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Teaching Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

examining several options for expansion and growth. International Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners in Health in Haiti The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Teaching Cases, Vol. 1 Robert S.... View Details

24 Oct 2018
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Exploring the Future of Work for Women

managers to convene with experts and scholars to explore what the future holds for working women. The conference was organized by the HBS Club of India in partnership with the HBS-India Research Center. “There have been other... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Dec 2024
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On The Case

Professor Linda Hill first met Tom Mihaljevic (GMP 15, 2013) when he came to campus to participate in a fireside chat that Hill unexpectedly wound up facilitating. At that time, he was the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and the pair found they had a lot to talk... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

May 2003 (Revised May 2004)
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Submarino.com (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Luiz Felipe Monteiro

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Skills; Growth Management; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry; Brazil; Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Portugal

01 Mar 2010
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Faculty Books

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture by Laura Alfaro (World Scientific) This casebook has three main topics: the determinants and effects of international capital flows;... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management; Management

01 Jun 2002
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New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits

Program, begun twenty years ago, and the Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), established in 1993, the new service leadership program represents a further expansion of HBS's interest in the management and... View Details

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

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

President & Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Washington, 1965 B.A., Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Statistics Other Jobs Touche Ross & Co., 1969-77, 1980-85 State of... View Details

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Diane Esber

region's incredibly expansive growth." Additional activities have included the annual Marketing Conference, the Middle East/North Africa Conference and the technology-oriented Cyberposium 13. Managing... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

deep into the tournament a team will go, because that will affect the number of over-the-air impressions that are generated for the brand. They must consider many other factors such as the global appeal of an opponent or of a particular... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

December 2023
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Food & Life Companies

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Akiko Saito

Founded in 1984 in Japan, Food & Life Companies Ltd. (F&LC) operated Sushiro, the largest conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain in Japan, and other types of restaurants that offered sushi and fish cuisine. F&LC was committed to offering high-quality sushi at an... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; Asia; United States

26 Jan 2015
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Seizing opportunities as they come

Being open to possibilities has given Marne Levine (MBA 2005) the chance to work for the president of Harvard, in the Obama administration, and as Facebook’s VP of global public policy. (Published January 2015) View Details

July 1993 (Revised June 2000)
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Harlequin Romances-Poland (A)

By: John A. Quelch

Harlequin Enterprises, the world's leading publisher of series romances, has been particularly successful in Poland. The case explores some of the challenges/opportunities of doing business in Eastern Europe and the marketing mix elements necessary for success. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Brands and Branding; Publishing Industry; Poland

01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop

photo by Getty Images photo by Getty Images When Samuel Ejeh decides to open a new location for his Lagos-based supermarket chain Grocery Bazaar, he likes to move quickly. But expansion is capital-intensive, constraining his cash flow,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2006
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Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants

the seventh annual Social Enterprise Conference. The daylong event featured a number of panel discussions and two keynote presenters: Jeffrey Swartz, president and CEO of Timberland, the $1.5 billion footwear and outdoor apparel company, and Bill Drayton, CEO,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Mar 2013
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2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

A second survey of nearly 7,000 HBS alumni and just over 1,000 members of the general public found ongoing concern regarding America's ability to compete in the global economy but wide agreement between liberals and conservatives on the... View Details

January 1973 (Revised March 2006)
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Tyler Abrasives, Inc.

Involves multinational pricing policy. Should a multinational industrial products supplier, with plants on several continents, grant a single worldwide price on given products to multinational customers who purchase on several continents? If so, what should the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Marketing Strategy; Price; Multinational Firms and Management; Sales; Industrial Products Industry

01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend

officer and an administrator in the office of the Quartermaster General, earning the rank of captain. World War II had a significant impact on Christensen’s career. The organizational challenges of warfare on a global scale encouraged the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

September 2024
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Open Door Legal: Universal Legal Access

By: Brian Trelstad, Taylor Greenthal and Sarah Mehta

This case is about Open Door Legal (ODL), a San Francisco-based civil legal aid nonprofit. CEO Adrian Tirtanadi founded the organization in 2012 with a mission to achieve universal access to legal representation for all city residents. By 2024, ODL had opened four... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Law; Growth Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Civil Society or Community; Business Model; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles; San Francisco