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- 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
Comin, Diego, and Bart Hobijn. "Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts." Journal of Monetary Economics (January 2004).
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
War I, the management of political risk became a central concern for firms operating internationally. These risks were on many levels, from expropriation to exchange controls and other economic policies. The View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
entrepreneurship. Added to that is the issue of high crime rates and political volatility in some countries. Says Azuela, "In our hearts, we want to go back, but in our minds and in reality, sometimes it's... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
manufacturing capabilities. Thompson: You talk about China having a national strategy for economic development. Does the United States need one? Shih: One of the issues in developing a national economic strategy has been confusion with... View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, by Warren Bennis and Noel Tichy warrants attention if for no other reason than the range of experiences that they bring to the topic. The event coincides with an issue that has arisen in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
appeal only “to the madness of the crowd,” letting complex issues such as energy independence go unresolved. “Between their corruption, their stupidity, and their playing to the crowds,” our political... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
especially timely, coming as they did on the heels of a failed EU budget summit in Brussels and the French and Dutch “no” votes on the proposed EU constitution. For those in the audience not well-versed in European politics and economics,... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
media content. Raises issues of how technology interacts with creative processes and outcome possibilities, and also invites discussion of strategic and organizational questions raised by the very different business models of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
take-chance, inspiring leadership. In boom times when it's 'expand at all costs'--pick the American style. At other times the more deliberate, consultative European approach is your ally. Maybe this is why we are hearing more from the Europeans these days." Jose... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
of career-life tradeoffs, Badaracco said. "This is where we really get into these issues of accountability. And the second big test of moral leadership is not what kind of character you have or what your values are ... [but] is the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- February 2019
- Article
The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Do Yoon Kim
Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors in cross-border transfer of knowledge previously locked within the cultural context of their home regions.... View Details
Keywords: Skilled Migration; Ethnic Migration; First-generation Migrant; Cultural Context; Knowledge Flows; Knowledge Reuse; Knowledge Recombination; Recombinant Creation; H1B Visas; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Dissemination; Immigration; Ethnicity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim. "The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 2 (February 2019): 203–229.
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
education, not for use as a political weapon. The board conditionally agreed to end the disputed investments. The result: With investments constricted over a number of years, the fund experienced a $3 million performance shortfall, which... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
trouble if they don't go well. Perhaps the brand with the most to gain—or lose—is Mother Russia, which paid a record $51 billion to host the Games, and has a rare opportunity to show it has shaken off its economic and political doldrums... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
have a big impact on the economy, says Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna in his new book, Political Standards. With a small pool of qualified experts who set the standards—experts who often have a commercial stake in the outcome—and... View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program? A Q&A with Bill Anderson, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Why is Harvard launching this program now? The advances in biotechnology over the past decade have been astounding. These new innovations have led to new therapeutics that will involve social, business, and political implications.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
how interdependent we all are. Women must play an integral role in all the world's issues or else humanity's challenges will never be solved. I came to realize that our potential is learned; what we hear and see forms what we think is... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
expose these fallacious attitudes in order, they write, "to encourage citizens to adopt a new way of thinking about political issues that will inspire them to work for positive social change." "Thinking and... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020. (Revised April 2022.)