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What the West Gets Wrong About China
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
Who Is Going to Regulate AI?
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleAs the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
Why the News Is Not the Truth
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe news media and the government are entwined in a vicious circle of mutual manipulation, mythmaking, and self-interest. Journalists need crises to dramatize... -
AI Regulation Is Coming
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFor years public concern about technological risk has focused on the misuse of personal data. But as firms embed more and more artificial intelligence... -
Power and Politics in Organizational Life
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOrganizations are political structures which provide platforms for the expression of individual interests, and which revolve around the accumulation of... -
Competitive Advantage of Nations
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA four-year, ten-nation study of the patterns of competitive success in leading countries concludes that companies achieve competitive advantage through... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact. -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
GDP Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being
Economics Digital ArticleWe need better measures of development. -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Business and society Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair Laws
Global Business Digital ArticleA model assessing their potential impact suggests manufacturers might flood the market with cheap goods, raise prices, or both. -
Is America in Decline?
Global Business Magazine ArticleAmerica, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism, now appears to be obsessed by "declinism"--the idea that something is fundamentally... -
25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase "Triple Bottom Line." Here's Why It's Time to Rethink It.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool. -
The Ecosystem of Shared Value
Business and society Magazine ArticleCompanies must sometimes team up with governments, NGOs, and even rivals to capture the economic benefits of social progress. -
Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleParadoxically, the enduring competitive advantages in a global economy lie increasingly in local things—knowledge, relationships, and motivation that distant rivals cannot match. -
Off-Sites that Work
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleOf all the meetings top executives attend in a year, none is more important than the strategy off-site, where the most essential conversations for the... -
Obama and the High Cost of High Expectations
Government Digital ArticleThere’s an old saying that putting someone on a pedestal makes it a lot easier to get kicked in the head. I mention this because two years ago many voters put Barack Obama on a very high pedestal. Expectations went through the roof as crowds of people (even outside the U.S.) shouted that oft-repeated campaign […]
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Electric Car Wars, 2018
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Electric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government... -
Whirlpool Corp.: Structuring the Deal to Acquire Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Ian Lee, Whirlpool's VP for North Asia, had been negotiating a possible acquisition with Jackie Jin, the chairman of a leading Chinese appliance manufacturer... -
Uber in Hong Kong: A Regulator's Dilemma
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In Hong Kong as elsewhere in the world, Uber operates in a grey area. Thousands of passengers are using Uber service in the crowded city on a regular... -
Iceland: Small fish in a global pond
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Describes the economic development of Iceland since 1945, focusing in particular on the years since 2000, when Iceland experienced strong growth and Icelandic... -
The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition
Global Business Case Study15.05View Details In May 2019, amidst of an ever-worsening trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump added Chinese telecom giant Huawei to the Department... -
Zotter Chocolate: Creating a Market in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the process of Austrian chocolate producer Zotter Chocolate entering the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company... -
Barber of Buenos Aires: Argentina's Debt Renegotiation
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Tells the story of Argentina's aggressive strategy for renegotiating its sovereign debt from 2003 to 2005. Most creditors accepted the offer to swap their... -
Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act: Can the Tax Code Transform American Energy?
Management Case Study8.95View Details On August 16, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The wide-ranging law included provisions for lowering... -
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Marfrig, one of the world's leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The... -
National Parks Conservation Association
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The National Parks Conservation Association seeks to help the U.S. National Park Service increase its efficiency by incorporating principles of business... -
Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Haiti Hope was to provide 25,000 Haitian farmers with world-class business and industry expertise to help them grow mangos more efficiently and abundantly,... -
Slavery
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Explores the general history of slavery in the United States. Through detailed exhibits and a text consisting of excerpts from six first-hand observations... -
The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What It Means for Business and Society
Global Business BookOver 6.4 billion people participate in a $36.5 trillion global economy, designed and overseen by no one. How did this marvel of self-organized complexity... -
Rospil.info
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir... -
Planetary Resources Inc., Property Rights, and the Regulation of the Space Economy
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Planetary Resources, Inc. (PRI) had a bold, some said crazy, vision: to mine asteroids. One might have assumed that developing the right technology would... -
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island's... -
Punjab and Kerala: Regional Development in India
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Between 2000 and 2004, India's economy grew by 6.35%. Focuses on the states of Punjab and Kerala, which emphasized sharply different development strategies.... -
Wealthsimple: Navigating the Growth of Canada's First Regulated Crypto-Exchange Platform
Management Case Study8.95View Details Michael Katchen, chief executive officer and co-founder of Wealthsimple Technologies Inc. (Wealthsimple), made history when his company launched Canada's... -
Cuna Mas: Peru's Early Childhood Program Struggles to Maintain Quality as It Scales Up
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2012, amid much fanfare, Peru's President Ollanta Humala launched an ambitious program on early childhood development called Cuna Más. The program,...
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What the West Gets Wrong About China
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
Who Is Going to Regulate AI?
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleAs the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
Why the News Is Not the Truth
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe news media and the government are entwined in a vicious circle of mutual manipulation, mythmaking, and self-interest. Journalists need crises to dramatize... -
AI Regulation Is Coming
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFor years public concern about technological risk has focused on the misuse of personal data. But as firms embed more and more artificial intelligence... -
Power and Politics in Organizational Life
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOrganizations are political structures which provide platforms for the expression of individual interests, and which revolve around the accumulation of... -
Competitive Advantage of Nations
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA four-year, ten-nation study of the patterns of competitive success in leading countries concludes that companies achieve competitive advantage through... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact.