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  • September 2012
  • Article

The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence

By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
Based on a six-country survey of nearly 250 multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and composition of MNC headquarters and to account for differences among them. Findings are as follows: MNC corporate headquarters are... View Details
Keywords: Headquarters; Subsidiaries; Multinational Corporations; Organization Design; Administrative Heritage; International Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Organizational Design; Multinational Firms and Management; Size; Business Headquarters; Global Strategy
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  • October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
  • Teaching Note

Intercon Japan TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-688-056). View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Production; Business Subsidiaries; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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  • April 1995
  • Case

Montague Corporation (A)

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
The Montague Corp. is a small company started in 1987 and owned by David Montague, age 31, and his father. The company designs, manufactures in Taiwan, and sells through distributors worldwide a high-quality "bicycle that folds." The company offices are located in... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Globalized Firms and Management; Family Business; Bicycle Industry; Taiwan; Cambridge
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  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

command and control of the underlying econ omy frequently follows. Does this current global environment make it harder for Myanmar to achieve its transition? —Jacob Navon (MBA 1984) BRUNELL: To the contrary, Myanmar’s transition is made... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

dedicated to creating and advancing solutions to the core issues driving climate change Matthew Commons (MBA 2007) FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation Waltham and Wilbraham, Massachusetts Wind turbine manufacturer Patricia A. Connolly (MBA 1989) Director of View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • News

BioMine Strikes Gold

Entrepreneurs Win in Global Competitions BioMine CEO, Privahini Bradoo (MBA '08) Related Links View photos from the contest Meet the 12 regional finalists Listen to the faculty webinar series Learn about the 2011 host clubs Winners of the... View Details
Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

entrepreneurial graduates, and to create a mechanism to connect alumni with HBS faculty and the global HBS network of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and angel investors. More than seventy teams entered... View Details
Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • March 2000 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

VacationSpot.com & Rent-A-Holiday: Negotiating a Trans-Atlantic Merger of Start-Ups

Describes a potential trans-Atlantic merger between two young companies in the Internet space. VacationSpot.com, based in Seattle, and Rent-A-Holiday, based in Brussels, both offer online listings and reservations for independent leisure lodging (i.e., villas,... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Valuation; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Travel Industry; United States; Brussels
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  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

given that none of these ventures will work if the clubs can't reach their constituencies. Online Services for Alumni This committee's ambitious goal was to increase dramatically the number of alumni with e-mail addresses on file with the... View Details
  • Career Coach

Eileen Stephan

Eileen offers over 20 years of professional experience in recruiting, career management and career coaching in both the corporate and academic worlds. Her most recent position as Global Head of Graduate Recruitment and Program Management... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital
  • October 2004 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

Rakuten

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Andrew P. McAfee, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Masako Egawa
Rakuten, a native Japanese, e-commerce start-up and highly successful company, is expanding into new categories and new countries. It must figure out how to continue its trajectory of growth and profitability. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Japan
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

social enterprise. 2015 New MBA Elective Public Entrepreneurship is introduced. 2014 HBS-led forum on Business for Social Impact convenes over 100 practitioners and academics to discuss the global role of business in creating social... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

Entrepreneur's Notebook with Kevin Przybocki (MBA '91)

advanced networks were more susceptible to delays and errors. The amount of data en route was huge. If there was an error, you could lose a lot of data. Best decision: Deciding to self-fund the business. We didn’t raise any venture money,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Saving lives through new vaccine technology

visiting lecturer at his Commercializing Science class, with whom he eventually cofounded the company along with three other partners. In 2012, Vaxess won the HBS Business Plan competition and Harvard’s President’s Challenge, followed by the 2013 HBS New View Details
  • 16 Oct 2014
  • News

Innovating for International Aid

and the venture capital community; and on the flip side of my life, I’ve applied them when working on global poverty and inner-city education situations. HBS really showed me how to apply those skills to... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
  • 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
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  • March 1992 (Revised April 1995)
  • Case

Saatchi & Saatchi Co. PLC: Corporate Strategy

By: David J. Collis
Saatchi & Saatchi, founded in 1970, became the world's largest advertising agency in 1986. It then diversified into consulting and other managerial areas before crashing in 1989. Under a new CEO, the company restructured and refocused on its advertising agencies. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Advertising Industry
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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda

By: Markus Menz, Sven Kunisch and David J. Collis
During the past five decades, scholars have studied the corporate headquarters (CHQ)—the multidivisional firm's central organizational unit. The purpose of this article is to review the diverse and fragmented literature on the CHQ and to identify the variables of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Headquarters; Corporate Parent; Corporate Center; Multidivisional Firm; Multibusiness Firm; Multinational Corporation; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Business Headquarters
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  • 01 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

usually required in a venture capital presentation. “A lot of companies that probably shouldn't get funding will get it” As enticing as crowdfunding is as a concept, it may ultimately have little power to shake up the investing world,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

winners of the 23rd annual... MBA Students Lead the Fight Against COVID-19 24 Apr 2020 On March 23, as a result of the global pandemic, the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA program sw... Congratulations to the 2020 New View Details