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24 Apr 2014
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Bringing a global perspective to corporate Australia

Peter Bohn (MBA 1998), managing director of the retail chain Diva in Eastern Europe, talks about the advantages of having a global business perspective. (Published April 2014) View Details

June 2003
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Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Laureano Berasategui and Paula Rodriguez Etchard

The president of Ford Argentina has to decide on the e-business approach at this subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. The approach must take into consideration the ambitious global e-business transformation proposed by the parent company within the context of a major economic... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Financial Crisis; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Internet

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Moving to a New Global Competitiveness Index

By: Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado-Garcia, Christian H.M. Ketels and Scott Stern

Keywords: Globalization; Competitive Advantage; Mathematical Methods

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June 1996
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Becton Dickinson: Managing the Global Enterprise, 1996

Becton Dickinson, a U.S.-based maker of medical and diagnostic devices, has been organized into a mixed structure of U.S.-based divisions and country/region organizations. In 1995, three businesses shifted to become worldwide divisions, forcing a reexamination of the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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24 Jul 2018
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The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

learn about her experience in Jakarta through the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course. FIELD Global Immersion is the exciting way that we end our first year at Harvard Business School. Students have the... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor. In Ashraf’s view, “We can’t solve the challenges of global... View Details

Keywords: birth control; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets By Jennifer Gillespie on September 21, 2023 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email The challenge posed to students in HBS’s FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

21 Feb 2008
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Redefining Global Health Care: Narrowing the Gap Between Aspiration and Action

By: Michael E. Porter and Jim Yong Kim

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Keywords: Health; United States

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2004
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Genzyme's Gaucher Initiative: Global Risk and Responsibility

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean

Keywords: Health Disorders; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Globalization; Risk and Uncertainty; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry

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December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
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Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger

With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America

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February 1996 (Revised May 2002)
Teaching Note

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

If there were ever any doubts that HBS graduates would travel to the ends of the earth to reestablish their ties to the School, those doubts can now be put to rest. Although the venue required at least a ten-hour flight for most attendees, the 1999 View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

05 Oct 2018
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Why the Global Race for Talent Is in High Gear

02 Mar 2021
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Implementing Inclusive Policies Across a Global Organization

02 Aug 2015
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Global CEO of CBRE Pops Into Dublin

Keywords: property management; real estate; markets; Ireland; Real Estate

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Global Strategy: Winning in the World-Wide Marketplace

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Trade

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13 Mar 2008
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Redefining Global Health Care: Narrowing the Gap Between Aspiration and Action

By: Michael E. Porter

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Keywords: Health; United States

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08 Jun 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

Considering the title of the 1996 HBS Global Alumni Conference - The Information Revolution: "Bridging the Gap" - San Francisco was a particularly fitting locale for this forward-looking event. The city's Golden Gate has long been a... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice