Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2011
News

Taking That Hill

sought challenging environments, and I get a lot of pleasure when people say they want to take that hill, and we take that hill together.” As PPG’s growth surges internationally, it’s overseas where new and different hills are increasingly popping up. As the... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

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Fast Facts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Locations 5 Asia (China, Myanmar, Sri Lanka), Cuba, Los Angeles, Israel, Japan CASES 52.6 % Cases published in FY22 were globally oriented 5.3 m Sold outside the United States in FY21 View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

addition, he has held important administrative positions at the School, chairing Exec Ed's Advanced Management Program and its International Senior Managers' Program, as well as the MBA Program's Production and Operations Management unit... View Details

Louis F. Swift

Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Bruce Barton

In 1919, Barton co-founded the advertising agency for which he acted as president. Barton was responsible for helping to develop a more favorable public image for United States Steel after the Steel Strike... View Details

Keywords: Services

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

States will reassert itself. Likewise, the trade links among British Commonwealth countries will be revitalized. Look for the UK to also accelerate its expanding business links with China. Brexit is not only bad news for the European ... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Jun 2010
News

Pitch for Change

The “Pitch for Change” wasn’t a case of saving the best for last, because all that came before was so good. But the elevator-pitch, business-plan showdown did close February’s 11th annual Social Enterprise Conference on a high note: Competing against contenders from... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Apr 2011
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Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

'03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India HBS Club of India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America HBS Club of Brazil Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009 Dr. Consulta affordable healthcare solutions... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

February 1996 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund (TN)

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee

Keywords: City; Investment Funds; Florida

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Profile

Darrin Rahn

Many people do not think of being a young agriculture entrepreneur as their first business venture. But for Darrin Rahn, making hay was in fact his first foray into business. He was born and raised on a family farm in northwestern... View Details

Keywords: CPG

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Julio Cedeno

Julio Cedeno was born in Texas just months after his mother and father (originally from Mexico and Venezuela respectively) arrived in the United States from Venezuela. As the oldest among a generation of... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

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Clarissa Quintanilla

As a dual United States and Mexican citizen, Clarissa Quintanilla made a long road trip with her family each Christmas from St. Louis, where she and her twin brother, Pablo, attended high school, to her... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world. Stock markets plummeted,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Adolph Zukor

Zukor independently built numerous theatres in major United States cities. Because of the popularity of these theatres, he began to invest heavily in movie production, convinced that big-name actors in large... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

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Research Links: Secondary Sources - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Associations in the United States and Prussia," Business and Economic History , Second Series, vol. 19 (1990): 133-142. - Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the View Details

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

says. “What we’re asking is, can we build algorithms that will help find better matches that will allow people to integrate more easily?” The paper presents data from Switzerland and the United States that... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)

Where can I get started with research for my project assignment? Research Task Suggested Resources Consumer & Business Demographics United States Census Bureau - Demographic... View Details

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The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors

By: William R. Kerr

The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation - with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail.... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Geographic Location; Patents; Ethnicity; City; Innovation and Invention; United States