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Governance, Accountability, and Performance for Social Enterprise
By: Dutch Leonard
This project examines the relationship between governance structures, accountability relationships, and performance outcomes for social enterprises. Most previous work in this area has examined these topics separately, or in pairs; the purpose of this project is to... View Details
- January 2007 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
Digital China Holdings Limited: Managing the Transition from a Product-oriented to a Service-oriented Company
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen, Kai Reimers and Xunhua Guo
Digital China is the largest Chinese independent systems integrator (IBM and HP are larger). Describes their history and their current strategy and invites the student to advise them as to how they should continue to grow in the future. This is the closest China... View Details
Keywords: History; Information Technology; Service Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, Kai Reimers, and Xunhua Guo. "Digital China Holdings Limited: Managing the Transition from a Product-oriented to a Service-oriented Company." Harvard Business School Case 307-093, January 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
- January 2005
- Case
Managing Failure: American Bankruptcy Law at a Crossroads
By: David A. Moss, Mary Oey and Jonathan Lackow
Introduces the core principles and challenges of bankruptcy law (both individual and corporate) against the backdrop of the early 1970s, when the U.S. bankruptcy system appeared to be failing. With personal bankruptcy filings at record levels and successful corporate... View Details
Moss, David A., Mary Oey, and Jonathan Lackow. "Managing Failure: American Bankruptcy Law at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 705-024, January 2005.
- November 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (BVG): Reaching Worldwide Investors Through the Internet
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Dusya Vera and Karen Barone
The Guayaquil Stock Exchange developed a Web site to provide information about the market in Ecuador. Though the system provided some dynamic information for potential investors and allowed for some transactions to occur via the Internet, it had not at the time of the... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Internet; Technology Industry; Ecuador
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, Dusya Vera, and Karen Barone. "Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (BVG): Reaching Worldwide Investors Through the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 399-070, November 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- 23 Sep 2015
- News
Build bridges for infrastructure
- 03 Sep 2019
- News
How Business Schools Can Help Restore Trust in Capitalism
- 04 Dec 2016
- News
If US companies bring back billions from overseas, who profits?
- 2024
- Working Paper
Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of China and the Developing World
By: Josh Lerner, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona and David Yang
Global innovation and entrepreneurship has traditionally been dominated by a handful
of high-income countries, especially the US. This paper investigates the international
consequences of the rise of a new hub for innovation, focusing on the dramatic
growth of... View Details
Lerner, Josh, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona, and David Yang. "Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of China and the Developing World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-061, March 2024.
Roy D. Shapiro
Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details
- November 2006 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
China Resources Corporation (B): China Resources Microelectronics
By: Dennis Campbell and David Lane
Supplements the (A) case. Late in October 2006, China Resources (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (CRC) CEO Charlie Song Lin, CFO Jiang Wel, and Information Center GM Derek Cheng were traveling from Hong Kong to Wuxi, China to attend the first ever meeting of China Resources... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Business Conglomerates; Profit; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Business Strategy; China
Campbell, Dennis, and David Lane. "China Resources Corporation (B): China Resources Microelectronics." Harvard Business School Supplement 107-015, November 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details
- 22 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
From Green Users to Green Voters
- November–December 2015
- Article
Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events
By: Joel Goh, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati and Stefanos A. Zenios
Postmarketing drug surveillance is the process of monitoring the adverse events of pharmaceutical or medical devices after they are approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Historically, such surveillance was based on voluntary reports by medical... View Details
Keywords: Drug Surveillance; Health Care; Stochastic Models; Queueing; Diffusion Approximation; Brownian Motion; Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis
Goh, Joel, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events." Operations Research 63, no. 6 (November–December 2015): 1528–1546. (Finalist, 2012 INFORMS Health Applications Society Pierskalla Award.)
- 09 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?
- March 2008 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
New Schools for New Orleans 2008
Founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as a catalyst for the transformation of the public education system in New Orleans, President Sarah Usdin and CEO Matt Candler must adapt their strategy to respond to a continuously shifting local context. By 2008, conditions on... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Situation or Environment; Adaptation; Value Creation; Education Industry; New Orleans
Childress, Stacey, Scott Benson, and Sarah Tudryn. "New Schools for New Orleans 2008." Harvard Business School Case 308-074, March 2008. (Revised November 2009.)
- November 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Governing Sumida Corporation
By: Lynn S. Paine, Masako Egawa, Chisato Toyama and Kim Bettcher
Describes the corporate governance changes adopted by Japan's Sumida Corp. between 1999 and 2005, setting them in the context of changes in Japan's commercial code during this period. Sumida was the first Japanese company to adopt a new U.S.-inspired "committee system"... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Change Management; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Law; Japan
Paine, Lynn S., Masako Egawa, Chisato Toyama, and Kim Bettcher. "Governing Sumida Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 306-022, November 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- August 2005
- Background Note
Note on International Tax Regimes
By: Mihir A. Desai, Mark Veblen and Kathleen Luchs
Provides a framework for understanding different types of international tax regimes. Examines how alternative tax regimes tax the foreign income of their citizens (including corporate citizens); how tax regimes define foreign and domestic income; and how foreign tax... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Earnings Management; Nationality; Framework; Taxation; Profit; Globalization; Credit; United States
Desai, Mihir A., Mark Veblen, and Kathleen Luchs. "Note on International Tax Regimes." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-014, August 2005.
- May 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
SchmidtCo (A)
John Schmidt's project to convert the information system of his auto parts distribution business is in real trouble, putting his company at risk. He must decide what his decision problem is and set appropriate objectives as well as create a good set of alternatives... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Negotiation; Information Technology; Decision Making; Distribution Industry; Auto Industry
Hammond, John S. "SchmidtCo (A)." Harvard Business School Case 904-080, May 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- 20 May 2014
- News
Mastering the Intermediaries
- 21 May 2013
- News