International Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

arm that would later be published in the local paper. (A journalism major at the University of Georgia, Langford won two years’ free tuition for an editorial he penned on the value of free markets.) While his work—first as an View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

considerably. He went on to earn advanced degrees in biochemistry and management science and immigrated with his new wife, Shainoor, to Vancouver. After a brief stint at a pharmaceutical company (“I’m an entrepreneur; I just didn’t fit”), Khoja took a job in View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

issue of the Journal of International Business Studies. We asked Chua to discuss his research into professional networks and the differences between American and Chinese managers. Q: How did you go about studying American and Chinese... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

organization—making you more marketable and helping advance your career." Dates & Eligibility No current course offerings for this selection. Starting On-Demand $1,850 + applicable international taxes Start Anytime Starting Sep 10 7 Weeks... View Details

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

Tsuchiya Publication:In The Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2010-2011, edited by Karl P. Sauvant. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

What can companies today take away from the experience of myriad multinationals in the United States? A lot, says HBS professor Geoffrey G. Jones, a specialist in business history and international business. In the following e-mail... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

official International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsors are said to pay $90 to $100 million each for the right to use the rings globally in their marketing efforts. These companies typically spend large additional amounts on... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

12 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)

really had to internalize that lesson to leave a steady job at Amazon and put all my weight behind launching a new and risky venture. To this day, my team and I have decided there's nothing to gain from being risk-averse. Every small... View Details

Keywords: fitness; Arts, Entertainment

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

Clinic’s warfarin anticoagulation clinic. The study measured the personnel and supplies costs to monitor and manage anticoagulation therapy for 5,526 patients. Results: The cost of warfarin management for patients who display unstable View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Alibaba Group to diversify from an international business-to-business (B2B) exchange (Alibaba.com) into a B2C and C2C exchange (Taobao.com) for Chinese retailers and consumers. In China, Taobao had managed to displace the once dominant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

investment in producing video content for the web. The case concludes by presenting various options under consideration by Abrahams-options that dealt both with external challenges (How should he define his brand? Which markets should he... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

Choudhury and his team built a “CEO Bot” by providing a large language model with all internal and external communications from the real boss, including emails and Slack messages. The idea was to create a machine “stand-in” that could... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

transactions. The course will also explore legal issues involved in starting, joining or investing in start-ups and decision making from the time an entrepreneur conceives, starts to build and obtains financing through development of exit... View Details

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

business leaders you talk with offer opinions about what should be done to reverse the current downturn? A: There’s a lot of interest in finding ways to develop internal consumer consumption. Another big topic of concern is access to... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2012
News

The Accidental Pioneers

Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she says. A family friend in View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

are the best managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India, tend to be poorly managed. American retail firms and hospitals are also well managed by international standards, although American schools are more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

interests were extremely broad, especially when I considered different functions” she recalled. Adam’s analytical aptitude coupled with his appetite for understanding climate change solutions resonated with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a venture capital firm... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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About IT: IT Planning and Service Delivery Team Profile | Information Technology

organization is investing in the right mix of initiatives that align with and advance its strategic goals. Together, these functions create a strong foundation for innovation, efficiency, and long-term success. To put it simply, the work... View Details

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

these and many other disciplines (marketing, operations, etc.) into a coherent, internally consistent set of practices that collectively reinforce a higher- ambition mission. If financial considerations require cost cutting, what should... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

American woman and she said, "I wanted this job to be yours so badly, and you're obviously smart. You're well spoken, but you lacked executive presence." And I sulked about it for a while. I internalized it. And when Sodexo called again,... View Details

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