Publications

Career Coach

Philippe Taieb

Philippe (HBS '99) has been a Coach at HBS since 2006. He has been fortunate to work with scores of MBA Students and Alumni having a wide array of backgrounds (e.g. Investment Management, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, General Management,... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Education; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Manufacturing; Social Enterprise; Sports; Clean Technology; Energy

21 Feb 2024
Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

For Harvard Business School students eager to make a positive impact on the world, one exciting path forward is investing in mission-centered businesses. Areas like healthcare, education, energy, and the environment attract innovative and... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

Career Coach

Okan Okutgen

Okan (Princeton BSE ‘11, HBS MBA ’15) has years of experience in the tech startup world as a go-to-market leader, general manager and strategic finance leader. He has served as Head of Global Sales Operations & Strategy, Head of APAC... View Details

2013
Teaching Note

The COFCO Group (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao

COFCO was China's sole legitimate window for agricultural foreign trade before 1987. The reform of China's foreign trade system beginning in 1987 cost COFCO its monopoly position. Subsequently, the SOE giant capitalized on its foreign trade expertise to strategically... View Details

Keywords: China; Food; China

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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Neeley Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Harvard Business School Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick Associate Professor Wharton School of the University... View Details

February 2005 (Revised November 2005)
Case

SAIF: May 2004

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

The Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) team has just learned that the price at which its portfolio company, the Chinese gaming firm Shanda, was planning to go public must be reduced. As a result, the partners think through the entire genesis of the deal and the... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Initial Public Offering; Price; China; United States

Program

Disruptive Innovation

Summary More than 20 years ago, late HBS professor Clayton Christensen introduced a revolutionary concept that transformed the business world and is still widely applied today: disruptive innovation. In this program, Christensen's team will help View Details

October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
Case

Komatsu Ltd.: Project G's Globalization

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

This case describes the major strategic and organizational transformation at Komatsu aimed at changing it from a Japan-based producer of construction equipment to a truly global company with the ability to leverage its groupwide portfolio of resources and capabilities... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Construction; Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Global Strategy; Leadership; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Expansion; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

May 2022
Case

From GOP to NFT: Anthony Scaramucci and the Launch of Flatter NFT

By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel and Grace Headinger

Anthony Scaramucci, Managing Director of SkyBridge Capital, considered whether he should officially greenlight the launch of SkyBridge’s own NFT platform — Flatter NFT. He had led the investment firm to push first into Bitcoin and then Ethereum to make SkyBridge a... View Details

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Programs & Events - Alumni

questions about alumni events. Dec 31 TBD Executive Education HBS Campus Investment Management Workshop Acquire insights you can apply to your business as you explore recent changes in the industry, emerging strategies, and best... View Details

13 May 2021
Blog Post

Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer

went to Harvard Business School. Her experience at HBS enabled Zhalisa to step back, reflect, and strategize on what career path and location she felt was a better fit. After graduation, she set off to San Francisco to work in tech.... View Details

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Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

student and alumni projects, and recruiting. Faculty & Research Engage with faculty creating groundbreaking research that links theory and practice to shape the future of social enterprise. Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech... View Details

Program

Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

that specialize in corporate revitalization Senior strategy consultants who advise companies on strategic options, turnarounds, and corporate transformations Senior leaders in financial services firms, law firms, View Details

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Hiring Organizations

T-Mobile T. Rowe Price Taiyo Pacific Partners TALEA Beer Co. Talisman TANDA - mytanda.com Tandem Target Tarsadia Investments Tatte Bakery & Cafe Tau Ventures Temerity Strategic Partners Ten Eleven Ventures... View Details

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Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

illustrate Vietnam's strategic importance and why American policymakers should take note. 24 Oct 2024 Research & Ideas With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette... View Details

February 2024
Teaching Note

Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs' Growth (A) and (B)

By: Mark Egan

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 224-023 and 224-024. As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. A nascent direct-to-consumer apparel brand, birddogs had carved its niche in men’s... View Details

Keywords: Inventory Management; Forecasting Demand; Financial Constraints; Apparel; Startups; Corporate Finance; Forecasting and Prediction; Working Capital; Financing and Loans; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Demand and Consumers; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States

April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
Case

The Auction for Travelport (A)

By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal

A senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs),... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Product Positioning; Cost vs Benefits; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Competitive Advantage; Auctions; Industry Structures; Travel Industry