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- 23 Apr 2025
- HBS Seminar
Florenta Teodoridis, USC Marshall School of Business
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
will leverage my knowledge of the country and my network with business, government, non-profits, and development agencies to deliver a unique experience for students who not only what to learn more about climate related issues but also... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003
By: Sergio G. Lazzarini and Aldo Musacchio
There is a growing literature comparing the performance of private vs. state-owned companies. Yet, there is little work examining the effects of having the government as a minority shareholder of private companies. We conduct such a study using data for 296 publicly... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Ownership Stake; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Performance Evaluation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Brazil
Lazzarini, Sergio G., and Aldo Musacchio. "Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-073, January 2011. (**Winner of the Prize for the Best Paper Presented at the Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2011.)
- September 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses
By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
As a second generation business leader, Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont took over the family agribusiness company and built it to become a major diversified conglomerate in Thailand and expanded the business in SE Asia and China. While growing the business, he and his... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Conglomerates; Family Ownership; Growth and Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Thailand; China; Southeast Asia
Kirby, William C., and Tracy Yuen Manty. "CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses." Harvard Business School Case 312-059, September 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s decision to exit the wine business following the Kenyan government’s 2007 increase in excise taxes on wine. In August 2007, Keroche introduced the vodka drink Viena Ice as a replacement for its fortified wines,... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Beverages; Alcoholic Drinks; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Viena; Viena Ice; Beer; Beer Market; Premium Beer; Manufacturing; Summit Lager; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-393, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
and development are when I witnessed the debilitating impact of Nigeria’s flailing macroeconomic outlook on once thriving businesses in 2016. Subsequent macro events made it increasingly clear that I needed... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
exam Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Readiness from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key Concepts Analyze and interpret data to inform business... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. At the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS), we empower business leaders to make an impact... View Details
- October 23, 2013
- Article
Banyan Family Business Advisors On The Keys to Long-Term Resilience
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Family businesses have been found to excel in resilience during economic downturns compared to publicly-traded ones. This is attributed to their focus on resilience over performance. Key qualities of resilient family firms include managing low debt, practicing... View Details
Keywords: Performance Consistency; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Family Ownership; Family Business; Values and Beliefs; Business Strategy
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Banyan Family Business Advisors On The Keys to Long-Term Resilience." Family Wealth Report (October 23, 2013).
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Development Scientist II at The Clorox Company. Jessica Chamoun (MBA 2022, Section D), Summer Internship: Business Development Intern at Malta Inc. Malta’s electro-thermal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
distress for which critics blamed corporate managers, who were characterized in the media as “unaccountable plutocrats.” Out of this economic turmoil emerged a new view of American capitalism. So-called agency theory, developed and... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
business and operating models had always been driven by data, networks, and software. After all, Google commercialized the world’s best search algorithm, developed leading advertising technology, and turned... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
“Young scholars frequently like to study a lot of different things, but they are often encouraged to really focus,” says Frank Nagle, assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. “Otherwise, how are you going to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
the sector. More on Financial Aid SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE An annual two-day conference held jointly with students from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School Student Clubs & Activities Social Impact Club The Social Impact... View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Academic business research typically travels one-way. From government agencies, scholars gather and process data—say on workplace safety or environmental pollution—perform analysis, and publish the results. Rarely, however, do they take... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect
and the Harvard Innovation Labs—is seeking to deepen the understanding of the complex challenges and exciting opportunities in the life sciences, and to train and develop those who will be leaders in this arena. These efforts put HBS at... View Details
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details