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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
$55 million, or 10.1 percent, from the prior year. Approximately $35 million of this increased spending reflected the growing scope of the School’s core operations. This expansion is being driven, in part, by strategic initiatives such as...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
global in its scope and insisted on ethical business practices—a rare initiative in a sector marred by corruption. In 2009, when the company was acquired by Schneider Electric, Hattangady turned her attention to impact investing and...
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- September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
- Supplement
Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply
By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Cost vs Benefits;
Trade;
Supply Chain;
Global Strategy;
Buildings and Facilities;
Operations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Demand and Consumers;
Global Range;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Italy;
China;
United States;
Germany
Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-009, September 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
- October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel Gordon
As a global NGO working in 45 countries, ActionAid International aims to eradicate poverty by addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh—a...
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Keywords:
Local Range;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Power and Influence;
Johannesburg;
London
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and Rachel Gordon. "ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability." Harvard Business School Case 311-004, October 2010. (Revised July 2013.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled
By: Mukti Khaire, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song and Shirley Spence
This case deals with supplier difficulties faced by WildChina—a travel service provider in China. WildChina is a classic case of a company that is trying to bring a local, within-country product to a market outside the country (in this case, travelers to China from...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Local Range;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Supply Chain Management;
Conflict Management;
Travel Industry;
China
Khaire, Mukti, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song, and Shirley Spence. "WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled." Harvard Business School Case 811-019, September 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
results were consistent for both Democrats and Republicans, or even if they just presented an anonymous “Party A” and “Party B.” “They are totally insensitive to the scope or impact of the issue,” Cikara says. “They just think the other...
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by Michael Blanding
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
database includes records from 11 states, including immigration hotbeds California and Florida, from 1992 onward. Twenty-eight states are present from 2000 onward.) “The scope of the database is enormous,” says Kerr. “You are literally...
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by Michael Blanding
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
In the summer of 2020, Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) was looking for an internship where he would have the opportunity to work closely with a startup founder. He considered Boston based startups originally and then broadened his scope to look...
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- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
playing Latin percussion, and scoping out Boston's mac and cheese scene. PRIDE was a huge factor in my decision to attend HBS. In earlier chapters of my life when I moved to a new city or started a new job, affinity groups were where I...
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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
beyond this letter’s scope to counter Tobias’s many fallacious arguments about the national debt, in which he ascribes no responsibility to the congressional Democrats who originated most of the spending over the past half-century. If...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
plans that Associate Dean McArthur enumerated indeed foreshadow the accomplishments of Dean McArthur and his faculty colleagues. Just as Kim Clark knew that it would be impossible to represent in one symposium the full scope of happenings...
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Susan Young
- Web
CFO Letter - Annual Report 2014
School’s operating margin has declined from 7.2 percent to 5.7 percent. Although our objective is to reverse this trend, the School is likely to continue facing strong pressures on margin over the next two years. In addition to the underlying increase in costs...
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- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
couldn't still succeed, says John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health. The sheer scope of the...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
includes econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on advertising agency costs and intermedia competition in the U.S. national advertising market. He has also studied the changes over time in the concentration and geographical...
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- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
"socially responsible" actions, the scope of the agenda covered, and the definition of what is the ultimate goal (e.g., increased profit, shareholder value, or longer-term success and value of the business). Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
resources to environmental protection? How should we think about the notion of firms sacrificing profits in the social interest? May they do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Can they do so on...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Amazon, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional processes, allow massive scope increase, enabling companies to straddle industry boundaries, and create powerful opportunities for learning—to drive...
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- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
(i.e., information about the files) Fast downloads Works well with iPod We built an economic model to improve our understanding of how both forms of digital distribution interact. While this methodology restricts somewhat the scope...
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- December 2018 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Bord Bia: Strategically Growing Irish Exports
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Forest L. Reinhardt and Emer Moloney
Agriculture was Ireland’s largest indigenous industry. Its agri-food sector was export driven, with almost 90% of production exported. Bord Bia was the Irish government agency charged with the promotion, trade development, and marketing of the Irish food, drink, and...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Trends;
Disruption;
Communication Strategy;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Public Sector;
Trade;
Education;
Food;
Geography;
Geographic Location;
Rural Scope;
Corporate Governance;
Government Administration;
Information;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Marketing Channels;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Planning;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Public Opinion;
Business Strategy;
Diversification;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Retail Industry;
Republic of Ireland;
United Kingdom;
Europe
Alvarez, Jose B., Forest L. Reinhardt, and Emer Moloney. "Bord Bia: Strategically Growing Irish Exports." Harvard Business School Case 519-043, December 2018. (Revised May 2019.)