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- February 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
The Music Academy, Madras
By: V.G. Narayanan
Narayanan, V.G. "The Music Academy, Madras." Harvard Business School Case 118-054, February 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- October 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Singapore Unlimited: Building the National Information Infrastructure
By: Lynda M. Applegate, John L. King, Soon-Siong Neo and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Describes the actions taken by the government of Singapore to enable the country to survive and prosper after it achieved independence in the late 1960s. Recognizing that its small size, limited natural resources, but excellent location placed it in a vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Natural Environment; Expansion; Policy; Infrastructure; Singapore; Southeast Asia
Applegate, Lynda M., John L. King, Soon-Siong Neo, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Singapore Unlimited: Building the National Information Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 196-012, October 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- July 2014
- Article
Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India
By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton
This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract volume. We use an ethnic name... View Details
Keywords: Diaspora; Outsourcing; oDesk; Networks; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Diasporas; Internet and the Web; Ethnicity; Service Industry; South Asia; India
Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton. "Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India." Management Science 60, no. 7 (July 2014): 1677–1697.
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent research by Willy Shih, Robert... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
India's economic growth is an exciting new playing field for the retail industry and for entrepreneurs looking to get in on the ground level, a panel of that country's businessmen agreed. Rising incomes, increased advertising, and a jump in the number of women working... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
Summing Up Those with firsthand experience suggest, in response to this month's column, that few CEOs with a reason to be there can forego investment in China. However, there is a reason why involvement today is most likely to be as a customer of China's global... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
Tigers, elephants, rabbits, and monkeys—even dragons—all play a part in Harvard Business School professor Rohit Deshpandé's search for success factors among high-performing Asian firms. But in the end, it's the tigers and rabbits that oftentimes run the best zoo. The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Overview
In my research historical inquiry plays an important part in understanding the continuities from the pre-1949 past and the complex convergence of business institutions in the process of China’s current economic, political, and social modernization. Historians are able... View Details
- August 2021
- Supplement
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges: Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Willy C. Shih
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details
- October 2013
- Case
Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
This case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding strategy, and the ability of... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; LBO; Roll-up; Investment; Financing; Condominium Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Asia
Gompers, Paul A., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (A)." Harvard Business School Case 214-016, October 2013.
- August 1998
- Teaching Note
Asia's Financial Crisis (TN)
Teaching Note for (1-798-081) (a reprint). View Details
- March 1998
- Case
Collapse in Asia: 1997-1998
By: George C. Lodge and Anthony St. George
Discusses the Asian crisis and economists' opinions and solutions. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Asia
Lodge, George C., and Anthony St. George. "Collapse in Asia: 1997-1998." Harvard Business School Case 798-084, March 1998.
- Profile
Rakhshan Zahid
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I came to HBS to switch tracks from finance to starting my own business. We have a course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, and in every class, we look at a new business from different industries: traditional... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
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Revital Gabay
For Israelis, military service is an important obligation. But for Revital Gabay, MBA 2015, it was also something of a revelation. "I come from Binyamina, a small town of about five-thousand people," Revital explains. "Suddenly, at eighteen, I was... View Details
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Oded Navon
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After spending most of my adult years in public service, in the Israeli military and government, I realized I wanted to able to apply my skills on a larger scale, serving a global public. I knew getting an MBA would... View Details
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Orkun Kilic
Sometimes leadership is cultivated over a period of years; other times it arises in the moment. When an earthquake struck Istanbul in 1999, Orkun Kilic immediately seized the initiative and led a team that saved three people from the rubble. The next day, he organized... View Details
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Mengwen Zhao
Before Mengwen Zhao (MBA 2019) arrived at HBS, she had worked for six years with two giant multinational corporations, Johnson & Johnson and Nestle. In a way, HBS represented a chance to think smaller. "In China, there are lots of local companies that grow... View Details
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Maliha Khan
In college, Maliha Khan kept her family's textile business at arm's length, preferring to follow a path that would lead to a PhD in political science. But as she approached graduation, the business changed dramatically. "Pakistan dropped its export quotas,"... View Details
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Jennifer Kelly
In the Philippines, Jennifer Kelly grew up under the inspiring example of her parents, both social workers who served in rural communities. "I wanted to follow in their footsteps," Jennifer says. "But in college, I began to see how much impact business... View Details
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Jolie Chow
At age thirteen, Jolie Chow lifted her voice among hundreds of choir members who were celebrating one of the defining moments of the Twentieth Century: the transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese Authority in 1997. "It meant a lot to everyone," Jolie... View Details