women in business - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 May 2020
News

In the Lockdown Economy, Old Measures of Inflation Get It Wrong

04 Aug 2023

Coffee Chat with HBS PRIDE in Chicago

Join a current HBS student from PRIDE, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with... View Details

04 Aug 2023

Coffee Chat with HBS PRIDE in Cambridge

Join a current HBS student from PRIDE, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with... View Details

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The Role of the Media in Corporate Governance and Finance

Dyck studies the role played by media in financial markets: in transmitting information about a company, in shaping the market response to the information they communicate, in exposing mis-governance problems, and in forcing companies to behave in "politically correct"... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family

some HBS classes, including those in which edu.com was developed as a business plan. After moving back home to launch his company, Adam didn't look far for his first partner. "I was doing some consulting... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading in the face of complex challenges

John B. Hess (AB 1975, MBA 1977), CEO of Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, is working to ensure the School continues to educate the leaders who will help solve the world’s most pressing and complex... View Details

January 2008
Case

Parks Capital - Investment in US Retail, Inc.

Parks Capital acquired a Children's Apparel Manufacturer , American Child Clothing Manufacturers, Inc. (ACCM), in 2001. Two years later ACCM's largest retail customer, U.S. Retail, Inc., decided to evaluate strategic alternatives due to financial difficulties. Parks... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Value and Value Chain; Private Equity; Vertical Integration; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States

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07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

interests of vulnerable or disenfranchised consumers are protected. Encyclopedic in scope and authoritative in substance, the papers represent the sole major work on the subject to date. Herzlinger, the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

stop for a drink, eager to reward business initiative. What's missing in Europe are the incentives and the network.— Enrico Bastianelli,ProSkelia Pharmaceuticals Expanding on that theme, Ted Llana, vice... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

27 Apr 2015

Harvard University Admissions Event in Sao Paulo

This event is designed to give prospective candidates an opportunity to learn more about Harvard Business School. In addition, representatives from seven other Harvard Graduate Schools will be attendance to... View Details

August 2011 (Revised May 2012)
Case

Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Phillip Andrews

In 2011, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $20 billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. Describes Haier's rise over three decades from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Global Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China

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January 2021
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Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (A)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Erik Snowberg and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago

In 2011, Daniel Herrero, CEO of Toyota Argentina (TASA) since 2010, was about to meet with the Secretary-General of the union representing automotive industry workers in the country. The company produced vehicles in Argentina since 1997 at their plant at Zárate, and,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Bargaining; Production; Performance; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Fairness; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry; Argentina

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01 Dec 2007
News

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

of pages of regulations. Time and again the regulatory status quo blocks entrepreneurship. No wonder the twenty or so doctors enrolled in my Innovating in Health Care course at Harvard View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

03 Feb 2011
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Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

observers are both looking back at what we've accomplished so far and looking ahead to what the future brings. The Harvard Business School faculty hasn't escaped this phenomenon. Plans have been made for a survey that will ask two... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Commencement 2013: How will you make a difference in the world?

12 Feb 2015
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Currency: Gautam Mukunda on Syria and Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis

12 Jul 2018

HBS Women's Information Session in San Francisco

Join us for an information session designed for prospective students who want to learn about the community of women at HBS and the MBA Program. The event is designed for women, but all are welcome. The event will include an admissions... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

Times-bestselling author, and a business communication consultant, and in this episode of Skydeck, she tells contributor April White about the parallels between the business... View Details

Keywords: Zoom