Emergent States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

Mexican firms. But Gaia Design has not grown the way that Philippe Cahuzac (MBA 2014) and his two cofounders—former coworkers at an online furniture company in Brazil—had anticipated. Compared with the United States or even Brazil, Mexico... View Details

02 Mar 2020
What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

authors caution that results would undoubtedly differ from one group of customers and one product or service to another.] It brings to mind marketing campaigns in the United States for Progressive’s insurance products, in which the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

diverse methodology to understand the relationships between firm boundaries, firm activities, and geographic borders. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52688 2017 Geography, Location, and Strategy. Multinational Activity in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

Image by John Ritter Back in January, the leadership at Massachusetts General Hospital, including President Dr. Peter Slavin (MBA 1990) (pictured above, right), took note of a virus that was spreading in China. They decided to activate the hospital’s View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

countries. The book draws on literatures and archives that have previously only been available in Spanish, while the concluding chapter makes use of Harvard Business School's new project known as “Creating Emerging Markets,” which... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 1995 (Revised December 1995)
Case

Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber

A Wall Street analyst has just learned that FPL (the holding company for Florida's largest electric utility) may cut its dividend in several days despite a 47-year streak of consecutive dividend increases. In response to the deregulation of the electric utility... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Financial Strategy; Fluctuation; Energy Sources; Emerging Markets; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Florida

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March 2006 (Revised April 2009)
Case

Tecsis: A Global Cleantech Venture Based in Brazil

Bento Koike, founder and CEO of Tecsis Ltda., is facing a number of important decisions. With ups and downs typical of self-funded start-ups, Tecsis has grown to about 1,500 people and over $50 million in revenues with one major customer. Tecsis, located in Brazil, is... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Cost vs Benefits; Diversification; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Volatility; Green Technology Industry; Brazil; United States

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01 Sep 2013
News

Beantown as a Beacon

COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC EDUCATION Online learning tailored to the skills gap of the unemployed Boston is an education mecca, but with the emergence of online education and MOOCs (massive open online courses), every city can boost its education... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

observations to analyze problems facing the United States in recent years and to create an agenda for renewing American strengths through returning to core American principles—but in new ways suitable to 21st century conditions. On the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

and the smarts more shallow as they were passed down the line and across the world—but some value was always transmitted. You Don't Always Need To Be An Expert To Be A Knowledge Coach In 1967, a young graduate of Bombay's Indian Institute of Technology, Kanwal Rekhi,... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

success. In particular, it is debated whether American Honda operated according to a deliberate or emergent strategy, i.e., whether or not strategic decisions made in the States conformed to the intentions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

concentration—a belief that bridges both sides of the divide about whether globalization is good or bad. However, data on more than a dozen global/globalizing industries that Fariborz Ghadar of Penn State and I have assembled and analyzed... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

emergency room visit that raises serious concerns about the student’s health or well-being; or (ii) other circumstances that raise serious concerns about the student’s health or well-being and reasonably call into question their ability... View Details

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

flattened landscape left behind, giant construction cranes, clustered over the site's several acres, accentuate its emptiness. It is here that Harvard University is putting down a big bet on the future—and on a dramatically new, emerging... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

01 Jun 2010
News

Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform

2008 financial crisis. Now Paulson has emerged as a strong advocate for tough regulatory reforms. Before a packed student audience in Burden Hall in late February, Paulson said, “At the time we went to Congress for TARP authority, I knew... View Details

Keywords: federal bailouts; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

clear that if my family was going to stay in manufacturing, we would have to become globally competitive.” The Wisconsin businesses were sold in 2002, and a new company with a new strategy, Chirch Global Manufacturing (CGM), was born. “China was View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

have to rely on diesel generators. That is a lot of the same kind of stuff you do in an emerging economy. It’s the same thing you do in a new city in India or China.” Macomber teaches the MBA elective Building Cities: Infrastructure and... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

tap the best minds in genetic research. Fresh out of HBS, Cindy Ko (MBA ’05) joined a nonprofit economic-development organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Although their missions are different, these... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

2018 Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism American Capitalism: New Histories By: Beckert, Sven, and Christine Desan, eds. Abstract—The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat... View Details

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

several critical sectors of the economy, including banking and private insurance, federal and state governments act as insurers of last resort, assuming literally trillions of dollars in contingent liabilities. Whether you like it or not,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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