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  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Up on the Corner

also theirs. To Rawi Abdelal, an HBS professor of international management who serves as faculty co-chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Dlodlo’s community-focused approach to redevelopment represents a necessary... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

In a recently published book on current international research in business history, edited by Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, HBS professor emeritus Alfred D. Chandler Jr. contributed an essay on the opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products
  • Web

Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

underserved and operating under so many constraints—there is a lot of entrepreneurship in sectors such as banking,” she explains. “In the US economy or in Europe, these areas are dominated by traditional players, but that’s not the case... View Details
  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Program Fee at time of payment. What international taxes might be applicable? The tax added to your invoice is based on your current mailing address. India mailing addresses are considered residents of India for tax purposes. India... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

demonstrate the catalytic role of committed state elites, who introduced incremental reforms over three decades. These officials operated beneath the political radar, layering small-scale initiatives on top of the mainstream school... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

same. The Balanced Scorecard provides a framework to help organizations achieve better operating results, superior governance, and greater shareholder value. The Balanced Scorecard has evolved based on the recognition that organizations... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • February 2010
  • Case

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh
Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Growth and Maturation; Multinational Firms and Management; Logistics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Trade; Equity; Corporate Finance; United States; Europe
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  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of productivity gains from multinational production. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42615 Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

capital flows—both debt and equity—into public and private components and study their relationship with productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this past June, a research... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

widespread and so toxic in Enron." Salter, a specialist in corporate strategy and corporate governance who is also writing a book on Enron, said he is trying to operate as a sort of forensic analyst. Forensic scientists usually fill... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • March 2004
  • Case

L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth

By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost Management; Sales; Performance Improvement; Diversification; Distribution Channels; Resignation and Termination; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • 09 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

With OneTen’s backing, Black employees could move up the ranks and become role models for those who follow. Frazier’s efforts to advance women at Merck provide a powerful example. “We got very intentional about putting women in operating... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg
  • May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
  • Case

Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao
This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Competition; Value Creation; Governance; Economics; Business Startups; Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; China
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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

Presenting new financial risks , disclosure requirements , and insurance considerations Posing operating challenges for businesses and their supply chains As climate change continues, businesses, governments, and citizens will have an... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

2022) Halperin, a student in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, is the co-president of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Women’s Student Association, social chair of the MS/MBA program, and the international representative of... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

fills this void by showing that the expansion of self-service operation and the increasing use of transparent packaging had a significant impact not only on how consumers purchased foods but also on how they understood food quality.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

international product development until she was promoted to lead its $500-million desktop business group. Two years later, when IBM acquired the firm, she was recruited by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) to build its software... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 02 Apr 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

this transition into general management." For new general managers—or just as likely in companies these days, senior functional managers who operate as part of an executive team or who have important cross-functional or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace