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- 1998
- Book
The Multinational Traders
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history and theory of multinational trading companies. The essays in this volume demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment flows in the world economy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The empirical...
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Keywords:
Company History;
Trade;
Globalization;
Books;
Organizational Structure;
Perspective;
Diversification;
Theory;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, ed. The Multinational Traders. Routledge International Studies in Business History. London: Routledge, 1998.
- 29 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity
In April, the World Health Organization released a groundbreaking study that established a definitive link between mental health and economic productivity. The findings were...
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by Carmen Nobel
- October 2014
- Supplement
Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
Five years after the Great Recession, Honeywell's CEO Dave Cote and his executive team reflect on the choices they made to manage costs and earnings forecasts during that uncertain time. They discuss which cost cutting measures they decided to take and their personal...
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Keywords:
Layoffs;
Furloughs;
Downsizing;
Work Sharing;
Short Time Work;
Recessions;
Earnings Forecast;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Cost Management;
Executive Compensation;
Crisis Management;
Financial Crisis;
Manufacturing Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Susan J. Winterberg. "Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 315-023, October 2014.
- January 2014
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (C)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56...
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- 18 May 2021
- Video
Competing in the Age of AI
- November 2018
- Case
The Bundesliga in the U.S.
By: Stephen A. Greyser, Sascha L. Schmidt and Florian Holzmayer
The Bundesliga, Germany’s premier football (soccer) league, is assessing its global broadcast and marketing strategy, with special focus on the very lucrative but highly competitive U.S. market. Its CEO Christian Seifert believed that a strong international position...
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Keywords:
Media;
Sports;
Global Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Sports Industry;
United States
Greyser, Stephen A., Sascha L. Schmidt, and Florian Holzmayer. "The Bundesliga in the U.S." Harvard Business School Case 919-406, November 2018.
- 20 Sep 2010
- News
The Nano Mantras
- January 2014
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (F)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
- January 2014
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (E)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
a new work world that will keep employees both happy and productive post-COVID? Several HBS faculty members shared advice to help leaders prepare for the “next normal." Julia Austin: Prioritize face time at...
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Keywords:
All Industries
- June 1991 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Organized Labor and the Worker
A vehicle for the discussion of labor unions and working people from the Civil War to the end of World War I.
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Organized Labor and the Worker." Harvard Business School Case 391-256, June 1991. (Revised March 1995.)
- November – December 1998
- Article
Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
This article explains how clusters foster high levels of productivity and innovation and lays out the implications for competitive strategy and economic policy. Economic geography in an era of global competition poses a paradox. In theory, location should no longer be...
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters and the New Economics of Competition." Harvard Business Review 76, no. 6 (November–December 1998): 77–90.
- July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
China and the WTO: Doing the Right Thing? (Abridged)
In late 2001, the People's Republic of China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). Sets the terms of China's accession agreement against its compliance record some two years later. Discusses why key actors, such as business, organized labor, and other governments,...
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Keywords:
History;
International Relations;
Judgments;
Trade;
Business and Government Relations;
Development Economics;
Governance Compliance;
Emerging Markets;
Economic Growth;
Global Strategy;
China
Abrami, Regina M. "China and the WTO: Doing the Right Thing? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 705-002, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- July 2020
- Teaching Note
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeaacted...
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- 12 Feb 2015
- Video
Saving the Earth is Good Business
- July 2007 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
CEMEX (A): Building the Global Framework (1985-2004)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Pamela Yatsko and Ryan Raffaelli
CEMEX grew through acquisitions from a Latin American to a global company under the leadership of a CEO who believed in the importance of a "one enterprise" culture and benchmarking against world standards. As the CEO ponders an acquisition that would double the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Competency and Skills;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Integration;
Latin America
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Pamela Yatsko, and Ryan Raffaelli. "CEMEX (A): Building the Global Framework (1985-2004)." Harvard Business School Case 308-022, July 2007. (Revised September 2009.)
- 20 May 2022
- News
The Great Onshoring: Inside the Transcontinental Chip Race
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
not? This was a guy who knew the IVK business inside and out and had apparently mastered the mysterious world of IT in just three months. Sending Barton—former Loan Ops VP, now...
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by Martha Lagace
- July 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
elBulli: The Taste of Innovation
By: Michael I. Norton, Julian Villanueva and Luc Wathieu
Ferran Adrià, chef at elBulli, the highest-ranked restaurant in the world for two consecutive years, faces two related decisions. First, Adrià and his team must continue to develop new and different dishes for the ground-breaking cuisine at elBulli to guarantee a...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Creativity;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Spain
Norton, Michael I., Julian Villanueva, and Luc Wathieu. "elBulli: The Taste of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 509-015, July 2008. (Revised March 2009.) (Also available in Spanish: 509S01-PDF-SPA.)
- 01 Feb 2016
- News