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  • Research Summary

Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

By: Laura Alfaro
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details
  • April 2019
  • Article

Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

By: Laura Alfaro, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor and Paola Conconi
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details
Keywords: Global Value Chains; Sequential Production; Incomplete Contracts; Demand and Consumers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Globalization
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

By: Laura Alfaro, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor and Paola Conconi
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details
Keywords: Global Value Chains; Sequential Production; Incomplete Contracts; Demand and Consumers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Globalization
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  • April 2005 (Revised September 2005)
  • Case

Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision

By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the largest entertainment retailers in Argentina. Just four days before the planned closing of the sale, Pegasus' 50%... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Music Entertainment; Investment; Business or Company Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Argentina
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    P.F. Chang's

    Excited yet apprehensive after being named CEO of P.F. Chang's beginning July 1st, 2020, Damola Adamolekun was well aware of the extraordinary challenges facing the firm. The closure of businesses deemed "nonessential" owing to the COVID-19 pandemic had... View Details
    • 25 Apr 2023
    • Op-Ed

    How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

    late 1970s, when China ramped up its manufacturing production and began to open its economy to the world, its small and mid-sized factories struggled to gain access to the large consumer markets of the United States and Europe. American... View Details
    Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
    • 12 Oct 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Crashes and Collateralized Lending

    Keywords: by Jakub W. Jurek & Erik Stafford; Banking; Financial Services

      The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

      What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? In this short book, I address how we can rekindle the fading light of democratic capitalism as... View Details

      • 2015
      • Working Paper

      Moving to the Adjacent Possible: Discovering Paths for Export Diversification in Rwanda

      By: Ricardo Hausmann and Jasmina Chauvin
      How can Rwanda, which currently has one of the lowest levels of income and exports per capita in the world, grow and diversify its economy in presence of significant constraints? We analyze Rwanda's historical growth and trade performance and find that Rwanda's high... View Details
      Keywords: Export Diversification; Industrialization; Economic Complexity; International Trade; Rwanda; Diversification; Trade; Transportation; Developing Countries and Economies; Rwanda
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      • 18 Apr 2018
      • First Look

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

      investigated how an organization’s heightened focus on political ideology impacts employees. We address this gap by exploring how an individual’s political ideological misfit with View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 06 Nov 2008
      • Op-Ed

      Selling Out The American Dream

      been hijacked in countless political speeches from an embodiment of America's core values into a crass appeal to materialism and easy gratification. Right-wing politicians touting the American Dream consistently advocate lower taxes. The... View Details
      Keywords: by John Quelch
      • Web

      Lifelong Learning - Alumni

      other subject experts addressing timely topics on business and society, recorded live in Klarman Hall. Includes presentations from recent conferences, reunions and other events. Career Coaching for You, for Free An HBS career coach can... View Details
      • Web

      Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

      Cessna Aircraft Company, 1936–1975 James C. Wallace American Ship Building Company, 1904–1913 Henry G. Walter, Jr. International Flavors & Fragrances, 1962–1985 Samuel M. Walton Wal-Mart Corporation, 1962–1988 John Wanamaker John Wanamaker and Company, 1875–1922 View Details
      • 28 May 2024
      • In Practice

      Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

      New graduates entering the job market will face a very different landscape from even a year ago, with a murky economy and potentially more limited career prospects. Though unemployment figures in the US remain near historically low... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 11 Apr 2024
      • In Practice

      Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

      students graduating from US schools who need a work visa). What about refugees, who are becoming more common globally? Research finds that refugees assimilate at an even faster rate into the economy and the... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • Web

      Managing the Future of Work

      Managing the challenges posed by the changing nature of work Managing the challenges posed by the changing nature of work Multiple forces of change – demographics, technology, automation, globalization – are coming together at an... View Details
      • 2010
      • Casebook

      Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

      By: Laura Alfaro
      All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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      • 03 Oct 2023
      • HBS Case

      Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

      The pattern has become painfully predictable in recent years: As the economy shows signs of a slowdown, companies hand out layoff notices to stabilize profitability and calm investor fears. That cycle seems to be in place in the... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing
      • 29 Mar 2016
      • First Look

      March 29, 2016

      2016 Boston: Cengage Learning Management: An Integrated Approach By: Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony Mayo, and Nitin Nohria Abstract—The goal of Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd ed., is to prepare students... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 10 Jul 2007
      • What Do You Think?

      How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

      Summing Up Summarizing this month's rich stew of comments regarding leadership is a hazardous task. The subject is far too complex for four paragraphs. So please bear with me. The strongest messages I received were that if leadership involves control, it is only over... View Details
      Keywords: by Jim Heskett