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  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

the CEO of its U.S. subsidiary and his challenge to sustain the company's exceptional growth in the face of an unprecedented slowdown in the U.S. construction industry. The case also offers a window into the processes and related issues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

Harvard Business School Case 714-471 Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care Since its establishment in 2005, Hamburg's Martini Klinik had single mindedly focused on prostate cancer care with a commitment to measure long-term health outcomes for every patient. A wholly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

diversification and additional market penetration in both developed and emerging markets. He and his colleagues would depend on their experience of acquiring numerous companies, entering and retaining new markets, restructuring the organization, and managing hundreds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

poverty? A: Yes, there are many. Here are two: DaimlerChrysler some years ago, under pressure from the Green Party in Germany, decided it had to increase the amount of renewable resources it used in the manufacture of its cars. The manager of the company's Brazilian... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

to over $2 billion in 10 years, problems surface as the subsidiaries are integrated into the established business. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807156 M-TRONICS (B) Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 6, 2016

1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Leading In a New Era

Mills and General Foods), and brand management (with Procter & Gamble). During his five-year career as a naval officer prior to entering HBS, Charron served for one year in Vietnam. « Back George Harad began his 25 years with Boise Cascade Corporation in a real-estate... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 26 Feb 2020
  • News

Phoenix Rising

Capital, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Greece, and served as its CEO. “I’m occasionally accused of running the country like a corporation,” he says of his leadership style, which was immediately on view: Elected on a Sunday, sworn... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

One method multinationals use to combat gray markets is to increase internal transfer prices to foreign subsidiaries in order to increase the gray market's cost base. We illustrate that when a gray market competitor is present, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

System, an innovative health plan and care delivery system subsidiary of Anthem, Inc with $1.2B revenue and over 100,000 members. In this role, he has operational responsibility for more than 800 clinical staff and 40 care centers. He is... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

808-109 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808109 Moët Hennessy España Harvard Business School Case 408-108 Since being appointed CEO of Moët Hennessy España (MHE), the Spanish View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

methods unquestioningly. While Americans pioneered the multidivisional firm (divisions within one legal entity), for instance, Germans still preferred Konzerne (multisubsidiary operations). The fact that they were subsidiaries also kept... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

externalities, two traditionally under-emphasized forces, exert consistently strong effects. Within each macro network, there is a large heterogeneity across subsidiaries. Subsidiaries with greater size and higher productivity attract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

experience working on the host government side in the renegotiations and nationalizations of some American subsidiaries in the developing world. What insights did that hands-on experience give you that inform the book? A: The wise manager... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Screen Saver

Gamble, and other consumer-goods businesses. "Create or identify the need, and then fulfill that need in a big way." Lopez arrived at Starbucks in 2004 to lead its global consumer-products division and, over time, expanded his responsibilities to include View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

integrated Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate, was considering its strategic options in the context of a rapidly evolving industry, policy, and economic environment. The company-essentially a collection of subsidiaries operating under a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

to combat gray markets is to increase internal transfer prices to foreign subsidiaries in order to increase the gray market's cost base. We illustrate that when a gray market competitor is present, the optimal price for internal transfers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2021
  • News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

markets around the globe: What can Silicon Valley learn from your experiences? And what happens if the Startup Capital of the World ignores these lessons? READ MORE Nicole Poindexter: My name is Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997) and I'm the CEO of Energicity Corp and its... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

improved forecast accuracy, the value of their research about the spun-off subsidiaries is more limited. For both diversified firms and their spun-off subsidiaries, analysts' research is more valuable when information asymmetry between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne