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21 Nov 2013

Prospective Student Lunch: Diversity Perspectives

The African-American Student Union (AASU) and the Latino Student Organization (LASO) invite prospective applicants to join them on campus for an informal lunch. The lunch is an opportunity to learn more about Harvard Business School.... View Details

James Stillman

Benefiting from his close ties to William Rockefeller and “the Rockefeller crowd,” Stillman was able to not only grow National City’s commercial banking business, but also to expand operations into the investment banking arena. Under Stillman’s leadership, National... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Andrew W. Mellon

Mellon took over his family’s small private bank and turned it into one of the largest sources of venture capital in American history. Mellon played a substantial role in supplying capital for expanding industries, especially steel and oil. He was the driving force... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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School. African-American Student Union Records, 1968–1997 The African-American Student Union Records document the early years and founding of this significant student organization. The collection contains... View Details

18 Oct 2013

Prospective Students' Diversity Day

Harvard Business School invites you to attend Prospective Students’ Diversity Day (PSD) on Friday, October 18, 2013. Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions, the African-American Student Union (AASU), the Latino Student Organization... View Details

October 2012 (Revised March 2014)
Teaching Note

Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A) and (B)

By: Juan Alcácer

The teaching plan to accompany "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)," HBS No. 713-430; "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (B)," HBS No. 713-471. It is divided into an introduction, followed by three discussion... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Positioning; Location Choices; Location Strategies; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Food and Beverage Industry; Sweden; Soviet Union

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November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
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Energy Security in Europe (B): The Southern Corridor

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi

Nabucco natural gas pipeline, initiated by a group of European energy companies, was intended to connect the broad gas-rich region of the Middle East and Central Asia to Europe for the first time, which would diversify supply sources. At the same time, an... View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Distribution; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Russia; European Union

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September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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Santander Consumer Finance

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Andrew Barron

A Spanish company has to decide if they should expand into the fragmented European consumer finance market and has to make important organizational strategy decisions in the midst of the world economic downturn that followed the 2007 U.S. credit crunch. Since 2002, the... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financial Markets; International Finance; Personal Finance; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; European Union; Spain

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05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

sales increases, solid profitability, and positive cash flow. From October 2010 to October 2011, GM, Ford, and Chrysler sales increased 1.8%, 6.2%, and 27%, respectively. GM and Ford reported strong profits and better-than-expected sales and agreed to pay bonuses to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Mo Fong

Google, Mo worked at PayPal in risk management and was the Executive Director of the Stanford Educational Leadership Initiative (https://seli.stanford.edu/). She started her career as a high school math and chemistry teacher and administrator with the Fremont View Details

Keywords: Technology; Education; Government; Social Enterprise; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All)

20 Nov 2013

Prospective Student Lunch: Diversity Perspectives

The African-American Student Union (AASU) and the Latino Student Organization (LASO) invite prospective applicants to join them on campus for an informal lunch. The lunch is an opportunity to learn more about Harvard Business School.... View Details

13 Aug 2020

Diverse Perspectives Series: Admissions Q&A with AASU and LASO

Hear from members of the African American Student Union (AASU) and the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) as they answer questions about the MBA experience, culture, and community at HBS. View Details

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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

testimony, depositions), agreements, newspapers, newspaper clippings, reports, scrapbooks, and maps. Ames Family and Union Pacific Railroad This collection includes the scrapbooks and account books of Oakes Ames (1804–1873), American... View Details

Helen K. Copley

Copley pursued a series of strategic acquisitions to expand the scope of the organization. In addition to its flagship paper, The San Diego Union Tribune, Copley Press owned 11 other dailies and 32 weeklies by the late nineties. View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

29 Sep 2017

Prospective Student Diversity Day I

Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions, the African American Student Union (AASU), the Latino Student Organization (LASO), and the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), PSDD is an opportunity for members of these... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

An Electrifying Tale

Prior to earning her MBA, Maryanne Cataldo (MBA ’92) decided to leave Washington, D.C., and her job as an economist in order to plug into a different career. She moved to Boston and joined an electrical workers union as an apprentice. “I... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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The EU's Unsustainable Approach to Stakeholder Capitalism

By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

A recent report by the EU claims that investor-driven short-termism is encouraging firms to return cash rather than invest it, which reduces capital available for investment in growth. The authors show that the data behind the report do not support its claims and... View Details

Keywords: Short-termism; Sustainability; Capital; Investment; Decision Making; Business and Stakeholder Relations; European Union

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July 2010
Teaching Note

Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (TN) (A) & (B)

By: Robert C. Pozen

Teaching Note for 309114 and 309115. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union

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May 2009
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Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (B)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Ani Krishni Satchcroft

Supplement to 309114 View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Laws and Statutes; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union

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August 2005 (Revised October 2010)
Background Note

European Financial Integration

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner

Provides background on the history and status of financial integration in the European Union. Describes the pertinent treaty-based "fundamental freedoms," emphasizes challenges to further cross-border consolidation in the banking sector, and examines the regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Integration; Banking Industry; European Union

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