Publications

July 2011
Teaching Note

Suntech Power (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for 712001. View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Sales; Information Technology; Business Subsidiaries; System; Competition; Renewable Energy; Semiconductor Industry; Germany; Spain; United States; China; Japan

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Gallery - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

26 Mar 2018
News

Funding Climate Change Solutions

In this video, Ousseynou Nakoulima (MBA 2009), director of the Green Climate Fund, discusses why his organization employs a holistic strategy to its work in developing countries. “The Green Climate Fund is a fund that has been set up by... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The Changing Nature of Research

School’s Bureau of Business Research—comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe business. The resulting report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories, increase profits, and cut waste.... View Details

March 2010 (Revised February 2013)
Case

NFL UK

By: Elie Ofek, David B. Godes and Peter Wickersham

The NFL faces a decision on how to continue efforts to grow its fanbase in the U.K. The decision needs to take into account lessons learned from previous NFL activities in Europe, market research on the U.K. sports fan, and the implications of any move on the U.S. fan.... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Sports; Expansion; Sports Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; United States

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

Frank V. Cespedes, and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 709-441 In 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music industry and the increasing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

business strategy in Bangkok on May 14. Considered a leading expert in strategy, Collis was in Thailand to lead 84 first-year HBS MBA students through their FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) in 14 local... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

July–August 2018
Article

From Niche to Mainstream (HBR Case Study)

By: Elie Ofek

A large Japanese snack maker faces challenges in marketing products in the US. Several options for jumpstarting sales are presented. View Details

Keywords: New Product Marketing; Retail Trade; Private Label; International Expansion; Cultural Branding; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Product Marketing; Expansion; Global Range; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

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December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Wal-Mart Stores in 2003 (Abridged Version)

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Examines Wal-Mart's development over three decades and provides financial and descriptive detail of its domestic operations. In 2003, Wal-Mart's Supercenter business has surpassed its domestic business as the largest generator of revenues. Its international operation... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Advantage; Labor Unions; Operations; Global Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Gender; Retail Industry; United States

Mar 2012
Report

Enriching the Ecosystem

they are far more effective when they're networked. By collaborating to bridge the gaps between them, business, academic, and policy leaders can help generate more ideas, start-ups, company growth, global competitors, and prosperity. In... View Details

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MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID | MBA

policy from within government, scaling impact ventures, advancing global development goals, or designing inclusive financial systems, joint degree alumni are positioned to lead change where it matters most . Curriculum Admissions &... View Details

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

decades. To put their ideas into practice, they used administrative mechanisms, layering small-scale reforms on top of the larger education system. As India embraced globalization in the 1990s, officials drew on World Bank resources to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

Americans, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Ivy League alums, high-school grads, and parents offers coping strategies to help ordinary people turn challenges into extraordinary opportunities for action. College Sports Traditions: Before,... View Details

January 1998 (Revised June 1998)
Case

Li & Fung: Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic," 1995-1998

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George

In early 1998, William and Victor Fung had to review their business, the Li & Fung Group, to plan for the next three years. Examines strategic and organizational issues including company culture, international expansion, and venture capital projects. A rewritten... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Global Strategy; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges; Strategic Planning; Asia