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- 19 Jul 2020
- News
Remote Work Revolution
- 28 Mar 2016
- Conference Presentation
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Social Auditors.
- August 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Shapiro Global
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Michael Brookshire, Monica Haugen, Michelle Kravetz and Sarah Sommer
Su Yee Goh, a director in a Singapore office, considers a proposal by a pregnant female executive for an alternative work arrangement so that she could both continue to work and spend more time with her family. Goh wants to keep the executive at Shapiro Global, but is...
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Keywords:
Disruption;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Employee Relationship Management;
Retention;
Work-Life Balance;
Singapore
DeLong, Thomas J., Michael Brookshire, Monica Haugen, Michelle Kravetz, and Sarah Sommer. "Shapiro Global." Harvard Business School Case 407-003, August 2006. (Revised June 2007.)
- August 2020
- Article
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design
By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill
Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led many transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance. Drawing on thousands of audits conducted by a major social auditor, we identify structural...
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Keywords:
Monitoring;
Supplier Relationship;
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainable Operations;
Sustainable Supply Chains;
NGO;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Governance Compliance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Global Range;
Working Conditions
Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill. "Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design." ILR Review 73, no. 4 (August 2020): 873–912.
- 4 Mar 2016
- Conference Presentation
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Social Auditors
- Research Summary
GLOBALIZATION AND STRATEGY
Pankaj Ghemawat is engaged in a substantial stream of work on globalization and strategy. On the research front, this has involved a particular focus on the levels and dynamics of cross-border market integration, location-specificity and persistent sources of...
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Global Ambition
to allocate our contributions . . . [and] believe the School has the ability to amplify what we contribute.” Start Up Summer Kao and Chew got to know each other the summer after their first year at HBS, when they both had internships in California. Kao was View Details
- November 1998 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Global Beer
Two young American entrepreneurs working in Japan have rapidly established an importing business to take advantage of new regulations permitting microbrewers and brewpubs. Options for further growth include an international brewpub franchise, alliances with Japanese...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Startups;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan;
United States
Arnold, David J., and Ardon B. Hirschfeld. "Global Beer." Harvard Business School Case 599-063, November 1998. (Revised June 2001.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Managing Remote Work Quality: Evidence from Management Systems Standards Auditing
By: Ashley Palmarozzo and Michael W. Toffel
Remote work has become more common, providing operational flexibility and productivity benefits, but questions remain about whether and how it affects quality. This study investigates the quality effects of remote work in a diagnostic service context in which remote...
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Keywords:
Audit;
Auditing;
Remote Work;
Compliance;
Assessment;
Environment;
Management Systems;
Quality Management;
Quality Management System;
Quality;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Environmental Management;
Safety
Palmarozzo, Ashley, and Michael W. Toffel. "Managing Remote Work Quality: Evidence from Management Systems Standards Auditing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-002, July 2023.
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
that globalization has led corporations to outsource too much of their work and, more important, their intellectual capital. This has created a worldwide level of interdependency that increasingly threatens...
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by James Heskett
- 08 Oct 2015
- Video
Global Immersion Locations Revealed
- Web
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- Web
Global - Global Activities 2020
actively involved in international research. While they often work with a specific global center to pursue particular avenues of inquiry, in some instances they draw upon multiple centers for a broader...
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- Program
Leading Global Businesses
Summary In an increasingly complex and volatile global world, companies need capable leaders with a unique mix of global business knowledge and personal leadership strengths. In this View Details
- 2013
- Article
Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Do multinational corporations (MNCs) have a responsibility to address unjust conditions—not simply by refraining from contributing to injustice, but also by actively working to bring about a just state of affairs? This paper examines whether this question can be...
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporations;
Global Justice;
Corporate Purpose;
Corporate Responsibility;
Human Needs;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose." Notizie di Politeia 29, no. 111 (2013).
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more...
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by Julia Hanna
- 2010
- Chapter
Leadership in a Globalizing World
In this chapter, world-renowned business expert, author, and Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter asks the question, "Is leadership different in a globalizing world--one of broadening horizons and burgeoning sources of ideas and supplies--than in...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Leadership;
Research;
Complexity;
Diversity
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Leadership in a Globalizing World." Chap. 20 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 20 Dec 2019
- Video
HBS FIELD Global Immersion
- 2014
- Article
Where Global and Virtual Meet: The Value of Examining the Intersection of These Elements in Twenty-First-Century Teams
By: Cristina B. Gibson, Laura Huang, Bradley L. Kirkman and Debra L. Shapiro
We review prior research that has examined virtuality in teams (e.g., pertaining to the use of electronic media) or the global nature of teams (e.g., national and cultural differences), demonstrating that very few scholars have examined both simultaneously. Given that...
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Keywords:
Global Virtual Teams;
Cultural Diversity;
Electronic Communication;
Computer-mediated Communication;
Groups and Teams;
Global Range;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Interactive Communication
Gibson, Cristina B., Laura Huang, Bradley L. Kirkman, and Debra L. Shapiro. "Where Global and Virtual Meet: The Value of Examining the Intersection of These Elements in Twenty-First-Century Teams." Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 1 (2014): 217–244.