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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore. Our successes have included bringing to Asia in a joint venture: McDonald's (Hong Kong, Singapore, South China), IKEA, Stanford Dialysis clinics in eight Asian countries, etc. Failures we... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
covering U.S. IT hardware companies, thinks about the challenges and opportunities presented by the firm's new office in Hong Kong. Sacconaghi was previously the only analyst covering IT hardware companies for Bernstein. However, the firm has recently hired an analyst... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
presence in this dynamic South Asian country has become critical to furthering the global understanding of the School’s students and faculty members. HBS opened the India Research Center (IRC) in Mumbai in 2006. It is one of nine Global... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
others from Singapore and Sydney, and made a quick trip to Boston to attend a meeting of the financial services practice. A few of these colleagues became ongoing advisers to the project, and one of the Asian managers was assigned full... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
world in the emerging global context. This ... paves the way for an Asian century through the information highway." What do you think? Original Article Several recent books have focused on an examination of sources of competitive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
discuss areas of interest ranging from opportunities in Asian markets, to managing work/life balance, to the impact of wireless technology on business strategy, to the achievements of African Americans in business. Highlights of some of... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
Hollywood studios can determine the rules of the game. Another key difference concerns the extent to which markets are influenced by piracy. Piracy is a global problem, but I think it is particularly detrimental to box office grosses in many View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
break out the most authentic Bhangra moves, you wouldn't guess that many of them were not exposed to South Asian dance styles before training to become instructors. "Another key aspect of our fitness program is that it is truly gender... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)
would. Then at the sevenor eight-year mark, you start to think maybe it’s not going to happen. I was obsessed with the way men were dealing with that, and the character of the son, Fred, grew out of that idea. I also wanted to talk about the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 May 2023
- Blog Post
Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates
in various student clubs including the African American Student Union, Armed Forces Alumni Association, Asian Affinity Business Association, Black Investment Club, Latino Student Organization, PRIDE, Women in Investing Club, and the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity and low prices, Esquel was just part of the pack of View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
adding value by operating across borders is concerned; others can be identified as well. Q: Globalists and global skeptics have had plenty to argue about in recent years: as you write in the same paper, globalists gained confidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall, but... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
focused on matters of race in America, with an additional 50 in development. Faculty members also have completed more than 90 cases (plus 20 still in process) featuring protagonists who are Latinx/Hispanic, Asian or View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
Asian countries have made spectacular advances. These include post-WWII Japan and more recently Singapore, China, India, South Korea, and Taiwan. Nevertheless most Africans were better off forty years ago than they are today. Average per... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Business School Note 609-045 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase the note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609045 Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997–1998 (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 709-004 What... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
"The LEGO Group: Stepping Up in Asia" (HBS No. 113-054), and discusses the aftermath of the scenario planning session in which LEGO managers contemplated the risks of their new Asian strategy. The scenario planning exercise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Warikoo Natasha Warikoo is Professor of Sociology at Tufts University. A former Guggenheim Fellow and high school teacher, Warikoo is an expert on racial and ethnic inequality in education. Her forthcoming book, Race at the Top: Asian... View Details
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
consumer behavior, Ngwe and Chen analyzed sales data from Southeast Asian fashion retailer Zalora in the Philippines. Because the data included the company's startup period, encompassing more than two million orders from 2012 to 2016, the... View Details
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
country. Q: What are the practical policy or other implications from your work for public or private decision makers? Where do you see the research making a difference? A: Our paper provides a simple interpretation for the East Asian... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert