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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog

as they participate in and shape cross-border trade and investment. Career Focus This course should interest any student who plans to work for a firm with transnational interests or investments or students with significant interests in... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

technology giants, Intel and SAP. Pandesic was designed to create a more affordable version of SAP’s enterprise resource planning software, targeted at small and midsize companies. It was founded in 1997... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

that pursuing both chemicals and fuels added even more complexity to a business that was already executing multiple development steps in parallel. The case looks at the various strategic and operational decisions facing Melo as he planned... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

telecommuting can create the feeling of "losing touch," but when used judiciously, it can "lead to peace of mind." In addition to determining the role and timing of telecommuting, respondents provided advice for supervisors and telecommuters alike.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2000
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The Birds and Bees in China

and other youth-oriented entertainment. It's all designed to create a friendly, nonthreatening environment in which to explore a generally taboo subject. The Chinese Family Planning Association has even agreed to partner with Kenny to... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

and Bart Hobijn Abstract This note accompanies the Cross‐country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New research from professor Raffaella Sadun finds that the answer often lies in the technology that a company deploys. Key concepts include: Enterprise Resource View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

01 Sep 2018
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New Spaces: Convening Power

Robert Benson Photography Klarman Hall officially opens next month, a new gathering space just east of Spangler Center where the School plans to “bring together key voices from all over the world to discuss and address the critical issues... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Blue No Longer

customer-oriented firms such as American Express and RJR Nabisco, Gerstner proceeded to shake up Big Blue's culture, reinventing IBM “from the customer back, not from the company out,” so the firm would become driven by the marketplace. He scrapped View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Noted & Quoted

18, 2009) “Google will have continuous challenges to major initiatives around consumer choice, security and trust, and privacy. ” — Professor David Yoffie, commenting on the legal and consumer backlash Google has encountered over plans to... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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High Yields

100,000 jobs and $82 billion worth of value. Amazon famously entered the space in 2013, announcing plans to use drones for its 30-minute delivery service, but there’s plenty of startup activity, too. Hawk Aerial, launched last year by CEO... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

July 2024
Case

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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Yaping Wang

Reaching beyond technology With four years' experience addressing the Chinese market, and another four expanding to the global landscape, Yaping recognized a desire for a new direction. "As I moved from execution to strategy, I... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Healthcare/Biotech; Retail/Hospitality

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

anxiety impacts the quality of a financial planning experience and the integrity of the resulting financial plan, both of which will impact customer satisfaction. The financial services industry has acknowledged that retirement planning,... View Details

12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

collar and a sketch on a Palo Alto bar napkin helped launch a tech giant. READ MORE Jen Flint: I wondered if the two of you could go back and tell us the story of how you wound up writing this business plan together as a school project... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

1776, by David McCullough In any survey of great American corporations that have left their mark on business history, IBM would always hold a special place. Its origins date back to the late 1880s, when mechanical time recorders and tabulators were the leading View Details

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Mo Fong

Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology

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Growing Together - Annual Report 2014

that meet its unfolding pedagogical, space, and strategic needs. Our current master plan expresses the same vision, and its greatest strength is its connection to the core mission of the School. While the principles are consistent, much... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder

egoless.” Describing himself as a “quiet professional” whose strength lies in facilitating teamwork, Sanchez hopes someday to be the CEO of a medical engineering company. His interest in medical technology dates back to his boyhood in... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
Case

WholesalerDirect

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Describes the development of WholesalerDirect, a B2B electronic commerce venture in the plumbing, heating, cooling, and piping industry. Adam Berger, the CEO, is trying to raise funding to roll out the company's e-commerce platform to the industry's more than 3,000... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Valuation; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy