developing markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1996
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Meditations on the Bottom Line

largest yoga and health retreat center in the country," says the amiable and spirited Bothwick, an expert in organizational development who assumed her position in March. Since its inception as a small yoga retreat in Pennsylvania in the... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine

developed at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic. Kevin Bennet (MBA 1980) chairs the hospital’s 102-year-old engineering department, where some of the first machines designed to keep patients alive during open-heart surgery were developed. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Jan 2003
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Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

quickly," he observes. Under his guidance, Novartis has been a leader not only in developing new drugs but in making them accessible to those in need around the globe. Dan Vasella has experienced first-hand the anguish of seriously ill... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing, consumer-oriented middle class. This is the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

reasonably to expect. Nobody wants to play a game where they find out after the final whistle whether the high or low score wins." Stevenson, who joined the HBS faculty in 1968, developed two real estate courses with a general management... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Case Study: Tip the Scale

development partners lined up at the door.” True to the core: Because the market demand for flexible childcare wasn’t completely clear when it launched, Sweet Kiddles offered regularly scheduled care to... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo

Cambridge, for example, she served as a market research consultant, covering the telecommunications industry in Asia. Her strong interest in the region prompted her to seek a summer internship in the Philippines with Monitor Company, the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2006
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Job One: Alumni Engagement

examining expectations for programs and ser-vices, evaluating what HBS already offers, and helping to improve marketing and communications. From the School’s perspective, the importance and influence of a vibrant, engaged alumni body has... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper

01 Mar 2003
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Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls

(MBA ’93), the Women’s Initiative aims to help alumnae in three ways: by providing career development and education opportunities, by enhancing networking, and by organizing volunteer programs that aid the local community. “Our goal is to... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; the Women's Initiative; HBS Association of Northern California; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

and so many of the ideas that came to be taught were developed by the faculty. The cases were shorter and simpler but still raised important issues. Most of the students enjoyed the few lectures that the faculty offered because it was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

15 Jun 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

International Development Harvard Business Review Press The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005

combination offered by Ford Motor Company’s management training program. While he excelled at leading teams to solve engineering-based manufacturing problems, it was a stint in sales and marketing that changed his life. “I was on the job... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

several decades before an effective system of rules will govern China"), the burden of bloated state firms, and lack of experience with a market economy. Yet the mainland giant is likely to "continue to grow rapidly for the next two to... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown

kind of scaling itself up and mobile internet coming to the foray, developing countries will actually kind of rise because you know, now every consumer would have a computing device in their hands. And if that were to be true, then View Details

01 Sep 2017
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A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

of them from Rwanda. A local Nigerian factory, Kaldi Africa, roasts the beans to produce a stronger brew than what Starbucks pours. Many of the other barriers to developing a coffeehouse culture that Dozie has encountered are simple... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

22 Jul 2021
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Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

to share knowledge and experience, and contribute to the development of Singapore’s startup ecosystem,” says HBSCS board member Prashant Pundrik (PLDA 9), who developed the War Room concept with fellow board... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2007
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Looking back; looking forward

working with our HBS clubs to develop and deliver an unprecedented Global Outreach Program that will send faculty to some fifty clubs around the world. Alumni clubs play a vital role in sustaining the HBS community while also enriching... View Details

Keywords: Jay O. Light; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

23 May 2019
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Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998

for cosmetics needed to be more customer focused, so in 1999 she launched Bluemercury, a retailer of high-end beauty products. Perhaps the most obvious evidence that Beck’s thoughtful strategy and hard work have disrupted the beauty View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2018
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Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used to grow those crops were not listed anywhere; a... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past

become vital in managing JRI-Poland. Please and thank you are the most valuable words in my vocabulary.” Marketing lessons learned at HBS also helped Diamond develop effective fundraising methods. Because... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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