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  • July 2006 (Revised June 2007)
  • Case

Cathay Pacific

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Waishun Lo and Fred Young
Explores the various aspects of information technology that can be outsourced. Cathay Pacific outsourced a significant part of its vital operations from Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Globalized Economies and Regions; Information Technology; Air Transportation Industry; Sydney; Hong Kong
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  • 13 May 2014
  • News

Why Twitter Needs India

Keywords: social media; India; Twitter; growth strategy
  • December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
  • Case

Alltech

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech... View Details
Keywords: Alltech; United States; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Animal; Animal Agriculture; Animal Feed; Livestock; Family Business; Vertical Integration; Strategy; Growth; Feed Additives; Feed Supplements; Kentucky; Growth Strategy; Family Businesses; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Change Management; Trends; Governance; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Intellectual Property; Leadership; Management; Markets; Organizational Culture; Private Ownership; Science; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Research; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; Kentucky; Brazil; China
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  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

contrast, the policy-making process in Argentina has been dysfunctional and volatile, as different stakeholders argued and competed for resources. Q: Looking a bit to the future of these areas, much of Chile’s recent growth has come from helping satisfy China’s demand... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-033.pdf Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China By: Ma, Juan, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—In this paper, we examine the circumstances under... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

involves a one-issue, zero-sum negotiation concerning the advance on royalties that the publisher will pay to the author. Purchase the case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908050 China's Environmental Challenge Harvard Business School Note... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

purpose can serve as a radically new operating system for the enterprise, enhancing performance while also delivering meaningful benefits to society. It’s the kind of inspired thinking that businesses—and the rest of us—urgently need. Making Meritocracy: Lessons from... View Details
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Ethan S. Bernstein
I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details
Keywords: Privacy; Transparency; Productivity; Field Experiments; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; North America; Europe; Asia; China; Japan; Latin America
  • Research Summary

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By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
  • February 2012
  • Article

Management Practices across Firms and Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Competency and Skills; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Sectors; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Private Equity; Multinational Firms and Management; United States; Germany; Japan; China; India
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  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

generation. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318109-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-043 Dianrong: Marketplace Lending, Blockchain, and 'The New Finance' in China No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612031-PDF-ENG China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Political System Harvard Business School Note 308-063 Offers a detailed overview of the structure and operation of the Chinese political system today. Key issues that are discussed include (1) the relationship between the Communist Party of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

shareholder value. The door is more wide open for people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds from both genders. Koehn: I kept running into the issue of leadership as I delved into the lives of the six individuals in my book: Josiah Wedgwood trying to create a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • Web

Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Jacob Cook Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Digital Operations Technology & Operations Management Antonio Moreno Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty General Management William Kirby Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Driving... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

The Camel and the Unicorn

company in the world—robotic process automation—came out of a village in Romania, UiPath. The biggest education technology company in the world came from India. The biggest neo-bank with a credit-led model came out of Brazil, Nubank, and the biggest super app in the... View Details
  • 06 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

a case on solar power in China ("Sinopec: Refining its Strategy"). Now I am working on issues of geothermal energy and carbon sequestration. Q: Where does the United States stand globally in this market space? How does it compare with... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 16 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design

ecorepel, which biomimics the protective function found in waterfowl feathers.” Other innovations include “functional ones like a reversible laptop sleeve, and a QR code that tells the full story of the product.” Shelly grew up in China... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

also their commitment to delivering sustainable solutions at scale. Challenges to Overcome While Tata Solar’s contributions to India’s renewable energy landscape are commendable, our visit also highlighted areas for improvement. A key concern remains the facility’s... View Details