Publications

December 2006 (Revised February 2009)
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China Merchants Bank: Here Just For You

By: F. Warren McFarlan, GuoQing Chen, HengYuan Zhu, Bin Yang, Michael Shih-ta Chen, G.A. Donovan, Waishun Lo and Yan Yang

Founded in 1987, China Merchants Bank (CMB) is a pioneer in the use of technical innovation and IT as a competitive tool in the rapidly evolving Chinese banking sector. With a relatively small branch network when compared to its larger competitors, CMB uses an... View Details

Keywords: Credit Cards; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Competitive Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Emerging Markets; Opportunities; Banking Industry; China; Hong Kong

2014
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Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Siqun Yang and Meihua Shen

Microfinance is introduced into China in the 1990s. It had gone through 3 phases since the beginning, namely the pilot phase when all Microfinance practices are sponsored by charity funds based on projects, the promotion phase when the government subsidized some... View Details

Keywords: Rural Entrepreneurship; Value Added; China; Risk Management; Microfinance; China

09 Jun 2017
News

Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China

organization. And they came to Yunnan province in southwest China where I am from. They were attracted, first of all, by the amazing biodiversity and cultural diversity of Yunnan region. And they wanted to... View Details

Working Paper

Institutional Access and Failure: Colonial Legal Systems and Persistent Institutional Inadequacy in Tropical Africa

By: Catherine S. M. Duggan

02 Jun 2021

Geographic Regions Series: Alumni Perspectives from North Africa

Join the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center as they moderate a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experiences and the incredible HBS network in the North View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest

The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place View Details

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

2023
Working Paper

El Dorado Lost: Local Elites, Real Estate and the Education Business in China

By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu

This working paper examines the evolving, complex and multifaceted relationship between the real estate industry and the education sector in China. The current crises in the private education and real estate sectors caused by policy shifts reflect the inter-meshing of... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Policy; Government and Politics; Economic Sectors; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China

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10 Mar 2021

External Partner Event: MBA Tour Western Africa

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to... View Details

Greater China Club | MBA

Greater China Club The Greater China Club is aspired: (1) To engage HBS students in one of the world's most dynamic economies on business, economic, and social issues; (2) To... View Details

January 2008 (Revised October 2015)
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy

By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Wong

After fifty-five years in the semiconductor industry, Morris Chang, founder and Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), was seeing a change. After four decades of regular double-digit growth the industry was still growing-but now at a much slower... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Globalized Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Expansion; Semiconductor Industry; Shanghai; Taiwan

12 Jun 2012
News

New Harvard Business School Exhibit Chronicles China Trade

22 Apr 2008
News

Why China Needs India's Transparency

Middle East & North Africa Club | MBA

Middle East & North Africa Club The Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Club is committed to providing the HBS community with opportunities to experience the MENA region in... View Details

Is China a Communist Country?

In this interview, Prof. Rithmire explains the Chinese model and what it means for the world. View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change

Professor John Quelch (center) moderated a panel on emerging opportunities in Africa. Photo: Justin A. Knight Singer Angelique Kidjo performed for an enthusiastic group Friday night. Photo: Justin A. Knight Over six hundred participants... View Details

June 2011 (Revised October 2012)
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IBM China Development Lab Shanghai: Capability by Design

By: Willy Shih, Kamen Bliznashki and Fan Zhao

When IBM shifted from a traditional territory-based multinational organization to what it called a globally integrated enterprise, it established its headquarters for "Growth Markets" in Shanghai and "Established Markets" in New York. This positioned its China... View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; China