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- July 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Global Healthcare Exchange
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Jamie Ladge
Founded in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) was one of 90 online marketplaces in the health care industry. The company's founders were among the largest suppliers in the industry, including Johnson & Johnson, GE Medical,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Price; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Organizational Design; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Health Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Jamie Ladge. "Global Healthcare Exchange." Harvard Business School Case 804-002, July 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- 07 Sep 2012
- News
Global Innovation through Risk Resilience
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
As global companies increasingly adopt a dominant language, usually English, which all employees must use to simplify communications and increase collaboration, many are dismayed to find an unexpected outcome. Results are exactly opposite... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- October 2010 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein
By: Linda A. Hill and Dana Teppert
Sanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, is expanding globally and has recently opened an office in Hong Kong. Global Director of Research Robert van Brugge must consider how best to organize the firm's research department to enhance cross-sector and... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Research; Financial Services Industry; Hong Kong
Hill, Linda A., and Dana Teppert. "Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein." Harvard Business School Case 411-051, October 2010. (Revised July 2012.)
- Web
ハーバード - Global
matrix organization in which product divisions did not necessarily have full authority for all their activities; corporate functions were learning how to establish their global roles; and regional companies... View Details
- June 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Procter & Gamble: Global Business Services
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Warren Brackin, Alex Cabanas, Phil Shellhammer and David L. Ager
Dave Walker, vice-president of business service opportunities and chairman of the governance team at Procter & Gamble, must decide what to do with P&G's 5,700 employee Global Business Services (GBS) group. GBS brought together internal services such as finance,... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Change Management; Decision Making; Globalized Firms and Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Organizational Design
DeLong, Thomas J., Warren Brackin, Alex Cabanas, Phil Shellhammer, and David L. Ager. "Procter & Gamble: Global Business Services." Harvard Business School Case 404-124, June 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project
Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management.... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Globalization; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan; Europe
Bartlett, Christopher A. "P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project." Harvard Business School Case 303-003, March 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeated society,... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Economy; Economic Systems; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Economic Sectors; Health Pandemics
Alfaro, Laura, and Sarah Jeong. "COVID-19: The Global Shutdown." Harvard Business School Case 320-108, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- 23 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Could Bring Globalization Down?
destabilization of the alliance system (unreliability of Austria in German eyes, of Britain in French eyes). The existence of a rogue regime sponsoring terror (Serbia). The rise of a revolutionary organization hostile to View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
Research - Global
Working Paper How Firms Respond to Worker Activism: Evidence from Global Supply Chains By: Yanhua Bird, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Social movement pressures can lead organizations to concede and... View Details
- April 2010
- Case
Globalization at Komatsu
The case captures the challenges Komatsu, the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment faced during the past five decades as it sought to globalize its operations. By 2007, it had become the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Distribution Channels; Production; Organizational Culture; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Globalization at Komatsu." Harvard Business School Case 910-415, April 2010.
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Banking Industry; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Electronics Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
diversity of geographies and experiences is easier said than done, George concedes, although he does highlight a few standouts, including Coca-Cola (which has had five non-American CEOs), Nestlé, Unilever, Siemens, IBM, and Novartis, among others. "Ultimately, a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
Date: May 5-7, 2008 Faculty Chair: Arthur Segel Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: Global Change in the Built Environment What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The goals of the colloquium were to celebrate Harvard Business... View Details
- March 2022
- Module Note
International Macroeconomics with Global Crises
By: Alberto Cavallo
This note introduces a module of cases used at Harvard Business School (HBS) to teach fundamental concepts of international macroeconomics through the discussion of global crises. First, to provide context, it gives a brief overview of the module. Then, it describes... View Details
Cavallo, Alberto. "International Macroeconomics with Global Crises." Harvard Business School Module Note 722-044, March 2022.
Publications
2000-2005 Selected
Chiu, C-y, Morris, M.W., Hong, Y-y, & Menon, T. (2000). Motivated cultural cognition: The impact of implicit cultural theories on dispositional attribution varies as a function of Need for Closure.... View Details
- February 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Wellington Global Impact
By: Shawn Cole and Lynn Schenk
Wellington Global Impact is one of the first public equities impact investing strategies in the market. The case explores how the strategy was developed at Wellington, including an analysis of the culture that supported its development. It also explores the difficulty... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Impact Investing; Investment; Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Analysis
Cole, Shawn, and Lynn Schenk. "Wellington Global Impact." Harvard Business School Case 218-067, February 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
- June 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
SABIS—A Global Educational Venture From Lebanon
Carl Bistany is struggling with how the global educational management company, SABIS, can grow 100-fold in the coming twelve years. Founded in 1886 in Lebanon, SABIS is the world's largest and only global education management organization (EMO), with schools in the US,... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Lebanon
Isenberg, Daniel J. "SABIS—A Global Educational Venture From Lebanon." Harvard Business School Case 809-167, June 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- 30 Aug 2017
- News
GE’s Global Growth Experiment
- Web
Alumni - Global
Organizing the Greek diaspora to help rebuild the country—and create the conditions to bring its citizens home again Re: Afroditi Xydi (MBA 2022); Kyriakos Mitsotakis (MBA 1995); Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997); Antonis Samaras (MBA... View Details