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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Dante Roscini , Elena Corsi and Hugo Etchegoyhen This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest dividends from the Benetton clothing... View Details

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

complexity and broad implications for today. In a remarkably globalized industry, Porsche is a rare example of a company staking its brand, in this example the Cayenne, on the image of one particular country. Wiedeking, regularly ranked... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

1999
Chapter

Multinational Cross-Investment between Switzerland and Britain 1914-1945

By: G. Jones

This chapter examines multinational cross-investment between Switzerland and Great Britain between 1914 and 1945. While Great Britain and Switzerland were both major home economies for multinationals,few companies from either country were interested in investing in the... View Details

Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Investment; Great Britain; Switzerland

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

Electric, and Carnegie Steel were all founded in the 1880s; in the following decade came Wrigley's Chewing Gum, General Electric, Burroughs, and Pepsico. These companies developed modern sales techniques, created procedures for management... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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Japan - Global

Japan Tokyo HBS opened the Japan Research Center (JRC) in January 2002. The School has an important history of strengthening ties with constituents in Japan (including companies, universities, government, and HBS alumni). These... View Details

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

The COVID-19 pandemic made remote work more the norm than the exception, and now many companies are struggling to map out a hybrid plan that both managers and employees can embrace long term. With return-to-work policies in flux, this is... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual

Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual is for mid-career professionals ready to advance their organization—and career—with greater purpose and focus. By concentrating on eight leaders throughout View Details

January 2002 (Revised May 2003)
Case

ProfitLogic

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Michael J. Roberts and Taslim Pirmohamed

Describes an "application software" company that has been through several evolutions--from consulting firm to applications service provider (ASP). The firm has received significant venture funding to pursue the ASP model but this has not worked, at least at the time... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Model; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Decision Choices and Conditions; Balanced Scorecard; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry

May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World

By: Geoffrey Jones and Essie Alamsyah

This case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on... View Details

26 Dec 2018
News

With Sluggish Economy, Chinese Auto Industry Eyes U.S. Market

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Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

partnerships with internationally renowned brands such as Ralph Lauren have scaled their social and economic impact. Duration: 04:02 Dr. Laura Catena Dr. Laura Catena Building Brands Dr. Laura Catena, Managing Director of Bodega Catena Zapata, traces the View Details

07 Mar 2016
HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

August 2005 (Revised April 2007)
Case

DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp.

By: Paul M. Healy

Compares two companies in the information capture software industry. Asks students to analyze and compare the performance of two companies (one in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States) from the perspective of a buy-side analyst reporting to the manager... View Details

Keywords: History; Financial Management; Environmental Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Financial Reporting; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Economic Growth; Fair Value Accounting; Information Industry; Computer Industry; United Kingdom; United States