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  • 10 Oct 2024
  • News

Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes

Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school’s gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)

cross-sell each other’s games. It’s something the industry accomplished by working together.” “Maybe 20 percent of my time is devoted to different aspects of Mega Millions. Just one example: We’re fighting these parasitic lotteries that basically View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Japan's Automakers Face Endaka

By: Debora L. Spar
In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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    Richard S. Fuld, Jr.

    Fuld took the helm of Lehman Brothers when it was spun-off by American Express in 1994. Over the next ten years, he transformed the small bond trading firm into one of the most respected full service investment banking and brokerage firms... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • Portrait Project

    PJ Kim

    I am the 2005 Pad Thai Eating Champion of Boston. I ate 4 large platters in 30 minutes. My picture hung outside of 9 Tastes Thai Restaurant in Harvard Square for an entire year. I put it on my resume. It got me to the final rounds in all my sales and View Details
    • 01 Aug 1998
    • News

    South Africa Conference Preview

    South Africa, with its rich mineral resources, strong economy, and recently lifted trade barriers, is playing a critical role in helping sub-Saharan Africa boost its economic status. The evolution of this important country, current reform... View Details
    • Web

    Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

    the photographic and archival materials available, the Baker Old Class Collection is a valuable print based resource for researching the development of marketing and advertising in the interwar period. The collection mainly includes but is not limited to View Details
    • 22 Apr 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

    firms invest in when emissions are costly? With the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme in the EU, California's Assembly Bill 32, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the northeastern US, and now Australia's Clean Energy Bill,... View Details
    • Profile

    Jessica Kramer

    up in fifteen years doing the same thing. Eventually, I realized the values of the people surrounding me were not my own. When you’re trading financial assets, you’re moving money around without necessarily creating value. I realized I... View Details
    • Web

    Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

    spread over three topics: Introduction to Public Market Investing Market Efficiency and Arbitrage Trade Execution The second part puts these ideas into practice, examining specific investment philosophies and strategies such as: Value... View Details
    • May 2013
    • Supplement

    To JV or Not To JV? That Is the Question (for XTech in China)

    This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for To JV or Not To JV? That is the Question (for XTech in China) HBS Case 807118. Includes Exhibit 1. View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Growth Planning And Management; Partnerships; Supply Chain Management; Succession; Private Equity; International; International Business; International Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Joint Ventures; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Singapore
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    • June 2005
    • Background Note

    Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market

    By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
    Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details
    Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula
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    • 01 Mar 2003
    • News

    Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

    Business Administration An expert in business-government relations and the politics of international commerce, Debora Spar joined the HBS faculty in 1991 and presently chairs the Business, Government and International Economy (BGIE) unit. Her research focuses on issues... View Details
    Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
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    News by country

    How can I find today's news by country? Factiva: aggregates news from thousands of national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications and transcripts. Go to News Pages then choose country from drop down menu. the default is... View Details
    • 02 Sep 2019
    • What Do You Think?

    Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

    trade war continues (TonyO), leadership or lack thereof (Harry White), actions by the current US administration to encourage firms to bring jobs home and promulgate “America first” policies (Todd Z.), reduced dependency on foreign oil,... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
    • 03 Mar 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

    need to know more than ever how consumers are redefining value and responding to the recession. Price elasticity curves are changing. Consumers take more time searching for durable goods and negotiate harder at the point of sale. They are more willing to postpone... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch
    • Fast Answer

    REITs (real estate investment trusts)

    Where do I find information on real estate investment trusts (REITs)? General Background: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts: Produces the global and domestic indices for publicly-owned real estate, the... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2002
    • News

    News in the News Biz

    Professor Joseph Bower brought his expertise in management and economics to the newspaper trade in an article titled “News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business,” which appeared in last fall's issue of Nieman Reports. “If the... View Details
    • Career Coach

    Nicole Ledoux

    returned stateside to help build a new sell-side fixed income rates business for State Street Global Markets, trading swaptions and FX options. Nicole enjoys advising students exploring various functions in entrepreneurship and finance,... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Investment Management; Financial Services (All)
    • 01 Mar 2009
    • News

    Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

    glaring trade imbalances, and soaring political risk, particularly in the economically crucial, oil-exporting regions of the world. The key to this seeming paradox lay in China. Chongqing, on the undulating banks of the mighty earth-brown... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information