Publications

05 Jan 2012
News

Ten Questions

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

01 Mar 2011
News

A Man without a Pause

Between the ages of 30 and 40, James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) lived a life most would find enviable. An Olympic fencer and graduate of both law and business schools (he cofounded a laundry service at HBS), Wolfensohn landed in London during the “Eurodollar revolution” as a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; World Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

Australia In Australia, COVID-19 came on the heels of bushfires that devastated many communities. “The need for food dramatically increased as COVID-19 escalated,” reported Ian Carson (HBS OPM 42, 2012), cofounder of SecondBite. “The... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

all over the world. By 1970, we had a factory in Holland serving Europe. In 1971, we started assembly plants in Australia and Japan.” He visited more than 50 countries, including many in the Middle East to take advantage of the oil boom.... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

1990
Book

Banks as Multinationals

By: G. Jones

This comparative and international study looks at the origins and business strategies of multinational banks using empirical research from the United States, Japan, Europe and Australia. The authors survey the evolution of multinational banks over time, and suggest a... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Framework; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Surveys; Research; Business Strategy; Japan; Europe; United States; Australia

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06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

conversion of inventions into commercially viable innovation. As Allen Roberts points out, " lacking as we do a worthwhile VC industry the history of the last 100 years where Australia exports all its great ideas with little return... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

October 2013 (Revised February 2019)
Case

Chobani: Growing a Live and Active Culture (Abridged)

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew Preble

Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market and nearly 20% of the total yogurt market. The company's innovative approach to... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Culture; Growth Strategy; Growth Management; Yogurt; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Agribusiness; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Canada; Australia

August 2013 (Revised October 2013)
Case

MedImmune Ventures

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Lane

Ron Laufer is the new Senior Managing Director of MedImmune Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceuticals firm. Laufer has to decide whether to pursue a high-potential, but very risky, early-stage investment. The decision Laufer... View Details

Keywords: MedImmune; MedImmune Ventures; AstraZeneca; NeuProtect; Corporate Venturing; Biotechnology; Venture Investing; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Australia; Europe; London

04 Nov 2013
News

The Real Cost of Bribery

Keywords: Management

01 Sep 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

China has announced its plans for a “New Silk Road” (NSR) and is developing its higher education and research systems at speed. In this book, an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars from Europe, China, the US, Russia, and View Details

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

his photo to each summit. Subsequent climbs were Mt. Aconcagua, in South America (2011); Mt. Everest, in Asia (2011); Mt. Elbrus, in Europe (2012); Carstensz Pyramid, in Indonesia (2012); Mt. Vinson, in Antarctica (2012); and Mt. Kosciuszko, in View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

June 1997 (Revised September 2000)
Teaching Note

Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A), (B) TN

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson

Teaching Note for (9-897-143) and (9-897-144). View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Contracts; Profit Sharing; Risk and Uncertainty; Negotiation Participants; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Australia; New York (city, NY)

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

registered. Other countries, including Australia and Indonesia, are studying the UIDAI system with thoughts of potentially pursuing similar programs of their own. And the impressive scale of the project has attracted the attention of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2016
Chapter

Unpacking the Dynamics of Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector

By: Rebecca Henderson

Book Abstract: The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is shown that transformational policy reforms involve fundamental shifts in strategy with far-reaching... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Transformation; Australia; New Zealand; China; United States; Europe; Southeast Asia

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15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

before 1938. Rubinstein is widely considered the single most important female entrepreneur in the United States in the 20th century. She was born in Poland but immigrated to Australia where she started a cosmetics company. She... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2017
Case

The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble

In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History; Health; Government Legislation; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Germany; Europe