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- April 4, 2009
- Article
The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?
By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias
The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details
Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations
Musacchio, Aldo, and Francisco Flores-Macias. "The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?" Harvard International Review (website) (April 4, 2009).
- 14 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association
awareness of religious and cultural observances from around the world to support future planning of the HBS calendar. External connections: Beyond campus borders, we are looking forward to partnering with a wide range of organizations to... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
“many of our existing leaders have not had the experience of not being included in their companies’ cultures because of factors related to their race or gender.” That observation probably applies to many in the lower ranks of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Payout Policy
- 28 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Channels of Influence
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
says—as important as that is. Beyond that, by examining companies that are tackling these problems, great cases can help leaders devise workable solutions that they can replicate. “Good case writers are like clinicians,” Bower explains. They can View Details
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
we're not involved with, so it's an idea that is catching on. Actually, the idea is pretty old, but the first kidney exchanges were in this century. The point is, we started off observing that kidney exchange wasn't repugnant because... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure Financial Constraints?
- 22 May 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture
- 23 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms
- June 2021
- Technical Note
SPAC Space
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248... View Details
Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "SPAC Space." Harvard Business School Technical Note 721-456, June 2021.
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Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon
Schumpeter's conjecture that large monopolistic firms were the key source of innovation in modern industrial economies has been the underpinning for much work on the topic of innovation. In this review paper we consciously move beyond the Schumpeterian tradition of... View Details
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Vivek Tandon. "Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation." Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008): 1–98.
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
flexible production over time and broadly based across the system. It was from observations such as these that Kent and I started to form the impression that despite all the attention that had already been paid to Toyota, something... View Details
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
industry or the biotechnology industry? Both industries share similarities with software, in that firms codify their intellectual property into libraries that can be reused and extended over time. But do we observe the same dynamics in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Charlotte MacDonald
calendar with too many formal commitments. Because I want this experience to be reflective, I need to leave myself some time, some freedom and mental energy." Her reflections are informed and reinforced by both her direct colleagues and the "virtual"... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
Koehn discovered, Walker had lived an entrepreneurial life that was dramatic and deeply complex on many levels. "I think much of Walker's business model and her animating vision is a product of the constraints that she faced," View Details
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
12,000 jobs to workers who applied for employment via Wonolo’s on-demand job marketplace, the study reports. “The bottom line is that there’s a much bigger pool of talent out there waiting to be tapped,” says Cullen. Kim of Wonolo says Cullen’s study validates what his... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
withhold information-from a job application, a dating profile, or a Facebook page-starting with the fact that they don't think it's anyone else's business. In this case, it helps for observers to be aware that hiding information isn't... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Peter Gumulia
fintech in South East Asia, as Chief of Staff and VP of Strategy and Growth. Looking for new challenges Having had the opportunity to observe the gray areas that the management team had to navigate – and the ambiguous decisions they had... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
including those engineered by humans, that will enable countries to rapidly quell potential pandemics. “The earlier you detect, the faster you nip something in the bud,” observes McKnight, general manager of Concentric, Ginkgo’s... View Details