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- October 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd
By: David E. Bell and Hal Hogan
Bright Dairy has been growing rapidly since becoming a public company. The Chinese market for milk products is still wide open. What should it be doing to make sure it captures a significant share of the potential market? View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development; Public Ownership; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; China
Bell, David E., and Hal Hogan. "Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 905-404, October 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
strategies of companies within those industries. In particular, I focus on how an industry gets defined: how consumers and other industry players make sense of, or frame, the industry, and the way that... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
investments, the key to success is to buy low and sell high. Buying low in the art world requires purchasing the work of emerging artists and hoping they become a success, just as a venture capitalist invests in many startups in hopes... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- Web
Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry together in World War II, where... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
skyward above the flattened landscape left behind, giant construction cranes, clustered over the site’s several acres, accentuate its emptiness. It is here that Harvard University is putting down a big bet on the future — and on a dramatically new, View Details
- Web
Career Journey | MBA
Summer Fellow. Play Career Journeys | Stéphanie Joseph video Play Video duration: 2:04 Stéphanie Joseph Stéphanie Joseph (MBA 2023) talks about the experiences that led her to pursue a career in fintech in emerging markets, and how she... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
biases that make predictable what otherwise so commonly emerge as surprises in business and society. They outline six danger signals that suggest when a predictable surprise may be imminent and provide a systematic framework that leaders... View Details
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
commercials. From one vantage, the credit industry is to blame for our economic woes. The solutions have centered on tightening credit—loaning only to homebuyers who can make a 20 percent down payment, returning to the standards of 20... View Details
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research
reports on industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and China. Industry risk reports are available. Emerging Markets Information System (EMIS) Select a... View Details
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Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Boston, MA, USA Topics K-12 Education More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop... View Details
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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and second years at... View Details
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A Broad Spectrum of Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
its leavings. Every night on the outskirts of Manila, thousands of people lie down to sleep amid acres of rotting food and industrial detritus in a vast urban dumping ground called Payatas. At dawn, they rise and swarm across a... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
open platforms and then provide a brief history of open digital platforms. I go on to argue that the success of open platforms in competition with vertically integrated firms gave rise to the “vertical-to-horizontal” transition in the computer View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
proving to be inefficient and were drains on the public treasury. Business would do well to support improvements in the system that purports to protect their investments abroad. The Thatcher and Reagan revolutions in the industrialized... View Details
- March 1984 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
MCI Communications Corp.--1983
MCI Communications Corp. is faced with a large need for external financing to support rapid growth and substantial uncertainty due to the AT&T antitrust settlement. The case illustrates the value of convertible debt as a financing instrument in these circumstances. View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Emerging Markets; Financing and Loans; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Greenwald, Bruce C. "MCI Communications Corp.--1983." Harvard Business School Case 284-057, March 1984. (Revised June 1998.)
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
across business, finance, tech, entrepreneurship, and policy joined panels spanning an array of topics from energy policy and circular economy to breakthrough innovations and investing. Industry expert Ted Wiley, Co-Founder, President,... View Details
- October 2013 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)
By: Paul Healy and Penelope Rossano
In spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream... View Details
Keywords: Acquisitions; Strategy; Aluminum; Accounting; Financials; Alcoa; Rio Tinto; Alcan; Metals and Minerals; Competition; Consolidation; Emerging Markets; Acquisition; Financial Statements; Manufacturing Industry; Canada; China; Russia
Healy, Paul, and Penelope Rossano. "Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-029, October 2013. (Revised December 2015.)
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
for firms from industrialized economies and negative effects for firms in other emerging economies, which are less export-intensive and more import-intensive. Motivated by these facts, we build a dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
capitalist by day. I teach entrepreneurship with the Middlebury Institute for International Studies. I often ask my students where they think the root of venture capital is. They'll often tell me they think it's Silicon Valley. The reality is it's much older. It comes... View Details