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Dalian Wanda Group: The AMC Entertainment Acquisition (A)

When Dalian Wanda Group of China announced its plan to acquire the AMC Entertainment theatrical exhibition chain in the United States, many people in the U.S. were mystified. Unlike China where theatrical exhibition was experiencing rapid growth, the U.S. market was... View Details

Keywords: Dalian Wanda Group; AMC Entertainment; Wang Jianlin; Theater Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Foreign Direct Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; China; United States

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09 Mar 2010
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technique that uncovered 75 otherwise legitimate web sites, which benefited from direct links from thousands of misspellings of competing web sites. Using regression analysis, we find that web sites in categories with higher pay-per-click... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Dec 2014
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the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the potential transition to clean technology can be difficult both because clean research must climb... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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the Name Beth & Seth Klarman Seth Klarman (MBA 1982) is the CEO and portfolio manager of the Boston-based Baupost Group, one of the most successful investment partnerships in the world. Beth Klarman is President of the Klarman Family... View Details

12 Dec 2023
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COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

activity, and foreign direct investment from multiple sources, including corporate earnings calls. Less business in China, but trade remains global One major takeaway from the analysis: The share of Chinese... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

2010
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

23 Mar 2010
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Cases & Course Materials The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (A) Carliss Y. BaldwinHarvard Business School Case 210-035 The Congressional Oversight Panel wants to value the warrants issued to the government in connection with the TARP... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2013
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U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

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Financial Markets (22) Financial Reporting (7) Financial Statements (1) Financial Strategy (11) Financing and Loans (22) Food (12) For-Profit Firms (1) Forecasting and Prediction (26) Foreign Direct View Details

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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

targeted interventions to boost long-term engagement and spending. Keywords: Dynamic Policy ; Deep Reinforcement Learning ; Representation Learning ; Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment ; Latent Variable Models ; Customer Relationship Management ; Customer Value and Value... View Details

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Networks (acquired by Sun Microsystems). Prior to Globespan, Andy was Senior Managing Director of JAFCO Ventures, where he established the Boston office in 1997. Previously, Andy directed Trans National Group's venture investing. Andy... View Details

01 Nov 2011
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Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2001
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Governing the Family-Run Business

(companies whose ownership is controlled by a single family) and other kinds of family enterprises including family foundations and family investment funds, the lack of effective governance is a major cause of organizational problems. In... View Details

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

as common enemies, hostile mediators cause adversaries in conflict to feel more connected and become more willing to reach agreement (Experiments 3 and 4). Finally, we manipulate the target of mediators’ hostility to document the moderating role of common enemies:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

Indirect Method Show Hide Details Concepts Operating: Direct Method Operating: Indirect Method Investing and Financing Featured Exercise Use the statement of cash flows to evaluate the financial health and... View Details

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

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 entrepreneurial minds, and just like the team... View Details

16 Oct 2023
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Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

Delta will decide two years from now, ‘That was an initiative and now we’re done.’ They understand that it will take substantial investment in time and resources.” Atlanta is more than 50 percent Black Delta started as a Louisiana... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

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J.P. Morgan's new sustainable investing growth fund, focused on startups with Climate Tech. The simultaneous exposure to daily calls with founders and formal investment committee meetings painted a holistic... View Details

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