Publications

February 13, 2014
Article

A Successful International Assignment Depends on These Factors

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Article

Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We compare the liquidity that six developed countries have built into their employer-based defined contribution (DC) retirement schemes. In Germany, Singapore, and the UK, withdrawals are essentially banned no matter what kind of transitory income shock the household... View Details

Keywords: Saving; Financial Liquidity; Retirement; Canada; Germany; Australia; United Kingdom; United States; Singapore

April 1983
Supplement

International Harvester: Comments on Tenure as CEO, Video

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

2006
Book

The Normalization of U.S.-China Relations: An International History

By: William C. Kirby, Gong Li and Robert Ross

Keywords: Relationships; History; China; United States

November 1980 (Revised July 1982)
Case

International Business Machines Corp. (A): Industry Background Note

September 2004
Article

Sharing The Spoils: Taxing International Human Capital Flows

By: M. A. Desai, Devesh Kapur and John McHale

Keywords: Taxation; Human Capital

January 1989 (Revised November 1989)
Case

Equity Capital for Industry and Cotag International (A)

August 1997 (Revised February 1999)
Case

Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In March 1995, YPF (the former Argentine state-owned oil and gas utility, privatized in late 1993) acquired the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corp., one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration companies. YPF's first acquisition is nearly bankrupt, with... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Borrowing and Debt; Privatization; Managerial Roles; Energy Industry; Argentina; Texas

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Purchase

May 1994 (Revised July 1994)
Case

International Sourcing in Athletic Footwear: NIKE and Reebok

Nike and Reebok, the two largest athletic footwear companies, look to contractors in Asia to manufacture their shoes. Sourcing from Asia offers advantages of low cost and flexibility, but raises questions about human rights and corporate responsibility. How Nike and... View Details

Keywords: Rights; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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Purchase

March 1998
Article

Internal Financing of Multinational Subsidiaries: Debt vs. Equity

By: Bhagwan Chowdhry and Joshua D. Coval

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Global Range

08 Mar 2021
News

A Message to Men on International Women’s Day

05 Apr 2023
Video

NextStopHBS-Financial Aid Overview for International Students (Round 2)

03 Oct 2024
HBS Conference

International and Intra-national Comparison of Prices and Income

15 Apr 2009
News

Harvard University Secures New Source of Funding for International Graduate and Professional Students

2020
Working Paper

Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations

By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan

Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Effectiveness; Perception

1999
Working Paper

On the Formation and Structure of International Exchanges

We investigate the formation and structure of 248 financial exchanges throughout the world. First, we empirically analyze the determinants of exchange formation as well as the impact of exchange formation on the domestic country's economy. Second, conditional on... View Details

Keywords: Financial Markets