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Juan Leung Li
former HBS professors and one of the co-founders of RackSpace. Work Experience: TMT Leveraged Finance Investment Banking (J.P. Morgan), Corporate Development and Strategy / Business View Details
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Nelson Yuan
“While finance is important, I needed an efficient way to acquire a larger understanding of business, including marketing, strategy and entrepreneurship. HBS’ general-management focus fits my ambitions. Here, I can View Details
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Allen Yang
world. Business school seemed like a logical choice." Accepted in his senior year through what is now called the 2+2 Program, Allen garnered a few years of required work experience before matriculating at HBS. He worked in investment banking in New York City, took... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Management Update Launched
customer retention, or strategies for growth," says Kiechel. Kiechel believes Management Update is the perfect filter for the overwhelming flood of information managers receive daily. "Part of our function," he notes, "is to look at new... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
Avi Kremer (MBA 2007) A Network for Life “We were just a group of friends, bringing our skill sets from our jobs, to help Avi,” says Amy Yamner Jenkins (MBA 2006), who became very close to classmate Avi Kremer in the weeks after his diagnosis with ALS and helped him... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
common mistakes made by international managers, and the development of his book for readers interested in "the opportunities of managing in a global setting." Sean Silverthorne: International Finance and its case studies explore... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
A few years ago, H. Kent Bowen, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, undertook a study of smaller companies (firms in the $5 million to $50 million range) in order to develop cases and teaching materials for the... View Details
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
prior finance experience, they bring a combined 14 years of Career & Professional Development expertise, helping firms develop their HBS recruiting strategy and connect... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Case Study Pioneer
HBS’s first director of case development, Andrew Towl (MBA 1936), whose three-decade career at the School was instrumental in establishing the influence of the case method worldwide, died in June at the age of 101. Towl conducted case-writing workshops and programs in... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
PublicationsSeven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution Author:Robert L. Simons Publication: Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Alexandra C. Feldberg
spent a year working at Columbia, taking classes, and doing research. I then moved across the country to San Francisco, where I completed a fellowship with Education Pioneers doing data analysis and strategy... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
research, the relationship that exists between FDI and local entrepreneurship in Asia may be one important reason why certain Asian countries developed differently from others, despite surface similarities.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
the next big thing both as a mitigation strategy and a business opportunity. Indian politician Jayant Sinha admitted that his country generates some seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. However,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
Under positive-sum competition, providers would not attempt to match competitors' every move. Instead, they would develop clear strategies around unique expertise and tailored facilities in those areas where... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
competitiveness. Countries such as Singapore, Ireland, and South Korea are chomping into America’s edge in the global economy. In his new book, Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can... View Details
- December 2001
- Article
Enforcing Property Rights Through Reputation: Groups in Mexico's Early Industrialization, 1878-1913
By: Noel Maurer and Tridib Sharma
Keywords: History; Rights; Groups and Teams; Reputation; Property; Developing Countries and Economies; Mexico
Maurer, Noel, and Tridib Sharma. "Enforcing Property Rights Through Reputation: Groups in Mexico's Early Industrialization, 1878-1913." Journal of Economic History 61, no. 4 (December 2001): 950–973.
- September 2010
- Case
Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid
By: Michael Chu and Charles Augustus Smithgall IV
With $2.5 billion system-wide revenues, Aaron's, a major rent-to-own supplier to the U.S. base of the pyramid, continues to grow in the recession, but CEO R.C. Loudermilk, Jr. wonders how long the company can sustain the fast growth rate of its past. Founded in 1955,... View Details
Keywords: Fairness; For-Profit Firms; Renting or Rental; Financial Crisis; Demand and Consumers; Social Enterprise; Income; Goods and Commodities; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Chu, Michael, and Charles Augustus Smithgall IV. "Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business School Case 311-047, September 2010.
- 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.)
- 28 May 2019
- News
Future Source
applicants the most in-demand programming languages and provides living expenses in exchange for contracted developer time with client organizations. Its acceptance rate is less than 1 percent, but the open source Andela Learning... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- October 2024
- Teaching Plan
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble
By: Lou Shipley and Stacy Straaberg
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina