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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
the board of WWB—a role that influenced the way she formulated her strategy at the World Bank. "I applied what I was learning in the young WWB to create a network for learning and change at the Bank in areas such as small enterprise lending and View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity and low prices, Esquel was just part of the pack of Asian... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Ukraine a joint venture that imports much-needed energy to the country and exports its products to Central Europe and other parts of the former U.S.S.R. With an existing correspondent office in Belgium, Stewart and Stewart will add a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
younger brother grew up speaking French and a smattering of Arabic. Cohen’s father, whose family traces its roots to the Syrian trading center of Aleppo, started a successful import/ export business at age 30. After the Suez Canal crisis... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
luggage and screen passengers for traces of explosives and narcotics. Public transit systems deploy the company’s surveillance cameras. Homes and offices rely on GE’s security and fire alarm equipment. Exporters install the company’s tiny... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
they typically enter foreign markets late, only after thorough exploitation of the domestic U.S. market. By contrast, European firms tend to venture abroad earlier, into developing markets. The Europeans often export a retail format that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
abruptly when oil prices soared in the 1980s, and the Japanese gained a toehold exporting attractive, low-cost, fuel-efficient vehicles to America. Responding to that change and the subsequent surge in domestically produced Japanese... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
question, What would a Harley look like if it was made for this environment? We now export it from India to Europe and the rest of Asia.” “American company culture...has the ability to unlock a higher level of performance in a climate... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
wine-making. But apartheid had prevented them from owning land or gaining access to capital. Wine had become a $3 billion export industry for South Africa, but just 2 percent of the market was held by black South Africans, who comprise 85... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Europe. And there are folks who don’t want to export the gas—they want to keep it here so America will have this competitive advantage in manufacturing.” Vietor is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration and has... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
Clay. (Kentucky is the largest overseas exporter of live animals in the United States.) “Now we probably have more U.S. customers than we’ve had in the past.” BEATING THE ODDS: “We decide on a case-by-case basis how much equity we’ll take... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
more generation capacity online does not address existing pain points such as double-digit inflation in the US and a looming winter energy crisis in Europe (which could be mitigated by the export of US-manufactured clean energy products).... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
exports to the rest of the continent are up, and foreign investment has increased. Although progress is sometimes disappointing and many challenges are still ahead, South Africa is nonetheless seen by investors from all over the globe as... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
huge inefficiency.” It was while attending HBS that Makarim formed Go-Jek, a more efficient ojek service that organized 20 or so drivers through a call center; he relied on word of mouth to market the idea to friends and relatives in a city that was riding high on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
American leagues' revenues but also the exporting countries' infrastructures. By contrast, to establish solid franchises overseas, the NFL has to create a supply of foreign homegrown players and support systems in order to build the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Future. "One of the biggest unknowns right now is what Saddam Hussein will be allowed to do. Most people think that his reserves are very, very large. If he were free to expand the production and export of oil, that would definitely bring... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
entrepreneurial. And they are less hierarchical, with flatter management structures. Service and knowledge industries have overtaken traditional manufacturing businesses as the engines of growth in the West, while China and other developing nations have emerged as... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
percent of Hong Kong's exports involve China either as a source or market, and 60 percent of the total investment in China is channeled from the territory. In addition, he said, Hong Kong is an outward-looking economy that serves a wider... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
bribery and corrupt practices: government laws and regulations, and companies’ own compliance systems. Both are effective only if they are consistent and enforced. For example, countries work at cross purposes when they legislate against corruption while simultaneously... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
from hospital turnarounds to policy implementation and consumer product development. And its international unit has been busy exporting services to countries such as China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. Mediva and Platanus apply the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance