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- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
their time considering the implications of a set of global standards. My work, and that of others in the area, shows that global differences in accounting have important economic impacts. For example, in my peer-reviewed research I have examined how global differences...
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- August 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Husk Power
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk...
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Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Foreign Direct Investment;
International Finance;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Crime and Corruption;
Employee Relationship Management;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Employment;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Management Succession;
Management Skills;
Emerging Markets;
Social Psychology;
Culture;
Business Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Africa;
India;
United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Sid Misra. "Husk Power." Harvard Business School Case 815-023, August 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Growth within the EU has been sluggish, with high unemployment and low investment in R&D. The EU has launched a set of reforms to create a "single passport" system of mutual recognition within the EU for capital, services,...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
addition, following China's entry into the WTO and the end of its five-year protection period, foreign competition, such as Best Buy, has entered the market and is bound to change the competitive landscape. Gome needs to decide what to...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
to step in over and over again. What, then, should business and civic leaders do about revenue? Since the fabric of cities is woven by the many entities of which they're composed, this is a question that can be broken down into a number of options and View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
of the variation in industry imports from China and changes in federal spending) and two supply-side ones (TFP shocks and variation in knowledge/ideas coming from foreign patenting). In each case, we find substantial propagation of these...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
aspects of risk including political risk, foreign exchange risk, market risk, and execution risk. Further, the discussion covers social aspects including whether the slum should be redeveloped at all, whether it should be redeveloped by...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
degree of stability and predictability. Many businesspeople thought elements of the Trump administration were favorable, such as a reduction in regulatory burdens and taking more aggressive steps toward foreign parties, especially China,...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
tight monetary policy. The bank-to-bond substitution can only be measured for firms with access to bond markets. However, we show that this substitution behavior has strong predictive power for bank borrowing and investments by small,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54963 Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital By: Lerner, Josh, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang Abstract—This paper undertakes a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
diversification strategies. The article concludes by suggesting a research agenda for dynamic capabilities. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53220 Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
insights into foreign policy, statecraft, and world order have been widely discussed. Yet surprisingly, until this book, his impressive achievements as a negotiator have escaped systematic analysis. While specific cases have been examined...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Policy Experiment By: Alfaro, Laura, Anusha Chari, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Emerging-market governments adopted capital control taxes to manage the massive surge in foreign capital inflows in the aftermath of the global financial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
2003. He is now active mentoring young entrepreneurs, investing in companies, and painting. The interview is part of the Creating Emerging Markets series sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, in which business leaders in...
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- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
cultures—you'd be hard-pressed to tell their nationality," says Deshpandé. "Among other distinguishing characteristics, these firms tend to have intrapreneurial cultures that encourage and reward risk. They are quick to market and View Details
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by Garry Emmons
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
These regions experienced long eras of foreign domination, dealt with extensive state intervention, faced institutional inefficiencies, and experienced extended turbulence. This article suggests that this context drove different business...
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Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
strategies to the unique contexts of emerging markets—and instill in their organizations an organizational openness to experiments. Zain's One Network and Microsoft's FonePlus are only two examples of successful emerging market experiments. Position Your Business as a...
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
emergent online investing market, we construct a theory to explain how a firm becomes a cognitive referent in a nascent market and other firms' failure to do so. Successful firms conceptualize market creation as problem solving; they...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
century, the main objective of most risk management policies—from limited liability to bankruptcy law to a fixed exchange rate—was to encourage trade and investment and thus to facilitate economic growth by making investors and traders...
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by Laura Linard