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Buyers, Sellers, Manufacturers in China’s Emerging Market around 1900
Ever since the economic reforms in the post-Mao period China’s economy as an emerging market has attracted much interest. However, we tend to forget that China was already an emerging market at the turn of the 19th century, if not earlier. This... View Details
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Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019) - Recruiting
appreciation for my own strengths and a renewed sense of purpose. Engaging with the individuals featured in case studies further enriched the experience. Hearing firsthand how they navigated complex... View Details
- November 1997 (Revised January 2003)
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Martin Smith: January 2002
By: Josh Lerner
An MBA student must choose between offers from three private equity organizations. Each organization has distinct strengths and weaknesses, and different implications for the student's career development. The case presents compensation and employment data about the... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Compensation and Benefits; Analytics and Data Science; Job Offer; Personal Development and Career
Lerner, Josh. "Martin Smith: January 2002." Harvard Business School Case 298-076, November 1997. (Revised January 2003.)
- 01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
four assistant professors, and three senior lecturers. "Our faculty is unique in the field of entrepreneurship, in terms of the depth and breadth of both academic and... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
It is a classic leadership challenge of the early twenty-first century: How do you steer your business and motivate your people to pursue breakthrough growth while giving proper attention to executing the here View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 2013
- Case
The COFCO Group
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
McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, and Ziqian Zhao. "The COFCO Group." Tsinghua University Case, 2013.
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Mark your calendars! HBS Executive Education reunions are back on campus!
It's time to register for your Alumni Reunion Celebration 2022! Spring Reunion: June 17-18 for reunion classes originally scheduled for 2020 and 2021 along with the regularly scheduled spring 2022 alumni groups Fall Reunion: October 14-15... View Details
- 19 Oct 2020
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Today’s Leaders Need Vulnerability, Not Bravado
- March 2012
- Article
Choosing the United States
By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
The U.S. is not winning its appropriate share of location decisions, even those involving the high-value-adding activities that the country has long been able to attract. In part, this is because U.S. policy makers are not addressing weaknesses in the national business... View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Choosing the United States." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 80–91.
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Energy Conservation Behaviour: Three Thumbs Up For Social Norms
Social norm interventions are widely used to foster residential resource conservation. Now researchers have shown that the effectivenes of providing information about others' energy use alongside messages of social approval for energy savings behaviour depends on the... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Energy Conservation Behaviour: Three Thumbs Up For Social Norms." Nature Energy 5, no. 11 (November 2020): 826–827.
- 18 Oct 2013
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Google Climbs to Record High as Mobile Ads Dominate
- October 19, 2020
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Today's Leaders Need Vulnerability, Not Bravado
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Few myths are as pervasive as the notion that leaders ought to appear tough and confident. Or at least, that was the case prior to the current pandemic, which has exposed the many weaknesses of forceful, dominant leaders and highlighted the superiority of those who... View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. "Today's Leaders Need Vulnerability, Not Bravado." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 19, 2020).
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
we have the right balance between process and progress. Doing this has helped our team gel and get to know our individual strengths and View Details
- 23 May 2011
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Nearly Half of Americans Are 'Financially Fragile'
- 01 Aug 2012
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Why Is Great Service So Rare?
- 16 Feb 2012
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Schumpeter: This time it’s serious
- 27 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Lorraine Bichara Assad (MS/MBA 2026)
of the sentence. It felt strange, like I had to justify who I was—how I spoke, how I acted—with just those few words. There were moments when being a minority felt isolating and even intimidating. But over time, I have come to understand... View Details
- January – February 2011
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How to Design a Winning Business Model
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
Most executives believe that competing through business models is critical for success, but few have come to grips with how best to do so. One common mistake is enterprises' unwavering focus on creating innovative models and evaluating their efficacy in standalone... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Design; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "How to Design a Winning Business Model." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2011): 100–107.
- November 2006
- Case
Kroger Union Negotiations
By: Dennis A. Yao
A stylized version of the negotiations between Kroger Company and its local unions during the mid-1980s. Management faces a sequence of individual negotiations with local unions during a time of weak economic performance when management is seriously considering... View Details
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Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting
instincts, and prioritize building a strong, cohesive team. These hard-won lessons shaped the leader I am today. HBS was the bridge that helped me connect my analytical strengths with my creative passions,... View Details