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  • January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Multinationals as Engines of Growth?

By: Geoffrey G. Jones
Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Growth and Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Iran; United States; Malaysia; Japan
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  • September 1994
  • Case

Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution

By: Joseph L. Bower and John B. Matthews Jr.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the world's greatest companies. In 1994, its management was chosen the most admired in Europe by 637 peers. The case explores how Sir Richard Greenbury, appointed the new chairman of the company in 1991, transformed his inheritance into... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Europe; United States
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  • August 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Case

Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Sam Palmisano became CEO of IBM in 2002. He dramatically energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values driven approach to managing the company. View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry; New York (state, US)
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  • 08 Jan 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

Director and Career Coach Katja Frey – Recruiting Relations Manager Together, Jonathan and Katja make up the Career & Professional Development team that manages relationships with Private Equity firms and coaches HBS students... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Mission Possible

can be extremely lonely.” That began to change in 1997, when Endeavor was founded to spur economic growth in emerging and developing markets, initially in Latin America. It now has offices in India, South Africa, and Turkey, with plans to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 17, 2015

Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Henry J. Heinz II

    Heinz II engineered immense growth for the food products firm. In his first few years as president, Heinz took advantage of the postwar boom in the American economy and took the firm public in 1946. Through... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • 29 Jun 2009
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

    retrenchment; think growth. Key concepts include: Companies that survive the financial crisis by identifying and exploiting innovation will serve as economic growth engines in the future—and will be the industry leaders of tomorrow. This... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 22 Sep 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: September 22

      Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Dec 2000
    • News

    Looking to the East

    fluent Japanese. Commenting on the meeting in the Times of India (August 22, 2000), Kulkarni said, "India is looking for a strategy that will help it achieve rapid economic growth — qualitatively in terms of upgrading its economy and... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2003
    • News

    Mark Fuller

    Fuller Photo courtesy Monitor Group While many HBS grads hanker for a plum job with a major consulting firm, Mark B. Fuller started his own. He made the leap from HBS assistant professor to cofounder and CEO of the Monitor Group in 1982. Since then, the View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • 01 Jun 2007
    • News

    Steve Schwarzman

    companies with annual revenues exceeding $85 billion. Under Schwarzman’s leadership, the firm has diversified into hedge funds, real estate, corporate debt, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. In late March, Blackstone surprised... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
    • June 2013
    • Supplement

    Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers? (Video Supplement)

    By: Jim Sharpe
    This is Video Supplement for Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers? HBS Case #808099. View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Global Organizations; Service; Hiring; Incentives, Motivation; Joint Ventures; Customer Service Excellence; Customer Relationship Management; Empowerment; International Expansion; Ownership Structure; Culture; Organization Alignment; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Private Ownership; Globalized Markets and Industries; Globalized Firms and Management; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Puerto Rico; United Kingdom
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    • April 2001 (Revised September 2001)
    • Case

    Merloni Elettrodomestici: Building for a New Century

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    In 2001 a young new CEO has to develop a strategy to move his company beyond the hyper-competitive conditions of Western Europe. A major acquisition in Russia and a new Web-based service business provide interesting new directions. This case traces the development of... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Web; Russia
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    • 18 May 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: May 18

    forecast characteristic-related stock returns. For example, we show that large firms underperform following years when issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms. Our approach is useful for... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Mar 2008
    • News

    Faculty Books

    How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz (HBS Press) Professor Quelch and Research Associate Jocz demonstrate marketing's critical role in the growth and governance of societies and how good... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

      Richard H. Jenrette

      for the firm. Jenrette was instrumental in taking the company public in 1970 making it the first publicly traded investment firm in the United States. Taking the helm of DLJ in 1973, Jenrette shepherded it through the recession. His... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
      • 20 Mar 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: March 20, 2007

      foreign firms or in vertically linked industries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-012.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsLi Ka-Shing and the Growth of Cheung Kong Harvard Business... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 10 Feb 2021
      • Blog Post

      HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal

      support from faculty and industry experts who quickly rallied around us. The result was uplifting: 25 speakers across 10 industries, including several founding partners from 20 VC funds focused on early to growth stage investments. The... View Details
      • 11 Dec 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: Dec. 11

      experience higher future growth in return-on-assets (ROA) with analysts failing to fully reflect this information in their earnings forecasts. Return prediction, growth in ROA, and analyst forecast errors... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne