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- 23 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Fireside Chats with Harvard Faculty: A COVID-19 Symposium
On Tuesday April 14th, Harvard Business School hosted the MBA Program’s COVID-19 Symposium. The symposium consisted of a series of fireside chats between HBS faculty and several of Harvard University’s leading thinkers, who help us better View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: HelloFresh
OrganizationAmna Belhedi, Global HR Business Partner at HelloFresh Describe your organization in three to five sentences.HelloFresh is the global leading meal kit delivery service. We aim to revolutionize... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
Inkpen Abstract—The globalization of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) has become an important phenomenon in international business (IB), yet it has received scant attention in the literature. We explain how the analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2008
- Working Paper
Cultural Notes on Chinese Negotiating Behavior
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Western businesses negotiating with Chinese firms face many challenges, from initiating and smoothing communication to establishing long-lasting relationships and mutual trust, and from bargaining and drafting agreements to securing their implementation. Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Style; Perception; Societal Protocols; China
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Cultural Notes on Chinese Negotiating Behavior." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-076, December 2008.
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
With many of today's entrepreneurs starting ventures simultaneously in several countries, it is critical for the global businessperson to understand the financial and business environments in different... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
Harvard University; BA, Chemistry, Princeton University Hannah Chang is a Managing Director at Wu Capital, a global evergreen fund. Dr. Chang focuses on early-stage biopharmaceutical venture capital investments out of the firm’s San... View Details
- 17 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
in Global Society How can we best prepare students to navigate an uncertain world? How do we make sense of the changes in American and global politics over the past decades with our students? In this... View Details
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
Funding the Design of Livable CitiesAs a burgeoning global population migrates to the world's urban centers, it's crucial to design livable cities that function with scarce natural resources. John Macomber discusses the critical... View Details
- Research Summary
Building Effective Relationships Across Cultures
Trust is the foundation of any successful collaborative relationship. In my first stream of research, I draw on the basic distinction between cognition-based versus affect-based trust– that is, trust from the head versus trust from the heart – to better... View Details
- 16 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Political Economy of “Natural” Disasters
Keywords: by Charles Cohen & Eric D. Werker
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
another, the need “to do extreme scenario planning and take out loans as precautions to boost the balance sheet.” One CEO mentioned that this was complicated by a distrust of government data on health and the economy, thus requiring “self-assessment to View Details
Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those... View Details
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East
Summary Change is everywhere in the Middle East today, as many countries seek to diversify their economies and encourage new industries. The region's complex business environment includes distinct political and economic conditions in each country—and an uncertain View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Editor's Note: As an institution charged with fighting global poverty, the World Bank has found itself on the firing line of late. Critics cite a persistent lack of transparency and failure to include local insights in decision-making... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- Article
Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies
By: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy
The globalization of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) has become an important phenomenon in international business (IB), yet it has received scant attention in the literature. We explain how the analysis of SOMNCs can help advance the literature by... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Corporation; State-owned Enterprises; State Capitalism; FDI; Internationalization; Government And Business; National Oil Companies; State Ownership; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Acquisition; Pharmaceutical Industry; Energy Industry; China; India; Europe
Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio, and Kannan Ramaswamy. "Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies." Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises edited by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy. Journal of International Business Studies 45, no. 8 (October–November 2014): 919–942.
- Program
Behavioral Economics—Virtual
outcomes for your company. Details Understand the actions of your customers and employees Discover the subtle forces driving choices and become your organization's go-to problem-solver Develop a user-oriented, outcome-driven mindset... View Details
- May 1993 (Revised December 1997)
- Background Note
Internationalization of Services, Module Note, The
Many industry-leading service providers are expanding internationally, with varying degrees of success. This note presents a framework for understanding the managerial challenges facing service firms as they enter foreign markets. In particular, focuses on key... View Details
Loveman, Gary W. "Internationalization of Services, Module Note, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 693-103, May 1993. (Revised December 1997.)
International Differences in Entrepreneurship (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the... View Details
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Senior Executive Program—Africa
what it takes to do business in today's digital era. This program prepares you to expand your leadership skills as well as your knowledge of local, regional, and global markets. By improving your ability to design and execute winning... View Details