Social Globalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
News

Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

a surge of staff interest in this area. To respond, Bain has undertaken several initiatives, each with a strong Internet component. For example, last year we launched "bainlab," a global consulting team dedicated to incubating and... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

developing leaders effective in collaborative, global organizations. True North Groups is also the title of the new book I have written with coauthor Doug Baker, a pioneer in the small-group movement. Having participated in two True North... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

February 2012
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A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty and Tarun Khanna

We build on the emerging literature of influence-based models to study how multinational firms can navigate host governments. Our "core-periphery" framework posits that the actions that an MNC takes with actors in what we call the "periphery"—comprised of state,... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Framework; Biotechnology Industry; Massachusetts; Brazil; China; Costa Rica; France; India

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Taxes worldwide

Where can I find information on taxes worldwide? KPMG Tax Rates Online: Time series data by country from 2010 - present for Corporate tax rates, Indirect tax rates, Individual income tax rates, Employer Social security... View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Harvard Gazette How invasion may hit U.S., global economies [Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard] Kenneth Rogoff sees possible fallout in stock, energy markets, worsening of inflation, increase... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Faculty Books

International Finance A Casebook by Mihir A. Desai (John Wiley & Sons) These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

management and production techniques, and global integration that spurred the "New Economy" of the 1990s had triggered profound and lasting changes. Frontiers of Capital brings together ethnographies exploring how cultural... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2018
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Exploring the Future of Work for Women

artificial intelligence, the growth of the gig economy, increasing global mobility, longer career spans, and changing work-life demands are all factors that are reshaping work. What those changes mean for women in the workplace, and how... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Sep 2021
News

My Pandemic Pivot

Illustration by Mattes - Getty Images The pandemic has had deep and global impacts, driving change in almost every field and industry. These transformations have been personal, too, and the Bulletin used our View Details

17 Dec 2018
News

Tomorrow, Transformed

business leadership to accelerate social change COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE: What does environmental leadership look like in the age of global warming? CODE BREAKERS: Increasing the number of women in positions... View Details

Keywords: HBS Bulletin staff; illustration by Martín Léon Barretto

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

and fundraising for scholarships to attend social enterprise-focused Executive Education programs or fellowships for MBA students. While HBS alumni clubs worldwide have long been engaged in their local communities, their activities have... View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

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Demographics: population statistics: non-US

Where do I find detailed, non-US population data? See World Population Prospects - global demographic estimates and projections undertaken by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

global CO2 emissions. They also remain the hubs and engines for the world’s economic, political, cultural, and social development. Fortunately, because of their legislative power to regulate buildings,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

first decade of the new century. Professor McFarlan has visited China more than 70 times in the past 37 years. (photo by Webb Chappell) What were the first red flags that indicated to you that China’s economy was beginning to slow down? You could see the View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 May 2020
News

Better Than Cash

sector into a language that can be understood by policymakers, politicians, and all those who will use the system. “We need to break down the barriers and make it accessible for everyone who is going to be a part of the digital payment ecosystem,” she says. “Our... View Details

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In "The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest," the authors report that inherently creative people tend to cheat more than noncreative types. Furthermore,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

24 Apr 2014
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Training managers in the developing world

business school development, is creating a new social impact fund to finance manufacturing in Africa. He has taught at the Institute Supérieur de Management in Dakar, Senegal, and coauthored two books focusing on the progress of African... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Founding a bone marrow donor bank that saves thousands of lives

Peter Harf (MBA 1974) transformed Joh. A. Benckiser SE, a small, privately held German company into a global powerhouse, but it’s his cofounding of Delete Blood Cancer DKMS that he considers his most important role. Since 1991, the... View Details

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

way without compromising the ability of conventional monetary policy to focus on its traditional dual mandate of promoting maximum employment and stable prices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52330 December 2016 International Journal... View Details