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- May 2010 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Friend Bank: The Time for Hope
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
In 2010, Friend Bank was entering the fifth year of Hope Harris Johnson's ambitious 20-year growth plan to transform her family's one branch community bank into an institution with a substantial presence in southeastern Alabama. Harris Johnson was pleased, so far, with... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Family Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry; Alabama
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Friend Bank: The Time for Hope." Harvard Business School Case 310-070, May 2010. (Revised September 2013.)
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Dr. Manu Chandaria
Manu Chandaria, Chair of the Comcraft Group based in Kenya,describes the challenge of managing his far-flung enterprise with family members doing in business in a number of different locations, including... View Details
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
virtual roller coaster of the financial markets. The findings are detailed in the paper How Quantitative Easing... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
its wine, but inferior product from Canada and China had begun flooding the market, driving down retail prices from $50 a pound that year to $12 a pound by 2006. Instead of... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
this is a huge difference in energy usage and would have a profound effect on our economy, not to mention our national security. Emerging Markets There is tremendous real estate growth in emerging markets.... View Details
- January 2007 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Brazil Under Lula: Off the Yellow BRIC Road
By: Aldo Musacchio
Covers President Lula's challenges to reduce "Brazil cost" and grow like other BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Experts agreed that for Brazil to grow like other BRIC countries, the Brazilian government would have to reduce the cost of doing business... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Cost; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; China; India; Russia; Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Brazil Under Lula: Off the Yellow BRIC Road." Harvard Business School Case 707-031, January 2007. (Revised February 2018.)
- Web
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting
her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Nneka developed a passion early in life for contributing to her home country. She... View Details
- January 2006 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Vivaldi Food Concepts--The Start-up of an Asian Venture (A)
Joel Silverstein needs to raise an additional $1.5 million from private investors to round out the equity financing for his new Quick Service Restaurant venture in China, Korea, and Japan. How should he pitch the opportunity? What should be the terms? View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business Startups; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; China; South Korea
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Vivaldi Food Concepts--The Start-up of an Asian Venture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-118, January 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
located in Copley Township, Ohio, and the younger Downing wanted to help take the family business to View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
Stacks of shipping containers waiting to be filled with export goods. ralfgosch In March, when the Trump administration released its proposed tariffs list against China, I was... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- Research Summary
Building Effective Relationships Across Cultures
Trust is the foundation of any successful collaborative relationship. In my first stream of research, I draw on the basic distinction between cognition-based versus affect-based trust– that is, trust from the head versus trust from the heart – to better... View Details
- 21 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club
2022) and Tomer Avni (MS/MBA 2022) We – Yarden and Tomer – are graduates of Harvard’s MS/MBA Engineering Sciences program. The program was founded in 2018 by Harvard View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
With U.S. economic recovery limping along and unemployment hovering above 9 percent, the Washington debate over regulatory and tax policies needed to spur economic revival has shifted into high gear. Outside... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
blames the music industry's recent problems, perhaps ironically, on the compact disc. In the early 1980s, this little piece View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
health care. That period was the start of a revolution in health care. What aspects of that revolution reverberated View Details
- 21 Nov 2023
- Op-Ed
The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?
In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
difficult decisions, such as closing offices or eliminating travel, but now they should express in black-and-white terms how employees’ work priorities should change as a result of these View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Spring greetings to all HBS alumni! The arrival of April signals the start of intense planning for spring events at HBS. View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
With cross-sector collaborations on the rise, a new book exploring partnerships between business and social organizations in the Americas comes... View Details