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Bibliography - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Harvard Business School. March 25, 2010. Available for purchase through Harvard Business Publishing. Layton, Thomas N. The Voyage of the ’Frolic’: New England Merchants and the Opium Trade . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.... View Details
- Profile
Jack Perkowski
hiring more than 50 “New China” managers, Perkowski grew his company into $500 million ASIMCO Technologies, twice named one of the Best Employers in China. Known by the moniker “Mr. China,” Perkowski retired from ASIMCO in 2009 and subsequently opened JFP Holdings, a... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
early sales data updated their forecasts in an ad hoc manner when sales greatly exceeded or fell far short of original predictions. Several companies have retailing practices worth emulating, however. Japan-based World Company and Spain-based Zara are fashion retailers... View Details
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Roy Rogers Restaurants TN
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kenneth A. Merchant
Teaching Note for (9-189-100). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Del Norte Paper Co. (A) TN
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kenneth A. Merchant
Teaching Note for (9-177-034). View Details
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
Rabobank Nederland TN
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for (9-196-119). View Details
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
CIBA-GEIGY (A), Teaching Note
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire specialist outside advisors to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Incident at Waco Manufacturing, The TN
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
Rohm and Haas (A), Teaching Note
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kenneth A. Merchant
- April 2010 (Revised June 2010)
- Background Note
The U.S. Life Insurance Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and McCall Ann Merchant
This note provides a background on the US life insurance regimes for the life insurance industry, including descriptions of different types of insurance, annuities, and regulation. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and McCall Ann Merchant. "The U.S. Life Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 310-091, April 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
- March 1990 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., Teaching Note
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for (9-187-088). View Details
Keywords: Sports Industry
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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
share. — John Heard on life in Canton in the early 1840s, from his diary, 1891 46 Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities Westerners working at Augustine Heard & Co. and other trading firms formed tight-knit communities in China. American View Details
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Contacts & Resources | Information Technology
would like to learn more about credit card merchant account guidelines and policies. Visit the Financial intranet site . If you wish to anonymously report areas of concern or non-compliance with policy. Contact the University’s... View Details
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Thomas Weisel | Baker Library
NationsBank in 1997. Soon after, Thom and several of his original team left to launch Thomas Weisel Partners, which today thrives as a merchant bank for emerging companies. Thom is actively involved in competitive skiing and cycling. He... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Empowering Japan through e-commerce
he developed a web-based shopping mall—Rakuten, which roughly means “optimism”—often called the Amazon.com of Japan. “We created an online marketplace where customers can interact with shop owners, and we empower our merchants to build... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’
hiring more than 50 “New China” managers, Perkowski grew his company into $500 million ASIMCO Technologies, twice named one of the Best Employers in China. Known by the moniker “Mr. China,” Perkowski retired from ASIMCO in 2009 and subsequently opened JFP Holdings, a... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts
publications could be prosecuted, and at least a dozen rival firms came and went by the end of the century. Merchants themselves were more apt to sue if the Agency gave them advice about prospective trading partners that turned out to be... View Details
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Jan Petzel
climb, I gave away most of my gear to the porters," says Petzel, who has climbed all of the "Seven Summits"—the tallest mountain on each of Earth's seven continents. He now occupies himself at a more manageable altitude in London, where he works for... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
merchant services allowing merchants to accept bitcoins. There are already early breakout companies in each of those categories, so now the focus is shifting slightly into building applications on top of the... View Details