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    Vikram Gandhi

    Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details

    Keywords: financial services
    • 14 Oct 2021
    • In Practice

    Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

    Offices may look just as they did in March 2020, but many companies attempting to welcome workers back are finding that the rules of engagement have changed. For many... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 20 Feb 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

    concern. While operating in Chapter 11, the company pays no interest on its pre-petition debts, freeing up cash that can be reinvested in the business. Moreover, any new money that the company borrows during... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

      Leslie K. John

      Leslie K. John is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Currently, she teaches on the topics of Negotiation, Marketing and Behavioral Economics in various Executive Education courses, including in the Program for Leadership Development.... View Details

      Keywords: diet services; health care; internet; marketing industry
      • August 2008
      • Case

      The Chubb Corporation in China

      By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Aldo Sesia
      The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese government, as part of its "reform and open" policy invited a delegation of Chubb... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; China; United States
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      Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization - Recruiting

      encourages her participants to think about their various identities, which of those identities holds privilege, and which of those identities are marginalized. “Every ‘-ism’... View Details
      • 22 Jan 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: Jan. 22

      agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies to develop technologies important to Danish industry. We assess the effect of a particular "mediated funding" scheme that... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 03 Jan 2023
      • Book

      Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

      Despite calls for making the workplace more equitable, women, particularly Black women, continue to get the short end of the stick at work. Only 6 percent of the top 3,000 View Details
      Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
      • May 2024
      • Case

      HarvEast

      By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred
      In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000... View Details
      Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Natural Resources; Food; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Logistics; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Trust; Human Needs; War; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America; Ukraine
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      • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
      • Case

      Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund

      By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
      The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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      • 18 Oct 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: October 18

      giving a subsidy as a lump sum to offset capital costs is more effective. This has different regulatory implications for urban and rural settings where the environmental objectives may differ. Bouncing Out of the View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 15 Oct 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: October 15

      economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade

      earned, the firm improved its operations and branched out into ancillary services such as insurance and banking and even an ice company and rice-cleaning mill. In 1857 Augustine II returned home, leaving... View Details

        William C. Kirby

        William C. Kirby is T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. He serves as Chairman of the Harvard... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; wine
        • 07 Jan 2025
        • Blog Post

        Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

        and wellness consumer. Connection and Inspiration: The Power of the HBS Network Twist’s interest in the consumer experience has been a foundation for her career. After graduating from the University of... View Details
        • March 2017
        • Case

        Cantel Medical

        By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
        Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
        Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New Jersey
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        • 24 Jul 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: July 24

        an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers Authors:Shawn Cole, Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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        Alejandro Maldonado

        Alejandro (HBS '08) has spent most of his career in the areas of direct investing and strategy, with a recent focus on human capital leadership and development. He has had experience in investment View Details
        Keywords: Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking
        • 09 Aug 2016
        • First Look

        August 9, 2016

        economic activity? This paper exploits the federal preemption of national banks in 2004 from local laws against predatory lending to gauge the effect of the supply View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 10 Nov 2015
        • First Look

        November 10, 2015

        https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715434-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-004 Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank “Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development “Bank”... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne