Publications

18 Jan 2022
News

HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

Shanghai Hosts Annual Entrepreneurship Forum The HBS Club of Shanghai recently held its 14th Annual Entrepreneurship Forum, bringing alumni together to explore the latest topics in business and investing.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

March 2011 (Revised June 2012)
Case

Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

By: Willy Shih, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki and Courtney Hyland

Gordon Zong is trying to teach Chinese universities and research institutes how to do effective technology transfer and IP licensing, but he is trying to do it in an environment with weak property rights and an underdeveloped support infrastructure. As the managing... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Patents; Knowledge Management; Law Enforcement; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; China

01 Sep 2008
News

HBS Opens Shanghai Office with Harvard China Fund

Harvard University has opened a new office in Shanghai that will serve both HBS and the Harvard China Fund (HCF). The HCF was launched in 2006 as a University-wide “academic venture fund” to enhance Harvard’s teaching and research in and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

November 2005
Teaching Note

Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors, The (A) (TN)

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs

Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Auto Industry

24 Jul 2008
News

Business School, China Fund open office in Shanghai

September 2004
Supplement

Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors, The (A) (CW)

By: Mihir A. Desai

November 2009
Book Review

Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949

By: Elisabeth Koll

Find at Harvard

5:30 PM – 9 PM +08, 09 Jan 2015
Campaign

A Vision for the 21st Century - HBS in Shanghai

making a difference in business and society. Film screening and remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria 8:00 - 9:30 PM Celebrate and Connect Connect and network with your fellow alumni at a reception . All alumni in the Shanghai region will... View Details

April 2022
Teaching Note

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co., Ltd.: December 2014

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-111. View Details

April 2011
Teaching Note

Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (TN)

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai

Teaching Note for 611057. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Rights; Infrastructure; Multinational Firms and Management; Research and Development; Complexity; Commercialization; Technology Adoption; Motivation and Incentives; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Shanghai

October 2022
Case

Star Magnolia Capital: Becoming Experts at Finding Experts

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, River Ewing and Grace Headinger

Shinya Deguchi, Founder and Managing Partner of Star Magnolia Capital, a Shanghai-based multi-family office (MFO), considered how to convince a new prospective family that the MFO’s endowment model approach would best suit their needs. In recent decades, there has been... View Details

Keywords: China; Asia; Family Office; Shanghai; Financial Industry; Asset Management; Financial Instruments; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Human Capital; Family Business; Financial Services Industry; China; Shanghai

22 Nov 2010
News

Harvard University Announces Appointment of Jeffrey R. Williams as Executive Director of Harvard Center Shanghai

September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
Technical Note

Real Estate in China: A Technical Note for SOHO China

By: Charles F. Wu

A technical note on the state of Chinese commercial real estate and the effects of China's slowing growth. This note was written in conjunction with the case study "SOHO China: Transformation in Progress." View Details

Keywords: China; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Beijing; Shanghai; REIT; Gdp; Economic Growth; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai; Beijing

June 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

IBM China Development Lab Shanghai: Capability by Design

By: Willy Shih, Kamen Bliznashki and Fan Zhao

When IBM shifted from a traditional territory-based multinational organization to what it called a globally integrated enterprise, it established its headquarters for "Growth Markets" in Shanghai and "Established Markets" in New York. This positioned its China... View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; China

2013
Teaching Note

Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao

Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details

Keywords: China; Hospitals; China

2013
Case

Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao

Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details

Keywords: China; Hospitals; China

April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Liz Claiborne China

By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson Hout and Fred Young

A new country manager builds the Shanghai office of Liz Claiborne into a powerful sourcing organization using local talent. She explains the nuts and bolts of transforming the office. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Market Entry and Exit; Fashion Industry; China