Global Ventures - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
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Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

charity, to improving the well-being of communities in the developing world. SHE’s first spin-off venture addresses the widespread phenomenon of girls and women missing school or work when they are menstruating because they lack access to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Anthony Soohoo

Anthony is also currently serving a Dean’s appointment as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Harvard Business School as well as on the school’s Global Advisory Board. He is also a Venture Advisor at the AI... View Details

Keywords: Ecommerce;#53;#Media & Publishing;#64;#Software/App;#29;#Entertainment;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#1;#Advertising;#237;#Artificial Intelligence

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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details

September 1995
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Richina Capital Partners Limited

By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green

Richard Yan and Suzanne Foels raise a $52.5 million fund to invest in Chinese companies in concert with major multinational companies. They face all the challenges of starting a business from scratch in addition to the challenges of operating in a cross-cultural... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance Compliance; Business Strategy; Expansion; Investment Return; China

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01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

we be good? How can we understand financial managers' ethical failings, which destroyed lives and brought nations and the global economy close to collapse? Das seeks answers to these questions in the Mahabharata, the 2,000-year-old... View Details

January–March 2025
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Transitioning from Responsible and Reactive to Deeply Responsible and Proactive International Business

By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Teresa da Silva Lopes, Pavida Pananond, Rob van Tulder, Noemi Sinkovics and Rudolf R. Sinkovics

This article aims to explore the role of multinational enterprises in addressing grand societal challenges, emphasizing the need for integrating environmental and social aspects into business models. It offers an analysis of how principles and values can guide engaged... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Model; Multinational Firms and Management

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August 2001 (Revised April 2003)
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International Trachoma Initiative

By: Diana Barrett, James E. Austin and Sheila McCarthy

In an effort to combat trachoma, a major eye disease, the Clark Foundation entered into a partnership with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. After a successful pilot project, a joint initiative was established (the Trachoma initiative) that has as its goal to eradicate the... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Globalization; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Alliances; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations; Health Industry

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Africa: research, news, analysis

id="LPlnk539990">EMIS (See above) Ventures Africa Useful for: news and analysis on African business, policy,... View Details

21 Oct 2020
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Cold Calculations

the Arctic ice to slow the effects of climate change. Leslie Field, who holds a PhD in electrical engineering and 58 patents, founded the nonprofit (formerly known as Ice911 Research) to develop the necessary technology. Field approached Payne, a longtime View Details

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October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
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Red Flag Software Co.

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna, David Lane and Elizabeth Raabe

In 2005, just five years after its formal launch, Beijing-based Red Flag Software was the world's second-largest distributor of the Linux operating system and was expecting its first annual profit. On a unit basis, Red Flag led the world in desktops (PCs) shipped with... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Technology Industry; Distribution Industry; Beijing; United States

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December 2002 (Revised April 2007)
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Cargill (A)

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jose M. M. Porraz

Cargill is one of the world's leading marketers, processors, and distributors of agricultural, food, industrial, and financial products. In 1998, the company decided to develop a strategic intent to restructure and refocus the company. It did so in response to the... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Agribusiness; Restructuring; Industry Structures; Global Strategy; Genetics; Demand and Consumers; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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September 1992 (Revised November 1997)
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DHL Worldwide Express

By: John A. Quelch

The worldwide sales and marketing manager must determine the degree to which pricing strategy and tactics should be standardized or left to the discretion of the DHL subsidiary in each country. View Details

Keywords: Governance; Business Subsidiaries; Price; Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Sales; Shipping Industry

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Past Issues - Alumni

startup success—and failure—from veterans of the New Venture Competition Complete Table of Contents December 2021 Rescue & Recovery In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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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

01 Jun 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

of risk. It emphasizes practical strategies for understanding and managing these hazards of new ventures in light of recent research. Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere by Vijay Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) and... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Oct 2015
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Banking on Trust

priorities and the challenges to achieving them—the better your chances of having a positive impact.” Based in Zambia from 2005-11, Sheppard spearheaded a joint venture that brought together government, business, and civic leaders to... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

members of the HBS community and notable supporters of the School’s Global Initiative. As an investor, what was your biggest flop? I don’t think that way. What’s your proudest achievement? My family. If you have a decent family, nothing... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

Business & Environment podcast Climate One Podcast Drilled Podcast Greentech media Energy Gang podcast Rankings Global 100 100 Best Corporate Citizens Newsweek American's Most Responsible Companies 2021 View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

soon- to-be MBA — entrepreneur intends to make a difference with his business education. “In 20 to 30 years, I hope to have created a venture where people have meaningful work making a product that helps solve View Details