• November 2008 (Revised March 2011)
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a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova

a-connect was started in 2002 by three former McKinsey partners who wanted to develop an alternative business model consulting firm, which they have positioned as a high-end staffing company. The company has been very successful, growing to revenues of CHF 30 million... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Initial Public Offering; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Consulting Industry

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• 09 Apr 2008
• Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

potential amount of money that could be devoted to venture capital." Although little has been written about Doriot to date, he was one of the 20th-century's visionary thinkers. Based on his personal background and intellectual breadth, he quickly grasped the... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

• 25 Apr 2023
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How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

under globally recognized brand names, including the private labels of mass merchants such as Walmart, Costco, and Target. Most of those profits accrued to the brands, rather than the Chinese suppliers. E-commerce and the gradual... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products

• 28 Jul 2006
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Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

business there? What should they watch out for? What opportunities are ripe for exploration? A: In all areas of greater China, understanding the local systems, the role of government regulation, and the behavior of suppliers, customers, and competitors is essential. No... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

• 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207020 Li Ning-Anything Is Possible Harvard Business School Case 507-024 A leading sporting goods company in China competes aggressively against global brands Nike and Adidas,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• November 2019 (Revised January 2025)
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Russia: A Drama In Three Acts

By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein, Sogomon Tarontsi and Lavinia Teodorescu

The collapse of central authority in the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in a period of revolutionary transformations for the states that emerged in its wake. The leaders of Russia, the USSR's successor, struggled to reestablish central authority while also seeking to... View Details

Keywords: Government Policy; Policy Change; Policy Making; Economic Systems; Economics; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Privatization; Non-Renewable Energy; Governance; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Policy; Business History; Lawfulness; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Russia; Moscow

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Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein, Sogomon Tarontsi, and Lavinia Teodorescu. "Russia: A Drama In Three Acts." Harvard Business School Case 720-020, November 2019. (Revised January 2025.)

• 24 Jan 2013
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Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in US Communities

Keywords: by András Tilcsik & Christopher Marquis

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

allocations in order to achieve the same growth in scientific output that we predict under alternative allocations of the current budget. Scaling to the population level, this equates to billions of dollars in funding—there are... View Details

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Giving - Alumni

an existing product, and how field immersions give students insights into global business. Learn how giving to HBS makes an impact through stories about two alumni who are improving literacy in India, a faculty member’s research on a tech... View Details

• 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

popular developmental tools, such as 360-degree feedback and networking; reinterpret them through the lens of women's experiences in organizations; and revise them in order to meet the particular challenges women face when transitioning... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Research Areas - Doctoral

Program for Research in Markets & Organizations Research Areas 19ms HBS faculty conduct research on a wide variety of topics. In the application you must indicate your top three choices of research areas, in order of preference, from the... View Details

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Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 (BOOK)

In my first book manuscript, Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals... View Details

• 29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008

weaknesses relative to other top schools, the political challenges of organizational change, and the most appropriate strategy for the Dean to follow. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608087 Indesit Company: Does View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 12 Mar 2012
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Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

to become less diversified. The paper notes that many US firms have narrowed the scope of their operations since the 1980s, in efforts to compete better in the global economy-winnowing their product portfolio and focusing on a particular... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

• 18 Feb 2017
• News

We are in a deglobalization period: Business historian Geoffrey G. Jones