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- 06 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
What Makes the HBS MBA unique?
This became very apparent to me during the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) course first year. Our cases focused on different countries, and while we... View Details
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
innovation and action through activities such as the popular Climate Rising podcast, reaching thousands of listeners around the world. Campus Sustainability Metrics 16 projects have earned LEED certification, the View Details
- Web
Skydeck - Alumni
the reset button, post-COVID—and offers practical advice for moving forward on an even keel at home and in the office Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age Susan Wilner Golden (PMD 59, 1990) on the promise of the new longevity View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
play in the global marketplace currently and in the future? A: The Panama Canal will never again be as important to the United States as it was before World War II, but its importance to the world View Details
- 09 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict
Keywords: by Quy-Toan Do & Lakshmi Iyer
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
China and India as competition but as profit centers to improve our short term return on investment. We need to reexamine that paradigm. . . . Sometimes the kids in the global community don't play fair. We... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
- January 2022
- Background Note
Common Prosperity? China Shifts Left
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been mistrustful of entrepreneurs and the private sector that operates outside the government’s authority. In its first decades under Mao Zedong, the CCP... View Details
Keywords: Market Reform; Gdp; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Private Sector; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Social Issues; Society; Economic Growth; China
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
industry that might serve as the source of innovation for you and your company? Technology: What are the key emerging technologies, and how are they being used inside and... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
from the United States. Wal-Mart tripped up badly in Germany. Tesco's international forays have hitherto been successful—with the possible exception of Japan. Tesco intelligently elected to concentrate on fast-growing, emerging economies... View Details
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
new book The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It, Sucher and her coauthor, HBS research associate Shalene Gupta, highlight those social media examples along with a global list of... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
effect dominates the negative within-firm effect post IPO. We build a firm industry model with endogenous entry to quantify the importance of two competing selection mechanisms: an increasing share of R&D-intensive firms in the overall View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
Neumann-Morgenstern farsightedly stable set (Examples 1 and 2). Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-135.pdf PublicationsThe Global Competitive Position of the Baltic Sea View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
depicts the cinder-block, fluorescent-lit, smoke-filled rooms of Korea’s Ministry of Economy and finance in Offerings—in addition to the personalities involved on all sides. The book became a bestseller in... View Details
- November 1986 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd.
Describes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful.... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Market Entry and Exit; Strategic Planning; Agency Theory; Perspective; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 387-043, November 1986. (Revised December 1992.)
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
economy or aggregation of citizens’ preferences, government preferences are present biased, resulting in an over accumulation of debt. Calibrating this parameter with values in the literature, the model can reproduce debt levels View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
driven by China's insatiable appetite for raw materials. Then the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, brewing challenges for the world's biggest exporter of coal and iron ore. Prime Minister Rudd pushed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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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
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
export-orientation is feasible in the current economic climate. On the demand side, the sluggish growth in advanced economy markets and the excess capacity globally might leave... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 23 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11
cutbacks Previous studies have delved into the fact that the threat of prison time and fines can deter white-collar criminals from committing crimes that can greatly harm corporations, investors, and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald