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- 22 Sep 2015
- News
On a Mission to Have an Impact
After founding the online cosmetics service Eve.com, Varsha Rao (MBA 1995) is now heading global operations for Airbnb, helping customers of this mission-driven company gain richer travel experiences by connecting them more closely to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Late Start, Dramatic Finish
Peter Ware (left), a vice president at GSK, with team members Jeff Norton, Wes Brandon, Sheeba Philip, Edrienne Brandon and Lyn Baranowski Peter Ware (left), a vice president at GSK, with team members Jeff... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Project Aims to Boost US Competitiveness
A cross-disciplinary team of HBS faculty, led by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, has launched a project on US competitiveness that will feature a special spring 2012 issue of the Harvard Business Review and a long-term research... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
his classmates’ FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) projects. But in retrospect, he says, conducting field research in Mexico and developing and presenting innovative product ideas to senior executives at Colgate’s Consumer Innovation Center... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher by Ann Lee (MBA 1995) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Fully aware of China’s shortcomings, particularly in human rights, Lee details the policies and practices—in areas ranging from education and governance to foreign aid—that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
deep into the tournament a team will go, because that will affect the number of over-the-air impressions that are generated for the brand. They must consider many other factors such as the global appeal of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
As head of General Motors's international division - which last year invested $2.45 billion worldwide - Louis Hughes brings a rock-steady philosophy to the auto giant's global operations: "Wherever possible, invest where you sell." Hughes... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
Professor Jeff Polzer focused on team management issues. “Besides being informational from an academic point of view, the case discussions and faculty involvement were great ways to facilitate interaction with our peers,” says Bruce... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Li & Fung: Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic," 1995-1998
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
In early 1998, William and Victor Fung had to review their business, the Li & Fung Group, to plan for the next three years. Examines strategic and organizational issues including company culture, international expansion, and venture capital projects. A rewritten... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Global Strategy; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges; Strategic Planning; Asia
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Anthony St. George. Li & Fung: Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic," 1995-1998. Harvard Business School Case 398-092, January 1998. (Revised June 1998.)
- Profile
Tafadzwa Samushonga
toward ‘doing’.” Through a project management role at Life Healthcare, she drove strategic initiatives while working closely with the teams responsible for execution. And at ThoughtWorks, she provided technical assistance to the... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
festival, or mela, for the millions of pilgrims. The Maha Kumbh Mela is happening right now. It's expected to draw close to 200 million people over almost eight weeks, and as many as 30 million in a single day. The Harvard team is here to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
and digital media presence. "We've seen what can happen decades later when you make an investment in a country." So where is the NBA's next China? Tatum offers three of the league's growing international markets and explains how the NBA works its View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
"The fans don't realize the weaknesses existed even during the good times," he told an audience of Harvard Business School students and faculty members on Tuesday. "The team was never as good as it was made out to be in an... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
thought was that globalization was making the world so similar that [location] didn't matter," says Christopher Marquis, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the paper with András Tilcsik (HBS PhDOB '12),... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
Helping African Businesses Compete on the Global Stage Sheila Kyarisiima’s (MBA/MPA 2017) curiosity about building things, especially infrastructure, prompted the Kampala, Uganda, native to come to the United States in 2007 to study... View Details
- January 2011
- Case
Shar Matin (A)
By: David A. Thomas and Elisa Farri
The head of the subsidiary of a US company faced the decision to present an aggressive growth plan despite his CFO's lack of support. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; United States
Thomas, David A., and Elisa Farri. "Shar Matin (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-082, January 2011.
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
billions in return. “Mark epitomizes courage and intensity and isn’t afraid to be wrong,” Breyer said. “And he also made the decision in 2008 to hire Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) . The combination of Mark and Sheryl is the single best team... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- Web
HBS & the Case Method Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Exhibition Home Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry Expansion of the Case Method The Case Method Classroom Teaching & The Case Method Impact on Research & Curriculum View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property (TN)
By: Peter A. Coles and Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for [709404]. View Details