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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

By: Valeria Giacomin
Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
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  • October 1999 (Revised October 2000)
  • Case

Coca-Cola Company (A), The

By: David F. Hawkins
In order to fully appreciate Coca-Cola's profitability, financial risk, and operating risk, Jane Wilson, a security analyst, is considering preparing a consolidated financial statement for Coca-Cola analyzing Coca-Cola Enterprises as a fully consolidated entity. View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Statements; Business Earnings; History; Private Sector; Business Units; Consolidation; Organizations; Operations; Private Ownership; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Fall 2017 Business History Review The Alternative Business History: Business in Emerging Markets By: Austin, Gareth, Carlos Davila, and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This article suggests that the business history... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio
There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Cost of Capital; Revenue; Sovereign Finance; Goods and Commodities; Taxation; Business History; Risk and Uncertainty; Brazil
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  • July 2005 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler
Jesse Holman Jones is regarded as one of the most influential men in reviving the American economy from the Great Depression. With only an 8th grade education, he rose to the top of the banking, real estate, and lumber industries, as well as the upper echelons of... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Business History; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence
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  • January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Multinationals as Engines of Growth?

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Growth and Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Iran; United States; Malaysia; Japan
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  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

competition, and offering resilience for economic downturns. "Any governance system is going to have to achieve these kinds of things," said Froot, noting that ineffective governance may have contributed to the demise of certain dot-coms... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management
  • 23 Apr 2018
  • News

Tim Keller, Heavy Metal Mayor

a sold-out Anthrax concert and grabbed the mic. Tim Keller, the mayor of this city of 560,000 still struggling to emerge from a long economic slump, left some in the audience with jaws agape when he shouted above the shredding of Scott... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

in State-Controlled Firms By: Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Faculty Books

achieve sustained high commitment and high performance. Basing his approach on leaders who have the right values, Beer shows how to build a complete system that will spell business success no matter how challenging the economic climate.... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Ginger Jin, of the Maryland Center for Economics and Policy, is just one example. They invited regulatory officials from several leading federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2011
  • Chapter

Asset Allocation by Institutional Investors after the Recent Financial Crisis

By: Robert C. Pozen, Betsy Palmer and Natalie Shapiro
Keywords: History; Assets; Resource Allocation; Investment Portfolio; Financial Crisis
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  • 08 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

Episcopalian or Presbyterian) men from the industrialized centers of the Northeast had the greatest advantages and opportunities for reaching the pinnacle of success in business in the early decades of the twentieth century. Being the "right" type of person... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2012 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Egypt: Turbulence, and Transition?

By: Diego Comin, Mohamed Heikal and Adam Said
The case goes over the evolution of politics and institutions in Egypt over the last 50 years. The case provides new insights on the reasons for violent political transitions and also explores the effects of political instability on productivity and competitiveness. View Details
Keywords: Institutional Change; Military; Competitiveness; Democracy; Revolution; Productivity; History; Transition; Economic Systems; Competition; War; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Government and Politics; Volatility; Egypt
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  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Climate Change

On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the Climate Summit. In the spirit of Climate Week, we present insights from members of the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Drive-In Nation

emotional and intellectual, not just financial. This is a big deal.” With the auto industry’s problems, globalization’s “creative destruction” is evident as never before to many Americans, as is the fear that the country may no longer be able to sustain an View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
  • 15 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

effect should be scrutinized under deal protection doctrine, even if these agreements have a colorable business purpose as well. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51576 Emerging Markets and the Future of Business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Ruth Cenat

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? Learning about history is exciting to me—how business, political, and social leaders were able to make tough decisions in uncertain situations that have made an impact for... View Details
Keywords: CPG; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Trade Off

What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more View Details