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13 Sep 2011
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capital flows—both debt and equity—into public and private components and study their relationship with productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Nordic Globalization Barometer 2009: Global Pressure—Nordic Solutions?

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Less than a year after the first Nordic Globalization Barometer has been launched, the state of the world economy has changed dramatically. A deep financial crisis is taking its toll on investors, borrowers, and the financial institutions that serve them. A deep... View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Globalized Economies and Regions; Competitive Strategy; Scandinavia

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18 Aug 2003
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How New Managers Become Great Managers

subsidiary in an international market. These sorts of assignments, almost by definition, require individuals to establish direction, communicate that direction (vision and strategies) to diverse stakeholders, and figure out how to... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

courses within a specific subject area to gain deeper insights and expertise. If all three courses are completed successfully, learners will earn a Certificate of Specialization. HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in Leadership and Management , View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Strategic Grant Partners Download Jacobson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1960 Born, Framingham, Massachusetts 1982 Earns BA, International Relations, University of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

29 Feb 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa. Following this experience, I joined Deloitte as a consultant, supporting the public sector and providing pro bono services to global social enterprises through Halcyon and FINCA International. A year before attending... View Details

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

Business School Case 512-013 In mid-2011, the management of Brasil Foods, a leading Brazilian branded foods producer and protein exporter, is evaluating strategies for international and domestic growth. The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2019
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Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

space race. Musk, the head of automaker Tesla, is behind SpaceX, which has developed the Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft. Dragon has already delivered cargo to the International Space Station, and SpaceX is finishing preparations to... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

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This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Economics for Managers $1,850 Next 8-week session starts April 30th... View Details

27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

behavior and practices led Enron down the path from truly innovative to fraudulent management? How could Enron’s board of directors have failed to detect the business, ethical, and legal risks embedded in the company’s aggressive financial View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

PublicationsManagement Accounting: Information for Decision Making and Strategy Execution Authors:Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, and S. Mark Young Publication:. Pearson Education, Inc., 2011 Abstract An... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2022
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From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

Sara Jetty (MBA 2021) grew up in Carmel, Indiana and received her B.S. from Indiana University. Prior to attending HBS, she held roles at BLK DNM, West Elm, and Bloomingdale’s. During her time at HBS, she interned for Sony Music... View Details

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current awareness and perspectives on business and policy challenges and trends in the banking industry. International Banking Library The International Banking Library is a web-based platform for the... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

management, business development, sales, or marketing role. "As someone who’s worked in a large company for the past 20-plus years, it gave me the foundation and vocabulary to engage more confidently in the venture capital and startup community." Stephanie Laguna... View Details

12 Jul 2004
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Enron’s Lessons for Managers

widespread and so toxic in Enron." Salter, a specialist in corporate strategy and corporate governance who is also writing a book on Enron, said he is trying to operate as a sort of forensic analyst. Forensic scientists usually fill... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

It also shows that any Pareto-optimal mechanism must prevent unravelling, and that the ex-post stable mechanism is Pareto-optimal if and only if it prevents unravelling. Empire-Building or Bridge-Building? Evidence from New CEOs' Internal... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2021
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The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition

By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han

In May 2019, amidst of an ever-worsening trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump added Chinese telecom giant Huawei to the Department of Commerce’s “entity list,” essentially forbidding American firms from doing business with the company. Huawei,... View Details

Keywords: 5G; Telecommunications; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Trade; Competition; International Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China

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18 Jan 2018
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The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When Kristy Cunningham (MBA 1998) arrived at McDonald’s in 2014 as vice president of strategy and insights, she asked her team about the most common requests... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

25 May 2021
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White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

“smart pricing” in the latest study, Zhang says Airbnb’s best strategy is persuasion, rather than revising a clearly successful algorithm. “Encouraging hosts to adopt it might be more practical,” she says. What else can Airbnb do? Perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

January – February 2012
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When One Business Model Isn't Enough

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jorge Tarzijan

Trying to operate two business models at once often causes strategic failure. Yet LAN Airlines, a Chilean carrier, runs three models successfully. Casadesus-Masanell, of Harvard Business School, and Tarziján, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, explore how... View Details