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Bridging the GAAPs
Inconsistencies in accounting treatment across countries are a major obstacle for global equity investment. Founded in 1985, HOLT is an equity valuation service provider that offers its clients (e.g., global equity investors) a consistent performance metrics from... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
far-from-frontier countries shows that a 10 percent increase in the savings rate over the previous 10 years leads to an increase in the average growth rate over the next 10 years View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
puts the increasingly complex job of Chief Executive in a very real context. It serves as a practical guide by allowing you to walk alongside Jim as he takes on his new role... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
national office. The national office proposes to play a screening role whereby a national growth committee will "green-light" the plans of local schools to create multi-site regions View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016
transforming rapidly. The work was sure to be interesting." But Cauvery wasn't satisfied with the work. "With 400,000 people, it was just too big. It took too long to see the fruits of my work." More importantly, Cauvery's... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
Some may shrug at the inevitable passing of the local newspaper, writing it off as a dinosaur that doesn’t have much to offer in our modern world of blogs, social media sites,... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
- Research Summary
Research Thrust
By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
- June 2008 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd.
By: David E. Bell and Aldo Sesia
In 2005, COFCO Ltd., one of China's largest and most successful companies, acquired Xinjiang Tunhe, a tomato processing firm, which had been, in recent years, poorly managed. COFCO changed Tunhe's management team and set out to create a culture of professionalism and... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Customer Relationship Management; Rural Scope; Supply Chain Management; Performance Consistency; Safety; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
Bell, David E., and Aldo Sesia. "COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 508-079, June 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
- 03 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description
speaking to a candidate in-person, how would you describe the role? You likely would not use formal language or recite what is already written on the website. In a conversational tone, briefly describe what the candidate can View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
well-defined financial criteria. We suggest that this dynamic may have important implications for our understanding of the role of management in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
their first year in the role. I reveal the complexity of the transition, highlighting the expectations of these managers, their subordinates, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
effective management of these five attributes allows not only organization-level benefits, but also team-level benefits in the form of new capabilities and team member... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
work design and compensation and to understand the differences between compensation and motivation. The case frames the role of the general manager in setting up work... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
than infrastructure development and climate adaptation, according to the Associated Press. Finding the necessary capital What does this mean? Essentially, this lack of capital means governments and DFIs will not be able to ride to the... View Details
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
expected that students will establish relationships with other faculty members, and it is possible that the major academic advisory role may be assumed by different faculty members View Details
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Owner/President Management
enduring network with OPM peers worldwide Who Should Attend OPM is designed for business owners and founders who meet the following criteria: You (or your family) hold a significant equity stake in the firm You have an active operating... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
techniques are the most powerful and how they may be employed. In this version, two section-mates have been linked to the vandalizing of school property. Students are secretly assigned to different View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne