Global Business Cycle - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

likely to continue due to privatization, deregulation, and globalization. “In an increasingly global business environment, achieving minimum efficient scale in production requires massive capital... View Details

15 Feb 2011
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The Yella Fella Rides Again

Keywords: Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2017
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Promoting a Deeper Understanding

internationally focused, and through field courses, students gain exposure to global business practices. “As the School entered its second century, there was a recognition that View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Books

globalization in the transition from socialism to capitalism. Renewing Unilever Transformation and Tradition by Geoffrey Jones (Oxford University Press) Professor Jones, a business historian, looks at... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
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East to West

associates Chisato Toyama (MBA ’99) and Kim Eric Bettcher. As head of the first-year required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability, Paine notes that she often looks for opportunities to bring a global perspective to the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Sep 2012
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Markets’ Moral Limits

Economics has lately “wandered” from its traditional study of phenomena such as business cycles and is now about commoditization, incentives, and “principles by which people make decisions,” declared Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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India Research Center: Connecting HBS to South Asia

Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the fastest-growing major economy within two years, HBS’s presence in this dynamic South Asian country has become... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

Fiscal year 2007 “proved to be an excellent financial and operational year for Harvard Business School,” declared CFO Richard Melnick (MBA ’92) in the School’s newly released annual report. He cited continued growth in the View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

HBS established the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) to serve as a research-based platform that brings together a community of scholars, students, alumni, and other practitioners... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts

this work,” says Roberts, “and nine out of ten will describe turning over logs and discovering things when they were little.” Four decades later, he’s still discovering nature, but on a global scale. Since his appointment in February 2005... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Mar 2019
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In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

Danijela Surgeon & Unofficial Family Mediator “Why are we not selling? I’m confused.” “This family would fall apart without me here.” From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: The World Economic Forum estimates that family businesses account... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2014
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A game-changer for migrant students

whose young lives were spent as migrant farm workers. Although Curiel was able to go to college, a basic education for children who live by the cycle of fruit harvests is often out of reach. The nonprofit helps migrant students prepare... View Details

15 Nov 2016
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Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets,... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Comeback Trail

during economic recovery—and three pieces of advice for today’s leaders Wide Angle Professor Debora Spar on Roosevelt’s reforms—and how the pandemic might impact globalization and the future of higher education View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Hollywood Squared

In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (September 4, 2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton (MBA ’87) declared that from his perspective “the global economy in general — and the entertainment View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Derek Bouchard-Hall (MBA 2004)

end of my career: knowing when to stop. I knew that the later in life I pushed embarking on a new career, the more difficult it would be. HBS seemed like an exciting place to make that transition. I didn’t know exactly what I would do after HBS. I was very interested... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Scott Clark

01 Feb 2002
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Top Ten Cases: Research from Around The World

Computers and e-commerce, cars and corporate titans — these themes are at the core of Harvard Business School Publishing’s latest compilation of best-selling cases. Written wholly or in part by current or former members of the HBS... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

Jeff Balash (MBA '73/74) was one of the eighty graduates who returned to HBS for the program. photo by Justin Knight Rapid changes in technology and the shifting realities of the global marketplace make lifelong learning a necessity for... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

01 Mar 2010
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Analyze This

classrooms had very few students from abroad when he started teaching in 1969. But as business became more global, so too did the HBS student population. Today, among the 937 students in the Class of 2011, 36 percent hold non-U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit

apps allow, the team discovered a way to guide people through behavior changes with results that stick. Individuals using Gain Life’s weight loss apps achieve results that double the one-year benchmark for other methods, Eldridge says. The startup has built a nice book... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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