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January 2005 (Revised April 2005)
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Wal-Mart, 2005

By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack

Wal-Mart has been expanding, both domestically and internationally. Covers recent developments at Wal-Mart, including new stores, new store formats, and international expansion. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Competition; Expansion; Innovation and Invention; Retail Industry; United States

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Gavra Nwamadi

Gavra is a former Bain consultant and career-switcher into Private Equity, having secured a summer internship in PE during her RC year. She has extensive expertise in Management Consulting, particularly across EMEA where she has worked on several projects within the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All)

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Joint Degree Programs - MBA

partner with HKS to offer two programs: the MBA/MPP (Master of Public Policy) and the MBA/MPA-ID (Master of Public Administration - International Development). Harvard Law School We partner with HLS to offer the JD/MBA. Harvard Medical... View Details

February 2000 (Revised September 2002)
Case

Forever: De Beers and U.S. Antitrust Law

By: Debora L. Spar and Jennifer Burns

For over a century, the international diamond market has been dominated by one of the most successful cartels on earth. Run by the legendary De Beers Corp., the cartel has managed to keep diamond prices increasing and to prevent the defection that dooms most other... View Details

Keywords: Lawfulness; Monopoly; Luxury; Business and Government Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Mining Industry; Africa; United States

October 1996
Article

Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile, R. Conti, H. Coon, J. Lazenby and M. Herron

We describe the development and validation of a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to assess perceived stimulants and obstacles to creativity in organizational work environments. The KEYS scales have acceptable factor structures,... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Performance; Research; Theory

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Boom Supatpitak

daily job functions, and expected career progression. Additionally, having successfully recruited for internships and secured sponsorship for the H1B visa, Boom understands and appreciates the challenge for international students... View Details

04 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its ‘Behind the Table’ Challenges

Keywords: by James Sebenius

Joseph L. Bower

JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade. He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing

13 Mar 2008
News

Associate Professor Laura Alfaro Named "Young Global Leader" By World Economic Forum

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Rugby Football Club

22 Dec 2014
Video

Jessey Jin

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Lia Turrini

Lia worked in the Energy Industry for eight years. She started her technical career in Shell, where recently she worked in NBD/Innovation, identifying disruptive technologies and new sustainable business models in the energy transition. At HBS, Lia is the co-president... View Details

November 2015 (Revised August 2016)
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Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman lost little time in challenging the... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Consumer Products Industry

Myra Hart's research focus is high potential entrepreneurship. She has taught MBA and executive programs, co-chaired the entrepreneurship unit, and led several HBS initiatives. As a founding memberView Details

Keywords: consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; real estate; retailing

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Curriculum - MBA

with one another. Required Curriculum Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) Strategy (STRAT) The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) Finance 2 (FIN2) Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) FIELD Global Immersion... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

The Unanticipated Risks of Maximizing Shareholder Value

June 1999 (Revised December 2003)
Case

Snapple

By: John A. Deighton

Tells the story of Snapple's rise and fall, and poses the question "Can it recover?" Many soft-drink brands flourished in the 1980s serving New York's Yuppies, but only Snapple made the big time. It went from local to national success and was poised to go international... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Industry Growth; Failure; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry