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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Capitalism: Volume 2. The Spread of Capitalism: From 1848 to the Present Firms and Global Capitalism By: Jones, Geoffrey Abstract—This chapter forms part of the two-volume Cambridge History of Capitalism, a definitive new reference work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events
Kraft (MBA 1965), an honorary chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, at a meeting of Campaign Leadership Volunteers held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. Upcoming Regional Events Around the World Mexico City Dubai Istanbul... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
in small groups to spend an early January weekend at one of four villages outside Oaxaca City, 340 miles southeast of Mexico City. Travel in a foreign country is nothing new for this bunch. They come from... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
and previous studies of decentralization in China, I discuss this work according to the theoretical approaches (institutional, ideational, and socio-historical) used to explain the origins of regional differences. I conclude by examining the limitations of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Jeffrey P. Bezos
Founding his company just as the Internet was gaining widespread usage and credibility, Bezos created the world’s largest on-line bookseller. Realizing that few bookstores, even superstores, carry more than 100,000 books, Bezos created an enterprise that could source... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Conrad N. Hilton
Starting with one 40-room hotel, Hilton created a massive hotel franchising chain through selective acquisitions including the Waldorf-Astoria. By the end of the 1970s, there were about 250 Hilton Hotels around the globe and 136 Hilton Inns in 124 cities in the United... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events
gathering of alumni and guests at the Contemporâneo 8076 in São Paulo. Ibiye Harry (MBA 2013), Dean Nitin Nohria, and Scott Malkin (MBA 1983) posed for a photo during the reception held inside Old Billingsgate. Upcoming Regional Events Around the World Seattle Istanbul... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master
“vindictive” but to settle on compensation for top executives at bailed-out companies that would be competitive without promoting excessive risk-taking. (Feinberg’s definition of “excessive”: “I know it when I see it.”) He noted that 85 percent of the people whose... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Illustration by Marcos Chin It’s market day in Barrio Curtidores, which means the main thoroughfare is packed with shoppers perusing makeshift stands that offer everything from jeans and blenders to vegetables and tacos. Moto-taxis putt-putt by, pausing occasionally to... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
passion for rowing and a desire to make a difference in Mexico. “Rowing is my meditation,” says the Pan American Games medalist who continues to participate in international rowing competitions. He returned to Mexico for college and has... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society
society. Our ultimate goal is to create networks of dedicated leaders who collaboratively identify and implement innovative strategies and business practices. Additionally, these discussions provide valuable insights for our Harvard Business School faculty and assist... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
National Ballet, and their three children live in an apartment nearby that overlooks the Mississippi River. (The family splits their time between New Orleans and Mexico City.) There’s his favorite bakery.... View Details
Robert O. Anderson
Anderson parlayed a small oil business in New Mexico into one of the largest and most successful oil businesses in the United States. From 1966 to 1982, through acquisitions and strategic diversification,... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 28 Feb 2011
- News
Rebooting the Human Condition
looking for quirky characters, with extraordinary visions, who can make people feel that what they do should make you smile and think.” The epitome of an outside-the-box thinker, Enriquez boasts a lineage reaching far back into prominent families in both View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jackie Adams
decade later, Adams also worked on feature stories, including a 48 Hours program on a child’s mysterious disappearance in New Mexico that won her an Emmy. Twenty-five years ago, the network TV landscape was... View Details
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
seeking asylum who bring different skills and behaviors than immigrants. Germany’s problems, opportunities, and solutions are so different from those of the US, that its “model” for handling new arrivals has limited application. That’s... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
Ezuza, Inc., a Mexico City-based mobile payments company she launched in 2007 that focuses primarily on the unbanked and under-banked in emerging markets. Zuza means "gain" in Zulu; the e stands for "electronic." "Ezuza is interested in... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
and agriculture production on the West Coast and in the Far East, and later consulting for several East Coast software companies, Sprinkles made his first pilgrimage to Mexico in 1999 on a four-day journey without food or water.... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
with the results that NAFTA has produced. But it seems not to have receded in interest among at least one group of readers of this column. The column "What Lies Beyond NAFTA?," with a focus on future responses to issues concerning migration between View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett