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December 1980 (Revised January 1994)
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International Foodstuffs

Describes three fairly routine instances in which considerations of risk exposure in foreign exchange are necessary. The three are a delayed payment for a grain shipment, a foreign subsidiary facing devaluation of its domestic currency, and a foreign acquisition. The... View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Money; International Finance; Financial Services Industry

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17 Mar 2009
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of the domestic economy. Moreover, we illustrate that gray markets may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length transfer prices between international subsidiaries.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

that robust verification mechanisms such as independent certification may be necessary for voluntary management programs to mitigate information asymmetries surrounding management practices. Implications are discussed for the industry-associations, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

favor, and manufacturing dried up. At a certain point, jobs in local government and services became the gold standard for security, benefits, and compensation—which is when the pendulum swung toward... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

01 Dec 2003
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HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report

its commitment to transparency at a time when the School is involved in a $500 million capital campaign. It also highlights the School’s unusual business model. Unlike most schools, HBS does not accept government and third-party faculty... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

Janisse Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2012). Abstract We examine the internal supply chains at two service organizations to discover the source of disruptions that erode employees' efficiency. Through... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2020
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The Network Effect

process for participating in a clinical trial was very convoluted. There is a huge government database that is not consumer friendly.” Kapoor and a team of volunteers created a simple way for those interested in helping advance research... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

the universal bank had long been disputed. After 2008, the financial crisis and subsequent Great Recession damaged many global and domestic financial services firms. While the government bailed out universal... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
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Roads to Recovery

Antiquated Passenger Rail While the US freight rail system is among the best in the world, passenger service ranks 17th globally in annual passenger-miles of service. A 2013 commuter train crash in Connecticut revealed that 700,000 people... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Colombia

style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics The Government... View Details

20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

on the home country remains unclear. We know very little about return migration of workers engaged in innovation and entrepreneurship, except that it is rapidly growing in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49887 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2010
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Letters to the Editor

article in a business journal that gives as strong, comprehensive, and accurate a depiction of corrupt business practices as “Show Me the Money.” My own career was mostly in the Foreign Service when I had occasion to see and lament most... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2004
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Warren Buffett Speaks at HBS

from his Burden Hall audience. Asked about outsourcing and whether the U.S. government should offer tax inducements to counter it, Buffett replied that he saw outsourcing as “a small part of a much, much bigger problem.” He explained that... View Details

Keywords: Warren Buffett; Educational Services; Educational Services

15 Oct 2019
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Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

visitors. “We are focusing on initiatives targeted to improve the economic prosperity of the people.” The message resonated with the HBS group, who visited 20 companies in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; and Lagos, Nigeria, ranging from a financial View Details

26 Apr 2016
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April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2001
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Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

an audit senior manager in Boston. In that position, Rapier developed materials and conducted courses on a variety of accounting and auditing topics. This interest led in 1995 to a part-time faculty appointment, teaching accounting at Harvard’s Kennedy School of View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
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FJ Management Inc.

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Matthew G. Preble

In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO... View Details

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April 2009 (Revised November 2018)
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Sanctuary Soft: International Expansion Strategies

By: Boris Groysberg, Geoff Marietta, Tim Marshall and Adam Hartley

Sanctuary Soft CEO Elizabeth Smalley faced increasing pressure from her primary investor to expand operations internationally. If successful, the expansion could enlarge Sanctuary’s customer base and enable the firm to better serve existing clients’ overseas offices.... View Details