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- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
approach of creating a dedicated sales force for Ultrasound. This choice was complicated by the matrix organization structure of Philips where regional general managers (GMs) had profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for the entire... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
competed on the fee charged per barrel and the amount by which they promised to increase production. At the same time, the Kurdish regional government continued to sign Production Sharing Agreements with foreign companies for its oil... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
uncertainty regarding the virus itself (when can we expect a vaccine?), and the pandemic has hit countries and regions in very different ways. In the meantime, we are faced with trade disputes, consumers are changing habits, and companies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
says. Language mandates aren't the only type of strategic shift that can cause a sudden boost to one group within an organization. A shift in focus from one geographic region to another or a new emphasis on a particular skill also creates... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
alliances, however, start from the top; sometimes they spring from sheer happenstance. The CARE-Starbucks relationship, for example, began when a CARE regional officer bought a cup of Starbucks coffee and noticed that the two... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
participants sense firsthand the types of difficulties they're likely to confront when operating and marketing among divergent economies. The upcoming PGL launches a series of HBS initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region and other parts of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
unregulated regions and increase global emissions in the process. Carbon tariffs have emerged as a possible mechanism to address these concerns by imposing carbon costs on imports at the regulated region's border. I show that, when firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
Abstract—Emissions regulation is a policy mechanism intended to address the threat of climate change. However, the stringency of emissions regulation varies across regions, raising concerns over carbon leakage—an outcome where stringent regulation in one View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
developing the concept of organizations for competitiveness in a subnational region and the elements of constructing an economic strategy. The case also outlines the adopted cluster vision of development for the state and the various task... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
global accelerator in which judges across international regions are randomly assigned to evaluate startups headquartered across the globe.” Case Studies and Materials Rolex SA Doug J. Chung “Rolex SA was one of the most successful... View Details
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
many no longer had homes. Others tried to return to the West Coast, only to find that they faced hostility and violence from their neighbors. As a result, after they were freed a few years later, many internees ended up resettling in the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
semiconductor industries. So the world's supply of high-efficiency lighting will be from those same regions of the world, primarily Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Thompson: Could semiconductor makers have foreseen that outsourcing one... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
"Dubai's answer to Pixar" in a recent magazine article, Lammtara's first animated television show, FREEJ, had taken the Arabian Gulf region by storm a year ago. It was November 2007, and the second season of FREEJ had aired... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
players, poor customer service, and regional variations in quality of care. "By virtually any standard, it's an underperforming industry," says Richard Hamermesh, faculty chair of Harvard Business School's recently formed... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
Entrepreneurship, has been teaching courses in real property since the 1970s. The author of many books on the subject, including, most recently, The Real Estate Game, Poorvu sees the housing issue as suffering from a lack of comprehensive, View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
These regions experienced long eras of foreign domination, dealt with extensive state intervention, faced institutional inefficiencies, and experienced extended turbulence. This article suggests that this context drove different business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 211-088 Briggs Capital was a regional mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that helped owners sell their small firms. The case presents a company that was for sale in the fall of 2010—a troubled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
regulators and bank examiners are inconsistent, which leads to confusion and an aversion to taking on more risk from bankers. During the most difficult part of the crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued guidance to improve the consistency of... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
environmental issues such as global warming and limited natural resources, as well as geopolitical instability issues in certain regions of the world. This is nothing new for the oil and gas players. They have been exposed to these... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
acquisition targets, and organizations of all types bid for employees—executives, highly skilled salespersons, and so on. More generally, the research may be relevant to any competitive decision-making context. For example, businesses that compete in a particular... View Details