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Chris Hurst
poor countries alleviate extreme poverty, and what might my role in the process be? Second, given the challenges global competition brings to the U.S., how might the U.S. retain its competitive position into... View Details
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Gallery - The Art of American Advertising
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Entrepreneurship | MBA
are founders, joiners, or investors activate their ideas and build their ventures to drive global impact. Rock Center for Entrepreneurship New Venture Competition An annual opportunity for students to pitch their concepts and get... View Details
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
to invest in? Although circumstances in some countries have changed since this 2007 interview, Professor Richard Vietor's basic advice for analyzing the business environment of countries remains strong. Key concepts include: Governments create the overall environment... View Details
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The Dedication - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits The Dedication “It must be remembered always that... View Details
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
social enterprise. 2015 New MBA Elective Public Entrepreneurship is introduced. 2014 HBS-led forum on Business for Social Impact convenes over 100 practitioners and academics to discuss the global role of business in creating social change 2013 US View Details
Melvin H. Baker
With $100,000 in capital, Baker founded the National Gypsum Company with two colleagues in 1925. When he assumed the CEO position a few years later, he led his company from a newcomer in a highly competitive field, making one product in... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Save the Dates
5, 2003 HBS Global Leadership Forumns “From the Commanding Heights to the Market: The Changing Face of Business” Shanghai, China June 17–20, 2003 “The Private Sector and the Public Interest” Washington, DC March 9–12, 2004 “Coming Together and Moving Apart: Convergence... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. On April 16, video screens were glowing as spectators watched the finale of HBS’s annual New Venture Competition (NVC). COVID-19 turned the View Details
- 1991
- Book
Advantage Sweden
By: Michael E. Porter, Orjan Solvell and I. Zander
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Industry Structures; Global Strategy; Economy; Sweden
Porter, Michael E., Orjan Solvell, and I. Zander. Advantage Sweden. Stockholm: Norstedts Förlag, 1991. (Second ed., Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik, 1993.)
- October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Club Med (C): The "Re-New" Plan
By: Frances X. Frei, Daniel Rethazy and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Industry Structures; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Culture; Cost; Customer Satisfaction; Accommodations Industry; United States
Frei, Frances X., Daniel Rethazy, and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. Club Med (C): The "Re-New" Plan. Harvard Business School Case 602-089, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change
By: Joseph L. Bower
Two cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case deals with the problems facing the head of a start-up division responsible for developing and bringing to market a new product based on technology deemed... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change." Harvard Business School Case 398-121, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- February 2021 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking
By: William C. Kirby, John P. McHugh and Noah B. Truwit
Keywords: Semiconductors; Geopolitics; Industrial Policy; Information Technology; Innovation Strategy; Competition; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan
Kirby, William C., John P. McHugh, and Noah B. Truwit. "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking." Harvard Business School Case 321-126, February 2021. (Revised September 2021.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Markets for Ideas: Prize Structure, Entry Limits, and the Design of Ideation Contests
By: Pavel Kireyev
Contests are a popular mechanism for the procurement of innovation. In marketing, design, and other creative industries, firms use freelance marketplaces to organize contests and obtain high-quality ideas for ads, new products, and even business strategies from... View Details
Keywords: Idea Generation; Crowdsourcing; Contest Design; Structural Estimation; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Innovation and Invention
Kireyev, Pavel. "Markets for Ideas: Prize Structure, Entry Limits, and the Design of Ideation Contests." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-129, May 2016.
- March 2009 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Roppongi Hills: City Within a City
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for [707431]. View Details
- January 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Microsoft adCenter
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
Microsoft considers alternatives to expand its presence in online advertising, especially text-based pay-per-click advertising. Google dominates, and it is unclear how Microsoft can grow, despite considerable technical and financial resources. Microsoft considers a set... View Details
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "Microsoft adCenter." Harvard Business School Case 908-049, January 2008. (Revised February 2010.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Nomura Securities, 2002
By: Tarun Khanna and David Lane
In 2002, Nomura, though long the market leader in Japan, lacked global presence and was beset at home by strengthened local competitors, Wall Street firms that were taking the best deals, outdated systems, controls, and staff skills. Was Nomura still a player to fear?... View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David Lane. "Nomura Securities, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 703-402, July 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- June 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Supplement
Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (B)
By: Jan W. Rivkin
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Service Operations; Air Transportation Industry; Dublin; London
Rivkin, Jan W. "Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 700-116, June 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- August 2007
- Article
Vive La Resistance: Competing Logics and the Consolidation of U.S. Community Banking
By: Christopher Marquis and Michael Lounsbury
Marquis, Christopher, and Michael Lounsbury. "Vive La Resistance: Competing Logics and the Consolidation of U.S. Community Banking." Academy of Management Journal 50, no. 4 (August 2007): 799–820.
- October 1994
- Article
Contrived Competition: Economic Regulation and Deregulation, 1920s-80s
By: R. H.K. Vietor
Vietor, R. H.K. "Contrived Competition: Economic Regulation and Deregulation, 1920s-80s." Business History 36, no. 4 (October 1994): 1–32.