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Fellowships - Business History

Cambridge, 2014 McCraw Fellow The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in... View Details
  • 22 May 2014
  • Other Presentation

Inclusion of Small Business in Value Chains

By: Michael E. Porter
Prerecorded CSV video played as part of the panel "Inclusion of small business in value chains - international experiences," Business Linkages conference. This event was hosted by the leading Brazilian small business development agency, Sebrae, on May 21 and May 22,... View Details
Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Chain; Society; Customer Value and Value Chain; Brazil
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  • December 6, 2013
  • Article

Family Businesses Shouldn't Hunt for Superstar CEOs

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article discusses the challenges faced by family businesses when it comes to succession planning, particularly in selecting an outside CEO. It presents a case study of a third-generation family business looking for an external CEO, named "Mr. Wonderful," to manage... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession
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  • 07 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

The dot-com boom of the 1990s had changed the rules of business forever, it seemed; all you needed was a sexy IPO, cold nerve, and the magic carpet of momentum trading. But even as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists were dismissing... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson
  • September 2000
  • Background Note

Professional Services Module Three: Internal Strategy of Organizational Design

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
The way in which PSFs organize themselves to leverage strategic capabilities is imperative in achieving high performance. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Competency and Skills; Business Startups
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  • June 2021
  • Case

CFM International (A): Building a Durable Partnership That Works

By: Ranjay Gulati, Yves Doz, Kim Wilkinson and Kerry Herman
It is spring 1995, and the CFM partnership—a joint venture between GE Aviation and France’s jet engine manufacturer Snecma—is facing difficult challenges. The parent companies must decide whether and how to renew their nascent partnership agreement, in the face of... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Making
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  • March 2008
  • Case

Novartis AG: Science-Based Business

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Novartis is a science-based drug company, which has important implications for its business strategy. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over $38B in sales in 2007. Pharmaceuticals account for slightly over $24B of that total. In 2007,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 17 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

applied for an MBA hoping that a two-year break from the professional world would help me find answers to some tough life questions: who am I, what do I want to achieve, and what impact do I want to make in this world. I was drawn to the HBS MBA for its View Details
  • Web

Harvard Business School

chairman, Americas, as well as an international director and the founder of Jones Lang LaSalle's highly acclaimed Public Institutions Business Unit, specializing in comprehensive real estate solutions for... View Details
  • Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Debora L. Spar
I currently teach an Elective Course on Capitalism and the State (CATS), and serve as Course Head for a new Required Curriculum course on the Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF). Previously, I developed and taught Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) in the... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Society; International Trade; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Business and Government Relations; Education Industry; United States; Europe; Africa; Asia
  • 2010
  • Conference Presentation

Induced Variation in Administrative Systems: Experimenting with Contexts for Innovation

By: Adrian Caldart, Roberto Vassolo and Luciana Silvestri
Keywords: Evolutionary Perspective On Strategic Management; International Business; Management; Organizational Design; Globalization
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  • December 2008 (Revised November 2010)
  • Teaching Note

Merrimack Tractors and Mowers: LIFO or FIFO? (Brief Case)

By: William J. Bruns Jr., Sharon Bruns and Susan S. Harmeling
Teaching Note to 3217 View Details
Keywords: International Financial Reporting Standards; Inventory; Business Ethics; Ethics; Financial Reporting; Globalization
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  • 08 Mar 2021
  • News

International Women’s Day: Looking At What Is Holding Women Back

  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo

way up a traditional Product Management route and others who come from a variety of different functions and industries, including software engineering, consulting, and business development. The interns... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • June 2016 (Revised March 2017)
  • Case

Global Wine War 2015: New World Versus Old

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sarah McAra
This case contrasts the tradition-bound Old World wine industry with the market-oriented New World producers in the battle for the Chinese wine market in 2015. China’s wine consumption growth presented a large and fast-growing export target that was extremely... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Government Regulation; Industry Analysis; International Business; International Marketing; Market Entry; Exports; Business And Government Relations; China; Europe; France; Australia; Trade; Global Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe; Australia; China
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Events - Business History

international workshop at Harvard Business School brought together experts at the forefront of the application of new technologies to the study of economic and business... View Details

    Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements

    This book provides a framework for business analysis and has been used by business schools throughout the world. It provides a foundation for analysis using four key steps: 1) Strategy analysis: Identifying a firm's strategy and understanding sources of its competitive... View Details
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    Projects - Business History

    histories of accounting, strategy, international competition, competitive advantage, protectionism and state capitalism, the nature of cross-cultural commercial encounters, and the very long history of emerging markets. The project... View Details
    • February 2011
    • Module Note

    Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization

    By: Diego A. Comin
    Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization is one of the core modules in Business Government and the International Economy (BGIE), a course for the required curriculum of the Harvard Business School. BGIE teaches the economic, political and historical... View Details
    Keywords: Fluctuation; Business Cycles; Trade; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Capital; Cash Flow; Globalization; Problems and Challenges; China
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    Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

    My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details