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  • 13 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

technologies for drug discovery.) And patients with previously unmet medical needs can now get treatments that were not available before. That should be inspiring, he reminded the audience. Economic frustrations remain, however. Pisano... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 2012
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ChemChina

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang
ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details
Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China
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You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance

By: Astrid Marinoni and Maria P. Roche
This paper examines the impact of the expansion of the US Postal Service in the late 19th century on firm creation and performance. Utilizing newly digitized archival data on historic business establishments, post office locations, and road networks in California,... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Innovation; Knowledge Exchange; US Postal Service; Firm Performance; Infrastructure; Expansion; Government Administration; Communication; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Public Administration Industry; California
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Marinoni, Astrid, and Maria P. Roche. "You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 15, 2025.)

    Trust

    Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... View Details
    • March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
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    Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Ricardo Andrade and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
    In April 2012, Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Brazilian conglomerate EBX, believing the company to be undervalued by the public markets. Shortly thereafter, however, EBX and its multiple business lines began to spiral downward. Hani... View Details
    Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Conglomerates; Investing; Corporate Structure; International; Sovereign Finance; Business Conglomerates; Investment; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Economy; Brazil; Abu Dhabi
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    Lietz, Nori Gerardo, Ricardo Andrade, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?" Harvard Business School Case 217-065, March 2017. (Revised June 2019.)
    • Career Coach

    Yiwei Zhao

    Yiwei enjoys helping students explore opportunities in the following industries: Technology (big tech and growth-stage tech), self-driving cars, AI/ML, and consulting; and functions: product operations, product management, program management, chief of staff, View Details
    • 29 May 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

    February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how the prevalence of materialistic... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 2012
    • Teaching Note

    ChemChina (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang
    ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details
    Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China
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    McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, Lei Li, and Hong Zhang. "ChemChina (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2012.
    • 24 Jul 2013
    • Op-Ed

    Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

    Once the hub of American manufacturing, Detroit is in a long state of economic decline. The rubber finally hit the road last week, when the city filed for bankruptcy protection. The challenges ahead for those that call the Motor City home... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
    • May 2008
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    Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Joseph Piotroski
    In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) by analyzing foreign listing behavior onto U.S. and U.K. stock exchanges before and after the enactment of the Act in 2002. Using a sample of all listing events onto U.S. and U.K. exchanges... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Stocks; Government Legislation; Market Transactions; Motivation and Incentives; United Kingdom; United States
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    Srinivasan, Suraj, and Joseph Piotroski. "Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings." Journal of Accounting Research 46, no. 2 (May 2008).
    • March 2007
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    Local Company Politics: A Proposal

    By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker
    Corrupt politicians, and poor government more generally, are commonly viewed as a primary barrier to economic progress. The roots to these problems run deep in many political systems across the developing world, and attempts at reform have rarely found much success.... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior
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    Fisman, Raymond, and Eric D. Werker. "Local Company Politics: A Proposal." Capitalism and Society 2, no. 1 (March 2007).
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    Behavioral Economics—Virtual

    Summary What if you could predict how customers will respond to a product? Or how employees will decide to implement a new initiative? In Behavioral Economics—Virtual, you'll acquire a dynamic framework for interpreting, analyzing, and leveraging behavioral View Details
    • 02 Jan 2024
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    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • May 2004
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    Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets

    By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Suraj Srinivasan
    We analyze the disclosure practices of companies as a function of their interaction with the U.S. markets for a group of 794 firms from 24 countries in Asia-Pacific and Europe. Our analysis uses the Transparency and Disclosure scores developed recently by Standard &... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Markets; Investment; Size; Performance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Corporate Disclosure; Trade; United States; Asia; Europe
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    Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets." Journal of Accounting Research 42, no. 2 (May 2004).
    • June – July 2008
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    A Better Approach to Foreign Aid

    By: Justin Muzinich and Eric D. Werker
    Frustration with U.S. foreign aid is widespread. At the same time, flows of private development finance—including foreign direct investment and remittances—have begun to dwarf official aid. We suggest a new approach that harnesses the power of private development... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Taxation; Welfare or Wellbeing; United States
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    Muzinich, Justin, and Eric D. Werker. "A Better Approach to Foreign Aid." Policy Review 149 (June–July 2008).
    • 20 Mar 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

    kicking off a panel discussion at Cyberposium 2000. "But I think it's fair to characterize the incubator space as rather a sleepy one." Until now, that is. Once largely the domain of universities and public economic View Details
    Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
    • February 1998 (Revised October 2002)
    • Case

    Uganda and the Washington Consensus

    By: Huw Pill and Courtenay Sprague
    Under the direction of President Museveni, much of the world has heaped praise on Uganda for transforming its economy from devastation to growth and managing the ethnic and racial strife that has divided the country in the past. Following a decade of reforms, Uganda is... View Details
    Keywords: Macroeconomics; Economy; Policy; Analysis; Development Economics; Borrowing and Debt; Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Uganda
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    Pill, Huw, and Courtenay Sprague. "Uganda and the Washington Consensus." Harvard Business School Case 798-047, February 1998. (Revised October 2002.)
    • 2017
    • Chapter

    Multinational Activity in Emerging Markets: How and When Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth?

    By: Laura Alfaro
    Among the prominent economic trends in recent decades is the exponential increase in flows of goods and capital driven by technological progress and a falling number of restrictions. A key driver of this phenomenon has been the cross-border production, foreign... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Activity; Growth; Spillovers; Complementarities; Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Growth and Development; Multinational Firms and Management
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    Alfaro, Laura. "Multinational Activity in Emerging Markets: How and When Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth?" In Geography, Location, and Strategy. Vol. 36, edited by Juan Alcácer, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung, 429–462. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
    • January 2010 (Revised December 2011)
    • Case

    Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China

    By: William C. Kirby and G.A. Donovan
    With the recent announcement from the Chinese government that the country's healthcare system was going to undergo reform, Jiamei Dental Chairman Liu Jia wondered what that meant for his 15 year-old dental clinic business. Founded in 1993, Jiamei Dental Medical... View Details
    Keywords: Private Sector; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Expansion; Health Industry; China
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    Kirby, William C., and G.A. Donovan. "Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China." Harvard Business School Case 910-404, January 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
    • Fall 2013
    • Article

    In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms

    By: Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
    A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less theory and evidence, however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets... View Details
    Keywords: State-owned Enterprises; Oil Companies; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; Brazil; Mexico; Norway
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    Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. "In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms." Cornell International Law Journal 46, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 569–610.
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