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- August 2000 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Dell's Working Capital
By: Richard S. Ruback and Aldo Sesia
Dell Computer Corp. manufactures, sells, and services personal computers. The company markets its computers directly to its customers and builds computers after receiving a customer order. This build-to-order model enables Dell to have much smaller investment in...
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Ruback, Richard S., and Aldo Sesia. "Dell's Working Capital." Harvard Business School Case 201-029, August 2000. (Revised December 2003.)
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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the Power of Public Opinion The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion: Intro By the late 1800s, the steel industry in the United States had surpassed the capacity of Britain’s steel production. In 1901, through the merger...
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- August 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Fate of the Vasa, The
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Richard Mason
In 1628, the royal warship Vasa was launched. It was Sweden's most expensive naval vessel ever built, costing over 5% of GNP. On its maiden voyage, the ship sailed 1,400 yards in its own harbor, heeled over to the side, and then sank. One third of the 150 crew and...
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Keywords:
History;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technological Innovation;
Ship Transportation;
Product Design;
Technology Adoption;
Failure;
Business and Government Relations;
Product Development;
Sweden
MacCormack, Alan D., and Richard Mason. "Fate of the Vasa, The." Harvard Business School Case 605-026, August 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- 2010
- Book
Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
The best way to select emerging markets to exploit is to evaluate their size or growth potential, right? Not according to Krishna Palepu and Tarun Khanna. In 'Winning in Emerging Markets,' these leading scholars on the subject present a decidedly different framework...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Emerging Markets;
Organizations;
Opportunities;
Business Strategy
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010.
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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research
in its work, it draws on perspectives from all three of these disciplines. The following demonstrates one way of classifying the approaches the Unit takes to learning and teaching. The Unit examines the “rules” and policies established by...
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- 25 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of Teaming
and cognitive (thinking) skills," she writes. "Enabled by distributed leadership, the purpose of teaming is to expand knowledge and expertise so that organizations and their customers can capture the value." In the...
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Re: Amy C. Edmondson
- May 2008 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
Chronicles the globalization of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business groups. Since 2000, many Tata Group operating companies have aggressively built international businesses, particularly through overseas acquisitions. After describing the globalization...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
India;
United States
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. "House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint." Harvard Business School Case 708-446, May 2008. (Revised June 2009.)
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
Savings Policies By: James J. Choi, David Laibson, Jordan Cammarota, Richard Lombardo and John Beshears Medium- and long-run dynamics undermine the effect of automatic enrollment and default savings-rate auto-escalation on retirement...
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Asia Pacific - Global
development and execution of executive education programs for start-up founders and Chairman/CEOs of well-established companies in China. She was a co-author of two books: “Gains and Pains: Globalization of Chinese Firms” and “Winning by...
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- November 2006 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
China: 'To Get Rich Is Glorious'
By: Richard Vietor and Julia Galef
In 1978, Deng Xiaoping assumed the leadership of an impoverished China, after Mao Zedong's disastrous Cultural Revolution. During the next 17 years, Deng applied pragmatic policies to liberalize the Chinese economy gradually while maintaining the power of the Communist...
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Keywords:
History;
Leadership;
Privatization;
Policy;
Macroeconomics;
Economic Systems;
Development Economics;
Government and Politics;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
China
Vietor, Richard, and Julia Galef. "China: 'To Get Rich Is Glorious'." Harvard Business School Case 707-022, November 2006. (Revised October 2017.)
- September 1998
- Course Overview Note
Managing in the Information Age (MIA98): Course Overview Program for Management Development (PMD)
By: Richard L. Nolan
Presents an overview of the PMD course, Managing in the Information Age (MIA98).
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Management Succession
- March 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Background Note
Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis and Harry James Wilson
What is the relationship between good fortune, professional success, and a moral obligation to other people? Jai Jaikumar, who as a youth was saved by a shepherd woman after a tragic mountaineering accident in the Himalayas, and who later rose to the top of his...
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Bowen, H. Kent, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis, and Harry James Wilson. "Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-048, March 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- 23 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Global Environment-Transformed Organization
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Clayton M. Christensen, HBS Faculty Speakers: View Details
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Goldsmith Fellowship - MBA
recipients are invited to participate in events with current and former recipients. More than 100 students have received this award since its inception. This fellowship was created in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and View Details
- July 2022
- Case
Yinglan Tan: Scaling a Venture Capital Firm in Southeast Asia
By: Josh Lerner and Richard Zhu
Yinglan Tan considered the future of his young Singapore-based venture capital firm. On the one hand, the intuition that was behind the initial creation of Insignia in 2017 had been proven correct. The venture capital market in Southeast Asia had grown rapidly, driven...
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Keywords:
E-commerce;
Scalability;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Venture Capital;
International Finance;
Growth and Development;
Expansion
Lerner, Josh, and Richard Zhu. "Yinglan Tan: Scaling a Venture Capital Firm in Southeast Asia." Harvard Business School Case 823-025, July 2022.
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
Staying True to His Brand Re: Tiona W. Zuzul 15 Nov 2018 Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust? Re: Ray A. Goldberg 17 Oct 2016 Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste by Dina Gerdeman More Articles Harvard Business...
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
Sep 2024 HBS Case The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom by Rachel Layne Is "net zero" better than "carbon neutral"? New rules related to climate risk disclosure are raising the stakes for executives trying to set...
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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship
Therapeutics By: Satish Tadikonda , Olivia Reszczynski and William Marks Shad Faraz and Alex Youssef were intrigued by the opportunities in the relatively new area of Digital Therapeutics. Despite initial successes, early entrants had...
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HBS - The year in Review
develop insights that drive impact. Activities include awarding fellowships, such as the Goldsmith Fellowship—established in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel (MBA 1959)—to...
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The Women in the Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Enter Elton Mayo Human Relations and...
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