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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

By: Laura Alfaro, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor and Paola Conconi
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details
Keywords: Global Value Chains; Sequential Production; Incomplete Contracts; Demand and Consumers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Globalization
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  • 26 Apr 2018
  • HBS Seminar

Olav Sorenson, Yale University

  • 2019
  • Article

History, Micro Data, and Endogenous Growth

By: Ufuk Akcigit and Tom Nicholas
The study of economic growth is concerned with long-run changes, and therefore, historical data should be especially influential in informing the development of new theories. In this review, we draw on the recent literature to highlight areas in which study of history... View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Growth; Innovation; Economic Growth; History; Analytics and Data Science; Innovation and Invention
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    Kim B. Clark

    Kim B. Clark joined the Harvard faculty in 1978 and served as Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005.  He received the B.A. (1974), M.A. (1977), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in economics from Harvard University.

    Professor Clark's research has... View Details

    • 15 Jun 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: June 15

      PublicationsBuilding Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations Authors:Julie Battilana and Silvia Dorado Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We explore how new types... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My research lies in the intersection of economic growth and political economy focusing on the role of historical legacies, biogeography and culture in shaping contemporary economic performance. As growth economists our understanding of comparative economic development... View Details
    Keywords: Institutions; Ethnicity; Economic Growth; Development Economics; Macroeconomics; Culture; Religion; Africa; Asia
    • 2016
    • Book

    Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business

    By: John A. Quelch
    The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

    Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer; Corporate Culture; Public Health; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Health; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Supply Chain Management; Advertising Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Communications Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Asia; Oceania; North and Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe
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      Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 2016)

      The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

      Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details
      • June 2025
      • Technical Note

      Skills-First Talent Management: Artificial Intelligence

      By: Boris Groysberg, James Barnett and Izzy Yeoh
      A note in a series of notes on how organizations manage skills-first talent-management chains. This note examines how artificial intelligence (AI) has shaped skills-first talent management at companies. Other notes in this series include “Skills-First Talent... View Details
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      • October 2021 (Revised September 2022)
      • Case

      SmartOne: Building an AI Data Business

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, Pippa Armerding, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais
      The case opens in August 2021, as Habib and Shahysta Hassim, husband and wife co-founders of the data labeling company SmartOne, contemplate the strategy of the high growth company. Between 2016 and 2021, SmartOne had kept doubling its size every two years and now,... View Details
      Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Labeling; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Operations; Business Model; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Africa; Madagascar; Europe; France; United States
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        How Would-Be Category Kings Become Commoners

        Category creation is the holy grail in business, but more often than not, the very companies that establish lucrative new markets don't end up being the category kings. Why? Many executives undermine their own ventures standing by misinterpreting and misfiring on... View Details

        • April 1991 (Revised April 1993)
        • Background Note

        Strategic Response to Uncertainty

        Managers often ignore uncertainty and plan as if the world were certain. Frequently, strategy is formulated based on an extrapolation of current trends into the future, or the best guess scenario of the manager involved. This note discusses four approaches to shaping... View Details
        Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management
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        • April 2023
        • Article

        Racial Inequality in Work Environments

        By: Letian Zhang
        This article explores racial stratification in work environments. Inequality scholars have long identified racial disparities in wage and occupational attainment, but workers’ careers and well-being are also shaped by elements of their work environment, including firm... View Details
        Keywords: Discrimination; Race; Equality and Inequality; Working Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture
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        • 05 Nov 2019
        • News

        Best Business Books 2019: Talent & leadership

        • 31 Jan 2008
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship

        Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Jesper B. Sørensen
        • 24 May 2007
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets

        Keywords: by Alvin Roth
        • 21 Jan 2021
        • News

        Issue salience and political stereotypes

        • 22 Dec 2015
        • News

        Bringing ‘Presence’ To Your Life

        • 01 Jan 2007
        • News

        Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum

        • December 2017
        • Case

        Clover Food Lab in 2016

        By: Lena G. Goldberg, Sonia Smith and Sandra Bahous
        Ayr Muir, founder and CEO of Clover Food Lab, has grown his restaurant chain from a single food truck to 11 thriving stores but he has no interest in running a regional chain. His ambition is to change the way America eats and his goal is national expansion. As he... View Details
        Keywords: Restaurant Industry; Food; Growth Management; Strategic Planning; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Management; Customer Satisfaction; Small Business; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry
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