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- March 2014
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Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia
By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael M. Di Tella and Sogomon Tarontsi
In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November, thousands of Ukrainians peacefully...
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Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Judgments;
Geopolitical Units;
Country;
Globalization;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Government and Politics;
International Relations;
National Security;
Growth and Development;
History;
Europe;
Ukraine;
European Union;
Russia
Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia." Harvard Business School Case 714-042, March 2014.
- Summer, 2021
- Article
The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries
By: Meredith Fowlie and Robyn C. Meeks
Almost all of the world’s energy demand growth is projected to occur in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to mitigate tensions between economic growth objectives and sustainable development commitments....
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Fowlie, Meredith, and Robyn C. Meeks. "The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 15, no. 2 (Summer, 2021): 238–260.
- 12 Jan 2022
- Podcast
Contingent to career: Kelly Services’ Peter Quigley on reinventing work and creating good jobs
In its 75 years, Kelly Services has gone from temp agency to skills broker, outsourcing firm, workforce development provider, and source of labor market research. CEO Peter Quigley discusses how employers and workers are approaching contingent work, Covid-19’s role in...
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- March 2008 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
China in Africa: The Case of Sudan
This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk.
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Business and Government Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Environmental Sustainability;
Sudan;
China
Abrami, Regina M., and Eunice Ajambo. "China in Africa: The Case of Sudan." Harvard Business School Case 308-060, March 2008. (Revised July 2010.)
- May 2010
- Article
Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004
By: Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury
We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically connected firms with more extensive outsourcing activities have...
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Keywords:
Political Economy;
Accounting Information;
Accruals Management;
Campaign Contributions;
Discretionary Accruals;
Election Outcomes;
Political Currency;
Political Process;
Social Issues;
Political Elections;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Motivation and Incentives;
Earnings Management;
Welfare;
United States
Ramanna, Karthik, and Sugata Roychowdhury. "Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004." Journal of Accounting Research 48, no. 2 (May 2010): 445–475. (Solicited for presentation at the 2009 Journal of Accounting Research Conference.)
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
set of underlying algorithmics for describing it. So the ability to look at people’s careers at scale is pretty new. And it’s new because, whereas in the past you would’ve had to interview thousands View Details
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Ignore June 30: Time is on the Side of a Better Iran Deal
Prior to the "interim deal" reached in November 2013, Iranian nuclear negotiators could—and did—play for time while the regime rapidly added more centrifuges and increased production of enriched uranium. That is no longer the case. For the first time in years, the...
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International Relations;
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Deal;
Iran;
United States;
Iran;
United States
Sebenius, James K. "Ignore June 30: Time is on the Side of a Better Iran Deal." Iran Matters (June 28, 2015).
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
on the dining room table. And you have this conversation off of those papers. And today, that couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s so much more automated. And advisers have learned to scale their...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
technology or HR or some of the financial systems that you need, really, to not only scale your company, but also put you in a position to obtain financing, because you just don’t have the robust reporting...
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- 13 Apr 2022
- Podcast
Micha Kaufman on the new terms of the talent bargain
The pandemic took remote work mainstream. This gave a boost to online platforms for freelance professionals and highly skilled workers. Micha Kaufman, founder and CEO of Fiverr, explains how businesses have gotten better at leveraging this talent, how freelancers have...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket...
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- June 2007 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel J. Isenberg and Ant Bozkaya
Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Conflict and Resolution;
Turkey
Kerr, William R., Daniel J. Isenberg, and Ant Bozkaya. "TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships." Harvard Business School Case 807-175, June 2007. (Revised June 2011.) (This case replaces "Bundling the Contracts: TA-Energy", Harvard Business School Case 807-075, by Kerr and Bozkaya.)
- 17 Jul 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
A Replication Study of Alan Blinder’s “How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?”
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by Troy Smith & Jan W. Rivkin
- 03 Apr 2024
- Podcast
IBM CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux on AI and the culture of skills building
As the digital economy pushes companies to prioritize continuous learning, HR strategies need to emphasize customization, flexibility, and support for diverse work-life needs.
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- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
the United States has made some significant reforms to improve the ease of conducting furloughs since the Great Recession ended.) Managers must consider economic conditions, as well. If the entire economy is...
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Instrument of Pictorial Publicity - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
industrial lines.”7 In the 1930s, many believed the failing U.S. economy threatened the private enterprise system itself, and as the Great Depression wore on a sense of obligation arose among business...
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industries, which sounds like a good thing. No longer thinking that you had to be an oil guy to run an oil company—and it had to be a guy, too, because now there are at least more women in that industry. It’s still not representative of...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
to take advantage of it. What’s clear, though, is that AI will reshape the global economy and the world of work. The International Monetary Fund [IMF] estimates that 40 percent...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
through. And I have to say, on the community side, it’s a work in progress. I don’t want to give you any illusion that everybody in the store knows about LBU. You just can’t understand the scale of Walmart...
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- 22 Jan 2007
- Working Paper Summaries