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FIELD Global Immersion: South Korea

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about South Korea? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across a variety of geographies/countries. To begin,... View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2021

Reinhardt has brought the issue into the classroom with a case discussion on Israel-based Netafim, the global leader in drip irrigation systems—the most efficient way to deliver water to crops. While Israel... View Details

07 May 2019
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Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Kenya

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Kenya to help me with FIELD Global Immersion? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across View Details

30 Jun 2020
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Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

diverse talent to business school, we must demonstrate in both deed and word that business on a wide scale is a powerful change agent and that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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Doing Business in Istanbul, Turkey

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Namrata Arora and Umut Arslan

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. It highlights Turkey's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Turkey

29 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

In what could be considered the first business how-to book, an Italian merchant from the 1400s advises leaders to be charitable, ethical, and treat people fairly; be modest; look for the right qualities in a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

19 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Investing in Breakthrough Technologies to Lead the Energy Transition

professional backgrounds - former bankers, consultants, engineers - as well as from a diverse set of countries such as the US, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Argentina. Since energy challenges are View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

December 2007 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bertrand Moingeon, Vincent Marie Dessain and Ane Damgaard Jensen

This case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry; France

24 Apr 2014
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Passing on knowledge at a new business program in Switzerland

Bob Gebhardt (MBA 1973) is following a long career in international business by helping to launch a business school program in Switzerland... View Details

2011
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American Exceptionalism?: A Comparative Analysis of the Origins and Trajectory of U.S. Business Education Development

By: Rakesh Khurana

As business education in an academic setting becomes an increasingly global phenomenon, the university-based business school in America remains a unique institution. This holds true despite the fact that the American business school as it evolved in the post-World War... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Business History; Business Education; Power and Influence; Society; United States; Europe

December 2003
Case

Antitrust Regulations in a Global Setting: The EU Investigation of the GE/Honeywell Merger

By: Mihir A. Desai, Belen Villalonga and Mark Veblen

Helps students understand the principles underlying competition and antitrust policy in the context of the proposed GE-Honeywell merger. The U.S. Department of Justice has already approved the transaction and it is being considered by the European Commission. The... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Economy; Fairness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Aerospace Industry

February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland

By: Martin A. Sinozich, Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere and Daniela Beyersdorfer

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Finland. It highlights Finland's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Crisis Management; Culture; Environmental Sustainability; International Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Finland; Europe

October 21, 2022
Article

Climate Regulations Are About to Disrupt Global Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih

Ships that transport goods across oceans are collectively a major generator of greenhouse gases. Rules from the International Maritime Organization and the European Union aimed at curbing these emission promise to make transoceanic and regional shipping more expensive... View Details

Keywords: Shipping; Decarbonization; Environmental Regulation; Supply Chain; Disruption; Shipping Industry; Atlantic Ocean; Oceania; Asia; Europe; North and Central America

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27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

Ph.D. in biology and a former biology professor at Harvard, has also had a 25-year career in drug development and biotech companies, leading both R&D and View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

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Privacy Statement (English) - Global

data controller, and also as a data processor for Harvard Business School, a part of Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts USA. The purposes for which HBS ERC may process... View Details

28 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Real Estate

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event:... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson; Construction; Real Estate

January 2001 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Novartis Pharma: The Business Unit Model

By: Srikant M. Datar, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

In June 2000, Novartis reorganized its pharmaceutical business to form global business units in oncology, transplantation, ophthalmology, and mature products. The remaining primary care products continued to be managed within global functions (e.g., R&D and marketing).... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Recruitment; Product Marketing; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry