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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow
As a student of mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico, Sean Murray (HBS ’10) learned to manage complicated projects. During three years View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
A conversation with John Davis, author of "Challenges Facing Family Companies in the Gulf Region" Family Business Review, vol XIII, no. 3, September 2000. Q: Where does family business take you?... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 09 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Building Community: Meet the HBS Latino Student Organization Leadership
three of us represent Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Bolivia; hail from Los Angeles, New York, and La Paz; and worked in tech, finance, and startups before business school. We all bring excitement, passion... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
D’Avella arrived at HBS just a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina had devastated much of the Gulf Coast. In January 2006, he traveled to New Orleans on a student-led trek with 56 other MBAs to apply their HBS... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
countries where their employees are not organized. Such organizing efforts were said to be aimed at South Korea, Argentina, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. In the past, labor has by organizing gained the power... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
As an MBA student, Leng Lim (MBA 2001) found his motives and goals were questioned more than most. “People say, ‘You’re a priest? You’ve abandoned God for money?’ My response is, ‘Why is it OK for you to make money, but not OK for me to make money?’” he laughs. Lim, a... View Details
- April 2002 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
World Oil Markets
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Summarizes world markets for oil and natural gas from 1980-2001. Examines the rise of OPEC, two oil shocks, Gulf War efforts, and recent pricing issues facing Saudi Arabia. View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Rebecca Evans. "World Oil Markets." Harvard Business School Case 702-030, April 2002. (Revised November 2003.)
- November 2014 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Cravia: Launching High Growth Ventures in the Middle East
By: Lynda Applegate and Michael Norris
Walid Hajj (HBS '95), CEO of Dubai-based restaurant franchising company Cravia considers how best to expand his business in the fast-growing Gulf region. Should he add more American brands, expand to nearby countries, or open more of his current lineup of restaurants? View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurs; Middle East; Franchise; Food Retail Franchising; Franchise Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
Applegate, Lynda, and Michael Norris. "Cravia: Launching High Growth Ventures in the Middle East." Harvard Business School Case 315-049, November 2014. (Revised July 2019.)
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
elsewhere. There is still only one overall survey of Indian business history. As Indian companies such as Tata become global giants, we need to understand where they came from. Latin America represents a mixed picture, with pockets View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
Management Agency to evacuate certain hospitals in New Orleans because they were private. Many large retailing organizations with facilities on the Gulf Coast made extensive preparations in advance of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
gender, race, and national boundary. This is a new phenomenon, inconceivable in Carnegie's day. Capital, in the words of a former President of Mexico, has no heart. But it does... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- Web
A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
to produce polarized materials, Land was counting on a new initiative to reenergize and propel the company’s growth in peacetime. 8 Land conceived of instant photography in 1943. While on vacation with his family in Santa Fe, New View Details
- 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM +04, 13 Dec 2024
- Virtual Programming
AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth
Join top AI experts including HBS faculty, business leaders, researchers, and government officials for AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth, a one-day conference organized by the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and the Harvard Business School Club... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
Xerox's accumulated knowledge in this area into a marketable product. Xerox's accumulated knowledge—as well as XTV's aggressive funding of the firm during the Gulf War period, when the willingness View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
three-day versions of it are now being held at management schools in Mexico, Canada, and Switzerland, with the participation of HBS interest group members. In 1995, unit member... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
extraordinary measures on behalf of their airline. For example, in the wake of the Gulf War and rising jet fuel prices, Southwest's Dallas employees initiated a "Fuel from... View Details
- March 2017 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Tequila Patrón
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Carlos Castellanos Rodríguez, Silvia Cacho-Elizondo, Samantha Rullán and Fernanda Miguel
Tequila Patrón was one of the most successful tequila marketers in the United States. Patrón needed to grow, and in Mexico, the second largest market for tequila, the brand was perceived as American. What portfolio and branding strategy would best serve Patrón to... View Details
Deshpandé, Rohit, Carlos Castellanos Rodríguez, Silvia Cacho-Elizondo, Samantha Rullán, and Fernanda Miguel. "Tequila Patrón." Harvard Business School Case 517-108, March 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
interested in building the bank of interviews were given the green light to expand the project, which now includes conversations with business leaders from Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mexico,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details