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HBS Working Knowledge
March 17, 2008
Sean Silverthorne |
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook A Q&A with Geoffrey Jones, coeditor of the Oxford Handbook of Business History, which provides a state-of-the-art overview of business history research worldwide.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 12, 2014
Sean Silverthorne |
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization Why is the firm overlooked as a contributor when we identify the drivers of globalization? Geoffrey Jones discusses his new book, Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 16, 2011 |
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History The editors of Harvard Business School's Business History Review, Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones, are challenging historians to tackle big subjects with major importance to the future of business. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 19, 2005
Mira Wilkins |
A Distinctively Dutch Investment in America The conclusion of an article in which this Florida International University professor and author looks for a distinctively Dutch "style" in where and how multinational enterprises have made investments in the United States. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 7, 2011
Sean Silverthorne |
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy In his new book, Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy, Harvard Business School historian Sophus A. Reinert unearths John Cary's An Essay on the State of England. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 15, 2007
Sean Silverthorne |
Remembering Alfred Chandler The Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, who died in May, defined the field of business history and shaped the way we think about the modern corporation. Harvard Business School colleagues share their thoughts on his legacy as well as their personal reminiscences. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 25, 2004
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Trends in Latin American Business Harvard's Latin America Research Center, in Buenos Aires, has been charting the region's volatile business conditions for four years--and sees opportunities. This Q&A with Executive Director Gustavo A. Herrero explains why 2004 should be Latin America's strongest since 1997 |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 19, 2010
Sean Silverthorne |
The History of Beauty The author, Geoffrey Jones, discusses his book, "Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry" |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 22, 2005
Geoffrey Jones |
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950-1980 World War II left the United States in a uniquely powerful position. And the 1950s onwards saw the beginning of the reconstruction of a new global economy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 23, 2005
Cynthia Churchwell |
What Could Bring Globalization Down? Do you think the forces of globalization are here to stay? Harvard professor Niall Ferguson says nothing is for certain. Consider what happened to the "first age of globalization" in 1914---and then look around at the world today. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 22, 2007
Michael Roberts |
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China Professor William Kerr discusses the phenomena of technology transfer and implications for U.S.-based businesses and policymakers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 12, 2011
Sean Silverthorne |
The Untold Story of 'Green' Entrepreneurs The history of entrepreneurs in green industries is largely unwritten, a fact that Harvard Business School business historian Geoffrey Jones is trying to remedy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 7, 2004
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
The Competition of Countries To be successful in a global world, countries need to build on comparative advantages, says Harvard professor Richard H. K. Vietor. But exploiting natural resources isn't the only answer. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 10, 2004
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures Why are joint ventures losing favor with transnational companies? Professor Mihir A. Desai discusses research that suggests globalization makes go-it-alone strategies pay off. |
Parameters
Summer 2005
Antulio J. Echevarria |
The Trouble with History Professional military education must equip students to understand the difference between historical reality and attempts to describe it. It must refrain from reinforcing the tendency among military students to regard history as a sentimental treasure. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001
Reint Gropp & Kristina Kostial |
FDI and Corporate Tax Revenue: Tax Harmonization or Competition? OECD countries with high corporate tax rates have experienced both high net outflows of foreign direct investment and a decline in corporate tax revenue. Identification of a causal link between these two trends has implications for the debate on tax harmonization... |
