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  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

primarily occurred for firms covered by financial analysts. Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Periodical:Industrial and... 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
  • 28 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

hour-long discussion driving around the city. Young Kapur had just joined the firm Ogilvy & Mather after a brief stint at Citibank, where he’d decided he needed a more creative career. His conversation with Ogilvy confirmed that he’d... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Cantel Medical." Harvard Business School Case 717-482, March 2017.
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

entrepreneurs have to make tough choices all the time. Andrea C. Silbert (MBA '92), founder and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Women & Enterprise, advised, "Don't go with your gut without doing analysis." In contrast, Roxanne Quimby, founder, president, and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

safe and from a large supply of investors who view them as such. Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals Authors:Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:American Economic Journal:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

effects, we look within multinational firms and show that higher levels of bilateral trust between the multinational's country of origin and subsidiary's country of location increases decentralization, even... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Mercado Libre: The Best Is Yet to Come

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Fernando Fragueiro, Carla Larangeira and Mariana Cal
In 2024, Marcos Galperín, CEO and co-founder of Mercado Libre, reflected on its 25-year rise as Latin America’s largest marketplace, fintech leader, and most valuable public company. With operations spanning 18 countries and a robust ecosystem combining e-commerce,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Recruitment; Compensation and Benefits; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; E-commerce; Emerging Markets; Distribution; Logistics; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Business Strategy; Competition; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; Retail Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Brazil; Argentina
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Palepu, Krishna G., Fernando Fragueiro, Carla Larangeira, and Mariana Cal. "Mercado Libre: The Best Is Yet to Come." Harvard Business School Case 325-065, January 2025. (Revised April 2025.)
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

U.S. inventors can be refined down to the 1992 Chinese share of IBM's inventors in Silicon Valley working in semiconductors. This exceptional detail, especially within individual firms and schools, allows us to answer many more questions... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology
  • 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
  • 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
  • 10 Jun 2014
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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 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

In 2007, Sony Pictures became the first multinational studio to enter the India film business known as Bollywood with its $7 million film Saawariya. The movie grossed only $9 million. That same year, Walt Disney Pictures collaborated with... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

the firm and MIS research to argue that some types of information technology (IT) will be deployed only within hierarchical governance structures. This argument introduces a contingency into the 'electronic markets hypothesis,' which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

system of multinational megafarms won't be enough—the hope for the future lies not in mass production, but in production by the masses. And that's where Nigeria comes in. With only 40 percent of its arable land currently used by farmers,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

institutions. It explores as well new efforts to understand the micro mechanisms and channels by which host countries can benefit from multinational activity, within and between firm productivity increases.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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