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- September 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Supplement
Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Through stalled joint venture talks between Pennsylvania-based Wyoff Corp. and Jinan-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Chemical Industry; China; Pennsylvania
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 909-014, September 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 25 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Non-Governmental Organizations Do?
Keywords: by Eric D. Werker & Faisal Z. Ahmed
- Article
Isolating the Symbolic Implications of Employee Mobility: Price Increases after Hiring Winemakers from Prominent Wineries
By: Peter W. Roberts, Mukti Khaire and Christopher I. Rider
When a skilled employee moves from one organization to another, the effects on the hiring organization can be substantive (i.e., changes in actual outcomes) and symbolic (i.e., changes in expectations or valuations and therefore prices). We theorize that strong or even... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Organizations; Performance Expectations; Price; Competency and Skills; Quality; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Selection and Staffing; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry
Roberts, Peter W., Mukti Khaire, and Christopher I. Rider. "Isolating the Symbolic Implications of Employee Mobility: Price Increases after Hiring Winemakers from Prominent Wineries." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 101, no. 3 (May 2011): 147–151.
- 17 Nov 2015
- HBS Seminar
Kevin Boudreau, Harvard Business School, London Business School
Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry
The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Estée Lauder, Chanel, L'Oréal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us.... View Details
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
for the auction house, which must determine how to allocate marketing and other expenditures between buyers and sellers to attract new business. As more job seekers sign on to Monster.com, more employers are willing to be paying customers... View Details
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
A Wide Net
Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
leader with a strong, cohesive plan. Mr. Toyoda is anything but. His uninspired words of optimism from Davos only unnerved customers and U.S. regulators. Meanwhile, Ford and GM are working hard to regain the market share they lost at... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Blog Post
Instagram Takeover - Ja’ Saint-Tulias (MBA 2022)
Ja’ Saint-Tulias (MBA 2022) is a forward-thinking, aspiring digital beauty marketing leader, and storyteller with an extensive background in chemical engineering and entrepreneurship from Michigan State University. Since she was a little... View Details
- April 2012
- Case
Introducing iSnack 2.0: The New Vegemite
By: Anat Keinan, Francis Farrelly and Michael Beverland
Vegemite is an iconic Australian breakfast spread and is often seen as a quintessential Australian product. This case focuses on Kraft's decision to revitalize brand performance through the introduction of a brand extension. Drawing on extensive social media analysis... View Details
Keywords: Food; Product Launch; Conflict and Resolution; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Keinan, Anat, Francis Farrelly, and Michael Beverland. "Introducing iSnack 2.0: The New Vegemite." Harvard Business School Case 512-020, April 2012.
- 23 Jul 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities
- January 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Judo Economics
The early 1990s saw a new wave of start-ups in the U.S. airline business. One entrant, Kiwi International Air Lines, took to the skies in September 1992 with a strategy of attracting small-business travelers looking to save money but lacking the flexibility to book in... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Advantage; Business Startups; Air Transportation Industry; Financial Services Industry
Brandenburger, Adam M., and Julia Kou. "Judo Economics." Harvard Business School Case 794-103, January 1994. (Revised April 1995.)
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
Since the start of the 2000s, historians have renewed their interest in capitalism, two Harvard professors observe in their new book, American Capitalism: New Histories. One of the primary contributing factors for this, according to Sven Beckert and Christine Desan, is... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 13 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face
that relatively few minority businesses get funded. Black and Hispanic-owned funds raised only 2.4 percent of total private capital in the study sample, according to the researchers, and minorities found it much more difficult to enter the View Details
- March 2000 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
yesmail.com
David Tolmie wants yesmail.com to become a leader in "permission marketing." Yesmail sends clients promotional e-mail messages to targeted consumers who said "yes" when asked whether they wished to receive promotional offers in a set of categories of interest. Tolmie... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communications
Wathieu, Luc R. "yesmail.com." Harvard Business School Case 500-092, March 2000. (Revised September 2000.)
- Web
Interviewing - Alumni
that person. Thank You Email After Interview: Dear Mr. Bolletaris, Thank you for providing me with an excellent introduction to Alpha Galactic. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and learning more about the Manager of Marketing position.... View Details
- October 2010
- Case
Narragansett Brewing Company
By: Tom Nicholas, Lindsey Marshall and Charles Anthony Miller
Mark Hellendrung, CEO of Narragansett Brewing Company, is deciding whether to partner with a local television station for the upcoming NHL Winter Classic outdoor hockey game between New England's own Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers at Fenway Park. He had... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Sports; Financial Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Investment; United States
Nicholas, Tom, Lindsey Marshall, and Charles Anthony Miller. "Narragansett Brewing Company." Harvard Business School Case 811-028, October 2010.
- Web
People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
economics at Columbia Business School. Professor Di Maggio’s current research focuses on financial intermediation with a particular focus on how new technologies have disrupted financial markets and its effects on firms and individuals.... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
or local companies. It was also the sheer spread of businesses it owned beyond packaged consumer products, including African trading, plantations, specialty chemicals, paper and packaging, transport, advertising, and market research... View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
Gurun used a database that tracks litigation against 1,000 top firms in the US stock market, looking at all lawsuits between 1995 and 2013. They cross-referenced that with a database of advertising spending by the same companies in more than 200 local View Details