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Asia Pacific - Global

centers. This background note explores the layers of the semiconductor inudstry value chain, including Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs), fabless companies, and foundries, while detailing the critical role of chip design,... View Details
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FAQs - Alumni

needs and parameters. A Premium subscription, which costs $38.95 per month, allows members to contact caregivers directly to schedule interviews and to request/have access to results of all background checks. Pricing begins at $15/hour... View Details
  • September 2022 (Revised January 2023)
  • Case

York Capital CLOs and WorldStrides International

By: Victoria Ivashina and William Vrattos
The case follows the debt restructuring of WorldStrides International, a travel program provider in the education market, after the onset of COVID-19. The pandemic severely impacted the travel industry, creating challenges for many companies like WorldStrides, which... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Debt Restructuring; CLO; Compliance; Debt Securities; Financing and Loans; Decision Making; Travel Industry; Education Industry
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  • March 1998
  • Case

Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc.

By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Located in Mundelein, IL, Thermo-Impact, Inc. is a rapidly growing, private firm that manufactures automotive bumpers. In 1995, a number of large automotive supply companies and a private equity investment firm offer to buy Thermo-Impact. The cases in this series focus... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Negotiation Participants; Decision Making; Negotiation Process; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Illinois
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What's Your Language Strategy?: It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision

By: Tsedal Neeley and Robert Steven Kaplan
Language pervades every aspect of organizational life. Yet leaders of global organizations—where unrestricted multilingualism can create friction—often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire... View Details
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  • 07 Aug 2023

Life at HBS Chat with the Tech Club

Virtual Life at HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Join a panel of students from the Tech Club who will share their backgrounds and how they have cultivated their... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2024
  • HBS Case

Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues

turning away from up-front full price models, fearing that higher one-time prices deter customers from making purchases, says Ofek. “It’s about the pain of [a bigger] payment [all at once],” Ofek says. Instead, as Ofek outlined in a prior industry and View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

put the data in the system.” Sickness wasn’t the only reason for absences. Factory workers, who came to the city from rural areas all over the country, each celebrated holidays by attending cultural festivals, which varied depending on the cultural and religious View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
  • Web

Case Method Teaching - Case Method Project

made. For each class, students are asked to read the case and to put themselves in the shoes of the actual decision-makers to consider what they themselves would have done given the information available at the time. To help situate the decision, each case also... View Details
  • 20 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

involves attempts to educate others about the positive qualities of your identity group, advocate on behalf of members of your identity group, and incorporate your background and identity-related experiences into your workplace... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51775 Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes By: Brochet, Francois, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We examine how a manager’s ethnic cultural View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Nov 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Walking Through Jelly: Language Proficiency, Emotions, and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley, Pamela J. Hinds & Catherine Durnell Cramton
  • Web

The HBS Community - MBA

community at HBS is emergent, multifaceted, and intersectional – and we are excited to welcome and support students in blazing a new trail and legacy for themselves and their families. Socioeconomic Inclusion The socioeconomic backgrounds... View Details
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FAQ - MBA

an applicant’s eligibility to apply on an individual basis. Students should consider whether their individual background prepares them for the highly technical and mathematical graduate-level coursework in the School of Engineering and... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

professional and political characteristics of FASB members and SEC commissioners predict the accounting "reliability" and "relevance" of proposed standards. Notably, we find FASB members with backgrounds in financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

project focused on developing social enterprises that serve Black communities. Cortney has a background in program design and delivery and a passion for supporting leaders in social impact as they solve some of the world’s toughest... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

history checks until later in the application process, allowing candidates to be evaluated based on their skills, at least at first. Still, more than 95 percent of employers require applicants to undergo background checks before hiring... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case provides background for the company, as well as a description of how its culture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2023

MS/MBA Virtual Chat with Current Students and Alumni

Hear straight from current MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences and MS/MBA Biotechnology alumni and students regarding their experience. Students and alumni will share their backgrounds and path to the MS/MBA, experience in the joint degree... View Details
  • 26 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

When companies try to hire employees from specific ethnic or racial backgrounds to meet their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, an uncomfortable feeling often creeps into the process. Particularly among well-intentioned white... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz