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  • 30 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

2017 Advances in Strategic Management Geography, Location, and Strategy By: Alcácer, Juan, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung, eds. Abstract—Changes in both technology View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog

is a research-based course. Our objective is to provide students with perspectives and insight into the eighth largest economy in the world. Although it is dominated by SMEs (companies with annual revenues... View Details
  • November 2007 (Revised December 2008)
  • Background Note

China Rising: An Economic Snapshot

"China Rising: An Economic Snapshot" provides readers with an overview of China's economic transformation, relying on economic data from a variety of sources. It is organized into three sections: (1) "The Big Picture" explores macroeconomic indicators, as well as those... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Local Range; Globalized Economies and Regions; Business and Government Relations; China
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  • 04 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

We’re in the middle of a Great Resignation. This past April, 2.7 percent of Americans quit their jobs, the highest rate on record. And according to a study by Microsoft, more than 40 percent of the global... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
  • 22 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

forthcoming Handbook of Structural Transformation Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—Multinationals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Growing Together

support have loosened." Through her research into how businesses and communities interact, Kanter is finding ways for the two to join forces as companies move into the global economy. In fact, she says,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 15 Apr 2020
  • Webinars: Career

Is Your Career Recession-Ready?

Dick Vietor, Baker Foundation Professor, and former Unit Head of Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE), and Lauren Murphy, Director, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD), address what's likely ahead in the global economy and how best to... View Details
  • 02 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS

were lofty, she found her ideal internship through an ordinary process: searching the HBS job portal. “I had been working with a career coach to look for a mission-focused health-related startup,” Yoonjin explains. “At BCG, my clients were really big: View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Technology
  • 20 Oct 2022
  • News

Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

Reinert studies the global histories of business, capitalism, and political economy from the Middle Ages to today’s emerging markets, focusing on international competition... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
  • Case

Private Capital and Public Policy: Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings business. Provides background on the history of credit ratings agencies, the meaning of credit ratings, the expansion of the sovereign ratings business over recent decades, and the market for credit ratings. Also,... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Finance; History; Policy; Business and Government Relations; International Finance; Country; Globalized Economies and Regions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Debates; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 27 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

independent. "Firestone's historical excellence and disastrous response to global competition and technological innovation," writes Sull, "posed a paradox for... View Details
Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation
  • 10 AM – 11 AM EDT, 26 Sep 2017
  • Webinars: Trending@HBS

Resilience in the Face of Risk

The definition of risk agility hearkens the survival and risk-taking instincts of the entrepreneur while establishing an organizational imperative of collective survival and organizational resilience. Amid this uncertainty, remaining passively on the sidelines of the... View Details
  • 04 Jan 2013
  • News

B-school curriculum is now covering legal, ethical issues too

  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • News

The Economic Crisis Will Shape New Leaders

  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

By: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine and Dean Karlan
In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Profit; Product Marketing; Standards; Failure; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Governmental Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; Europe
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  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53388 Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies By: Ferreira, Kris Johnson, Joel Goh, and Ehsan Valavi Abstract—Problem... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 18 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

Evolution and Resilience Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter explores the British experience in a volume which examines the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne