Publications

22 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 22

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=anik%20aknin%20norton%20dunn%20quoidbach.pdf August 2013 Managing Talent for Success: Talent Development in Law Firms Effective Teamwork and Collaboration By: Gardner,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Ditching to drain off the whey - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next Ditching to drain off the whey ca. 1933 Kraft–Phenix Cheese Corporation Photographer unknown The curd becomes increasingly View Details

01 May 2013
News

Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960

firm specializing in financing and/or buying small- and medium-sized businesses. Inspired to make opportunities like his available to others who have served in the military, Pinto recently established a fellowship fund at HBS. While Pinto... View Details

06 Jan 2020
News

Home Grown

Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aims to find and support local, family businesses and grow them right where they are. The firm looks for companies that value employee... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2016
News

Measuring Impact

founders of firms that collectively have an indelible impact on the world economy by creating jobs, fostering prosperity, and bringing innovative products and services to market.” In addition to measuring alumni entrepreneurship, the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 May 2013
News

Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997

Creating educational opportunities is a way of life for Brahmal Vasudevan. Upon the 2011 launch of Creador, a private equity firm based in Kuala Lumpur, he and his partners set up a foundation funded by a portion of the firm’s profits.... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Robots to the Rescue

firm has landed two rounds of private financing and placed pilot systems at operations of a major retailer and food company. If all goes as planned, Mountz sees “no limit to the number of companies that want to grow, expand, or modernize... View Details

Keywords: robotics; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

05 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 5

abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f0a1b93d#/f0a1b93d/12 Working PapersLocation Choices under Strategic Interactions Author:Juan Alcacer Abstract The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2010
Article

The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

By: Lynn S. Paine

To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China

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2009
Book

Merchants to Multinationals

By: G. Jones

Merchants to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Alliances; Groups and Teams; Distribution Industry; Africa; Asia; Great Britain; Latin America

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

examined the performance of analysts on stocks to which they had school ties relative to those they did not. For example, a Harvard analyst would have a school tie to a firm that has a Harvard CEO, but no school tie to a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

22 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

ultimately, it fell short on criteria #3 and #4. After many conversations with fellow classmates and HBS CPD, I decided to recruit for consulting – a career option that I had completely brushed off prior. I realized that working at a large View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

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From Connections to Seats: The Journey of Diverse Board Candidates - Blog: RGE Report

assignments, get smart about the board selection process,” said Tierney Remick , vice chairman and co-leader of Korn Ferry ’s Global Board and CEO Practice. These networking groups serve numerous purposes: connecting candidates with companies and search View Details

17 Oct 2019
News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

Life Science Entrepreneurship in 2015, she worked for several venture capital firms specializing in health care and technology startups.) In order to satisfy the limited partners that supply their capital, Unger explains, venture... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

November 2004
Case

Deere & Company

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan

John Deere & Co. wants to improve shareholder value and provide incentives to do so. The task is difficult in a volatile agriculture and construction industry. It also wants to be more global and provide machinery that traces commodities from the field to the consumer. View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Volatility; Machinery and Machining; Multinational Firms and Management; Goods and Commodities; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Construction Industry

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

firms in primary markets. We characterize two effects on primary market firms caused by intermediaries entering secondary markets: the "cannibalization" and "option value" effects.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2012
Case

GlaxoSmithKline in Brazil: Public-Private Vaccine Partnerships

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich and Ian McKown Cornell

Three years into a major public-private partnership between GlaxoSmithKline and Fiocuz, Brazil's principal health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK was selling its Synflorix vaccine (against pediatric... View Details

Keywords: Public-Private Partnerships; Business and Government Relations; Foreign Direct Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Globalized Firms and Management; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Brazil

December 2007 (Revised February 2012)
Case

John and Andrea Rice: Entrepreneurship and Life

By: Howard H. Stevenson, Janet Kraus and Shirley Spence

The case follows the professional and personal lives of John and Andrea Rice, illustrating the challenge of "juggling" the multiple aspects of life (career, family, community, self) in the pursuit of a personal vision of success. Particular attention is paid to the... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Entrepreneurship; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Nonprofit Organizations