globalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

Issue Focus: Leadership Illustration by Craig Frazier What HBS Learned from West Point The Evolving Case Method Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Making the Leadership Case Related Faculty Research What Top Scholars Say about... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

senior researcher in the Global Research Group who has been working recently with a number of faculty members to develop Asian-based cases for the School's curriculum. "There's one Chinese company, for example, that has established... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

31 Oct 2018
News

Preaching with a Choir

volunteer experience as a musician with my background in consumer package goods marketing and my Harvard MBA training. “What we were looking to do is to take the Cadillac brand that is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, re-energize it, re-invigorate it, create a more View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

regional and global markets, and, most important, enhance their productivity. All this can be done far more efficiently in the region than with far-off partners. Whole new industries can grow up in these countries, and existing industries... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

01 Mar 2007
News

Faculty Books

of globalization continues today. Business Solutions for the Global Poor edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton (Jossey-Bass Publishers) This book, edited by HBS... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

As globalization trends increase, so does the ability of non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam International, and the World Wildlife Fund to shape public and corporate policy on everything from human rights to labor... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders

much broader setting. "Students would ask me about the possibility of establishing a global system of business ethics," Paine says, "and whether cultural clashes of one degree or another were inevitable. I needed a... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

Herrero. HBS Professor Howard H. Stevenson, chair of the HBS Latin America Initiative, noted that the entire project was sparked by an idea of Dean Kim Clark's two years ago. The Latin America Research Center has been a key element of the School's View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Tafadzwa Samushonga

Vice President for Careers to help students considering a permanent or temporary move to the continent. This was a natural role for Tafadzwa, as she ultimately intends to go back home. “I want to be counted among the inspiring African leaders who are combining their... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

24 Apr 2014
News

Ensuring a business’s profitability enables it to serve society

During the 2009 global recession, Mark Fields (MBA 1989) helped Ford Motor Company avoid government-financed bankruptcy. Now, as president and CEO, he is focused on serving customers around the globe with great products while building a... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Research Online

property rights (IPR) to entice international corporate investment. But who really benefits from IPR? Should multinationals feel secure that their secrets will be protected? A Q&A with Assistant Professor Fritz Foley. The Regional Slice of Your View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Raychem Corporation: Asian Strategy

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight

Keywords: Global Strategy; Asia

Citation

Find at Harvard

01 Dec 2007
News

Looking back; looking forward

Dear Alumni, Photos by Neal Hamberg In 2008, we’ll celebrate a historic milestone: the 100th anniversary of Harvard Business School’s founding. Fundamentally, we see the Centennial as a unique opportunity to highlight the many things that make HBS distinctive —... View Details

Keywords: Jay O. Light; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

economy, it's getting more essential that global executives learn their way around Chinese cultural customs in order to be successful in that country. While every country has its version of the "old boys network" that defines... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

overall competitiveness, the report identifies national competitive strengths and weaknesses, highlights global economic trends, and signals the ingredients of successful economic development. The Index is part of the research... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
News

Analyze This

School by knowing where its alumni magazine is delivered. For the December 2009 issue, we dispatched 20,797 copies to 148 countries (out of 195 worldwide) and territories, from Andorra (2) to Zimbabwe (24). Talk about global reach! Maybe... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

environmental issues such as global warming and limited natural resources, as well as geopolitical instability issues in certain regions of the world. This is nothing new for the oil and gas players. They have been exposed to these... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

01 Jun 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)

just signed on to do with Fox. To become a truly competitive global company, you need to have a broad portfolio. Hello Kitty is great, but we need to have other properties to grow even further. We also want to expand our business model... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hello Kitty; Arts, Entertainment; Special Design Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2007
News

Hollywood Squared

In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (September 4, 2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton (MBA ’87) declared that from his perspective “the global economy in general — and the entertainment business... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

students have lived only in a world of increasing globalization. It's easy to conclude that the world will continue to become more and more integrated, but globalization is not necessarily a one-way street." The message for MBAs seems to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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