Globalization
Globalization
The globalization of business has long encouraged Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty to research international business practices and the effects of globalization. Seminal contributions - Christopher Bartlett on managing across borders, Michael Porter on competition in global industries, and Louis Wells on foreign investment in emerging markets - helped pave today’s global research path. Supported by eight Global Research Centers that facilitate our contact with global companies and the collection of international data, key investigations concentrate on the effectiveness of management practices in global organizations; cross-cultural learning and adaptation processes; the challenges of taking companies global; emerging-market companies with global potential; and international political economy and its impact on economic development.
Global Initiative
The Global Initiative builds on a legacy of global engagement by supporting faculty, students, and alumni in their work, and encouraging a global outlook in research, study, and practice.
GlobalResearch CentersRecent Publications
The Commons Project in Rwanda—Building Digital Infrastructure for the Global Public Good
- November 2023 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship
- November 2023 |
- Article |
- Research Policy
JPMorgan Chase in Paris
- October 2023 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Deglobalization and Entrepreneurial Investment: The Natural Experiment of Brexit
- 2023 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
Discussion of Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism
- 2023 |
- Chapter |
- Faculty Research
How Global Upheaval Influences Board Decision-Making: What Is the Effect of Cold War II on Corporate Governance?
- Third Quarter 2022 |
- Article |
- Directors & Boards
Digital Health Reimbursement Strategies of 8 European Countries and Israel: Scoping Review and Policy Mapping
- 2023 |
- Article |
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Objective: This study examines the digital health reimbursement strategies in 8 European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and Israel.
Methods: We mapped available digital health reimbursement strategies using a scoping review and policy mapping framework. We reviewed the literature on the MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, and Web of Science databases. Supplementary records were identified through Google Scholar and country experts.
Results: Our search strategy yielded a total of 1559 records, of which 40 (2.57%) were ultimately included in this study. As of August 2023, digital health solutions are reimbursable to some extent in all studied countries except Poland, although the mechanism of reimbursement differs significantly across countries. At the time of writing, the pricing of digital health solutions was mostly determined through discussions between national or regional committees and the manufacturers of digital health solutions in the absence of value-based assessment mechanisms. Financing digital health solutions outside traditional reimbursement schemes was possible in all studied countries except Poland and typically occurs via health innovation or digital health–specific funding schemes. European countries have value-based pricing frameworks that range from nonexistent to embryonic.
Conclusions: Studied countries show divergent approaches to the reimbursement of digital health solutions. These differences may complicate the ability of patients to seek cross-country health care in another country, even if a digital health app is available in both countries. Furthermore, the fragmented environment will present challenges for developers of such solutions, as they look to expand their impact across countries and health systems. An increased emphasis on developing a clear conceptualization of digital health, as well as value-based pricing and reimbursement mechanisms, is needed for the sustainable integration of digital health. This study can therein serve as a basis for further, more detailed research as the field of digital health reimbursement evolves.
A Perspective on the Great Reallocation of Global Supply Chains
- September 28, 2023 |
- Article |
- Vox, CEPR Policy Portal
Global Supply Chains: The Looming 'Great Reallocation'
- 2023 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines
- August 2023 (Revised August 2023) |
- Case |
- Faculty Research