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24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic. Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

September 1999 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

"Caselets" present several examples of decisions involving bribery or take other actions that could be considered as corrupt. View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Trade

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

2018 New York: Cambridge University Press American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition', 1890–1940 By: Phillips Sawyer, Laura Abstract—American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 1994
Background Note

Note on Entering Foreign Markets: Opportunities for Smaller U.S. Companies

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber

Designed specifically for the smaller U.S.-based company; provides a brief overview of the various means by which such companies can enter foreign markets and the sources of information and assistance, principally on exporting, available to them. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Information; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution; United States

April 1997 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Europe in 1996

By: Huw Pill and Effie Anagnostopoulos

Describes the process of economic and political integration in Europe in the period since 1945. The main issues discussed are: the common market; the single market; economic and monetary union; EU enlargement encompassing the former centrally planned economies; and EU... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Trade; Macroeconomics; Europe

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30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

billion in seven trading days. One business columnist had proposed the creation of a federal Digital Protection Agency, whose job would be to “clean up toxic data spills, educate the public, and calibrate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

29 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

United States, and the easiest to track thanks to the availability of government data. “The story is supply and demand. If there is an element of a security that the investor desires for nonfinancial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration

05 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

scrutiny, the research suggests that more scrutiny is warranted. “This paper shows that brokers indeed play a key role in shaping information diffusion in the stock market,” the authors write. To gain insight into broker behavior, the authors studied a large dataset... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
Case

Freeport Indonesia

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

In 1996, PT Freeport Indonesia, the mining subsidiary of Freeport McMoRan, had just completed an expansion of its copper and gold mine in the western half of New Guinea. The mine, which had dealt with numerous environmental and sociocultural problems over the past... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Mining; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Expansion; Social Issues; Mining Industry; Indonesia

29 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

Rich and Famous." As they grew richer, pressure increased on those below to trade up. And, as they traded up, pressure increased in turn on the well-off to buy even more—the second home, the big screen TV,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

means, including Machiavellian ones, if necessary, to bring together people with conflicting goals and spur them into action. When the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry tried to restrict Honda... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

average price to bring a new high-risk medical device to market. That extra cost can dampen the ability of companies to pursue new innovations. Indeed, Stern found that small firms (defined as non-publicly View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

that managerial fiduciary duties affect equity-bondholder conflicts in a way that is economically important, has impact on ex ante capital structure choices, and affects welfare. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-070.pdf The Evolving Basis for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Mar 2016
First Look

March 29, 2016

a series of static comparisons that reveal the impact of a change in one determinant of an option's price while holding other factors constant. The business setting involves a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 16, 2007

Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Periodical:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract Real investors and markets are too complicated to be neatly summarized by a few selected biases and trading... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

total cost of care for this patient segment. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-089 Maersk: Betting on Blockchain In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

April 2005 (Revised February 2007)
Case

American Outsourcing

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Alexander Veytsman

Covers the phenomenon of outsourcing jobs from the United States. Reviews the evolution of Mexico's Maquiladoras, manufacturing special economic areas in China, and information technology and service-sourcing in India. Also reviews exports/imports, exchange rates,... View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Emerging Markets; Wages; Trade; United States; Mexico; China; India