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    Stephen A. Greyser

    Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management.  A... View Details

    Keywords: sports
    • December 1998 (Revised March 1999)
    • Case

    Guangdong Nowada Group, The

    By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
    In late 1998, 38-year-old He Boquan, CEO of the Guangdong Nowada Group, a health beverage producer, needs to decide how to fund his company's growth and ambition to become China's number one domestic health beverage producer by 2002. A consultants study revealed that... View Details
    Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Capital; Foreign Direct Investment; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Management Skills; Negotiation Offer; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; China
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    • 23 Dec 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: December 23, 2008

    China Harvard Business School Case 209-021 The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 06 Mar 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: March 6, 2007

    of their launch, they faced a setback from China's Ministry of Education and were forced back to square one. Discusses the pluses and minuses of partnering with China's government ministries, the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, and the numerous opportunities... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • February 2014 (Revised March 2014)
    • Case

    Red Star Furniture Group Co. Ltd.

    By: Krishna G. Palepu and Pedro Nueno
    Founded in 1986, Red Star had become the leading department store in China for furniture and home equipment products (bathroom, lamps, textiles complements, etc.). The business model of Red Star was to provide adequate space for vendors (that rented the space) in good... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Growth Strategy And Execution; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; China
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    • 25 Apr 2023
    • Op-Ed

    How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

    methods. “The success of Amazon, Shopify, and social commerce sites such as Instagram convinced consumers to move much of their purchasing power online. ” That the model was born in China is not surprising because View Details
    Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products

      Roy D. Shapiro

      Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

      • November 2010
      • Case

      Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A)

      By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
      Esquel Group, leading manufacturer of quality shirts, sought to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. Seeking to secure a large supply of specialty cotton in an ethical and... View Details
      Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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      • 23 May 2016
      • News

      The Biggest Challenges of Data-Driven Manufacturing

      • 06 May 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

      after meetings,” says Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership at HBS, who is an ethnographer intent on studying work dynamics. With Ma in China and Eun in the US, each of the field observers spent eight to 12 hours a day... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • Research Summary

      Fast Retailing

      I am conducting research on Fast Retailing, which is  a holding company in Japan best know for its UNIQLO and THEORY brands.  The company is going global in a big way and wants to be the No. 1 apparel company in the world, surpassing H&M, Zara, and GAP... View Details

      • 22 Jun 2020
      • News

      Colleges Brace For Steep Drop In International Enrollment This Fall

        The Gift of Global Talent

        The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details

        • September 2022
        • Case

        Deciding When to Engage on Societal Issues

        By: Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal
        This case provides brief descriptions of 18 examples of corporate leaders confronting questions of whether and how to engage with societal issues, including social, political, and environmental issues. Social issues include COVID-19; social and racial justice;... View Details
        Keywords: Political Issues; Social Justice; Racial Justice; Environmental Issues; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs
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        • June 2018
        • Case

        Japan: Deficits, Deflation and Debt

        By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
        In April 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was again in Washington to petition Donald Trump. After years of rapid, export-led growth, Japan had slumped into recession in 1991 and never really recovered. For the past 27 years, its economy has grown at 1.1% annually,... View Details
        Keywords: Deflation; Debt; Country Analysis; Monetary Expansion; Population Growth; Inflation and Deflation; Borrowing and Debt; Economy; Energy; National Security; Japan
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        • January 2020
        • Case

        The June Oven

        By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin
        The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June... View Details
        Keywords: Business Ventures; Trends; Customers; Design; Entrepreneurship; Food; Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Product Development; Sales; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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        • April 2009
        • Case

        The First Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century

        By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
        The global economy was expected to suffer from negative growth for the full year in 2009, a phenomenon not seen since World War II. While the U.S. subprime mortgage disaster was blamed as the original instigator, it was noted that the "global imbalances" of the U.S.... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution
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        • February 2015
        • Case

        Infinite Technology Solutions and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

        By: John D. Macomber and Vidhya Muthuram
        The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is an ambitious economic development project linking six of the most competitive states in India with the sea. The corridor is modeled on the Jiangsu Corridor in China (Nanjing to Shanghai) and the Tokyo-Hokkaido Corridor in... View Details
        Keywords: Development Economics; Projects; Economics; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; India
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        • February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
        • Case

        Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)

        By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
        Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
        Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
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        • March 2004 (Revised November 2012)
        • Teaching Note

        P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project (TN)

        By: Christopher A. Bartlett
        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
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