Global Operations - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Apr 2014
News

Spirit of philanthropy advances Executive Education

underprivileged. “It has been the DNA of the organization to play a role in the community,” says Tata of his family’s company, the Tata Group, which he led as chairman from 1991 to 2012. The multinational conglomerate comprises more than 100 companies View Details

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

"over 20% in Germany and at good wages." Peter Sebregondi said that "the German government, companies and unions TOGETHER have defended the German Industrial Commons" in response to pressure from globalization and EU... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

25 Feb 2020
News

In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee

2018, Keller left his position as global president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to become CEO of Peet’s Coffee; in January, he was named CEO of JDE Peet’s, a merger that added a portfolio of coffee and tea brands represented in more... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

18 Jan 2017
News

HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa

in January 2017 HBS’s Global Initiative established a regional research office in Johannesburg, South Africa, led by director Pippa Tubman Armerding (AB 1990), part of the School’s worldwide network of regional centers and offices. These... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’

that is assisting global companies with their China strategies and helping Chinese companies create their own global footprints. “Even though China is now the second-largest economy in the world, it’s very... View Details

September 2001 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Cafe de Colombia

By: Rohit Deshpande and Alexandra de Royere

Discusses sustaining brand equity after a highly successful commodity-product branding ad campaign. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Brands and Branding; Advertising Campaigns; Product; Goods and Commodities; Colombia

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January 1995 (Revised August 1996)
Case

Pacific Dunlop China (A): Beijing

Describes the predicament of an overworked Western plant manager in a Chinese joint venture. The fourth in a line of such managers, he must deal with the combined problems of an inability to delegate, different customs and practices, and difficulties in information... View Details

Keywords: Production; Joint Ventures; Management Skills; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Beijing

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Educators

Purchase

December 1993
Case

Bay State Milling Co.

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Flour milling in recent years has had a great deal of consolidation. The fourth generation of a privately held firm is debating how to protect themselves in the industry as consumption, production, competition, logistics, technology, and patterns are all changing. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Economics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Operations; Consolidation

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Purchase

01 Nov 2006
News

Managing Multicultural Teams

Keywords: Jeanne Brett, Kristin Behfar, Mary C. Kern

01 Jun 2015
News

Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

Hubert, SVP at Viacom and head of Scratch, the company’s “creative SWAT team.” That means change on a global scale: Millennials, currently one-third of the global population and more than 85 million strong... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017

categorized as space and occupancy. Also included under this category are expenses related to dining facilities and other campus services, and costs associated with leased space that houses operations at HBP and HBX, as well as the... View Details

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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019

Publishing (HBP, or Publishing), and Harvard Business School Online (Online) groups, the School leverages the intellectual capital created by the faculty to educate leaders and influence the practice of management on a global scale.... View Details

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

was level, and he took advantage. Eventually he would build Akfen Holding, today one of the biggest infrastructure construction and operations companies. “As an outsider in the previous era, this was a fantastic opportunity,” says Felix... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

Panelists believe that strategies of various kinds—to differentiate, to locate and hire in foreign countries and cultures, to build trust, even about whether to go global or not—are a necessity now that the VC industry View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

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Departments | Employment

work and collaborate with customers to ensure we meet their information needs in the dynamic climate of the information industry, knowledge-creating institutions such as Higher Education, and the changing global economy. More about... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

HBS has achieved approximately $300,000 in annual operational savings and earned $330,000 in rebates and grants from utilities and from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The projects have also offset HBS’s greenhouse gas... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2011
News

Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note

HBS entered fiscal 2010 with an aggressive plan to reduce costs in anticipation of a prolonged period of diminished revenue in the wake of the global financial crisis. But when the books closed last June, the School’s financial... View Details

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

01 Mar 2004
News

A Case for Coffee

Another highlight of the trip was a stimulating case discussion on coffee production led by two local alumni, Thomas Dixon (MBA ’88) and Tim Piper (MBA ’88). Dixon and Piper both work for the Tanzania arm of TechnoServe, a global... View Details

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

01 Jun 2010
News

MBA Career Office Wins Award

and internship programs. She praised HBS as an “innovative recruiting partner.” At HBS, more than 20 full-time professionals and 34 career coaches manage a broad portfolio of career development and recruitment programs for MBA students. The School maintains recruiting... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Management