Korea - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

much faster than other poor countries with less private savings. Q: You studied Korea as one place where savings led growth. What actions contributed to the evolution of their Total Factor Productivity during the post-war period? A: TFP... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

people—so it's just more difficult to think strategically and long term here as opposed to in South Korea or Singapore. China has had the luxury, or curse, of a high degree of centralization that makes long-term thinking much easier. Q:... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

in the way of productivity and competition. We see in many countries the price of failure to really deal with microeconomic reforms. Countries like Argentina and Korea and others, which are really, really struggling, even though they were... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

17 Jul 2014
Panel Discussion

Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors

By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

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12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

example, while Korea has a great education system, its industry structure is still rather inefficient. The Asian financial crisis induced a healthy shakeout, and now private equity firms are very active there. The more challenging regions... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

January 2022
Case

Walmart Goes Global (A)

By: Juan Alcácer

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Success; Globalized Markets and Industries; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Failure; Retail Industry; Germany; China; Argentina; South Korea; Canada; Japan; Brazil; Africa; United Kingdom; United States; Mexico

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Educators

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

in Cherrypicks, a very large service provider focused on South Korea and China, and typically partners with Korean entrepreneurial firms. The Cherrypicks management team must decide how they should pitch the partnership opportunity to SKT... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

dramatically underserved for decades? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307086 Korea: After the 1997 Financial Crisis Harvard Business School Case 707-042 Examines what happened to Korea... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

Renaissance Italy to the nineteenth-century USA to South Korea in the 1960s and contemporary China. This does not mean that governments always know what they are doing, far from it, but it does indicate that our debates should be over... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Teaching Interest

Globalization and Emerging Markets

Globalization and Emerging Markets is designed for students who will be investing, managing a business or nonprofit, or working for a government in an emerging market. The unit of analysis of the course ranges from countries to multinational and domestic companies... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Market; Globalization; BRICS; N11; Resource Allocation; Pakistan; Angola; Dubai; South Korea; South Africa; Turkey; Liberia; China; Brazil; Nigeria

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