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- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
Vietnamese manicurists, Korean dry cleaners, Haitian cab drivers, Gujarati motel owners. Anyone who lives in an American city can see how immigrants tend to cluster in industries along ethnic lines. Is this because they are forced to by...
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Research - Managing the Future of Work
example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self-employment for dry cleaning than other... 13 Apr 2022 Podcast Managing the Future of Work Micha Kaufman on the new terms of the talent bargain Joe Fuller 30 Mar 2022 Podcast Managing...
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Patrick Chun
Patrick Chun's interest in both entrepreneurship and Asia, partially satisfied by his roles as managing editor of the Harvard Asia Pacific Review and President of the Korean Association at Harvard College, was further stimulated by a...
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- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
the economy. On the demand side, it requires people to change their behavior. On the supply side, a country needs to mass-produce masks and efficiently distribute them. South Koreans were familiar with wearing masks from their experience...
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- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
Identity helps explain why people do things, everything from getting tattoos to volunteering, that aren't in their immediate best interest. I'm reminded of this when I recall the dedication with which my South Korean business friends...
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by Jim Heskett
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Research - Managing the Future of Work
Martin Mandorff We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in...
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- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Materials The Korean Model of Shared Growth, 1960-1990 Aldo Musacchio, Rafael Di Tella, and Jonathan SchleferHarvard Business School Case 712-052 This case narrates the development of the Republic of Korea from 1960 to 1990. The case...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
a market in service, reputation, and reliability develops. Social exchanges. People build identities in virtual communities like Korea's Cyworld (90 percent of Koreans in their 20s are members). Firms may then sponsor or co-opt...
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- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
animating insight sprang from his study of Korean War air battles between American F-86s and Soviet Union-made MiG-15s. Although the Soviet plane could accelerate faster, was better armed, and could perform better at higher altitudes, the...
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- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
more) of small landlords; and the consequent destruction of entrepreneurial talent as well as opportunity. To this we must add the execution of between three to five million alleged "counter-revolutionaries" in the political-economic terror of the View Details
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by William C. Kirby
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
auto makers have made advances, and Korean manufacturers are focusing on improving their quality and innovating on warranties and assurance programs to remove consumer uncertainty. Much further down the road, competition will come from...
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- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
pattern, rating men as more interdependent than women, deviating from the "universal" gender stereotype of male independence. In Study 2, bi-cultural Korean American participants rated men as less interdependent if they...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
undemocratic and brutal circumstances: whether in South Korean military dictatorships from the 1960s to the 1980s; Pinochet's Chile during the 1970s and 1980s; or Communist China since 1978. Equally, business enterprises have featured...
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by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
style and personality; it could be language. Language is a barrier. I'm teaching in an executive program right now and the Koreans and the Japanese speak very rarely. It's not that they don't have a lot to contribute, it's that they can...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
mainstream in the early 2000s. Leagues were organized by a central authority, and competitions were televised. Long before the rest of the world discovered the 21st-century sport, South Korean video gamers were held in the same regard as...
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- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
find that being tied through elite sociopolitical networks to the regime in power significantly increased the rate at which South Korean companies formed cross-border strategic alliances, but also that being tied through elite...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
said, “You know, Mr. Fung, we don’t know why you’ve come to Taiwan. We’re finished here, everything’s gone to Korea.” And pretty soon, the Koreans were saying, “How can we compete with the Thais, the Indonesians, the Filipinos,” who were...
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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
hospital. Where and how should she begin? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409090 Cherrypicks Harvard Business School Case 807-106 Cherrypicks is a Hong Kong communications start-up approaching a large...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
It probably won't shock you that the most popular YouTube video in the past month was "Gentleman," the latest hit from South Korean rapper PSY, whose "Gangnam Style" is the most-watched video of all time. More surprising: among the other...
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- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
change, which included the 300 top executives plus another 100 natural leaders from the ranks without fancy titles. The 1,350 South Koreans I met at the Shinhan Financial Group Summit outside of Seoul in the fall of 2003 were all...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter