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mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of US government bond returns. 2014 Working Paper Financial Repression in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis By: Bo Becker... View Details

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

Working Papers Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation Authors: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Key... View Details

29 Nov 2022
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Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

and Facebook has significantly more employees working on long-range, innovative initiatives than Twitter. To a large extent, Twitter was inefficient at maintaining its ongoing operations, as well as innovating on new features. So, the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

Climate Change: Accelerating Solutions Climate Change: Accelerating Solutions A Roadmap for Leaders Key Insights There’s no time to waste when it comes to figuring out business’s role in driving global climate solutions. But it’s... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

2022
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Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional... View Details

Keywords: Multinationals; Capitalism; Business ＆ Government Relations; Foreign Direct Investment; Immigration Policy; History; Switzerland; Americanization; R＆D; Labor History; Labor Market Institutions; Tax Havens; ＂USA,＂; Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Labor and Management Relations; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management

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17 Jan 2023
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8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

strategies aimed at improving working conditions in global supply chains. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Apr 2020
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The Lessons We Choose

April 2012
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Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its... View Details

Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Auto Industry; Japan

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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy &... View Details

29 Mar 2022
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Does Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Mark a Turning Point for U.S. Businesses?

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship Led by Peter Barrett and provides a select group of alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

in... 2025 Global Focus: The EFMD Business Magazine Educating Students and Professionals on the Business Implications of Climate Change By: Michael W. Toffel As climate change poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities, the private... View Details

13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008

Working PapersSome Neglected Axioms in Fair Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an item in proportion to their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2012
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Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

what works in one location may not work somewhere else.” "The decision to expand is sometimes driven by the wrong reasons," says Associate Professor Juan Alcácer, who teaches in the Strategy Unit... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 9

U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed the construction of its first LCS, but the global economic crisis put the company in a difficult position. Its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2013
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HBS Cases: LEGO

Out of work for a year following a serious illness in 1993, Kjeld appointed a five-person management team to help him run the company when he returned. The group focused mainly on driving growth. When a benchmarking study revealed LEGO's... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation

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General Management - Faculty & Research

Pledge Arena. It had attracted a new National Hockey League franchise, the Kraken, and featured major entertainers concerned about sustainability, such as singer Billie Eilish. Challenges included politics around the bidding process, the need for construction... View Details

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