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September 2013 (Revised August 2014)
Case

Ping An Health (PAH): Towards a Comprehensive Private Health Insurance Market in China

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Da Liu

March 2021 (Revised December 2023)
Case

Capitalism and the Party-State: The People's Republic of China at 70

By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han

In 2019, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) turned seventy-years-old and became the longest active authoritarian regime in recent history. By then, China was the world’s second largest economy by GDP (after the United States), and a high-technology industrial... View Details

Keywords: Party-state; Economic Systems; Business and Government Relations; Economy; Society; International Relations; China

January 2025
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Driving Efficiency and Sustainability at P&G China

By: Feng Zhu, Philip Kuai and Billy Chan

P&G China’s business had reached new heights thanks to the explosive growth of e-commerce in the country, but the rapidly increasing volume of shipments to customers had created operational and environmental challenges in terms of packaging waste, shipping damage, and... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Environmental Sustainability; E-commerce; Logistics; Product Design; Value Creation; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Supply Chain Management; Consumer Products Industry; China

2024
Article

Thy Neighbor's Gendarme? How Citizens of Buffer States in North Africa View EU Border Security Externalization

By: Matt Buehler, Kristin Fabbe and Eleni Kyrkopoulou

To stop refugees and migrants, states have enlisted neighboring third countries to act as buffers, thereby outsourcing border security. With many sub-Saharan migrants transiting North Africa, these regimes there have increasingly served as the EU’s gendarme. Existing... View Details

Keywords: Border Externalization; Border Security; Migration; Sub-Saharan African Migrants; Immigration; National Security; North Africa; Morocco

May 1995 (Revised September 1997)
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Internationalizing the Cola Wars (A): The Battle for China and Asian Markets

By: David B. Yoffie

Analyzes the strategies pursued by Coke and Pepsi in the emerging Asian soft drink market. Analyzes the tactical battle of the cola giants in China specifically. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Emerging Markets; Corporate Strategy; Competition; Globalized Firms and Management; Food and Beverage Industry; China; Asia

07 May 2025
News

3G Capital Unfazed By Trade War With China In $9 Billion Skechers Deal

09 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian & Xiaoxue Zhao

23 Nov 2006
News

India Should Open up More to China

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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits While reading your letters, I always imagine that you are sitting opposite me, and we are conversing together, as we used to do in old times. — John Heard to Elizabeth Heard, 1842 56 Influence of the View Details

14 Apr 2022
News

China Hesitates on Bailing Out Sri Lanka, Pakistan as Debt Soars

21 Nov 2024

Life at HBS Chat with the Africa Business Club

Join this interactive session for a Life at HBS Chat with the Africa Business Club (ABC). This virtual event is a unique opportunity to hear from current HBS students in ABC regarding their MBA experience.... View Details

September 1994
Case

Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (B-2)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Asks the students to evaluate the challenges a company faced in the summer of 1989 in the light of great political uncertainties. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Globalization; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China

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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade

invaluable asset.” 49 John Heard portrayed his uncle as having “a strong physique and equally strong temper and passions, but under the most perfect control. . . . I do not think he knew the sensation of fear.” 50 Augustine Heard, Jr. depicted the foreign community of... View Details

November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
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The Tzu Chi Foundation's China Relief Mission

By: Herman B. Leonard and YiKwan Chu

Tzu Chi is one of the largest charities in Taiwan, and one of the swiftest and most effective relief organizations internationally. Rooted in the value of compassion, the organization has many unusual operating features -- including having no long term plan. This case... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Crisis Management; Service Delivery; Mission and Purpose; Religion; Natural Disasters; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; China; Taiwan

February 2021
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China Rapid Finance: The Collapse of China’s P2P Lending Industry

By: William C. Kirby, Bonnie Yining Cao and John P. McHugh

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry had over 3,000 platforms at its height in 2015. China Risk Finance (CRF) was one of the country’s P2P success stories. With over 1 million borrowers using CRF’s platform, it raised $60 million in its 2016 IPO on the New York... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; P2P Lending; Government And Business; Regulation; Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; China

15 Feb 2023

Webinar for College Students: From Africa to the MBA

Join a panel of current students and alumni to learn about the HBS MBA experience. Whether you are just considering next steps in your academic and professional career or already know an MBA is in your... View Details

14 Nov 2022

Top Business School Discuss: From Africa to the MBA

Business, and The Wharton School to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of African students and recent alumni in business school and beyond. The event will feature a moderated panel discussion with the opportunity to ask... View Details

10 Nov 2022

Top Business Schools Discuss: Middle East and North Africa

Management and The Wharton School to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of Middle East and North African students and recent alumni in business school and beyond. The event will feature a moderated panel discussion with the... View Details

September 1994
Supplement

Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (E-2)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Describes what happened and presents the perspectives of the three executives who played key roles in the process. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Globalization; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; China