Global Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

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 2012
News

Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

order to build and grow teams that they understand and can help motivate over time to deliver.” Now back in Dearborn, Michigan, Fields works with what’s become an emerging and increasingly high-profile issue for View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

that our friends abroad cheer for America with foreboding and pessimism, the way sports fans nervously pull for a team whose lead is slimming and whose energy is fading. These outsiders recognize that the system of democratic capitalism... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

cases escalate, tariffs placed on Chinese exports by former President Trump. This move is emblematic of a global turn toward protectionism and trade restrictions in the last decade. Businesses have taken diverse approaches in adapting to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

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

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

F-16 HARM targeting system; chief of the Astronaut Office Robotics Branch; and, currently, the commander of the International Space Station (ISS), where he has lived since November 23, 2014. “If you have a team like this, you let them... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

11 Mar 2009
HBS Case

The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine

state to ownership (with 50.002 percent), and Gazprom's strategy for becoming a global energy company, mainly through acquisition and partnerships. “Russia needs the money. It can't scare away its customers.” The learning objectives of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Energy; Utilities

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

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

categorize the world, emphasizing some values or activities over others. In other words, languages shape the way people think. After hearing about one such theory from visiting doctoral student Hao Liang from Tilburg University, Harvard Business School Associate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Profile

Allen Yang

economics studies. But PepsiCo drew him into an entirely new world—consumer packaged goods—and Yipit gave him the unusual opportunity to learn how to code. Capturing what's great about business HBS expanded Allen's opportunities for hands-on exploration. In Field II,... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Tech; Financial Services

January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Supplement

China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty

Supplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman,... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Corporate Governance; State Ownership; Standards; Globalized Markets and Industries; Telecommunications Industry; China

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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

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2007
News

Looking back; looking forward

Dear Alumni, Photos by Neal Hamberg In 2008, we’ll celebrate a historic milestone: the 100th anniversary of Harvard Business School’s founding. Fundamentally, we see the Centennial as a unique opportunity to highlight the many things that make HBS distinctive —... View Details

Keywords: Jay O. Light; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Web

The Field Method | MBA

thinking, doing, and reflecting. FIELD Global Capstone FIELD Global Capstone is a spring semester Required Curriculum course that uses experiential education and project-based learning to enhance the... View Details

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

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

Profiting from the World’s Economic Crisis: Finding Investment Opportunities by Tracking Global Market Trends by Bud Conrad (MBA ’71) (Wiley) Conrad predicts a rough road ahead, due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

by Garry Emmons It's December, and outside the weather is frightful in many of America's 32 National Football League cities as teams gear up for the playoff season. But no matter how adverse conditions may get both on and off the field,... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

preparations for its future are. To justify buybacks and savings, the IR team makes sure all communication, even in good times, always contains some caution for the things that may go wrong tomorrow. Miller: Moreover, there is an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

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