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      • November 2008
      • Article

      Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets

      By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Jay A. Conger
      "This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development. Recently they interviewed executives at more than 20 global companies to identify strategies for attracting... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Development; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Culture; Recruitment; Diversity; Developing Countries and Economies
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      Ready, Douglas A., Linda A. Hill, and Jay A. Conger. "Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets." R0811C. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 11 (November 2008).
      • October 2008
      • Article

      Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game

      By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen McGinn
      We propose taking a two-level-game perspective on gender in job negotiations. At Level One, candidates negotiate with employers. At Level Two, candidates negotiate with household members. In order to illuminate the interplay between these two levels, we review research... View Details
      Keywords: Perspective; Negotiation; Research; Organizational Culture; Body of Literature; Jobs and Positions; Gender; Labor
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      Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen McGinn. "Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game." Negotiation Journal 24, no. 4 (October 2008): 393–410.
      • August 2008
      • Article

      Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

      By: William R. Kerr
      This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States
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      Kerr, William R. "Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion." Review of Economics and Statistics 90, no. 3 (August 2008): 518–537.
      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game

      By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn
      We propose a two-level-game (Putnam, 1988) perspective on gender in job negotiations. At Level 1, candidates negotiate with the employers. At Level 2, candidates negotiate with domestic partners. In order to illuminate the interplay between these two levels, we review... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Jobs and Positions; Game Theory; Gender
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      Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-095, May 2008.
      • May 2008
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      Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation

      By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych
      We examine the empirical role of different explanations for the lack of capital flows from rich to poor countries—the "Lucas Paradox." The theoretical explanations include cross country differences in fundamentals affecting productivity and capital market... View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Wealth and Poverty; Development Economics; Income; Capital Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Australia; Peru
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      Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych. "Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation." Review of Economics and Statistics 90, no. 2 (May 2008): 347–368.
      • April 2008 (Revised May 2008)
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      Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
      Individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual eligibles, are among the highest-cost beneficiaries in the US. Commonwealth Care Alliance, a small nonprofit insurer and care delivery system in Massachusetts, operated under a public demonstration... View Details
      Keywords: Programs; Public Sector; Alliances; Policy; Age; Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Welfare; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care." Harvard Business School Case 708-502, April 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement

      By: Peter Tufano
      We review a wide variety of programs that support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These programs range from ones that literally compel families to save, to those that make it hard not to save, make it easier to save, provide... View Details
      Keywords: Saving; Motivation and Incentives; Programs; Income; Personal Finance; Family and Family Relationships; Performance Effectiveness
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      Tufano, Peter, and Daniel Schneider. "Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-075, April 2008.
      • 2007
      • Chapter

      A Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa

      By: L. Hill
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Leadership; Race; South Africa
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      Hill, L. "A Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa." Chap. 27 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
      • August 2006 (Revised June 2015)
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      Female Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Countries

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Alexis Lefort
      Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in developing countries. There are higher rates of female entrepreneurship in developing countries than developed countries, but necessity is often the main driver in lower income countries. Explores the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Alexis Lefort. "Female Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Countries." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-018, August 2006. (Revised June 2015.)
      • 2006
      • Working Paper

      The Effect of Dividends on Consumption

      By: Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel and Jeffrey Wurgler
      Classical models predict that the division of stock returns into dividends and capital appreciation does not affect investor consumption patterns, while mental accounting and other economic frictions predict that investors have a higher propensity to consume from stock... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Personal Finance; Investment Return; Household
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      Baker, Malcolm, Stefan Nagel, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "The Effect of Dividends on Consumption." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 12288, June 2006. (First Draft in 2005.)
      • 2006
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      The End of Nationality? Global Firms and 'Borderless Worlds'

      By: G. Jones
      This article provides a historical perspective to current debates whether large global firms are becoming "stateless" and whether this is a historically new phenomenon. It shows that a great deal of international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Ownership; International Finance; Economic Systems; International Accounting; Globalized Economies and Regions; Geographic Location; Nationality; Boundaries; Global Strategy
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      Jones, G. "The End of Nationality? Global Firms and 'Borderless Worlds'." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 51, no. 2 (2006): 149–166.
      • 2006
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      Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism

      By: Arthur C. Brooks
      We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Approximately three-quarters of Americans give their time and money to various charities, churches, and causes; the other quarter of the population does not. Why has America split into two nations: givers and... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Demographics; United States
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      Brooks, Arthur C. Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
      • November 2005
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      Japan: Deficits, Demography and Deflation (TN)

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Demographics; Inflation and Deflation; Japan
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "Japan: Deficits, Demography and Deflation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 706-020, November 2005.
      • July 2005 (Revised December 2006)
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      Japan: Deficits, Demography, and Deflation

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      By 2005, Japan's debt had risen to 163% of GDP. For more than a decade, the government had run huge deficits, trying unsuccessfully to stimulate economic growth. Interest rates, meanwhile, had been zero for years. But with slow growth and banks in crisis, nothing had... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Economic Growth; Demographics; Financial Condition; Inflation and Deflation; Banks and Banking; Borrowing and Debt; Macroeconomics; Policy; Government and Politics; Welfare; Health Care and Treatment; Japan
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "Japan: Deficits, Demography, and Deflation." Harvard Business School Case 706-004, July 2005. (Revised December 2006.)
      • December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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      Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co.

      By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
      Spencer Owens & Co, a disguised consulting firm, focuses on domestic and international economic development. As an extension of the firm's commitment to social justice, 20 years ago, Spencer Owens management introduced an affirmative action hiring and promotion... View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Selection and Staffing; Development Economics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consulting Industry
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      Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co." Harvard Business School Case 405-048, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
      • July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
      • Case

      Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century

      By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
      This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium... View Details
      Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Trade; Social and Collaborative Networks; China; United Kingdom
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      Jones, Geoffrey, Elisabeth Koll, and Alexis Gendron. "Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century." Harvard Business School Case 805-010, July 2004. (Revised October 2018.)
      • 4 Jan 2004 - 7 Jan 2004
      • Conference Presentation

      Women, Money and Wealth Creation: Investigating the Myths.

      By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
      Keywords: Gender; Money; Wealth
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      Brush, C. G., N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart. "Women, Money and Wealth Creation: Investigating the Myths." Paper presented at the Consortium of Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 04–07, 2004.
      • March 2003
      • Case

      Investing in Japan

      By: Peter A. Hecht and Luis M. Viceira
      The evolution of the macroeconomic environment, capital markets, financial institutions (including banks, public and private pension funds, and mutual funds), and financial regulation in Japan during the period 1980 to 2002, are examined long-term demographic... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Markets; Investment; Financial Institutions; Macroeconomics; Japan
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      Hecht, Peter A., and Luis M. Viceira. "Investing in Japan." Harvard Business School Case 203-036, March 2003.
      • March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
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      Resourcery, Ltd.

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Feyi A. Boroffice
      Recounts the story of how a successful Nigerian entrepreneur has expanded his systems integration/networking business. He now faces the problem of raising growth capital in a developing country. View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth Management; Expansion; Race; Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Feyi A. Boroffice. "Resourcery, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 803-148, March 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
      • November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
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      Inequality and the "American Model"

      By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      Official data that suggest economic inequality has been mounting in the United States on various dimensions since 1979. Many causes of such inequality have been postulated: technological change, globalization, demographic factors, and changes in public policy (notably... View Details
      Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Governance; Social Issues; Government Administration; United States
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      Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. Inequality and the "American Model". Harvard Business School Case 703-025, November 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
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