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25 Mar 2025
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ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

about a particular subject area or further develop their career. Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP The course has given me the confidence to know that my... View Details

April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
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American Nursing Services, Inc.

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Roger H. Hallowell

P.K. Scherle, R.N., founder, president, and owner, struggles with her successful business and focuses on either growth or enhanced profitability. View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Service Delivery; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry

January 1998 (Revised January 2001)
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Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck

Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Leadership; United States; Europe; Asia

01 Sep 2018
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New Ways to Stay Connected

receive training, help facilitate the conversation, and participants represent a diverse range of ages, industries, and career stages. Circles are managed by volunteers, and each region has a leadership committee. “Advice from members of... View Details

Research Summary

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By: Willy C. Shih

Willy's research interests reflect the 28 years he spent in industry, during which he logged many questions on firm performance, relative competitiveness, and firm culture as an impediment to change. His primary interests today are in the drivers of industrial... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Technology; Competitiveness; Competitive Dynamics; Supply Chains; Production; Operations; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Aerospace Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Asia; Europe

January 2009
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Xi'an International University: The Growth of Private Universities in China

By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty

Huang Teng founded Xi'an International University (XAIU) as a private institute of higher education in 1992. Throughout its ensuing years, the school filled a niche and met the demand of students who did not test into one of China's public institutions. In 2008, it was... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Private Ownership; Expansion; Education Industry; China

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Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog

decisions in a family business? How do you define success in a family business that goes beyond maximizing shareholder returns? How do you build and sustain competitive advantage? How do you plan for effective succession and transition of leadership? What are the key... View Details

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

while still responding to ever-changing policy directions in Beijing, Washington, and Europe. Our course will examine case studies of firms that have faced these challenges and will equip students with strategies for managing geopolitical... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2

Can white-collar corporate America do business with “green” environmentalists? Roger Ullman (MBA ’89) thinks so. Ullman, who worked in the mergers and acquisitions division of Merrill Lynch for twelve years, retired from his post as a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

24 Mar 2016
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Learning to Code at Business School

recent graduates who took CS50 to learn what the class is all about. Samuel Gooch (MBA 2015) worked in renewable energy consulting before HBS and is now an engineering program manager at Apple. Sloan Holzman (MBA 2015) formerly worked at... View Details

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Jackie Burgos

and held meetings not once, but twice a week. Preparing for career options In her junior year of college, Jackie visited the Harvard Business School (HBS) campus through the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) program, and was... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Other Financial Services; Services

01 Dec 2021
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How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

described the Metaverse as “alternate digital realities where people work, play, and socialize.” That reminds us of the things that were promised us by futurists at the time of the development of the internet, many of which have exceeded... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Jun 2011
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Beyond Case Writing

Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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21Seeds: Taking Shots at Breakout Growth

By: Elie Ofek, Julian De Freitas, Michael Moynihan and Nicole Tempest Keller

21Seeds, a female-founded flavor-infused tequila startup launched in 2019, had made inroads into the alcoholic beverage industry by focusing on an underserved consumer segment in spirits—women, primarily in their 30s and 40s, many of whom were moms—and by following a... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry

April 2011 (Revised May 2012)
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City Year: The Journey

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and James Weber

Throughout its first two decades, City Year, a non-profit organization, was dedicated to recruiting young adults to give a year of public service. It had passed through several growth phases but by 2010 a new challenge, and opportunity, had arisen when City Year and... View Details

Keywords: Education; Service Operations; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Resource Allocation