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- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
thousands of former U.S. manufacturing jobs, will all but disappear as Chinese wages and the value of the yuan continue to rise. “All over China, wages are climbing at 15 to 20 percent a year because of the supply-and-demand imbalance for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
of a major research project that addresses whether rapidly growing Chinese universities will set the world standard for excellence in the 21st century. When I talked with Nohria recently about the year ahead for HBS, I asked him to assess... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forum
living in Taichung, Taiwan, opening a purchasing office for a British sports shoe company. Mainland China was not yet open for business. I purchased this bronze casting of a Chinese peasant pulling a heavy load to remind me to keep... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
will continue to lead the world a century from now. Indeed, America’s supremacy in higher education is under great stress, particularly at its public universities. At the same time, Chinese universities are on the ascent. Thirty years... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity and low prices, Esquel was just... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
sixtieth anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a major conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal turmoil, followed by an era of reform,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
again. "The Chinese say, 'Failure is the basis for future success.' I'd like to hire you if you've had a failure, and you realize what the reason for that failure was." Cochairs Peter Everett and Marijana Kolak (both HBS '02) thanked the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
purchasing, had just been notified by the contract manufacturer of SmartPak’s dog food that the weight-control formula might contain melamine. The substance, which has been used by Chinese manufacturers to spike protein levels in certain... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
Chinese steamed bun with hickory-smoked pulled pork, pickled daikon relish, and Asian plum barbecue sauce. How to: Build a Brand Know what you want to build. “Food, music, and art are the three pillars of our brand. Those are things that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, “I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct communication... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
price appreciation,” she concludes. If these seeds are carefully tended to by pioneering companies, Thakor says, a virtuous cycle will kick in as other companies strive to emulate industry leaders. Back to top Ly·ing flat (verb) It started with a post earlier this... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem
responsibility to do something in this sector,” says Chen. “Impact investing is still in the very early stages in China and lacks human capital, government support, and high-quality investees. There is a clear need to build a platform for View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
advisers, regulators, and various transaction facilitators. Higgins presented an overview of venture capital in Asia, noting that most deals involve investments in late-stage companies and that over half of the capital comes from abroad. In China, he said, the best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
market. So the future of Li & Fung is selling to the Chinese market, not just sourcing manufactured exports from China to the West. In fact, we expect to expand into selling to India as well. Those are the new markets of the world. How do... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties
Chinese authority. In his welcoming remarks, Dean Kim B. Clark brought alumni and guests up to date on some recent initiatives at the School in areas such as technology, entrepreneurship, and global management. He also thanked the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
etiquette to Chinese women. But when she received an email from a Cisco executive seeking instruction in Chinese etiquette, Ho thought it was a joke. She hadn’t considered that Westerners were as unschooled... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
Twenty five years ago, Ji Heng (MBA ’39), a Chinese national, made a special visit to Soldiers Field. A senior official at the Bank of China (BOC), Mr. Ji had returned to the School to renew old ties, as China was opening up and reaching... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
remains far-reaching, with an especially intense interest in China. "What I find extraordinarily interesting about the Chinese is their history of technical and social innovation over the centuries," observes Gerstner, who has visited the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
with ideas on how to fix the problem. Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform by Meg Rithmire (Cambridge University Press) Assistant Professor Rithmire explores the political logic of View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
ROM’s 13 million objects, from a bust of Cleopatra VII to Chinese Yuan dynasty murals to Benjamin West’s The Death of General Wolfe. Art, he says, can nudge viewers toward perceptions that are invaluable to critical thinking. For example,... View Details