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01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

devastates Kobe 1997 Founds Rakuten 2000 Rakuten IPO 2010 Institutes “Englishnization” at Rakuten 2012 Rakuten leads $100 million Pinterest investment In 1995, the city of Kobe, where Hiroshi Mikitani grew up, was devastated by what was... View Details

11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

career-convinced you should be achieving more. You may even wish you had chosen a different career altogether. These feelings often stem from a common error: buying into others' definitions of success. To reach your potential, Kaplan suggests taking a deeply View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2006 (Revised May 2014)
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Li Ka-Shing and the Growth of Cheung Kong

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony J. Mayo and Mark Benson

Events in the history of Cheung Kong's growth reveal how Li Ka-Shing applied his skills as a "first-class noticer" to complex political and socioeconomic environments. While Li's determination to succeed is legendary, so are his skills in reading and responding to the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Portfolio; Business History; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Hong Kong

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11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

Simmons & Company, an investment banking firm specializing in the oil field service industry. "It's a fascinating industry that encompasses all the businesses that manufacture a product or provide a service that is used by oil companies... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Finalist for the 2017 Paul E. Green Award from the Journal of Marketing Research for “Beyond the Target Customer: Social Effects in CRM campaigns” (June 2017) with Peter Ebbes, Oded Netzer and Matthew Danielson. Sunil Gupta : Invited by the Economic Sciences Prize... View Details

26 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

provide USD 6.6 trillion, leaving a substantial investment gap of USD 3.5 trillion. To bridge this gap, India requires investment support worth USD 1.4 trillion until 2070, with an annual average of USD 28... View Details

30 Aug 2018
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My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

get accepted into HBS and decided to attend. Even though I was already on a great track and well-compensated at Google, I determined that attending would be a long-term investment that would likely pay off during the twilight of my... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

Business School and a principal of Lax Sebenius LLC, a negotiation strategy firm. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. David A. Lax, a former faculty member at Harvard Business School and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

May 2021
Teaching Plan

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 621-018. For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; San Francisco

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24 Oct 2019
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Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

limited to working at law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, the U.S. court system, start-ups and non-profit... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Management Essentials Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Personal Branding Power and Influence for Positive Impact Strategic Financial Analysis Strategy Execution Sustainable Business Strategy Sustainable View Details

16 May 2000
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Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

Internet—ad serving. The firm sells ad space on the Web sites it represents and has invested heavily in developing technology to deliver targeted ads to these sites, with the simple goal of "making advertising work on the Web."... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

05 Aug 2015
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How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

aggressive (high testosterone) and stressed (high cortisol). Consider Wall Street, where hard-hitting bankers compete for performance-driven bonuses, where "You eat what you kill" is the informal motto, and where investment fraud is a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 May 2020
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Building a World of Trusted Leaders: Taking the MBA Oath

alone. My decisions affect the well-being of individuals inside and outside my enterprise, today and tomorrow. Therefore, I promise that: I will manage my enterprise with loyalty and care, and will not advance my personal interests at the... View Details

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fall. Dow senior executives believed that... View Details

08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

http://hbr.org/2013/10/fergusons-formula/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Corporate Venturing By: Lerner, Josh Abstract—For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Industry Information - Alumni

the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin America. CPG Matters A twice-monthly e-zine directed to the... View Details

20 Nov 2019
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It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

data-id=_/AEj4uxRw9JpybYcAgQmw][/div] The computer even beat out the joke recommendations of close friends and spouses, a comedy of human errors that surprised the research team. They figured people would have a better handle on something as subjective and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration. “No wonder these businesses end up receiving rave reviews and loyal customers.” "If a US company that ranked 50th today jumped to 40th next year, its return on View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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