foreign language - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

choose a lingua franca to expect everyone in the organization to learn a sufficient amount of what may be a totally foreign language for them? A: Needless to say, you want the right people with the right... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

countries or even held foreign assets, they found that the more globalized a firm is, the less the type of language influenced its CSR scores. "The idea is the more exposed you are internationally, the more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2017
Working Paper

Machine Learning Methods for Strategy Research

By: Mike Horia Teodorescu

Numerous applications of machine learning have gained acceptance in the field of strategy and management research only during the last few years. Established uses span such diverse problems as strategic foreign investments, strategic resource allocation, systemic risk... View Details

Keywords: Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; Classification; Decision Trees; Strategic Decisions; Strategy; Research; Information Technology

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07 Nov 2012
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Causes and Consequences of Linguistic Complexity in Non-US Firm Conference Calls

Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Patricia Naranjo & Gwen Yu; Accounting

19 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

verifiable answer," says Zhu. "They can be quite subjective or even controversial." History, they say, is written by the victors, and can read very differently depending on who is telling the tale. Even modern-day issues such as immigration, gun control, abortion, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

11 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

Santa Clara County into Silicon Valley. “Countries are beginning to realize—Israel being one of them—that they need to engage in public diplomacy, not just a foreign diplomacy, and in place branding, not just political advocacy, ” says... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

March 2020
Case

Hotstar

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kairavi Dey

Hotstar was an online video streaming platform owned by Star India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Corporation. Since its launch in 2015, the platform had grown to offer over 100,000 hours of TV content, movies in nine Indian languages... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Television Entertainment; Disruption; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; India; Mumbai

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28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

same is true when we look at India with China as a backdrop. That's why I wrote a comparative book." In our interview Khanna outlines the business landscape in both countries. He also describes how indigenous and foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-043.pdf Walking Through Jelly: Language Proficiency, Emotions, and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work Authors:Tsedal Beyene, Pamela J. Hinds, and Catherine Durnell Cramton Abstract In an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

chose to host conference calls in English, placing themselves on shaky linguistic ground. The recent working paper Capital Market Consequences of Non-Plain English in Conference Calls of Foreign Firms appears to be one of the first... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

deals. The problem, according to these executives, is that foreigners are rarely invited. "It's really a perception that foreigners can't appreciate the culture," says Chua. In practice, it means... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

market. By early 1917, Ahmednagar held 1,169 civilians, mostly men in their mid-30s. Although the prisoners’ movements were restricted, they were treated fairly well. They were allowed to build tennis courts, for example. Many spent their days learning View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

Non-Repatriation of Foreign Cash Negatively Affect U.S. Firms’ Operations? Evidence from Product Market Competitiveness By: Alhusaini, Badryah, Rick Laux, Henock Louis, and Anywhere Sikochi Abstract—Cash holdings provide the crucial... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to repay them. The Founders... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

majority sexual orientations in organizations. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Shifting%20Landscape%20of%20LGBT%20Org%20Research_0d247765-4372-49ed-9aae-dce41aef12b7.pdf August 2013 Foreign Affairs... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

example, and can do quite well in foreign languages—not in getting the accent perfect but in building vocabulary and understanding grammar. Studies bear out these observations: people maintain and grow their vocabulary—in their native... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

time. We examined a radical change in a recently acquired subsidiary of a U.S.-based global organization over a two-year period. With the aim to standardize communication across borders, the subsidiary changed its native working language... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

8 The Devil Is In The Details The decisions that managers have to make as part of implementing a restructuring plan are often critical to whether the restructuring succeeds or fails. In the language of economics, implementation is the... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

"Rather than discussing topics in the rarified air of investment banking, an industry foreign to many of our students, we wanted to be as universal as possible." Not that it is a simple situation emotionally. Stressed out over... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

marketing, having developed Gatorade into a powerhouse national brand by skillfully executing a plan drawn straight from the marketing textbooks. After purchasing the sports drink from Stokely-Van Camp in 1983, Quaker introduced it into twenty-six View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

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