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  • January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Japan's Automakers Face Endaka

By: Debora L. Spar
In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

World By: Ahmed, Faisal Z., and Eric D. Werker Abstract—The conflict following the Arab Spring is not the first wave of civil war in the Muslim world in recent time. From the mid-1980s to the end of the century, an average of one in 10... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen
  • Research Summary

The Panama Canal

The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy.  It makes three general arguments.  First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details

  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-101.pdf Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers produced by two types of public firms-those with publicly View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
  • 23 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

1949. It had endured eight years of war with Japan, followed closely by another four years of civil war. But was it in need of an economic revolution? “The broad indictment of the pre-revolutionary economy is simply not sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
  • Research Summary

Great Negotiator Study Initiative

By: James K. Sebenius

What can be legitimately be learned from closely studying great negotiators at work? Since 2000, the Program on Negotiation (PON)—an active inter-university consortium mainly comprised of numerous faculty from across... View Details

  • January 2004
  • Article

Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We examine the diffusion of more than twenty technologies across twenty-three of the world's leading industrial economies. Our evidence covers major technology classes such as textile production, steel manufacture, communications, information technology,... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Development Economics; Human Capital; Government and Politics; Trade; Production; Information Technology; Steel Industry; Communications Industry
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  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 07 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr Abstract We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

photography Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential Influence: High 40 1940 19 Planes and ships built in less than a day for the war effort Atomic bomb ENIAC computer Penicillin used extensively to treat soldiers'... View Details
  • Web

Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

and their establishment becomes Lehman Brothers. 1858 Lehman Brothers transitions into the cotton commodity business and opens a branch in New York City. 1861-1865 The Civil War causes devastation to the Southern economy and cotton trade.... View Details
  • 04 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 4

Biases By: Zhang, Ting, and Max Bazerman Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.sagepub.com/refbooks/Book235986   Working Papers Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy By: Alfaro, Laura,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

based on a large panel dataset of countries between 1950 and 2014. We instrument actual trade with predicted trade constructed by estimating a time-varying gravity equation similar to Feyrer (2009). We find... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

that US companies have disproportionately borne the brunt of the increased tariffs on China, as the ongoing trade war nears the two-year mark. “The situation may get more pressing for some of these companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Teixeira%20et%20al%20(2014)%20Television%20Advertising%20and%20Online%20Shopping_7d5c54e1-fd1b-4dcc-bd41-06e2978d4f23.pdf   Working Papers The Air War versus The Ground Game: An Analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

retail trading areas. We hypothesize two effects, cannibalization and complementarity, and conjecture that the magnitude of these effects may change over time and may differ between the catalog and online channels. We find that opening... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace