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Global - Global Activities 2020

response to the pandemic, the Harvard Center Shanghai cohosted an online event in April with the HBS Entrepreneurship Club, HBS Greater China Club, and HBS Association of Beijing that brought together current MBA students and a panel of... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

conjunction with Tsinghua University in Beijing that have been very well received. I would like to see this kind of outreach continue to flourish, especially where it adds to our faculty's capabilities. I have great hopes for our ability... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2009
News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

Beijing is America’s largest foreign creditor. But how long will the Chinese continue to finance U.S. deficit spending? Illustration by Stuart Bradford In his new book, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

2013
Working Paper

NBC and the 2012 London Olympics: Unexpected Success

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Vadim Kogan

"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as much..." wrote Richard Sandomir in The New York Times. "NBC... View Details

Keywords: Success; Profit; Sports; Failure; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Vancouver; Beijing; London; Brazil; Russia

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01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

Perkins Caufield & Byers Menlo Park, Shanghai, Beijing Greentech venture capital Andrew Falender (MBA 1969) Appalachian Mountain Club Multiple US locations United States' oldest outdoor recreation and conservation organization James... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

the streets of ten major cities, starting in Beijing and culminating in London. Formula E team owners include Leonardo DiCaprio and Richard Branson, both vocal environmentalists. Higgins says the green factor definitely appealed to the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

04 May 2023
Blog Post

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

Zoom works great. If you’re meeting a colleague who lives in Beijing or South Korea, and you’re both culturally and temporally distant, those face-to-face meetings still have value,” Choudhury says. This article was originally posted on... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

nations, says Greyser. In 1964, Japan made a similar overture with the Tokyo Games to point to its recovery from defeat in World War II. China used the Beijing Games in 2008 to showcase itself as an economic and political superpower. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

New subways or water projects need to be repaid from usage fees over the very long term. London or Beijing may upgrade a transit line to accommodate the rush of athletes and visitors, but these municipalities can and should find a way to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

http://hbr.org/product/making-stickk-stick-the-business-of-behavioral-economics/an/514019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-053 From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China In 1985, Don St.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

organizations have inadequate guidance to help them identify and overcome the obstacles they are likely to encounter. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308049 The Beijing Dream Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2020
News

Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

China Club, and HBS Association of Beijing that brought together current MBA students and a panel of 10 HBS alumni. During the Zoom gathering, the alumni provided insights from their experiences navigating the economic downturns of 2002... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

years. "President Bush felt strongly about normalizing relations with China and opening that market to American business," says Franklin. "My mission to Beijing to reconvene the Joint Commission was a win-win situation. The sanction was... View Details

13 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

Sponsor of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the Official dairy supplier of the games, it is betting that the brand can go further beyond China. Will the day that tykes from Topeka have a bottle of Yili milk in their hands be coming... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2022
Blog Post

HiHome Sweet HiHome

journey where we thought a method like this would work.” Shu is currently completing a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing through the international Schwarzman Scholars program. Housing has always... View Details

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

Net. In Silicon Valley, along Route 128, and in the samizdat cafes of Beijing and Rangoon, there is a palpable sense of excitement, a prevailing belief that authority is dead and that digital technologies have killed it. And to some... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

their nations' labor force, or that some countries have infant mortality rates more than ten times our own. Indeed, access to a computer, well enough access to sanitation or a telephone, can be very limited around the world. The lists go on. People in Delhi and View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

15 Nov 2020
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

for a digitalized and automated era. Harvard Center Shanghai In response to the pandemic, the Harvard Center Shanghai cohosted an online event in April with the HBS Entrepreneurship Club, HBS Greater China Club, and HBS Association of View Details

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

witnessed this firsthand as I trudged through Beijing developments last summer and saw some of the 142 new facilities being built for the 2008 Olympics. Another sign of emerging growth: India has at least 150 new real estate funds. Gurgon... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

market have damaged their credibility. This was discouraging for those investors who were hoping that Beijing was making its markets more free. A fake marketplace creates distrust and is counterproductive in the long term. This interview... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

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