Multinational Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

knowledge inflows into the multinational subsidiary, the literature is rooted in how subsidiaries inherit knowledge from the headquarters (HQ). In this paper we take the first step to liberate the construct of “subsidiary knowledge... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

2008). He is a past editor of the Academy of Management Review and co-founding editor of the Academy of Management Annals. Art now co-edits Research in Organizational Behavior. He is a Fellow of the Academy... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

manage them properly. This frenetic activity was more than a game of corporate musical chairs. More fundamentally, it was a story of a search for identity by an industry whose borders were still unclear. It was also a search for the right... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

toy manufacturer), they both embraced the concepts and tools of Enterprise Risk Management. Over a number of years, at both firms, risk management transformed from a collection of "off-the-shelf" acquired tools and practices... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2016
Case

IC Group A/S

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on... View Details

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18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

the firm to shift from a "product and waste" mentality to a "product and product" mentality, and thereby actively manage the quantities of both products to maximize profit. Conditions in the two markets determine... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

2019 HarperBusiness The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power By: Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie Abstract—The Business of Platforms explores the strategic, economic, and technology View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
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General Electric Healthcare, 2006

By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe

In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Cost vs Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Machinery and Machining; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Product Design; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Value Creation; Business Subsidiaries; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

speculate about the potential of the World Wide Web. There was definitely no roadmap for harnessing a disparate community of Beanie Baby collectors into a multinational Fortune 500 company. “We just had to figure it out to the best of our... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

buyout market: RLBOs performed strongly in the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, and the 2000s. Large RLBOs that are backed by private equity firms with more capital under management perform better. We also find the so-called quick flips—when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

business. These essential insights for enduring and optimizing the middle miles will outfit managers to find their way through the messy middle of any bold project or new venture. Denial: How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

Issue Focus: The Global Manager GETTING ORIENTED: On his first evening in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan Dolezal (HBS 2013) and his FIELD 2 team explored the city's bustling waterfront. Photo courtesy Jan Dolezal Learn about hosting FIELD2... View Details

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

14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

of investing at home than those where external managers are involved. At the same time, SWFs with external managers tend to invest in lower P/E industries, which see an increase in the P/E ratios in the year... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He cites a confluence of factors... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

important and contentious subjects where intellectual breakthroughs are possible. 1. Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is an area in which business historians have made important contributions, but in which most of the recent conceptual work has been done by... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

other's beliefs about demand. Thus, in this paper's setting, improved communication can induce alignment even if no economic incentives are changed. While consistent with the predominant view in organizational behavior (OB), this is a fundamental departure from the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

specifically. Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is making tough calls, and the hardest... View Details

November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
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The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004

By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock

In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details