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South Asia - Global Activities 2020

students met with executives and toured a number of companies, including the Midea microwave oven manufacturing facility in Foshan. China To better understand the BRI from an operations perspective, the students met with executives and... View Details

15 Dec 2011
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An HBS gift guide

Wondering what to get the HBSer in your life this year? In the holiday spirit, we're highlighting a few alumni-led companies and ideas that you may not know about. Since roughly 1 in 6 alumni work in manufacturing, high tech, retail, and consumer products, there are... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Aug 2016
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Health Care Club: Summer Spotlight

finance, commercial, who each weigh in with their evaluation of an asset. But subject matter experts from clinical, regulatory, quality, legal, manufacturing - you name it - also all assess the effects of a deal on their part of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

24 Apr 2020
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Spreading the Love

Government Manufacturing Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) to determine what Lovepop could produce from among the list of PPE needed—N95 respirators, surgical masks, face shields, gowns, hoods, coveralls, and hospital beds—and to assist... View Details

22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006

current strategy or change its approach? Includes color exhibits. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=805067 New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 606-094 Considers whether New Balance, one of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 May 2018
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Next Generation Textile Innovations

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2014
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The art of thinking creatively

presence was the only thing missing at HBS when I went there,” says Schwartz, founder and CEO of Onex Corp., a Toronto-based private-equity and investment firm. “I wanted to change that.” Offices at Onex, which invests in everything from View Details

23 Apr 2014
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A corporate leader’s legacy in India

in 2000, the Tata Group became the second-largest manufacturer and distributor of tea in the world. Other notable acquisitions include Jaguar Land Rover and Corus, the second-largest steel maker in Europe. (Published April 2014) View Details

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Bibliography - The Human Factor - – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Harvard Business School Press, 1987. General Electric Publicity, 1924: A Review of the Publicity Activities and Facilities for Promoting the Sale of G-E Products. Schenectady, N.Y.: Publicity Department, General Electric Company, 1924. Gillespie, Richard. View Details

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Career Journey | MBA

1% Europe 5% Latin America 1% Middle East / North Africa < 1% United States 88% Class of 2024 who actively sought and accepted full-time roles after graduation. Industry Consulting 18% Consumer Products 3% Entertainment / Media 3% Financial Services 39% Health Care 6%... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Five Degrees of Doriot

Baker Library Historical Collections In the fall, the Baker Library / Bloomberg Center debuted an exhibit tracing the life of Georges Doriot (MBA 1922), one of HBS’s most storied professors. Well known by students for his popular View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; George Doriot; Educational Services

01 Jun 2013
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Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship

was to go back into manufacturing after receiving my MBA, but HBS opened up a whole new world of possibilities," she says. "I had a phenomenal experience at HBS," continues Brock-Wilson. "It revealed new fields of interest, enriched my... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Fangfang Wang

Fangfang introduced data-driven analytics and consultative selling techniques to the company. Recognizing chocolate’s value as a high-margin product, she led initiatives to drive demand, including partnerships with other candy View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education; CPG

01 Apr 2001
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William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency

private-label manufacturing of quality products. “Up to now, we haven’t been able to service the small customers, such as country clubs, in a cost-effective way,” says Fung. But with the Internet, the company can provide “limited... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated workforce shifts that had been gaining momentum before the public health crisis, thrusting employers and workers into a new era within months. Joseph Fuller, a professor at Harvard Business School and co-leader of the School’s Managing... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

March 1983 (Revised January 1999)
Teaching Note

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By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-381-160--164). View Details

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November 1982 (Revised May 1984)
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Jim Sawyer (A)

Jim Sawyer, 40, a manager at United Industries Plastics Division has exhibited signs of alcoholism. Personnel must now consider how the company should address this kind of problem. Provides an opportunity to examine the role corporations should play in helping... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Health; Employees; Manufacturing Industry

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