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- 13 Dec 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Julie Battilana
- June 2017
- Article
The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments
By: Christophe Pérignon and Boris Vallée
We examine the toxic loans sold by investment banks to local governments. Using proprietary data, we show that politicians strategically use these products to increase chances of being re-elected. Consistent with greater incentives to hide the cost of debt, toxic loans... View Details
Pérignon, Christophe, and Boris Vallée. "The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments." Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 6 (June 2017): 1903–1934.
- February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer
By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann
In the wake of the meltdown among U.S. auto manufacturers in 2009, Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, has a new approach for the automotive industry: decide which models are produced through online design competitions, and then allow customers to "build their own cars"... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Product Development; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customization and Personalization; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Norton, Michael I., and Jeremy Dann. "Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 510-062, February 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 2000
- Chapter
Local Liquor Control from 1934 to 1970
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman S. Strumpf
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman S. Strumpf. "Local Liquor Control from 1934 to 1970." In Public Choice Interpretations of American Economic History, edited by Jac C. Heckelman, John C. Moorhouse, and Robert M. Whaples, 163–180. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
- 2013
- Chapter
The Global and the Local in the Beauty Industry: A Historical Perspective
By: G. Jones
This chapter explores the impact of the global beauty industry on beauty ideals. It shows that as the industry internationalized from the late nineteenth century, there was a homogenization of beauty ideals and practices around the world. Western and white beauty... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Globalization; History; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, G. "The Global and the Local in the Beauty Industry: A Historical Perspective." Chap. 1 in Globalizing Beauty: Consumerism and Body Aesthetics in the Twentieth Century, edited by Hartmut Berghoff and Thomas Kuhne, 25–40. Worlds of Consumption. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- November 2008
- Journal Article
Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin Forbes
This paper examines how financial constraints and product market exposures determine the response of multinational and local firms to sharp depreciations. U.S. multinational affiliates increase sales, assets, and investment significantly more than local firms during,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Currency; Private Equity; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin Forbes. "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 6 (November 2008).
- 18 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?
- 2007
- Working Paper
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutional theory of how local communities continue to matter for organizations, and why community factors are particularly important in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Globalization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Power and Influence
Marquis, Christopher, and Julie Battilana. "Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-034, November 2007.
- September 2020
- Article
The Gig Economy Beyond Local Services and Transportation
By: Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas. "The Gig Economy Beyond Local Services and Transportation." CESifo Forum 21, no. 3 (September 2020): 21–26.
- 1995
- Book
World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions
Kanter, R. M. World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. (German, Veberreuter; Portuguese, Editora Campus; Spanish; Korean, KPI Publishing; Thai; Chinese, Shanghai People's Publishing House. Other reprinting information available from the publisher.)
- Article
A New Proof of Serre's Homological Characterization of Regular Local Rings
By: Ravi Jagadeesan and Aaron Landesman
We give a new proof of Serre’s result that a Noetherian local ring is regular if and only if it has finite global dimension. Our proof avoids the explicit construction of a Koszul complex. View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Jagadeesan, Ravi, and Aaron Landesman. "A New Proof of Serre's Homological Characterization of Regular Local Rings." Art. 18. Research in Number Theory 2 (December 2016).
- 1995
- Chapter
Global Competition and the Localization of Competitive Advantage
By: M. E. Porter and Rebecca E. Wayland
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Benefits of Revealing Race: Evidence from Minority-owned Local Businesses
By: Abhay Aneja, Michael Luca and Oren Reshef
Is there latent demand to support Black-owned businesses? To explore, we analyze a new feature
that made it easier to identify Black-owned restaurants on a large online platform. We find that
labeling restaurants as “Black-owned” increased customer engagement and... View Details
Keywords: Black-owned Businesses; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Ownership; Knowledge Dissemination; Digital Platforms; Consumer Behavior; Food and Beverage Industry
Aneja, Abhay, Michael Luca, and Oren Reshef. "The Benefits of Revealing Race: Evidence from Minority-owned Local Businesses." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-042, January 2023. (Revised September 2023.)
- June 1993 (Revised June 1994)
- Supplement
IBM: A Product for Managing Local Area Networks (B)
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "IBM: A Product for Managing Local Area Networks (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 593-123, June 1993. (Revised June 1994.)
- Article
Investing in What You Know: The Case of Individual Investors and Local Stocks
By: Mark Seasholes and Ning Zhu
This paper tests the performance of individuals' equity investments. We study over 40,000
accounts and 950,000 trades from a large discount broker. Individuals invest heavily in
local stocks and put 14% more into these stocks than a market-neutral portfolio... View Details
Seasholes, Mark, and Ning Zhu. "Investing in What You Know: The Case of Individual Investors and Local Stocks." Journal of Investment Management 11, no. 1 (First Quarter 2013): 20–30.
- December 2009
- Article
Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel
Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers, critics of a... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Ethnicity; Behavior; Local Range; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Joel Waldfogel. "Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?" American Economic Review 99, no. 5 (December 2009).
- February 2014 (Revised September 2014)
- Teaching Note
The Munich Oktoberfest: From Local Tradition to Global Capitalism
By: Juan Alcacer
- October 2004
- Article
FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets
By: Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek
The purpose of this paper is to examine the various links among foreign direct investment, financial markets and growth. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents have two choices: they can work for the foreign company in... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Cost; Wealth; Investment Return; Knowledge
Alfaro, Laura, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. "FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets." Journal of International Economics 64, no. 1 (October 2004): 89–112.
- May 27, 2022
- Article
How 'Digital Nomad' Visas Can Boost Local Economies
More and more companies are offering their employees the option to “work from anywhere,” whether in their home office, in another state, or even halfway around the globe. A growing group of remote professionals are taking the “anywhere” in work-from-anywhere to new... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; COVID-19 Pandemic; Collaboration; Work-Life Balance; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "How 'Digital Nomad' Visas Can Boost Local Economies." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 27, 2022).
- 2009
- Article
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutionally oriented theory of how and why local communities continue to matter for organizations in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has shifted away from understanding... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Business and Community Relations; Local Range; Civil Society or Community; Power and Influence
Marquis, Christopher, and Julie Battilana. "Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior 29 (2009): 283–302.