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19 Apr 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Is India’s Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?

Keywords: by Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami & William R. Kerr; Manufacturing

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

extremely costly to both the firm and the individual. —Leslie A. Perlow But it is time to take the gilt off silence. Our research shows that silence is not only ubiquitous and... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

Essentials covered these topics well and I was surprised at some of the additional takeaways I had. Maggie Robb Head of Operations at Spire Inc. Gain an overarching framework to evaluate opportunities, View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

members of BTG Pactual's management team. Esteves was inspired to pursue this undertaking because of his interest in education and opportunities to improve management education... View Details

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

ramifications for Facebook’s long-term business success. But can Facebook avoid changing its business model? What do you think? Original Column Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, one of the most dominant View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

Richard Ruback was his advisor. “Even before anyone was talking about ‘One Harvard,’ some of us were trying to make it happen,” notes Tunnell, whose 20th Reunion gift supports the HBS-Harvard Integration Fund. Now a managing director at... View Details

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

isn’t any slack.” Bias in business In a business context, Zhang surmises that racial bias might similarly be more prevalent when performance is high. It’s been well documented that company managers sometimes show hubris when a View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

5-6 hrs Module 3 Venture Capital and Startup Financing Learn how venture capital firms and the fundraising process operate and how to approach a... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

business journals, Harvard Business Review continued to capitalize on the increasing appetite for digital content on the key themes of the day. The exploration of topics such as promoting racial equity in the workplace, managing during... View Details

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V.G. Narayanan | About

research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives. He uses field experiments to understand how firms can use incentives View Details

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Healthcare Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals The Carlyle Group | Global Alternative Asset Management The Ensign Group The Medicines Company (MDCO) Thermo Fisher Scientific Tufts Health Plan U UMass Memorial Health... View Details

September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Algramo

By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal

Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details

Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile

01 Aug 2001
News

Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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Richard P. Melnick | About

Planning and Analysis. Rick helps to monitor and manage the finances and compliance issues for the School’s global... View Details

July 1997
Case

Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations

By: Ashish Nanda

The case describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. It focuses on how he has gone about establishing a regional office and knitting local operations closer together, the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Middle East; Europe

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative, and even former President Barack Obama. Strategic investors like Nigerian conglomerate owner Tunde Folawiyo and Tope Lawani (MBA 1995), co-CEO of Helios Fairfax... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

January 2005 (Revised April 2005)
Case

Wal-Mart, 2005

By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack

Wal-Mart has been expanding, both domestically and internationally. Covers recent developments at Wal-Mart, including new stores, new store formats, and international expansion. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Competition; Expansion; Innovation and Invention; Retail Industry; United States

May 1993 (Revised June 2004)
Case

PepsiCo Bottling in Mexico

By: Kenneth A. Froot

This case describes Pepsico's program to restructure its Mexican bottling network. It wants to work with existing bottlers and find an organizational arrangement that will allow the bottlers to grow and change with the Mexican soft drink industry. View Details

Keywords: Bottling; Mergers and Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Multinational Firms and Management; International Finance; Valuation; Programs; Organizational Design; Food and Beverage Industry; Mexico