Taiwan - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
News

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk

will still be the print medium.” After Taiwan voters ended more than a half-century of one-party rule in presidential elections last year, Lai knew he had to move to the island. Taiwan, he says, “is the only democracy in Chinese culture.”... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2012
News

Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS

Chu Chao. The Chaos, émigrés from Taiwan and a remarkable immigrant success story, are the only family ever to have four daughters attend HBS. "Because Ruth devoted her life to promoting excellence in education and enhancing US-China... View Details

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MBA in the Field

Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,... View Details

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Day in IFC: Chuchu Ajukwu (MBA 2017); United Kingdom - MBA

Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,... View Details

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DAY IN IFC: Safiya Karsan (MBA 2017), United Kingdom - MBA

Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,... View Details

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Day in IFC: Marta Milkowska (HKS), United Kingdom - MBA

Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Three Profs Win McKinsey Award

Made in China REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia. Electrophoretic display MADE IN TAIWAN REASON Its manufacture requires expertise developed from producing flat-panel... View Details

Keywords: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2004
News

There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad

married and both with large families in the Northeast, had concerns about such a dramatic move. Together, they visited Taiwan and found their concerns transformed to excitement. Keohane spent about three years there, returned to the... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; international; relocation; employment

01 Mar 2011
News

Harvard Center Shanghai Names New Executive Director

Taiwan and Hong Kong at Citibank, American Express, and Standard Chartered Bank. Fluent in Mandarin, he was one of the first Americans to teach at Peking University after the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and the United... View Details

Keywords: clubs; alumni; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Day in IFC: Meghana Dhar (MBA 2017), Japan - MBA

Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,... View Details

Portrait Project

Faya Peng

I want to be a servant. To show compassion. To love. I remember visiting grandparents in Taiwan as a young child. I will never forget the men, lying fully prostrate on the filthy ground in the open market, begging for money. I can still... View Details

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

worried about the ascendance of China, while firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong have reaped enormous benefits from Chinese economic expansion, according to Huang. He presented his new research proposal to an audience of faculty and doctoral... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2016
News

Building a Legacy

Generators from Japan. India had power shortages; I became the largest importer of generators in the world in three years. I was all of 23, 24 then. “I imported India’s first push-button phone. And phones were not allowed to be imported. But electronic parts were... View Details

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Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA

Life Project Partner Locations Locations Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hong Kong, China London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, California Shenzhen, China Taichung, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Tohoku,... View Details

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HBS Engagement Across the Region - Global Activities 2020

1 Completed Case 1 MBA Immersive Field Course Nauru 1 Completed Case Revision Singapore 2 Completed Cases 2 Global Colloquium Participants 4 HBS Alumni Events Taiwan 2 Completed Cases 12 Global Colloquium Participants 1 HBS Alumni Event... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

On the Inside

States from Taiwan as an eight-year-old speaking no English, the New York Times (February 26, 2001) reported. “I was very lucky to grow up in a family that believed in hard work and education,” said Chao, who favors outreach and access... View Details

Keywords: Government

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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

numerous other books and articles. He is a strategic advisor to U.S. and international corporations and a director of Parametric Technology Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and a supervisor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing... View Details

November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Supplement

Global Unichip Corporation (B)

By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien

Jim Lai, President of Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), mapped out the changes he saw coming to the global semiconductor industry. The big question was how many system developers would start coming directly to GUC. View Details