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- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
PublicationsLocal Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India Authors:Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen D. O'Connell Publication:Journal of Economic Geography Abstract We analyze the spatial determinants of female... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online
Evolution of Brand Meaning Over Time Extending Brands for Growth Brand Portfolio Strategy Extending a Brand Across Geographies Featured Exercises Discuss brand repositioning Assess the advantages and disadvantages linked with brand... View Details
- Web
Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Identify physical manifestations of climate change, learn how businesses assess and manage the risks and opportunities associated with climate stressors, and evaluate adaptation measures currently being pursued in different industries and View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
economic effects across geography and industry thanks to the Dun collection’s comprehensive holdings. 2. New York, vol. 216, p. 731, Ibid. Credit reports for women, who were not legally liable for their debts, always made mention of the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
- Supplement
Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply
By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Supply Chain; Global Strategy; Buildings and Facilities; Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Global Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy; China; United States; Germany
Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-009, September 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
- January 2013 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Pittsburgh
By: Eric Werker, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy and Andrew Knauer
The case narrates the development of Pittsburgh from the 1940s to 2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the... View Details
Keywords: Google; Population; City Growth; Shale; PNC; Tom Murphy; Luke Ravenstahl; Public-private Partnership; Tax Increment Financing; Brownfields; Renaissance; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; City; Business and Government Relations; Taxation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Pittsburgh
Werker, Eric, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy, and Andrew Knauer. "Pittsburgh." Harvard Business School Case 713-035, January 2013. (Revised October 2015.)
- October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel Gordon
As a global NGO working in 45 countries, ActionAid International aims to eradicate poverty by addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh—a... View Details
Keywords: Local Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Power and Influence; Johannesburg; London
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and Rachel Gordon. "ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability." Harvard Business School Case 311-004, October 2010. (Revised July 2013.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled
By: Mukti Khaire, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song and Shirley Spence
This case deals with supplier difficulties faced by WildChina—a travel service provider in China. WildChina is a classic case of a company that is trying to bring a local, within-country product to a market outside the country (in this case, travelers to China from... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Local Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Supply Chain Management; Conflict Management; Travel Industry; China
Khaire, Mukti, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song, and Shirley Spence. "WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled." Harvard Business School Case 811-019, September 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- February 2024
- Teaching Note
CityScore: Big Data Comes to Boston
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-050. In 2016, Mayor Marty Walsh of Boston introduced CityScore, a data dashboard that measured the city’s progress across a range of metrics. View Details
- February 2022
- Case
CityScore: Big Data Comes to Boston
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2016, Martin “Marty” Walsh, the Mayor of Boston, introduced CityScore, a data dashboard that measured the city’s progress across a range of metrics. The dashboard was updated daily and publicly available. The mayor frequently discussed the CityScore targets in... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Government Administration; Leadership; Transformation; City; Measurement and Metrics; Public Administration Industry; Boston; United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "CityScore: Big Data Comes to Boston." Harvard Business School Case 422-050, February 2022.
- February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Angela Acocella and Mayuka Yamazaki
An engineer and technology entrepreneur, Nobu Okada, had turned a mid-life crisis into a bold—some would say quixotic—quest to prevent a tragedy of the commons at the global scale. Namely, Okada believed the accumulation of debris in near-Earth orbital space posed a... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Global Range; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Economics; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, Angela Acocella, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons." Harvard Business School Case 716-037, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- June 2013
- Supplement
Studio Moderna - Sandi Cesko, CEO, Video Supplement
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for Studio Moderna - A Venture in Eastern Europe (HBS Case #808110). View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Entrepreneurial Organizations; International Entrepreneurship; International Expansion; Consumer Marketing; Consumer Goods; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Advertising; Internet; Marketing; General Management; Growth; Organizational Development; Television; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Marketing Channels; Media; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Retail Industry; Slovenia; Slovakia; Croatia; Macedonia; Bulgaria; Serbia and Montenegro; Poland; Hungary; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Czech Republic; Lithuania; Estonia; Albania; Romania; Central Asia
Sharpe, Jim. "Studio Moderna - Sandi Cesko, CEO, Video Supplement ." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-716, June 2013.
- 2011
- Working Paper
Why Fears about Municipal Credit Are Overblown
Highly publicized predictions of 50-100 municipal defaults have caused anxiety among municipal bond investors. While there is some chance that negative investor sentiment will lead to further spread widening, the probability of the kind of widespread default that would... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Bonds; Investment Return; City
Bergstresser, Daniel, and Randolph Cohen. "Why Fears about Municipal Credit Are Overblown." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-129, June 2011.
- March 2010
- Article
The Role of Independent Invention in U.S. Technological Development, 1880-1930
By: Tom Nicholas
Why did independent inventors account for over half of US patents by 1930 and more than three times the number granted to R&D firms? Using new data on patents and historical patent citations, I show that independents supplied high quality innovations to a... View Details
Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Urban Scope; Independent Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; United States
Nicholas, Tom. "The Role of Independent Invention in U.S. Technological Development, 1880-1930." Journal of Economic History 70, no. 1 (March 2010): 57–82.
- December 2020
- Article
Unwanted Attention: Swiss Multinationals and the Creation of International Corporate Guidelines in the 1970s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
During the last decade, we have seen an increased opposition to globalization. Within this wave of criticism, firms and more specifically multinational corporations have been major targets, accused of multiple wrongdoings, such as social dumping, fiscal evasion, job... View Details
Keywords: Multinationals; Guidelines; Lobbying; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Global Range; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Unwanted Attention: Swiss Multinationals and the Creation of International Corporate Guidelines in the 1970s." Special Issue on Multinational Corporations and the Politics of International Trade. Business and Politics 22, no. 4 (December 2020).
- Career Coach
Alejandro Maldonado
Alejandro (HBS '08) has spent most of his career in the areas of direct investing and strategy, with a recent focus on human capital leadership and development. He has had experience in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and in strategy consulting at Bain... View Details
- July 2000
- Article
Competition and Human Capital Accumulation: A Theory of Interregional Specialization and Trade
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and G. Saloner
Rotemberg, Julio J., and G. Saloner. "Competition and Human Capital Accumulation: A Theory of Interregional Specialization and Trade." Regional Science and Urban Economics 30, no. 4 (July 2000): 373–404.
- Article
The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity
By: Stelios Michalopoulos
This study explores the determinants of ethnolinguistic diversity within as well as across countries, shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries, and pairs of contiguous regions establishes that... View Details
Michalopoulos, Stelios. "The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity." American Economic Review 102, no. 4 (June 2012): 1508–1539.
- August–September 1995
- Article
Managing in Developing Countries: Challenges for the 21st Century
By: J. E. Austin
Austin, J. E. "Managing in Developing Countries: Challenges for the 21st Century." Asian Manager (August–September 1995).