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- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
in the paper Are Bankers Worth Their Pay? Evidence from a Talent Measure by Boris Vallée, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Claire Célérier, an assistant professor at the University of Zurich. “What we are saying is that yes, they are worth their... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
hitting best-seller lists lately, and conferences on spirituality and business have been springing up all over the United States and Canada. Web sites dedicated to such topics now pepper the Internet. Even the World View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- Article
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.
- May 2013
- Supplement
To JV or Not To JV? That Is the Question (for XTech in China)
This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for To JV or Not To JV? That is the Question (for XTech in China) HBS Case 807118. Includes Exhibit 1. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Growth Planning And Management; Partnerships; Supply Chain Management; Succession; Private Equity; International; International Business; International Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Joint Ventures; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Singapore
- January 2025
- Case
Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle
By: Raymond Kluender and Emanuele Colonnelli
In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company’s strategic direction. Untapped had developed a data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Working Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Microfinance; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit Sharing; Revenue; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Mission and Purpose; Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Nigeria; South Africa; Kenya; Uganda; California; San Francisco
Kluender, Raymond, and Emanuele Colonnelli. "Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle." Harvard Business School Case 825-056, January 2025.
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
can explain over 660,000 of the state and local government jobs lost in April, about two-thirds of the total observed declines.” In their research, Green, an assistant professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
their government—a distinct contrast to the current sentiment in the United States. Almost all the Chinese executives I met believe that their nation's leaders possess the foresight and the courage to think long term. These executives are... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
apply across the region. Let me just highlight a handful of those: Demand for management and management education is growing rapidly. Management (and business) is seen as a major force for change, growth, and prosperity. All of these areas look to the View Details
- January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
South Dakota Wheat Growers
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
As a farmer-owned cooperative, South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) serves the needs of its 3,600 active farmer-members by supplying farm inputs and organizing the marketing and transportation of grain produced in the co-op's service territory. For almost 80 years, the... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Production; Rail Transportation; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Economic Growth; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; South Dakota
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "South Dakota Wheat Growers." Harvard Business School Case 508-034, January 2008. (Revised February 2008.)
- January 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
Mittal Steel's Pursuit of Arcelor (B)
By: Paul M. Healy and Penelope Rossano
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Mittal Steel, a UK-based company with Indian roots, took advantage of a weakened Arcelor that had successfully won a bidding war for Canadian steel company Dofasco, with an unsolicited bid to buy the company. Mittal's plans for acquiring Arcelor... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
marketing strategy by the marketing department, one focused on the role of customer relations in product development, is considered. The creation of a set of basic principles and operating procedures for GE's marketing unit is discussed.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 3 Apr 2002
- Other Presentation
Regional Foundations of Competitiveness Issues for Wales
Presentation on the Future Competitiveness of Wales: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change (Video Link). View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Regional Foundations of Competitiveness Issues for Wales." Future Competitiveness of Wales: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change, April 3, 2002.
- September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Harvard Management Company (2010)
By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
In February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Higher Education; Asset Management; Financial Liquidity; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management; Education Industry; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts
Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Harvard Management Company (2010)." Harvard Business School Case 211-004, September 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
per unit of energy consumed.” Dan Wallace asked whether or not we have “the wrong expectations.” As an example, he cited the sharing economy, where we achieve “better asset utilization and customer experience, but not necessarily... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
the United States was a highly protected market," declares HBS professor Malcolm Salter, who has tracked the auto industry for decades. "That wasn't because of trade barriers but because gasoline prices were so much lower than... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Fiscal Policy under Convex Supply Curves
By: Shlok Goyal, Avi Lipton and Borui Niklas Zhu
Recent empirical evidence suggests that supply curves are convex. Supply curve convexity is at odds with conventional Phillips curves, which rely on an infinitely elastic underlying supply curve. This paper explores the effect of supply curve convexity on the... View Details
Keywords: Fiscal Stimulus; Fiscal Policy; Inflation; Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Policy; Mathematical Methods; United States
Goyal, Shlok, Avi Lipton, and Borui Niklas Zhu. "Fiscal Policy under Convex Supply Curves." Working Paper, August 2024.
- spring 2007
- Article
Corporate Legitimacy and Advertising: British Companies and the Rhetoric of Development in West Africa, 1950-1970
Around 1960, the first independent African nations emerged, marking the beginning of the momentous political event that, among other things, would change the visual representations and the copy of advertisements. Development, modernity, and industrialization became... View Details
Decker, Stephanie. "Corporate Legitimacy and Advertising: British Companies and the Rhetoric of Development in West Africa, 1950-1970." Business History Review 81, no. 1 (Spring 2007): 59–86.
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
entrepreneurship but also in the dynamics of the free-enterprise system itself. In 1975, venture funding in the United States totaled about $50 million. Today, it is somewhere between $50 and $100 billion. What triggered this explosive... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
I appreciate the efforts, but if we wanted to really think structurally about it, I would think about all those things. Silverthorne: Let's talk a little bit about the tax as a political document, versus a document meant to create View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
2017 Annual Review of Economics Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development By: Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong Abstract—This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne