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  • May 2008 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Chi Mei Optoelectronics

By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Ho Howard Yu
Chi Mei is a Taiwanese industrial group that makes a major diversification into the technology intensive TFT-LCD flat panel display industry. Because the diversification is far away from its core competence in petrochemicals, it is an opportunity to examine how the... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China; South Korea; Taiwan
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  • December 2020
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Tokio Marine Group (A)

By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Tokio Marine, Japan's leading insurance company, has spent nearly two decades building a global footprint in different insurance businesses around the world. As the company becomes majority non-domestic it has to make a choice of what organisation structure to adopt to... View Details
Keywords: Organisational Design; Culture; Values; Global Strategy; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Insurance Industry; Japan
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    Sandra J. Sucher

    Sandra Sucher, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is an internationally recognized trust researcher. The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust and how,... View Details

    Keywords: apparel; banking; brokerage; clothing; fashion; financial services; furniture; hotels ＆ motels; retail financial services; retailing; service industry
    • May 2021 (Revised August 2021)
    • Case

    Airbnb During the Pandemic: Stakeholder Capitalism Faces a Critical Test

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Allison Ciechanover
    As the COVID pandemic spread in early 2020, global travel ground to a halt. For Airbnb, the San Francisco-based platform for renting accommodations, the impact was both swift and severe as revenues plummeted more than 70% over the prior year. Responding to the sudden... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Leadership; Digital Platforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Value Creation; Decision Making; Goals and Objectives; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Travel Industry; Tourism Industry; Service Industry; United States
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      Cynthia A. Montgomery

      Professor Montgomery's research centers on strategy and corporate governance. Of particular interest are the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues... View Details

        Paul Hamilton

        Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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          Aticus Peterson

          Aticus Peterson (apeterson@hbs.edu) is a PhD candidate in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on how entrepreneurs and investors can... View Details

          • 28 Aug 2009
          • Working Paper Summaries

          The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms’ Corporate Tax Planning

          Keywords: by Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz & Sonja Olhoft Rego; Financial Services
          • January – February 2011
          • Article

          Creating Shared Value

          By: Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
          The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their communities. Trust in business has fallen to new... View Details
          Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Trust; Human Needs; Welfare; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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          • April 1997 (Revised July 1997)
          • Case

          KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain

          Demonstrates how organizations can move toward creation of processes and information technology infrastructures for effective knowledge management in order to enhance performance and productivity. More specifically, describes the knowledge management strategy of KPMG... View Details
          Keywords: Internet; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
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          • November 2003 (Revised November 2015)
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          Brazil at the Wheel

          By: Geoffrey Jones
          Taught in the second-year MBA elective on the Evolution of Global Business. Examines the costs and benefits of the Brazilian government's policies to encourage foreign multinationals to develop an automobile industry during the 1950s. A combination of incentives and... View Details
          Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Government and Politics; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; Brazil
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          • June 2011 (Revised August 2011)
          • Case

          Colgate-Palmolive: Staying Ahead in Oral Care

          By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
          In 2011, Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) was the global leader in oral care, with a dominant market share lead in toothpaste and a growing presence in toothbrushes and mouthwash. However, the firm faced stiff competition with perennial rivals P&G increasing their focus on... View Details
          Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Relationships; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Customization and Personalization; Health Industry
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          • 05 Jul 2023
          • Cold Call Podcast

          How Unilever Is Preparing for the Future of Work

          Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Retail; Consumer Products
          • April 2004 (Revised July 2007)
          • Case

          OfficeTiger

          By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Johanna Regine Naunton Blaxall
          OfficeTiger was founded in late 1999 with an innovative approach to global outsourcing. The company's employees, located primarily in India, provided services for corporations, investment banks, and professional services firms throughout the United States, Europe, and... View Details
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; India
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          • 23 Apr 2009
          • Working Paper Summaries

          Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality?

          Keywords: by Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn & Sharon P. Katz

            Janice H. Hammond

            Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing. She currently serves as coursehead for the new MBA required course, Data Science for Managers. She serves as program chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s... View Details

            Keywords: apparel; distribution; e-commerce industry; manufacturing; retailing; textiles; transportation
            • October 2009
            • Case

            Noble Group

            By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Matthew Johnson and Linnea Meyer
            What role does trade finance play in facilitating global supply chain management? Richard S. Elman, founder and CEO of Noble Group Ltd., a global commodities trading company based in Hong Kong, must raise capital to support the firm's working capital and investment... View Details
            Keywords: Trade; Capital; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Globalized Firms and Management; Risk Management; Supply Chain Management; Hong Kong
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            • July 2004
            • Supplement

            World Vision International: The AIDS Initiative

            By: Christopher A. Bartlett
            Management discusses the organizational and governance challenges of operating a global network of partner organizations. Then key managers reflect on the decision World Vision must make on the AIDS Hope Initiative--a new strategic direction that challenges many of the... View Details
            Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Core Relationships; Welfare; Value; Health Industry
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            • September 2003 (Revised May 2009)
            • Case

            CCBN.com - 2002

            By: William A. Sahlman
            Describes some important issues confronting the management of a successful information company in 2002, competitive threat from a larger firm that is also a strategic investor. Management must decide how to respond to the. View Details
            Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment; Management; Problems and Challenges; Competition
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            • 20 Feb 2014
            • HBS Seminar

            Feng Zhu, Harvard Business School