a cosmopolitan financier considered to be the most significant entrepreneur in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Tornquist created a diversified business group, linked to the political elite, which integrated Argentina... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Development Economics; Partners and Partnerships; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Trade; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economy; Performance; Argentina
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch. "Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas." Harvard Business School Case 807-155, May 2007. (Revised April 2020.)
- 14 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis
immigration Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for Business and Global Society at HBS, explores the development of Sweden’s model and its current challenges in the case... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
Luis M. Viceira
Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details
- 22 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted
What does it take to put a price tag on open source software (OSS), a resource so critical to the global economy that some 96 percent of commercial programs include some code created, tinkered with, or distributed for free by... View Details
- January 2016
- Article
Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters
By: Juan Alcacer and Minyuan Zhao
This paper takes a close look at the reasons, procedures, and results of cluster identification methods. Despite being a popular research topic in strategy, economics, and sociology, geographic clusters are often studied with little consideration given to the... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Alcacer, Juan, and Minyuan Zhao. "Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 1 (January 2016): 10–21.
- 15 Dec 2009
- News
International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Gunnar Trumbull
Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details
- 2019
- Book
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
By: Shoshana Zuboff
In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Profiling; Consumer Behavior; Forecasting and Prediction; Information Technology; Power and Influence; Ethics; Society; Transformation
Zuboff, Shoshana. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.