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- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
a lot of attention, but we're not seeing mobile as a big employer yet," Deighton says. "We think mobile will be a very big part of the [employment] growth in the years ahead with the transmission of medical data, location data,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
enact the scenario exercise themselves, devising their own scenarios, and deciding whether the LEGO Group should build a factory in an Asian location in the next five to seven years. In order to facilitate a discussion about the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
across space and over time, several patterns are documented. Conflict-related deaths are significantly higher in poorer districts and in geographical locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests; a 10-percentage point... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Uber: Competing Globally
By: Alexander J. MacKay
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia
- 2018
- Working Paper
It is Easy to be Brave From a Safe Distance: Proximity to the SEC and Insider Trading
By: Trung Nguyen and Quoc H. Nguyen
We use hand-collected data from SEC’s litigation releases for insider trading violations to examine the effect of geographic distance on its enforcement activities and insider trading activities. First, we find that the SEC is more likely to investigate companies that... View Details
Keywords: SEC; Enforcement; Financial Misconduct; Insider Trading; Geographic Proximity; Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Geographic Location; Finance; Crime and Corruption
Nguyen, Trung, and Quoc H. Nguyen. "It is Easy to be Brave From a Safe Distance: Proximity to the SEC and Insider Trading." Working Paper.
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
impression of quietude is partly due to the fact that all shipping and receiving takes place at a centralized location on the periphery of campus. From that location, all incoming and outgoing goods (including food and trash) are... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
and closed the previous day, in order to show that government was actively responding to requests. In the second condition, they included pins on a map showing the location of these issues; when users clicked on a pin, a window opened... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
Learning Effects of Monitoring by Dennis Campbell and Francisco de Asís Martinez-Jerez of HBS and Marc Epstein of Rice University, are the result of an extensive study of the culture and management style at six hotels in the MGM-Mirage group, a large gaming concern... View Details
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
assets, something that has gone on for centuries? Is it better to have the available money, regardless of origin, invested in assets located in free market democracies than somewhere else? Will this help insure the world's long-run... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
to all but guess inventory levels and locations across the supply chain at any point in time. This is because there is no agreement on something as simple as how a part number is defined or how inventory queries can be made through a... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
Japanese managers in foreign locations engaged in nemawashi and ringi by intensive telephone contact and frequent exchanges of visits between headquarters in Japan and the overseas units. View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
replicate CIMIT at other locations around the globe. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608036 Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A) Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
organizations, there should be fewer layoffs and product delays. While declining demand will remain challenging for everyone, social distancing can be achieved because disperse teams can build and distribute software from remote locations... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
example, how will a would-be entrepreneur know about the prices of various cash crops that might replace otherwise tried-and-true opium production? How can would-be investors, even in a small-scale enterprise, locate suitable talent for... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
locations and introductions to potential customers. A useful analogy comes from the Welfare-to-Work Partnership, a private initiative of large employers stimulated by the White House after the passage of the welfare reform bill in 1996.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
to their concerns by making superficial policy changes. Companies struggling to recruit millennials should consider GE’s example of bold action and completely rethink the packages they are offering to attract young talent. Certainly an urban View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- April 1997
- Case
ABB Germany
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Describes Europe's most famous postwar multinational merger between Asea of Sweden and Brown Boveri of Switzerland. Gives background on both companies and focuses particularly on BBC's geographic organization, its corporate culture, and the relationship between its... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Geographic Location; Rank and Position; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sweden; Switzerland; Germany
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Germany." Harvard Business School Case 397-096, April 1997.
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
"open fare" system; and Panera Bread runs four nonprofit "Panera Cares" locations with PWYW pricing. Oftentimes, businesses use the strategy as a promotion to get new customers, sometimes with a social tie-in for extra... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
advertising of marijuana, retail storefronts in Denver, Vail, and other ski towns have become the marketing battleground—featuring attractive sales staff in quality retail spaces in prime locations for foot traffic, all of which drives up... View Details