Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (4,164) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (4,164) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 87 of 4,164 Results →
  • 28 Aug 2023

Women's Event in Mexico City

Join us for a conversation with local HBS alumnae. This event is designed for prospective students to learn more about the MBA Program, the admissions process, and the community of women at HBS. View Details
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

in part because they typically occur at an earlier stage in an industry's life cycle. Many industries exist for a long time in a fragmented state: local businesses stay local, and no company becomes dominant regionally or nationally.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • Web

Climate Impact - Business & Environment

solutions with an initial focus on industrial heat for hard-to-abate sectors.” Charley Cummings MBA 2011 | President & CEO, Walden Mutual Bank “Walden Mutual is an online bank that is helping to build a more vibrant and sustainable local... View Details
  • May 2018
  • Case

Inditex: 2018

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2018, Inditex, based in Spain, was the largest specialist fashion retailer in the world, generating sales of $31.5 billion in 2017 from a portfolio of eight retail brands selling through a total of 7,475 stores located in 96 countries and from websites in 49... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Succession; IPO; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry
Related

    Bridging the GAAPs

    Inconsistencies in accounting treatment across countries are a major obstacle for global equity investment. Founded in 1985, HOLT is an equity valuation service provider that offers its clients (e.g., global equity investors) a consistent performance metrics from... View Details

    • July 2020 (Revised September 2021)
    • Case

    Mr. Five Percent: Calouste Gulbenkian and the Origins of Global Oil

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Yazeed Al-Rashed
    This case describes the business career of Calouste Gulbenkian, a skilled intermediary who was able to secure 5 percent of a vast oil concession covering much of the Middle East that was signed in 1928. Gulbenkian was an ethnic Armenian born in the Ottoman Empire,... View Details
    Keywords: Oil; Globalization; Energy Sources; History; Biography; Energy Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
    Related
    • Web

    Resources - Creating Emerging Markets

    upcoming editions. Additional Archives Links to eleven additional history archives that feature interviews with prominent business leaders and entrepreneurs around the world. In both English and local languages. Global Maps Resources... View Details
    • Web

    Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

    Organizational Behavior Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students More Local Events Local Community Events Harvard Wyss institute- upcoming events Berkman Center... View Details
    • Web

    Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    beverage company with $90 billion in revenue, $15 billion in profits, and 8,500 brands sold in 197 countries. For most of the 20th century, Nestle enjoyed steady growth and profitability. The company had been early to establish factories in developing countries,... View Details
    • Web

    Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

    Forbes, "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises" (November 2008). C. Fritz Foley : Runner up for the 2009 Review of Financial Studies-Michael Brennan Best Paper Prize for his paper with... View Details
    • 14 Oct 2021
    • In Practice

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

    a work-from-home regime to WFA. Beyond improved productivity (under some conditions), WFA might enable companies to hire beyond their local labor markets and reduce real estate and utilities costs. As companies grapple with workers... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 18 Mar 2016
    • Blog Post

    What is an IFC?

    of the local government. We were the only team working on this specific problem but we learned a lot from the other teams working on hard transit improvement options and teams working more broadly on economic development. So there was a... View Details
    • 07 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

    left many with no options. In China, large call centers invested massively in IT equipment and systems to allow their employees to work from home and to ensure the security of client information. Our discussion with local executives in... View Details
    Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
    • 01 Jan 2005
    • News

    Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

    publisher in Lowell whose products included Gideon Bibles. Another—which came his way via an Executive Education participant who was president of the Boston Bruins—was from a small company with about a million dollars in sales that supplied the likes of popcorn, candy,... View Details
    • 25 Jun 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

    African American social life that revolved around church, adds Miller. Walker associated comfortably with churchgoing folk, and while maintaining her punishing schedule of business travel by train, she was invited to stay in the homes of View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics
    • 29 Nov 2023

    HBS Information Session in Chicago

    Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
    • June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
    • Case

    Buurtzorg

    By: Ethan Bernstein, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar and Annelena Lobb
    As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare; Best Practices; Best Practices Transfer; Flat Organization; Self-Managed Organizations; Self-Managed Teams; Organizational Learning; Knowledge Management; Learning; Management Practices and Processes; Human Resources; Communication; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Networks; Health Industry; Netherlands; Europe
    Related
    • September 21, 2013
    • Other Article

    Redefining Global Health-care Delivery

    By: Jim Yong Kim, Paul E. Farmer and Michael E. Porter
    Initiatives to address the unmet needs of those facing both poverty and serious illness have expanded significantly over the past decade. But many of them are designed in an ad-hoc manner to address one health problem among many; they are too rarely assessed; best... View Details
    Keywords: Health
    Related
    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices

    By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
    New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and... View Details
    Keywords: Health; Employment; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Job Offer; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
    Related

      MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

      Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details