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By: Willy C. Shih

Professor Shih has taught the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course and FIELD Global Immersion in the first-year MBA required curriculum. He also has taught Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) in the second-year MBA curriculum, as well as... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Operations Management; Operations Strategy; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Competitiveness; Globalization; Trade; Operations; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Europe; Japan

January 2005 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Lean Forward Media

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston

Jeff Norton and Michelle Crames, the co-founders of Lean Forward Media, face several options for producing the world's first interactive DVD film for children. Their vision is to build a company whose products simultaneously entertain children, engage them actively in... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Early Childhood Education; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Creativity

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May 2024
Case

SofMedica Group: Managing Growth

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

SofMedica Group had expanded from its origins as a medical equipment distributor in Romania to a holding company with four business lines operating in six countries. This expansion had been driven by SofMedica’s mission: to make cutting edge medical technology... View Details

2022
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The Merits and Limits of China's Modern Universities

By: William C. Kirby

China has a long history of advanced learning, but its modern universities are quite young. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the establishment of Chinese universities based on international models signaled the end of a millennium of promoting talent through... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Education Industry; China

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28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

examining several options for expansion and growth. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/115023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-053 Curriculum Associates: Turning the Page from Tradition to Innovation Set in fall 2014, the traditional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Willis M. Emmons

WILLIAM (WILLIS) EMMONS is Senior Lecturer and Director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard Business School, a position he has held since 2004. As Director of the Christensen Center, Emmons oversees programs to... View Details

Keywords: infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry

September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Old Mutual

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro

Designed to explore the demutualization and listing overseas of one of Africa's largest financial institutions, Old Mutual, and the effects that these actions have on South Africa's domestic capital markets. Explores the particular difficulties that arise as a result... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Capital Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Education; Financial Strategy; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; South Africa

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June 2017
Case

MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid

By: Lynda M. Applegate, José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia

In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income... View Details

Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico

January 2022
Case

Hybrid Classroom - an Opportunity or a Threat?

By: V.G. Narayanan

When the Covid pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, HBS pivoted to remote instruction while maintaining the interactive and engaged discussions which distinguished the case system pedagogy. In fall 2020 HBS adopted a hybrid approach, fitting out its classrooms with... View Details

Keywords: Education; Teaching; Higher Education; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Opportunities; Education Industry

Career Coach

Phillip Andrews

industries globally. He provides guidance on U.S. immigration and work authorization to help international students and alumni navigate the U.S. job search. As a coach, Phillip enjoys working with individuals on career visioning as well... View Details

Keywords: Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education

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Private Equity and Venture Capital

families and institutions raising a first fund, and others new to the private equity and venture capital industry are encouraged to explore our program, Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital. Learning and Living at HBS When... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance

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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports

enterprises Brand managers, promoters, investors, and others who are active in the entertainment industry Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus,... View Details

Keywords: Media & Entertainment; Media & Entertainment

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Managing Turbulence

impact in all three areas of strategic leadership. Immersed in a vibrant exchange with renowned HBS faculty and a global group of accomplished peers, you will share diverse perspectives and new industry insights. The opening and capstone... View Details

2013
Working Paper

Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration

By: Anita L. Tucker

Operational failures persist in hospitals, in part because employees work around them rather than attempt to prevent recurrence. Drawing on a process improvement tool—the Andon cord—we examine three work design components that may foster improvement-oriented behaviors:... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Process Improvement; Organizational Learning; Behavioral Operations; Prosocial Behavior; Experiments; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Business Processes; Health Industry

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21 Sep 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Global Business Club

The Global Business Club is a student-run organization at the Harvard Business School. We provide services to support students interested in growing their global intelligence, exchanging ideas about global issues and learning from View Details

Keywords: All Industries

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

that?' I have found that many people who come into this industry do so for a combination of professional and personal factors," Williams says, adding that he left his job at a technology consulting firm and joined a biotech start-up... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

February 2010 (Revised March 2012)
Case

Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with annual revenues of $107 million. As we watch it change its culture, practices, and organization from offline to... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Marketing Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Technology Adoption; Digital Marketing; Resource Allocation; Information Technology Industry

28 Apr 2025
Blog Post

How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs

For large numbers of Harvard Business School MBA graduates, the first post-degree position is not merely a return to the workforce, but a deliberate pivot toward a new ambition. “Many MBAs are switchers,” notes Kristin Brennan, HBS Career Coach. “They’ve used their... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

September 2016 (Revised April 2022)
Case

Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy

By: Geoffrey Jones and Amanda Yang

This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband real estate moguls Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. It begins by describing the early careers of Zhang and Pan, and how... View Details

Keywords: China; Philanthropy Funding; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Personal Development and Career; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Higher Education; Real Estate Industry; China