Global Understanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions uninsured, we in the United States are understandably preoccupied... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2015
News

Sharing Knowledge of Innovation in India

India is experiencing is phenomenal,” he adds. “Massive innovation is happening, and entrepreneurship is critical to the process.” An engineer by training, Tewari says that HBS “played a huge role in shaping who I am today. The School enabled me to think View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Q&A - Mark Fields

attention to what’s said, not just for the literal translation but to understand the real meaning of what people are communicating. Another thing I’ve realized is that we’re very good in the West at minimizing the process of molding... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

22 Aug 2019
News

Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.” Today, Sulyman is carrying out that vision as vice president of... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

understand business in Africa. In November, the ARC expanded its coverage on the continent with the hiring of Wale Lawal, a senior researcher who will be based in Lagos. Professor Tsedal Neeley spoke about the View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

spiritual pursuit so much as it is a $16 billion global brand, with a number of HBS alumni involved in that transformation. Once limited to the devotees of a handful of swamis and gurus who introduced the practice to the West in waves... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

15 Dec 2024
News

On The Case

Professor Linda Hill first met Tom Mihaljevic (GMP 15, 2013) when he came to campus to participate in a fireside chat that Hill unexpectedly wound up facilitating. At that time, he was the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and the pair found they had a lot to talk... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2005
News

Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

enter less financially rewarding fields can apply for a variety of loan-assistance and fellowship programs. Global Research The Global Initiative, headquartered in Greenhill House, helps faculty develop... View Details

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

25 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

and on future restructurings in general. In the current global environment, where trouble in emerging market economies is setting off worldwide alarms and stock market unease, is Argentina setting precedents that will make it grueling, if... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro

01 Sep 2020
News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

of goods and people—which has been increasing since World War II. We’ve seen a cultural backlash against globalization—against large numbers of immigrants—but perhaps even more important to the rise of populism is the counteroffensive against economic change. View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2012
News

Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

order to build and grow teams that they understand and can help motivate over time to deliver.” Now back in Dearborn, Michigan, Fields works with what’s become an emerging and increasingly high-profile issue for View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

you tell us about the fruits of your collective labors now that you have all returned? A: We're excited about the projects underway under the umbrella of both the Harvard University South Asia Initiative and the Harvard School of Public Health's View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

01 Jun 2018
News

The Importance of Philanthropy

classroom—real-world cases and problem solving, active learning, and peer engagement—to a worldwide audience, numbering more than 25,000 learners to date. 48% of new field cases published in FY17 are globally oriented. 48% of new field... View Details

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

economics, primarily in the understanding of foreign aid, is also one of the few economists who studies issues of humanitarian and emergency assistance. One of his papers, on a refugee camp economy, has been accepted by the Journal of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

A better understanding of these deeper relationships is the most important outcome of this work. Q: Your data shows the ethnic composition of U.S. scientists and engineers undergoing a significant transformation, with contributions of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

Most managers understand at some level the wisdom of the adage, "It's not what you know; it's who you know." Indeed, building the right professional relationships is critical for business success. In China, relationships are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

approaching things," speculates Marquis. "Our assumption is that this will then have an influence on the local company. Having all of those influences somehow breaks down the effect." As companies put more of a focus on CSR, understanding... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Feb 2002
News

Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story

in organizations. Can you offer an example? Sony's role in Japan's path to global conquest is probably the best example. In the wake of the devastation following World War II, Sony acquired from Bell Laboratories one of the first licenses... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

for this ... saying that I am selling out our interest. You know, I'm an economist, not a photographer. I understand perfectly well what interest is. Interest is subject to accounting." Nationalists, in stark contrast, never think... View Details