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- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
issuance and for trading in the secondary market and are robust to a series of bond and issuer controls, including issuer fixed effects as well as liquidity and duration. Comparison View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
Burnham Lambert's Michael Milken carved out new ways to restructure large amounts of publicly traded debt. Gilson's research suggests that the total costs associated with Milken's method View Details
- December 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Fonterra: Taking on the Dairy World
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jose M. M. Porraz
Fonterra was a cooperatively owned dairy company--New Zealand's largest company and the world's largest exporter of dairy products. To maintain its leadership, Fonterra had to respond to increased competition, new consumer tastes, consolidation of its customers, and... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Global Strategy; Food; Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Competitive Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; New Zealand
Goldberg, Ray A., and Jose M. M. Porraz. "Fonterra: Taking on the Dairy World." Harvard Business School Case 903-413, December 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
Internasional Harvard Business School Case 207-021 In late 2004, Hilmi Panigoro, CEO of the publicly traded Indonesian oil company Medco Energi Internasional, is striving to regain majority control View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
weeks or days. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/03/manage-your-work-manage-your-life/ar/1 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Search Diversion and Platform Competition By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
The most damaging portion of former FBI Director Louis Freeh's comprehensive report on the Pennsylvania State pedophilia scandal is his conclusion that four senior university officials concealed football coach Jerry Sandusky's child abuse... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
entity (PE) intellectual property (IP) litigation, nor of non-IP litigation against publicly traded firms. The empirical evidence suggests, however, that not all NPEs exhibit trolling behavior—the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
the World Trade Center, not a failure of intelligence. The U.S. had dealt with plane hijackings for decades and should have prevented these also.) (b) Utilize American military power sparingly. (c) Avoid... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
PeopleImages Sale! Even the word is enough to send a flutter through the hearts of certain shoppers, who salivate in anticipation of scoring a discount off a product’s original price. Few consumers stop to... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
the early years of the 21st century. From a state-owned enterprise earning 97% of its revenue from television sets and other analog consumer electronics, Thomson had become a publicly View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
he added, Africa really needs the investment of its own people in order to attract healthy global investment. Utomi said countries cooperating on a regional basis would also be a step forward for Africa. Kibuka noted that other countries'... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
Thanks to the Internet, entrepreneurs are no longer confined to a local geography when building a new business—the world can be their market from day one. But building a startup as a global business requires managers with skills and strategy much different from their... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
reported in the trade literature are used to illustrate policy issues as well as the spillover effects and resolution of disputes. To cope with these developments, two significant changes in conflict... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
records of all one-on-one meetings between senior management and investors for an NYSE-traded firm, we investigate the impact of private meetings on investor decisions. We find that when investors meet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 1989 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Marketing Strategy for the European Market
By: John A. Quelch
Nissan executives are reviewing their European marketing strategy in light of the 1992 European Community (EC) market integration program and the likely end of bilateral import quotas on Japanese cars by some EC countries. Having recently established a manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Trade; Auto Industry; Japan; United Kingdom; Europe
Quelch, John A. "Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Marketing Strategy for the European Market." Harvard Business School Case 590-018, August 1989. (Revised November 1994.)
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
class, and raucous commodities trade to its world-spanning multinationals, its massive factories, and the centripetal power of New York in the world of finance, America has... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
decomposed welfare effects of multinational production. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-111.pdf Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy Authors:Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 1999 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Avon Products China (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Gui
In April 1998, when the Chinese central government bans all forms of direct selling in China in April 1998, executives at Avon China must decide how to respond. The first direct sales company to enter China after its opening to outsiders, Avon sparked widespread... View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Sales; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Market Participation; China
Paine, Lynn S., and Jennifer Gui. "Avon Products China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-053, December 1999. (Revised April 2001.)
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U.S. Multinationals in British Manufacturing before 1962
By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock
This article presents a new database on U.S. multinationals active in British manufacturing between 1907 and 1962. Britain was the largest European host economy for U.S. direct investment in manufacturing and the second largest host worldwide. This article identifies... View Details
Keywords: Production; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Business Subsidiaries; Policy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Great Britain
Jones, G., and Frances Bostock. "U.S. Multinationals in British Manufacturing before 1962." Business History Review 70, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 207–256.