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  • June 24, 2016
  • Other Article

Why Brexit Is a Big Deal

By: John A. Quelch
The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic.
Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of a one-for-all and... View Details
Keywords: British Vote; Brexit; European Union; Impact; Historical Result; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Disruption; Transition; Volatility; Decision Making; Globalization; Government and Politics; History; Leadership; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; European Union; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom
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  • May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
  • Supplement

ABB: Accountability Times Two (B)

By: Robert L. Simons
Describes internal allocation conflicts in a complex global company structured as a matrix organization. ABB Switzerland has secured and will build an important power station project; however, internal market allocation policies dictate that this work be handled by ABB... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Conflict Management; Complexity; Sweden; Switzerland
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    Dante Roscini

    Dante Roscini holds the Professor of Management Practice Chair endowed by the MBA Class of 1952 at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2008 after a two-decades-long career in finance. He currently teaches the course Business, Government, and the... View Details

    • May 1989 (Revised September 1989)
    • Case

    Jacobs Suchard: Reorganizing for 1992

    By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
    Jacobs Suchard, the Swiss-based coffee and chocolate producer, is preparing for the common market and EEC 1992. At the time of the case, the company is still organized toward independent, local country markets, and believes it must move toward a more global... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Organizational Structure; Markets; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
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    • February 2006 (Revised October 2006)
    • Case

    China: Building "Capitalism with Socialist Characteristics"

    By: Debora L. Spar
    Describes China's phenomenal development from a poor, communist country to a global powerhouse. Provides background on China's history and culture, details the reforms launched in 1978 by Seng Xiaoping, and describes the situation as of 2006, focusing on the... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Government and Politics; China
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    • 01 Sep 2015
    • News

    China Syndrome

    • April 2020 (Revised November 2020)
    • Case

    Ping An: Pioneering the New Model of ‘Technology-driven Finance’

    By: Feng Zhu, Anthony K. Woo and Nancy Hua Dai
    In mid-December 2018, Peter Ma, Chairman and CEO of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. was considering whether the company should grow a fifth ecosystem of Smart City Services. Established in 1988, Ping An was one of the top 10 global financial... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ecosystems; Fintech; Finance; Information Technology; Business Model; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry
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    • October 2011 (Revised July 2012)
    • Case

    ATR KimEng Financial Corporation

    By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Dawn Lau
    ATR KimEng is a Philippino asset management business. It is making an important decision on its own strategy going forward: should it stay independent, or be taken over by a large bank in the region. Through this case, we discuss the financial service industry in South... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Philippines
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    • 23 Jan 2024
    • Book

    More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

    School. Kominers, who coauthored the new book The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create with marketing expert and Web3 entrepreneur Steve Kaczynski, says despite all the open questions... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services
    • July 2012 (Revised July 2014)
    • Case

    Warby Parker: Vision of a 'Good' Fashion Brand

    By: Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez Villa
    In its third year of existence and poised to double its workforce, Warby Parker attributed its success to an innovative approach in the eyewear industry and to the company culture that supported it. With a mission combining social and business goals, the company had... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Business And Society; Social Responsiblity; Organizational Behavior; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Health Industry; United States
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      Core Readings in Entrepreneurship Series

      • Becoming an Entrepreneurial Leader
      • Recognizing and Shaping Opportunities
      • Developing Business Plans and Pitching Opportunities
      • Attracting Talent and Building Ecosystems
      • Financing Entrepreneurial... View Details

        Ray A. Goldberg

        A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

        ... View Details

        Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine

          Gunnar Trumbull

          Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

          Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing
          • 26 Sep 2017
          • Working Paper Summaries

          Merchants and the Origins of Capitalism

          Keywords: by Sophus A. Reinert and Robert Fredona
          • 1999
          • Case

          Nucor Corporation (B)

          By: Vijay Govindarajan
          In January, 1999, Ken Iverson, the thirty-year leader of Nucor Corporation, was forced into retirement. Five months later, his successor, John Correnti, was asked to leave. The board of directors wanted fundamental shifts in Nucor's strategy and organization that... View Details
          Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Restructuring; Management Teams; Business Strategy
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          • 14 Jul 2014
          • Research & Ideas

          Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

          course for first year MBA students , which immerses them in global research projects to produce a new product or experience, often in an emerging market country. To prepare students for their View Details
          Keywords: by Michael Blanding
          • 11 Mar 2001
          • Research & Ideas

          Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

          manufacturing and financial activities around the globe prior to WWI. The British trading companies played a significant role in opening new markets and developing new sources of supply in resources in the emerging View Details
          Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
          • March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
          • Case

          Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups

          By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
          Since its creation in 1964, executive search firm Egon Zehnder International (EZI) marketed its consultants as "generalists." As searches became more global and industry-specific in the 1990s, CEO Daniel Meiland decided the firm needed to offer specialized services. By... View Details
          Keywords: Business Units; Global Strategy; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Consulting Industry; Service Industry
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          • November 2006 (Revised November 2007)
          • Case

          Strategy in the Twenty First Century Pharmaceutical Industry: Merck & Co. and Pfizer Inc.

          By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
          The global pharmaceutical industry has gone through substantial changes in the last few decades and pharmaceutical firms face major challenges including headline-grabbing litigation, imminent patent expirations, new technologies, rising drug development costs, generic... View Details
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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          • 09 Jan 2020
          • Blog Post

          Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

          Carlyn Strand Sylvester (MBA 2016) leads a small team at Netflix focused on creative testing and innovation for the streaming service’s global paid digital and acquisition channels, with an emphasis on growing the Netflix audience through... View Details