Gains From Multinational Production - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

public health insurance market might work, imagine an automobile dealership run by the feds that sells cars made by Toyota and others, along with cars made by the government itself, manufactured with money borrowed from our children. As... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

02 Dec 2019
News

Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna

money and ideas flow is, and what the production process involves. Supportive Classmates and Alumni “I got an incredibly good response from many alumni, especially those who were more senior,” Iyer recalls.... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Books

innovative business units to attack the problem. Others prescribe the more radical and risky measure of throwing out old success formulas in order to remake the company from scratch. Sull favors a third approach. “Managers can... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

designed to enhance safety and effectiveness had the unintended effect of changing how men enacted their masculine identities at work. Interview and participant observation data show that the major reorientation was away from seeking to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2021
Blog Post

HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing

is a Partner at ABRY, and Gerardo Espinoza (MBA 1990) is the Executive Director of LEAF. Scaling the Model We are excited for this course to be the beginning of a long and productive partnership between the HBS Impact Investment Fund and... View Details

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

gain experiences. However, you only have so many hours in a day to experience things. Looking back, HBS was an opportunity to learn from the experiences of others. I met some really great people with such... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2008
News

The Levitt Brand

between the multinational company, which adjusts its products and practices from country to country (at great cost), and the global corporation, which operates “as if the... View Details

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

22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

variation in payout patterns over time than the traditional motives. The most recent evidence suggests that further insights can be gained from viewing payout decisions as an integral part of a firm's larger... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
News

The Rankings Game

the best overall showing. Chicago and Stanford each disappeared from the top five in at least one ranking. And the London Business School showed up only once in the top five — as No. 1. Two questions leap View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

forefathers were primarily motivated by social concerns such as a desire to bring power to rural communities, increasing productivity of farmers, and raising living standards in developing areas. “A lot of the recent growth in green... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2025
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details

16 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

Excerpt from Defense Acquisition Reform 1960-2009: An Elusive Goal. Major Weapon Systems Since World War II military research and development (R&D) has constituted a large share of the total federal R&D effort. In 1960, for... View Details

Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

applications, such as Snapchat filters, but AR is being applied in far more consequential ways in business. Pioneering organizations are already implementing it in product development, manufacturing, logistics, marketing, service, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction | Baker Library

Harvard University. TC 172-2-13 Field Work The field work apprenticeship program ran from 1937 until women entered the Harvard Business School MBA program in the early 1960s. "The field work provided the students with immediate practice... View Details

12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

Although launching a platform can generate new revenue, success is not automatic. After studying more than 20 companies that have tried to move from products to platforms, the authors point to four practices... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

research. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15319 PublicationsSuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:New York: Crown,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

Understanding Southeast Asia’s New Business Frontier From cosmopolitan Bangkok and Singapore to the Sumatran rainforest, participants in the June 2017 HBS faculty immersion explored the diverse industries of Southeast Asia. “This region... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

shepherded a multinational corporation to record earnings. A fascinating and engaging memoir from one of America’s leading female executives, Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? is an inspiring and uplifting... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

seminal research into product failure notes, “knowledge gained from failures [is] often instrumental in achieving subsequent successes.” So capture knowledge to maximize the... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

In the severe economic, social, and scientific turbulence churning at the dawn of the twentieth century, people were eager for any semblance of stability and predictability. From this need for certainty emerged a group of entrepreneurs... View Details