Asian - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

shareholders in both state and private enterprises." No Single Asian Market Mark Newman, vice president and CFO for GM Shanghai, the largest Sino-U.S. joint venture, presented statistics that clarified the corporation's significant... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Jun 2021
Blog Post

DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?

with Black or African American protagonists. Another 50 more such cases are still in process. They also completed more than 90 cases (plus 20 still in process) featuring protagonists who are LatinX/Hispanic, Asian or View Details

30 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Diversifying Our Case Protagonists: How is Harvard Business School Doing a Year Later?

with Black or African American protagonists. Another 50 more such cases are still in process. They also completed more than 90 cases (plus 20 still in process) featuring protagonists who are LatinX/Hispanic, Asian or View Details

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309093 Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis Harvard Business School Case 708-001 In July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis

continues its unabated growth, driven by growing Asian demand, supplies of oil have likely peaked. The coming imbalance of supply and demand is so huge that the world needs to add six Saudi Arabias by 2030 to meet demand. Without enormous... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

13 Apr 2021
News

Face Value

As a teenager in Houston, Texas, and one of the few Asian students in her high school, Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) recognized that didn’t fit the accepted beauty standard. She was more drawn to the Western luxury skincare brands her mother sold... View Details

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Ameel Somani

paramount," says Ameel. In the 1990s, for example, his mother helped Central Asians displaced by war find homes in Western Canada. "I saw business school as a chance to take my passion for investing and combine it with a passion... View Details

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

Get More Interviews African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews. The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Attempting to overcome prejudice by ignoring race may... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2024
News

Action Plan: Yes, Chef!

Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune

01 Apr 2001
News

Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

companies have announced plans for additional billion-dollar investments in Mozambique.” After a brief slowdown in 1997 and 1998 because of the Asian and Russian financial crises, the project finance market has come roaring back in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Air Transportation; Transportation; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Telecommunications; Information

01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

this debate of privacy. Because it's definitely happening in some Asian markets and some Asian venues. Dan: But I want to touch on that example of frictionless payment and the larger idea that this era of no... View Details

16 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 16

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/915406-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-037 Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia Sanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, is expanding globally. Three years after launching Bernstein's View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2009
News

Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage

In the saber-rattling and highly influential 2007 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the National Academies warned that America’s technology and scientific leadership was being surpassed by a number of Asian countries, threatening... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2002
News

Think Globally, Teach Locally

founding of schools around the globe, including the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE) in Costa Rica; the Philippines' Asian Institute of Management (AIM); the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Student Clubs | MBA

Club Rugby Football Club S Salsa Society Sneakers Club Social Impact Club South Asian Business Association Southeast Asia Club Squash Club T Tech Club Tennis Club Texas Club V Venture Capital & Private Equity Club Volleyball Club... View Details

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia

point and slowly build up interest in its brand. China is Philips' biggest Asian market, and it has the advantage of good relationships with high-ranking government officials thanks in part to a history with the country that dates back to... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Apr 1998
News

Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

are on these issues, but we're going to change that." Asked about the Asian economic crisis, Corzine confessed that its onset surprised Goldman. "We knew there were problems," he said, "but we didn't understand their extent, particularly... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Dec 2011
News

Ticktock

subcontracted production to an Asian firm.) More pointedly, the cases address the reasons for Clocky’s startling, unsolicited publicity, along with an issue that faces any entrepreneur looking to build a business around an unconventional... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel; viral marketing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

has begun to grow kiwifruit outside of New Zealand in order to have the product on retail shelves year round. Is this the right strategy for the future? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511001-PDF-ENG Asian Agri... View Details