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- 14 Nov 2012
- Video
Harvard Business School Doctoral Programs
- July 2015 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport
By: Geoffrey Jones, Michael Norris and Sophi Kim
The case focuses on the career of Horst Dassler, the son of the founder of the German-based sports shoe manufacturer Adidas. The origins of the firm were in the interwar years, and it rose to public prominence after it provided spikes for Jesse Owens, the famous... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Economic History; Business History; Entertainment; Business; Strategy; Media; Digital Technology; Blockbuster; Superstar; Film; Television; Music; Publishing; Performing Arts; Nightlife; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; History; Sports; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Sports Industry; Germany; South America; Europe; Asia; North and Central America
Jones, Geoffrey, Michael Norris, and Sophi Kim. "Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport." Harvard Business School Case 316-007, July 2015. (Revised January 2020.)
- 2003
- Book
Business History Around the World
By: Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones
This book offers the first in-depth international survey of current research and debates in business history. It provides wide-ranging surveys of the literature in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan and the Chinese-speaking world, and examines... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Debates; Business History; Body of Literature; Surveys; Business and Government Relations; Research; China; Japan; Europe; Latin America; United States
Amatori, Franco, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Business History Around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda
By: Andy Zelleke, A. Zelleke, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Rwanda. It highlights Rwanda's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Transportation Industry; Tourism Industry; Rwanda
Zelleke, Andy, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Wale Lawal. "Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda." Harvard Business School Case 323-089, March 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 09 Oct 2018
HBX Business Analytics
Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: October 9, 2018 - December 6, 2018 View Details
- 16 Feb 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Black Business Leaders Series: A Remarkable Legacy of Firsts, Maggie Lena Walker
- 07 Oct 2020
- HBS Seminar
Viral Acharya (Joint Seminar with MIT), NYU Stern School of Business
- 05 Oct 2020
- News
How Businesses Can Recruit and Develop More Young People of Color
- 23 Nov 2015
- News
How Imran Amed Is Turning Business of Fashion into an Empire
- 21 May 2015
- News
Rebuilding America starts with businesses
- 2019
- Article
Industrie-Holding: Creating a Community of Interest among Swiss 'Multinationals'
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focuses on the genesis and evolution of Industrie-Holding, a federation of Swiss multinationals, from 1942 onwards. Thanks to recent donations from the Alusuisse and Hero archives, historians now have access to the minutes of the Industrie-Holding... View Details
Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Multinationals; Lobbying; Business and Government Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Industrie-Holding: Creating a Community of Interest among Swiss 'Multinationals'." Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte = Revue suisse d'histoire 69, no. 3 (2019).
- January 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Module Note
Competing through Business Models (A)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
This note defines the concepts of business model and the value loop. It also introduces business model representations and proposes four tests for evaluating business models in isolation. This is the first note in a series of three written for the HBS elective course... View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "Competing through Business Models (A)." Harvard Business School Module Note 708-452, January 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- 2007
- Article
Business Methods Patents as Real Options: Value and Disclosure as Drivers of Litigation
By: Atul Nerkar, Srikanth Paruchuri and Mukti Khaire
This paper proposes that patents are real options that allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of... View Details
Nerkar, Atul, Srikanth Paruchuri, and Mukti Khaire. "Business Methods Patents as Real Options: Value and Disclosure as Drivers of Litigation." Real Options in Strategic Management. Advances in Strategic Management 24 (2007): 247–274.
- 2010
- Chapter
Business Groups in Historical Perspectives
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
Business groups-collections of legally independent firms interconnected by multiple economic and social linkages that exhibit widely diversified product portfolios-are viewed as the prototypical large-enterprise form in contemporary emerging economies. By exploring the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Alliances; Groups and Teams; Competitive Advantage; Great Britain
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups in Historical Perspectives." Chap. 3 in The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups, edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln. Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Bridging Business and Engineering
team leader. Perelson was especially pleased to learn about HBS’s new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, which would enable him to bridge the worlds of business and engineering by developing insights... View Details