Filter Results:
(1,467)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,774)
- People (11)
- News (1,365)
- Research (1,467)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (17)
- Faculty Publications (495)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,774)
- People (11)
- News (1,365)
- Research (1,467)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (17)
- Faculty Publications (495)
Sort by
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
senior researcher in the Global Research Group who has been working recently with a number of faculty members to develop Asian-based cases for the School's curriculum. "There's one Chinese company, for example, that has established... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
When working professionals were shifting to home offices a year ago as COVID-19 was spreading, comedians and pundits predicted that people would no longer need bras and pants that aren’t stretchy. Instead customers would make room for... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
birth was estimated at $190,800–$456,300. The percentage of HOM gestations among all ART pregnancies decreased from 11.4% in 1997 to 2.0% in 2012, with the sharpest year-over-year decline of 20.3% occurring in the year following the... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
What is the history of the Great American Business Leaders database? A: The Leadership Initiative rests on three avenues of research—legacy leadership, emerging leadership, and global leadership. The Great American Business Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
collaborator John U. Farley have studied the impact of corporate culture and national culture on global marketing strategy. A few years ago they looked at the role played by these key organizational factors... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
polish in western China, and through a succession of acquisitions, it is now the 234th-largest company in the world. ChemChina recently spent $43 billion to acquire the Swiss seed giant Syngenta, which would have been unthinkable a few View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
skillful negotiators can effectively manage both incentives and penalties. Publisher's link: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/24/like_a_boss_nuclear_talks_iran Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
joined this train of thought as he commented, “A new economy has not arrived, if we define it as one that will sustain humanity on the planet for eternity ” The reasons it has not arrived are many, he continued. “(Unsustainable) global... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
multicultural global contexts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-127.pdf The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization Authors: Michael C. Jensen Abstract I argue here that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
average, countries have adopted technologies 47 years after their invention. There is substantial variation across technologies and countries. Over the past two centuries, newer technologies have been adopted faster than old ones. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
Working PapersCompetition in Modular Clusters Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard Abstract The last twenty years have witnessed the rise of disaggregated "clusters," "networks," or "ecosystems"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199694945.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199694945-e-026 September 2014 Journal of Financial Economics The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
at the top than business acumen and "soft" leadership skills do. Members of senior management now have more in common with their peers than with the people they manage. To thrive at the C-level, you must be a strong communicator, a collaborator, and a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global engineering firm Siemens, the automaker VW, and the chemical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
Harvard Business School Case 206-116 Inverness Medical Innovations—Born Global Harvard Business School Case 806-177 More information and purchase: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806177 King Arthur Flour... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
a mix of both. Wherever clubs fall on this spectrum, having a strategy that recognizes the global importance of stars is critical to long-lasting financial success. August 2013 Journal of Finance A Comparative-Advantage Approach to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
Lauder Companies with global packaging as a key responsibility, Caracappa had to assess a recent proposal he had received from a small French company that had patented a packaging innovation. The innovation could save the Estée Lauder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
recently filed for an additional $2.1 billion. And according to various analysts, Uber is on track for an estimated valuation north of $60 billion. To say the least, the company can afford lots of lawyers to fight its global legal... View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
observations to analyze problems facing the United States in recent years and to create an agenda for renewing American strengths through returning to core American principles—but in new ways suitable to 21st century conditions. On the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
Summing Up According to the immediate and numerous responses to questions raised concerning the impact of the tragic events of September 11 on "business as usual," the consensus is that our lives have been changed, whether at a global, national,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett