Global Understanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes With InMobi and now Glance, Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) is at the forefront of a growing trend of global consumer technology companies created in Asia from the ground up. Growing... View Details

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Research Online

property rights (IPR) to entice international corporate investment. But who really benefits from IPR? Should multinationals feel secure that their secrets will be protected? A Q&A with Assistant Professor Fritz Foley. The Regional Slice of Your View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

definitive critique of contemporary MBA education, Rethinking the MBA (2010). “For the past 50 years, business schools have emphasized analytics, models, and statistics. These continue to be essential. Yet in the 21st century, MBAs need much more—to have a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
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Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence

his classmates’ FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) projects. But in retrospect, he says, conducting field research in Mexico and developing and presenting innovative product ideas to senior executives at Colgate’s Consumer Innovation Center... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Putting on the Wheels

As head of General Motors's international division - which last year invested $2.45 billion worldwide - Louis Hughes brings a rock-steady philosophy to the auto giant's global operations: "Wherever possible, invest where you sell." Hughes... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

15 Nov 2016
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Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets, and how have they managed to... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Late Start, Dramatic Finish

is in thinking boldly and understanding and attacking complex problems,” reported Baranowski. “I am convinced that our team's ability to do this under extreme pressure was the reason why we won the competition.” View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management

24 Apr 2014
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Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets

Monique Maddy (MBA 1993) is focusing her entrepreneurial energies on connecting the world's poor to global commerce through their cell phones. In 2007 she launched Ezuza, a Mexico City–based mobile money company that focuses on the... View Details

15 Dec 2024
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On The Case

By the time I got around to researching our latest case, he was the CEO of the entire enterprise or ‘mothership,’ as they call it in Cleveland.” Symbiosis “One of the purposes of this case is to look at globalization and how to get the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2010
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Alumni Books

Compare this with the American saying “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” and it’s clear that different cultures teach different values, which often translate into distinct ways of doing business. In today’s global business world, View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

01 Sep 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Working World

as pursuits like marketing or law. RELATED HBSP Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures Immigration is such a hot-button topic in politics. Do you hold out any hope that your research can provide a more balanced perspective? I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2010
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Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

business or investing in emerging markets. New half-courses The Art of Marketing Science is intended for students interested in gaining a deeper understanding of consumer behavior and, most importantly, gaining expertise in changing... View Details

Keywords: curriculum

24 Apr 2014
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Uniting business, industry, and governments to save the planet

of the solution for global conservation and natural-resource management. “We will not succeed in our work unless we encourage business leaders to understand the degree to which their businesses depend on the... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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A Conversation with Dean Nohria

teach the Brazilians about Brazil—we'll rarely replicate the sort of expertise that can be developed regionally. Instead, we offer cases on India, China, and other emerging markets to help the participants better understand the world.... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

of making it more accessible to alumni as their needs change throughout their lives. This committee is also working with the Non-U.S.-Based Alumni Connectedness Committee to better understand the needs and expectations of this important... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

01 Oct 2001
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HBS Press Books in Brief

Reichheld, maintains that it isn't new market forces that make loyalty so elusive in the digital arena — it's faulty leadership. Applying his breakthrough loyalty theories to the digital economy, the author shows that the Web can actually enhance the loyalty effect but... View Details

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

30 Mar 2015
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Leveraging the power of yes

Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

What motivates you at work? How about Peter, down the hall in accounting? Or Linda, who heads up sales? In “Stoy Foods,” a case taught in the second-year MBA course Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value, students adopt different roles in a family business drama... View Details