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- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
remaining four years at the IITA’s helm. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518034-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-035 "BASIX (Abridged) BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Yubo Cui
and its Chinese stakeholders. In a joint venture with BYD Auto, Daimler was determined to develop and manufacture an affordable electric car. “Our goal was to make it a family car, not a luxury toy,” says Yubo. “We worked ridiculously... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- Profile
Juan Eyzaguirre
Juan, "the president raised the bar and made a public commitment to get health care to every single person in need immediately, a classroom for every student before the school year started, and a house to every family before the... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
kind that comes from years spent sitting in a plastic-and-bamboo shelter with no end in sight. Each day is the same, giving these migrants too much time to ruminate about the horrific violence they survived, family they lost, and where... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
school fresh out of Yale. "I should have listened to my father," he admits with a wry smile. After four years of "just reading and writing" as an insurance company lawyer, Shafir, then newly wed to his wife, Lorna, entered HBS in 1982.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
says. “And that was overly optimistic; it worked only when everything clicked.” The subsequent national conversation about minimizing risk through reshoring—that is, bringing American manufacturing facilities back to the United... View Details
- Career Coach
Doug Lester
Doug’s approach to career and executive coaching is informed by over ten years in marketing, digital, and general management roles at Johnson & Johnson and other Fortune 500 companies. He offers perspective as a former executive recruiter and often counsels alumni on... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
Cultural differences can influence business negotiations in significant and unexpected ways, as many a hapless dealmaker has learned. In some cases, it's a matter of ignorance or blatant disrespect, as with the American salesman who... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
in India: Aditya Birla Financial Services Group Aditya Birla Financial Services Group is a large, broad-based, Indian financial services institution offering products ranging from life insurance and mutual funds to private equity. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
he nor his family could have afforded for him to go to the University of Connecticut and HBS without the GI Bill,” explains Bishop. “With his gift, he wanted to help keep HBS accessible for future Charlie Waites to attend and also wanted... View Details
- Web
Commencement 2020 Address | About
Let’s be grateful that we are alive! People who are young tend to take this for granted, but amid the horrific losses so many families are experiencing right now, let's remember that life itself is a blessing. Let’s be grateful that,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
working poor families a modest tuition of 50 cents to $1 per day. “Education is a human right, in my opinion,” says Crane. “The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today.”... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
early and regularly. According to a recent study, she said, 88 percent of American women invest primarily in low-yield vehicles such as savings accounts and CDs, none of which outpaces inflation. By not entering the more high-yield world... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
what doesn't. China knows it has a huge price advantage in terms of production capability if it can make the Internet work to its advantage to market goods to the West. American managers are still reeling from last year's wild dot-com... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Leadership Now Project, which was founded 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy. “This is not asking businesses who are apolitical to suddenly become political,” Lewin says. “This is asking businesses that are already very... View Details
- 25 May 2015
- Blog Post
RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition
multi-state 911 outage left 11 million Americans across seven states without 911 service. Over 6,600 calls were lost including those from Alicia Cappola, a young mother who tried calling 37 timesbefore giving up and grabbing a knife to... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
them, you may be missing an opportunity to do something that is extraordinarily impactful. So I refer to that experience in the book and say that that actually impacted the way that I felt about how Black people should respond to their friends and View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
as hard as it can be to overcome infrastructure issues, Gordon’s challenges go well beyond lemon shortages and umbrella access: She’s a first-time entrepreneur trying to build a family business in a country with an ever-shifting stance... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
for undergrad, but I made the conscious decision to go back and start a network and learn about Colombian business,” Llano shared. “My family has a business tradition that’s over 120 years old and I felt a responsibility to the View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
been in his family for more than a century. He huddled with locals about the idea, then helped to convene a group of motivated backers, who ultimately raised $500,000 with one fundraising letter. He later agreed to be the project’s... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli