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  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

and third, organizational filters will affect adoption of all practices. Using unique survey data from 161 F500 organizations, supplemented by archival and qualitative data, we focus on two Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2014
  • News

Shaping problem-solvers

  • December 2012 (Revised July 2013)
  • Case

The “Chongqing Model” and the Future of China

By: Meg Rithmire
Since opening to the global economy in 1979, but especially since entering the WTO in 2001, China's economy grew at rates around 10% annually by attracting FDI and promoting exports. After the financial crisis that began in 2008 and depressed demand in the United... View Details
Keywords: China; Public Sector; Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Public Administration Industry; China
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  • 16 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

unifying framework for obtaining reliable proxies of expected returns worldwide. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49238 Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Sandra J. Sucher

    Sandra Sucher, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is an internationally recognized trust researcher. The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust and how,... View Details

    Keywords: apparel; banking; brokerage; clothing; fashion; financial services; furniture; hotels ＆ motels; retail financial services; retailing; service industry
    • December 2020
    • Article

    Unwanted Attention: Swiss Multinationals and the Creation of International Corporate Guidelines in the 1970s

    By: Sabine Pitteloud
    During the last decade, we have seen an increased opposition to globalization. Within this wave of criticism, firms and more specifically multinational corporations have been major targets, accused of multiple wrongdoings, such as social dumping, fiscal evasion, job... View Details
    Keywords: Multinationals; Guidelines; Lobbying; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Global Range; Switzerland
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    • January–March 2025
    • Article

    Transitioning from Responsible and Reactive to Deeply Responsible and Proactive International Business

    By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Teresa da Silva Lopes, Pavida Pananond, Rob van Tulder, Noemi Sinkovics and Rudolf R. Sinkovics
    This article aims to explore the role of multinational enterprises in addressing grand societal challenges, emphasizing the need for integrating environmental and social aspects into business models. It offers an analysis of how principles and values can guide engaged... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Model; Multinational Firms and Management
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    • 2017
    • Blitz Discussions

    Of Margins and Modalities

      Binod Chaudhary

      Keywords: Diversified

        Lauren H. Cohen

        Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

        Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
        • 14 Apr 2021
        • Research & Ideas

        The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

        to produce the vaccine that works.” Even as vaccine efforts gain momentum around the world, hundreds continue to die each day. The pandemic, which shrank the global economy by 4 percent in 2020, has also pushed more than 119 million... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

          Robert S. Kaplan

          Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details

          Keywords: health care; nonprofit industry
          • November 2014
          • Case

          Nestlé SA, 2014

          By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
          In 2014, Nestlé was the largest producer of packaged foods and beverages in the world. 2013 revenues were $103.7 billion and operating profits $16.1 billion (15.5% of sales). The company owned 29 mega brands, each generating more than Euro 1 billion ($1.25 billion).... View Details
          Keywords: Consumer Products; Acquisitions; Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Nutrition; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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          dollarDEX (1998-2007)

          Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

          One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

          • 02 Feb 2016
          • First Look

          February 2, 2016

          multicultural social interactions in the context of negotiations, work teams, and global leadership. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50440 2015 Handbook of Qualitative... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • June 2010 (Revised June 2010)
          • Case

          Managing the Client Portfolio

          By: Nitin Nohria and Ashish Nanda
          The German country managing partner of a global law firm must decide how to respond to a corporate mandate to restructure its client portfolio. The case enables a discussion of different types of clients in a global professional service firm in terms of relative... View Details
          Keywords: Attorney and Client Relationships; Management Style; Corporate Governance; Business Subsidiaries; Business Headquarters; Conflict and Resolution
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          • 15 Dec 2009
          • First Look

          First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

            Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of global multinational networks and examine the macro and... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • 25 Feb 2020
          • Research & Ideas

          For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity

          more productive.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media editor for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: FatCamera] Related Reading How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely The Gift of View Details
          Keywords: by Kristen Senz

            William A. Sahlman

            William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

            Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

            Keywords: airline; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electronics; energy; entertainment; fiber optics; financial services; food processing; furniture; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; medical supplies; motorcycles; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retailing; semiconductor; service industry; soft drink; software; telecommunications; toy; transportation; travel; venture capital industry; video games
            • 09 Dec 2008
            • First Look

            First Look: December 9, 2008

            markets, highlighting concerns as China strives to modernize its financial system to meet global competition and support its fast growing economy. Purchase the note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
            Keywords: Martha Lagace