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- 01 Dec 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?
that foreign companies employ 5.4 million in the United States. Clark is not optimistic about today's societies that have not had a long history of cultural foundations and functioning institutions that support the kind of formal and...
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by by Jim Heskett
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
overhead, and it was planning an additional layoff of 8,300 employees at the time Dunlap took over. At the same time it invested in new paper machines and attempted to consolidate its global position by acquiring several foreign...
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by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
Between 1990 and 2008, the US economy added 27 million jobs. Ninety-eight percent of them were in nontradable activities. This is another way of saying that most American job growth has come in sectors where US workers don't compete...
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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
champions that the government hoped to create, SPH was also considering an acquisition in the U.S. or Europe. This case allows students to consider the broad trends sweeping China's pharmaceutical industry and health care sector and assess future opportunities there...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
history of this American corporate icon. The U.S. cannot afford to lose the thousands of middle-class jobs of GM workers and management, nor the cutting edge R&D that GM does with its suppliers and partner universities. GM faces a...
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- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many clusters are also driven by external forces, such as foreign direct...
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- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
logistics and profitability while making life much better for workers. Mercadona offers the lowest prices in Spain, and its operational performance exceeds that of comparable Spanish and foreign chains. In 2008, Mercadona's sales per...
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- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
Political and Social Systems. Every country's political system affects its product, labor, and capital markets. In socialist societies like China, for instance, workers cannot form independent trade unions in the labor market, which...
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- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
educated workers about their rights. Policy also plays a key role, Abrami added. In the early years of state-building, Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew may have busted unions, but he also raised wages at the same time. Moreover, he decided...
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by Julia Hanna
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
patterns. We present a model where beliefs determine the types of contracts that firms offer and whether workers exert effort. Some workers become criminals, depending on their luck in the labor market, the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
an additional tax rate of around 11% on the longest lived capital. To pin down credit constraints as the underlying cause, we apply triple differences strategies using foreign ownership or pre-crisis debt maturity. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
conduct business. In fact, consumers vote with their checkbooks if they feel that transnational companies aren't acting as stewards of public health, worker rights, and the environment. As infamous cases have filled the airwaves—Nestlé's...
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- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
negative impact on America’s competitiveness that could result. We surveyed thousands of Harvard Business School alumni for their views on immigration. Our alumni were overwhelmingly supportive of skilled immigration. Over 90 percent said that View Details
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by William R. Kerr
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. Abstract The empirical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Periodical:Economic Journal 117 (2007): F189-F217 Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
building an electrical component. This information instructs local engineers and other local skilled workers concerning key elements of the firm's technology. The reforms we studied appear to be effective because they were sustained,...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals and steel. The early intervention, under...
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Abstract Global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign...
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Sean Silverthorne