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- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
policies, institutions, or resource endowments. I show that firms have agency. When governments attempted to reverse globalization during the interwar years, firms redesigned their international businesses... View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advice on Advice
In business, good advice is priceless. Managers who are anxious and confused when confronted with corporate challenges can find that a piece of sound advice from a colleague can instill a sense of calm and clarity that leads to more... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
like YouTube, to manage controversy. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508047 HCA, Inc. (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 208-070 Supplements the (A)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back
on going forward. SHRENIK SANGHRAJKA (MBA 2022) Shrenik was a member of the Squash Club, the South Asian Business Association, and the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club. He will be heading to Bain & View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund
area of for-profit hospital management and the company that established the HCA Foundation. HBS has many ties to the Frist family: Thomas F. Frist III (MBA ’97), William R. Frist (MBA ’01), Julie Damgard... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
focused on IT businesses and involved male protagonists. Mends thought it would be exciting to explore a wider range of model companies and leaders, and Koehn, whose work has often focused on entrepreneurs... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships
By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Firm Performance; Public-private Partnership Funding; Translational Research; Small And Medium Enterprises; Partners and Partnerships; Public Sector; Private Sector; Performance; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention
Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih. "Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-058, January 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
Editor’s note: Concerns about data falsification and fabrication in a study conducted by Francesca Gino as part of this article have been shared by Harvard Business School with the publishing journal’s editor, along with a request that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Allison Hughes
Glamour magazine's "Top Ten College Women" in 1994, was accepted at HBS directly from college. Rather than entering right away (which would have made her a classmate of her Baker Scholar sister, Elizabeth [MBA '96]), she first joined McKinsey & View Details
Keywords: Charlie Hogg
- August 2024
- Case
Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Namrata Arora and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy
In November 2021, Kerem Kerimoğlu, Coca Cola İçecek (CCI) Group Supply Chain Development Director, is alarmed by a news headline revealing a shortage of Turkish truck drivers impacting Europe. This crisis quickly affects CCI's distribution as third-party logistics... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Crisis Management; Distribution; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Namrata Arora, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy. "Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence." Harvard Business School Case 725-368, August 2024.
- February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 223-009, February 2023. (Revised March 2025.)
- December 2019 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Carroll Family Farms
By: Forest Reinhardt, Christian Godwin and James Weber
The Carroll Family, U.S. pig and grain farmers, needed to decide what to plant, whether to purchase land, emphasize pigs or grain, or other investments.
Seven family members across three generations owned and operated Carroll Family Farms (CFF). In... View Details
Seven family members across three generations owned and operated Carroll Family Farms (CFF). In... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Operations; Strategy; Family Business; Asset Management; Globalization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Brazil; China
Reinhardt, Forest, Christian Godwin, and James Weber. "Carroll Family Farms." Harvard Business School Case 720-005, December 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
those facts and find a solution, a team of Boston researchers reports. "When it comes to solving problems, connectedness is a double-edged sword," says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan Bernstein, co-author of... View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
several years ago to connect the back end of its 50,000 stores with company headquarters. But it soon dawned on executives that 90 percent of Starbucks customers use the Web, and many are high-end business... View Details
- December 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Supplement
The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings
By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas
Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-065, December 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
LauHarvard Business School Case 212-026 ATR KimEng is a Philippino asset management business. It is making an important decision on its own strategy going forward: should it stay independent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2008
- Case
The Chubb Corporation in China
By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Aldo Sesia
The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese government, as part of its "reform and open" policy invited a delegation of Chubb... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; China; United States
Jin, Li, Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Aldo Sesia. "The Chubb Corporation in China." Harvard Business School Case 209-021, August 2008.
- 24 Mar 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing
anyone interested in financing or starting a new venture in Africa, Kuemmerle concluded, and the very nature of their business is instructive as well. "There are some View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Request the Data - Leadership
and acknowledge the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative whenever providing any portion of the information to any other person or organization. Any published use of this information must include a... View Details
- Web
Women at HBS - Alumni
Presentations (video) W50 Summit Photo Gallery HBS Resources Alumni Career & Professional Development – Career management and professional development resources for HBS alumni. Harvard ManageMentor and Spark – From Harvard View Details