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- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
Throughout her career journey thus far, she has learned a great deal about what is most important to her, the impact she wants to make on the world, and how to make it all... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty
With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry and to develop into a broad business... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Global Strategy; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Hangzhou; United States
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong, and Tracy Manty. "Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 308-058, February 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- 02 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: What Drives Students’ Interests
in New York City, talked to the importance of an intellectual challenge, mentorship, and growth as she sought an opportunity for the summer. Ahmed Eldemerdash explains how his background in engineering was a... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
viewpoint bullying and cancel culture incidents. Forgive. Give second chances. This is hard work—and great training in leadership. Leaders regularly reach back to the pandemic when asked about a time when... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
business models. This view is that a culture in which people trust each other and their leadership is one in which change (of a strategy or business model) is easier to achieve. Its advocates cite the primacy of culture in business... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
years as a time to experiment, to learn to launch something, but also to gain the skills on the operational side, and to expand my network. I was great at finance, I understood... View Details
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
When MBAs start the second semester of their second year at Harvard Business School, most have already lined up new jobs--but that doesn't mean they have a clear idea what they want out of the rest of their... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
Labs. Stan reached out to Justin for coffee and conversation. “He said the culture was great,” Stan says. “Justin had a great experience there working on deals to invest in other urban innovation companies.”... View Details
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
For fun, Light takes to the water for sails on the ocean near his Dartmouth, Massachusetts, summer home. "I grew up sailing every day on the View Details
- Web
The Dedication - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
guarantee for . . . [the School’s] maintenance of a vital relationship with the society it should serve, lies not only in its material pledge here proudly displayed and in its inner determination, but in the... View Details
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
the company's success over its 20-year existence. But Sunil Gupta, an expert on marketing and digital technology who wrote a recent case on Amazon, sees deeper motives behind the company creating its own... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
access a safe drink of water, and one in three people lack access to adequate sanitation. We can channel the opportunities that we've had, the insights that we've had, the... View Details
- November 1997 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Herbert Hoover (A)
Presents a character sketch of Herbert Hoover, along with Hoover's views on the cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Illustrates the political economy of the period and presents different interpretations of the course of the Great Depression. A rewritten version... View Details
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Herbert Hoover (A)." Harvard Business School Case 798-041, November 1997. (Revised June 2006.)
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HBS & the Case Method - Message From the Director | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
learning at HBS that has had such a profound impact on countless individuals and the global business community. A great strength of Baker Library Special Collections is the... View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
correctness, free speech, or affirmative action. It is relating to people as authentic human beings, not as representatives of a group or class. Great harm is done when groups of people are stereotyped as having certain characteristics,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
interest in this case than in antitrust cases of the past? Unlike communications companies whose practices generate consumer ire, Google’s services, like many on the internet, are perceived as both “free”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
contributing to the so-called Great Resignation (or “Big Quit”) that has gained publicity recently. Quitting in the United States is a major business expense. Applying... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
talent is diverse talent, and unique skills help grow the economy.” David Wittenberg put it this way: “If any H-1B visa holders have gone on to start large, profitable companies in the US, that is a View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events
If you are looking to engage with Harvard Business School students and share why your company is a great place to work, consider hosting a company event. The key to a successful event is View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state policing powers rather than intrastate trade. Aided by the Great Depression The Fair Trade Act brought businesses to California and led to other states enacting similar... View Details