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  • 02 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

feel the pinch. Q: What does it mean for the U.S. economy if this is China’s new normal or things decline even further? A: The U.S. is growing solidly. This crisis is not going to be too impactful through the trade channel. Exports make... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

geographically insulate their trades from the broader commerce, creating in effect two circuits. Yet the professionals also promote specific practices of trade within their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

first flocked to the area in the 1940s and worked together to build the entertainment hub it is today: a destination for gambling, trade shows, comedy, music, and some of the finest restaurants in the... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology
  • 02 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

Revelation of Bad News, were published in September. To determine when and why companies engage in this behavior and what it might indicate about their future earnings, the research team examined roughly 70,000 call transcripts from all... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
  • 02 Jul 2014
  • Blog Post

Connecting Fashion & Technology at Kate Spade

I found my internship with Kate Spade through Career & Professional Development’s collaboration with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Coming from management consulting where the... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

are not compartmentalized; rather a loss in one currency may impact trading in another. We also show that while the impact of a loss on subsequent trading decisions does... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

What Industrial Policy?

glory days, when it employed about a quarter of the US workforce. The case for special treatment That said, there are some compelling reasons the government should give manufacturing special treatment: Lowering the View Details
Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where founders trade off the simplicity of accepting an equal split, with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few... View Details
Keywords: History; Labor Unions; Trade; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Financial Crisis; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Lesotho
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  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

  Working PapersThe Seer of Wellesley Hills: Roger Babson and the Babson Statistical Organization Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract Roger Babson was a pioneer of the business-forecasting industry in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 15, 2007

that a monopolistic market maker is able to extract from impatient investors. The mechanism for trade is a limit order, and immediacy is supplied when the limit order is executed. We show that limit orders are American options and their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

On September 12, 1980, the military launched a coup on the government in Turkey. For many executives, such instability is the worst nightmare of doing business in a developing country. But for Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Akin, usually on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Japan's Automakers Face Endaka

By: Debora L. Spar
In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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  • April 2020
  • Background Note

U.S. Food Retail During the Pandemic: March 2020

By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
This note, written in late March 2020 and mainly U.S. focused, looks at the unfolding impact of the coronavirus pandemic on food retailers and their suppliers. It allows student to consider the challenges facing food retail executives as they navigate urgent supply... View Details
Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Food; Supply Chain; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Trade; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 02 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 2

of commercialization. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810004-PDF-ENG SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinnHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

study they asked, what is the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on management practices across the world? Read the paper: http://bsr.london.edu/lbs-article/611/index.html Mutual Fund Trading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

Yet this literature has had much more to say about international trade and institutional structures than about entrepreneurship and MNEs. Indeed, the story of the creation of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Siblings at HBS: Katie and Tyler Harris

art history major, would rather trade Friday night lights for First Fridays with friends at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Was coming to HBS a joint decision? It wasn’t – Tyler knew much earlier that she... View Details
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

who accompanied his own goods to trade fairs. Taking this concept as its point of departure, this essay focuses on the predominantly Italian merchants who controlled the long-distance East-West View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

unique data set on the career histories of Indian bureaucrats supports the key predictions of our framework. We find that politicians use frequent reassignments (transfers) across posts View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace