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  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

present day. The chapter focuses on the role of business enterprises as powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism after 1848 and up the present day. It shows how multinational firms have created and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

modularized. Instead these areas should be located in transaction-free zones so that the costs of transacting do not overburden the system. The boundaries of transaction-free zones constitute breakpoints where firms and industries may... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Investment Authors:Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Political risks increase the volatility of multinational firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

firm that partnered with San Luis Rassini when it was a state-owned steel company. Its evolution into a privately owned, global supplier of auto parts is symbolic of how deep Mexico’s transformation has been over the past twenty years.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • March 2017
  • Case

Cantel Medical

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New Jersey
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  • 20 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

brands, in industries as diverse as information technology and oil. Social Responsibility. People recognize that global companies wield extraordinary influence, both positive and negative, on society's well-being. They expect firms to... View Details
Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

predictable date for its demand. There is certainly a need for more research into vaccine-production technologies and for greater production capacity, and WHO encourages vaccine firms and national governments to invest in such areas. How... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

important to understand that they all use the same process to launder their money. And you believe that some U.S. firms are complicit in that process? When it comes to large deposits from overseas, far too often American banks assume a... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Government
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Fair Trade

pharmaceutical companies. Avon bought health care companies and nursing homes. It turned out, however, that beauty and health had diverged too much from their common origin in the past to be reassembled . The two decades after 1990 saw frenetic change in the beauty... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

equity that are nonetheless considered public by virtue of having publicly traded debt. We develop and test two hypotheses. The "demand" hypothesis holds that earnings of public equity firms are of higher quality than earnings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the acquisition of a residential real estate services firm headquartered in France. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

significant advances in technology and productivity, was the pottery firm founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1760—"the first example I can find," said Koehn, "of a company using a brand as a strategic tool to interest consumers... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

ideas can come from anywhere — inside or outside, up or down an organization.” Sorrell, whose firm places up to one-third of all the advertising seen around the world, addressed the challenges WPP Group faces in developing a global... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 04 Nov 2016
  • News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Latin America. He advised public administration institutions, regional governments, and multinational institutions. In 1998, Duch also became the founding chairman of the Competitiveness... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

Evidence from the Hospital Industry By: Dafny, Leemore S., Katherine Ho, and Robin S. Lee Abstract—We consider the effect of mergers between firms whose products are not viewed as direct substitutes for the same good or service but are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

successful firms, outline ten ways in which the managerial and innovative capabilities of Chinese firms differ from those of Western firms, and describe how multinationals doing business in China can become... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

firms in primary markets. We characterize two effects on primary market firms caused by intermediaries entering secondary markets: the "cannibalization" and "option value" effects.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global strategy. Places particular attention... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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