international deal - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

international competition. That was a sign that the US was not doing well in businesses that have to compete internationally. The data also showed what many had known—that wages started stagnating well over a decade ago. The participation... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

ambitious, alumni-led space program gets off the ground An Alumni Club for the Cosmos But sending a rocket into space and landing it back on Earth wasn’t just an important internal milestone for Blue Origin or a memorable life experience... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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Past Issues - Alumni

productive work environments. Complete Table of Contents December 2007 Lighten Up How two East Coast HBS alums went West to launch a radical, lightweight outdoor gear business and struck an innovative deal with an industry heavyweight.... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

free license plates—no small inducement when plates for internal combustion vehicles are awarded by lottery in cities like Shanghai and Beijing, and can fetch more than $14,000. But government largesse has its limits. China has already... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

from multiple sources and individual level survey data collected as part of the International Social Survey Programme in 2002 and 2012 from nationally representative samples of men and women in 24 countries in North and South America,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms. Second, conglomerates' access to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

understands that it would have been a hard transition for Azrah, if she had not formed her own friendships within his section. For John, it was important that “partners are a package deal at HBS” in reference to involving and including... View Details

16 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 16

an important driver of solo deal outcomes. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2159229 September 2014 Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

being called out. There was a randomness and arbitrariness to it that was disorienting. Similarly, companies with significant international operations would find themselves suddenly disrupted. Companies were concerned about being caught... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

internal culture. It becomes every person for himself,” says Kanter. Kanter says it was certainly time for Kalanick to go—and she’s hoping the company’s brash way of doing business falls away with him. She believes Uber is suffering from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

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Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

photographers of the Farm Security Administration 1935-1936 depict the life of migrant famers and sharecroppers affected by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The Farm Security Administration, and its predecessor the Resettlement Administration were government... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship

those students whose perspectives could take a case discussion to the next level. Andreas was fascinated with management theories and brought a great deal of enthusiasm to the classroom." After completing the AMP, Andresen faced the... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

The View from the Pit

experience. "When I was here, a lot more people came straight from college. They were book smart but not very seasoned. Today's students have a better understanding of business issues, and their experience adds a great deal to classroom... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2013
News

Who Are We?

with the Japanese," says M. James Kondo (MBA 1997), Twitter's managing director, East Asia, explaining the social-media company's popularity in Japan. "Japanese was the first non-English language that Twitter supported—we now support over 30 languages—and Tokyo was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

about the relationships you foster within an organization. At the end of the case, the individual had not fostered his internal relationships well (not enough blue lines) and was fired from his job. At the time, I thought this was... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

In the not-too-distant past, many companies secured competitive advantage by investing heavily in internal R&D. Company engineers and scientists built value from the ground up, and protected their intellectual property like lions... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

intones, "How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that's coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it's intuitive, but it's also systematic." Those two qualities—systematic... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

01 Mar 2008
News

Classroom Legend

Christensen rhetorically intones, “How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that’s coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it’s intuitive, but it’s also systematic.” Those two qualities —... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

issue of the Journal of International Business Studies. We asked Chua to discuss his research into professional networks and the differences between American and Chinese managers. Q: How did you go about studying American and Chinese... View Details