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- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
the venture capital industry. "There are strong affinity groups with Indian venture capitalists and entrepreneurs and with Chinese venture capitalists and entrepreneurs," Gompers says. "And there's sort of a cabal of Jewish entrepreneurs... View Details
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
group interested us most. They saw the possibility of building businesses using the kinds of innovation and technology that brought millions of rural poor into the market system (as China Mobile did by bringing mobile phone service into the View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Embrace/an/814001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-412 Beidahuang Beidahuang is a major new Chinese player in global grain trading that in 2013 is seeking access to grain both to help... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
this question not just from the market, but also from the U.S. government. This case examines the making of a new joint venture in China at a time when both the U.S. and Chinese governments are eager to expand and develop their clean tech... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
firm to trade with any given country increased by more than 60 percent if the neighborhood surrounding headquarters had a high percentage of immigrants from that country. What's more, "the same effects happen with boards," Cohen says. "If you have a lot of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
competition. Their winning concept for the Water Cube combined elements of Chinese culture with innovative materials and sustainability requirements. The multidisciplinary and cross-company team, based in Sydney, Australia with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
departments and disease-based clinical centers. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708487 Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy Harvard Business School Case 308-058 With an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
innovation strategy under market uncertainty is also addressed. Purchase this note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508090 Myths and Lessons of Modern Chinese History Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
audience. Even though the climate can be hot and humid, few Chinese residents have air conditioners; they are too expensive. So even a crummy but inexpensive air conditioner that could service a 10-foot-by-10-foot room could be a big... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
searching for answers from others? Or are there "best practices" of which we need constantly to remind ourselves through reading and dialogue? Is this especially true now? What do you think? Original Article Leadership has fascinated us from the times of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
and India are best poised to emerge as market leaders in Asia: Chinese firms in Shanghai "reflect relatively entrepreneurial cultures, open organizational climates and a relatively high degree of market orientation," according... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
that the Chinese companies could buy oil in the highly fungible global marketplace. But Sinopec, the nation's largest refiner, was one of the three companies (together with PetroChina and CNOOC) engaged in the equity oil play. With... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
local cultural practices. Early morning group exercises for employees are the Chinese equivalent in some ways to the daily shift huddles at Build-A-Bear Workshop in the United States. Companies like Wal-Mart and UPS have been able, over... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
http://hbr.org/product/making-stickk-stick-the-business-of-behavioral-economics/an/514019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-053 From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China In 1985, Don St. Pierre Sr. became president of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
another star in that constellation. William Kirby (General Management) Steve Jobs's legacy is everywhere, not the least in Chinese cities where the Apple stores are crowded from dawn to dusk, and where there are not only knock-off phones... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
race, one culture, one people is superior to another.” Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318053 Harvard Business School Case 318-090 HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B) This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
firms in the United States to sell equipment enabling the Chinese government to censor the Web and identify political opponents. As the economist William Baumol has argued, entrepreneurship can be productive, unproductive, or destructive,... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
expanded, while disagreements on the terms of natural gas supplies have been resolved. The case describes the impact of the interplay of great power politics, domestic political considerations, and economic factors on the efforts of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
performed in the high-tech and science-based industries, and they believe the United States could learn some lessons from other countries that have grabbed certain industries by the horns. In China, for example, in 1986 four Chinese... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
in 2006. The case invites students to consider how domestic and multinational companies should respond to the Chinese government's invitation to comment on the proposal. The case also describes the impetus for the new legislation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne