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- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
reported whether they relied on those people for economic resources, emotional support, career guidance, or task advice. The people we surveyed also indicated the degree to which they felt two kinds of trust—affect- and cognition-based... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
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... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
UN President Speaks at HBS
The keynote speaker for last October’s International Week at HBS, UN General Assembly president Srgjan Kerim, called on the future leaders in his audience to use capital not only to realize profits but also in ways that promote and advance View Details
Keywords: Government
- February 1997 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Mexico (D): Stabilization and Retrenchment
By: Huw Pill
Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the Mexican Peso crisis of 1994 and the banking, financial, and macroeconomic crisis that followed it. View Details
Pill, Huw. "Mexico (D): Stabilization and Retrenchment." Harvard Business School Case 797-051, February 1997. (Revised August 1997.)
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
Value-Added Taxes and International Trade: The Evidence
By: Mihir A. Desai and James R Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., and James R Hines Jr. "Value-Added Taxes and International Trade: The Evidence." March 2005.
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
the United States to take advantage of that incentive. This really woke people up about the importance of these rules. Q: So, what is the right way to tax global corporations on their overseas profits? A: Fortunately, View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come together to make it happen.... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
The Europe Research Center (ERC) is the newest of Harvard Business School's Global Initiative research centers, having opened its doors in July 2002. With the political and economic currents now affecting... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 1974
- Book
The Acquisition of Technology from Multinational Corporations by Developing Countries
By: Walter A. Chudson and L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies
Chudson, Walter A., and L. T. Wells Jr. The Acquisition of Technology from Multinational Corporations by Developing Countries. Series ST/ESA/12. New York: United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, 1974. (Sales No. E.74.II.A.7.)
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
contributing optimally to overall economic health? Has the U.S. gone too far? What obligations does this create for increasing service sector productivity? Do manufacturing-based economies have some kind of inherent advantage over... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A lifelong mission to save the oceans
central challenge of our time: how to meet the enormous resource demands of a rapidly growing global population without destroying the natural systems that sustain us,” he says. Merkl found his passion as a young boy playing along the... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
Senior Lecturer John Macomber writes about his recent investigative visits to nascent privately-funded municipalities in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, SAUDI ARABIA—Two days before Thanksgiving, I'm standing at the... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia
Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong from 2005 until 2014, Chen facilitated the creation of numerous cases by providing HBS faculty with insights about how businesses operate in this economically important region and helping to... View Details
- September 1990 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Otis Elevator Co.: China Joint Venture (A)
Examines Otis's market entry strategy in China through a joint venture with Tianjin Elevator Works. The teaching objective is a basic evaluation of a joint venture in a developing country. May be used with Otis Elevator Co.: China Joint Venture (B1), (B2), and (D). View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Developing Countries and Economies; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Co.: China Joint Venture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-062, September 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
how innovation that matters really occurs and aren't always helpful to long-term global or even U.S. development. Bhidé's conclusions are based on interviews with a large sample of start-up entrepreneurs as well as View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Brazil Banks on Experience
Ranked among the world’s largest economies, Brazil and the left-leaning government of newly elected President Lu íz In ácio Lula da Silva soothed wary financial markets by selecting Henrique Meirelles (93rd AMP), former head of global... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
growing discrepancy (in incomes) will not fix itself, and needs yet another public/private initiative to bring our labor up to global competitiveness." John Stengrevics sounded the call for government involvement this way: Walmart's... View Details