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  • 16 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 07 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

she enters the corner store." What's more, these protections, which have been on a dramatic increase over the last forty years, vary in nature and intent from country to country, influencing the diversity of products that consumers buy.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

4,000 firms across 12 countries in Europe, North America, and Asia. We find that competition does indeed seem to foster greater decentralization. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-052.pdf Accountability and Control as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

finalize a deal, but that's often not enough. Many countries have webs of influence that are more powerful than the actual parties making the deal, even though those webs don't have the formal standing of, say, government agencies. In... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
  • 16 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

engineers, chemists, and technicians are interned as prisoners of war in Ahmednagar. ...We all want that after the victorious war, patriotic, courageous young Germans go abroad again as commercial pioneers. How can we ever count on precious men to take this risk, if... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
  • June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Hennes & Mauritz, 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999,... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Strategy Alignment; Strategic Planning; Fashion; Risk Management; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Globalized Firms and Management; Expansion; Distribution Channels; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Sweden
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  • 15 May 2015
  • Blog Post

How to Get a Global Perspective at HBS

are all learning tools that will help us not just in our home country but in a global economy.  Elliott: My section is incredibly diverse and benefits from many unique backgrounds and perspectives, and my... View Details
  • September 2022
  • Article

Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality

By: Valeria Giacomin and Geoffrey Jones
This article discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States, and has... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Foundations; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Emerging Markets; Values and Beliefs; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East
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  • 09 May 2016
  • Blog Post

What To Know For An International Job Search

may not always appreciate your transferrable skills. If you are an expat returning to your native country after being away for more than five years, home may now seem especially distant as your friends and... View Details

    Making Meritocracy

    How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of competent and capable leaders are central challenges for any society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Institutional influences on the firm: cross-country comparisons

    A third stream of work examines the influence of country institutions on firms in a cross-country comparative context.  In a paper co-authored with Jordan Siegel (published in Management Science in 2009), we employed a quasi-natural experiment:  a... View Details
    • 06 Oct 2015
    • First Look

    October 6, 2015

    changing this since it is focused on the material issues that affect a company’s ability to create value over the short-, medium-, and long-term. Each country must take its own path to integrated reporting. This is illustrated by... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Spiritual Philanthropy in Emerging Markets

    By: Valeria Giacomin and G. Jones
    This working paper discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States,... View Details
    Keywords: Foundations; Philanthropy; Business Leaders; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Emerging Markets; Ethics; Values and Beliefs
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    • Winter 2020
    • Article

    The Sky above and the Mud below: Two Books about Steve Jobs

    By: Richard S. Tedlow
    Steve Jobs was the most charismatic businessperson in the modern era. When he died, on October 5, 2011, Apple was inundated with condolence messages from all over the United States and from around the world. These notes were sent not only to Apple headquarters in... View Details
    Keywords: Steve Jobs; Impact
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    • 13 Nov 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

    to act as "citizen diplomats," spreading greater understanding of our values and helping countries that empower their people and build their economies. Develops an ethos of a community that cares about others and a program of... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 19 Sep 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

    Keywords: by William R. Kerr
    • 05 Oct 2021
    • Blog Post

    First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

    alumni-founded e-commerce startup for his HBS internship. Yet what might seem like a direct entrepreneurial path was anything but. Westphal’s life and career have crossed country lines, cultures, and industries, and continue to lead him... View Details
    • 21 Aug 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

    rates and order value and reduces fulfillment costs arising from returns and home try-on behavior, that is, customers ordering multiple sizes of the same product. We explore mechanisms through which providing virtual fit information helps... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 05 May 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

    India is a country where many women struggle for survival from the day they are born. Girls in India are less likely to be breastfed than boys, for instance, and less likely to be immunized. But India also has the highest number of... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
    • 23 Dec 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen