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- 5 Nov 2013
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Tetra Pak Customer Event, Tetra Pak, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 5, 2013.
- 3 Dec 2008
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Health Care Delivery: Implications for Japan
Dr. Yuji Yamamoto made substantial contributions to this presentation. The author also thanks Jennifer Baron, Senior Researcher, for her valuable assistance. This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care:... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Health Care Delivery: Implications for Japan." American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, December 3, 2008.
- July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Controlling Hot Money
By: Robert C. Pozen
The manager of the Japan Equities Fund is faced with an increase in "hot money" moving quickly in and out of the Fund. This short-term trading is an attempt to take advantage of the difference between the closing times of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. The CFO... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; International Finance; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Market Timing; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
Pozen, Robert C. "Controlling Hot Money." Harvard Business School Case 311-022, July 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- March 2008
- Supplement
Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (C)
By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, is considering long-term liquidity opportunities for the company and its investors. He could list the company on one of the Indian exchanges, opt for a trade sale, or acquire... View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Opportunities; Chemical Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Gujarat
Hardymon, Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-144, March 2008.
- 2000
- Book
Merchants to Multinationals
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries, and later engaged in foreign... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Growth and Development; Human Resources; Information Management; Relationships; Corporate Strategy; Africa; Asia; Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey. Merchants to Multinationals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. (Winner of Newcomen-Harvard Book Award Given once every three years to the best work in the field of business history published in the United States.)
- 05 Feb 2017
- News
It’ll Take More Than a Band-Aid to Fix Medicaid
- 08 Nov 2016
- News
What Shopping Has Taught Me About How We Treat Cancer
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
related discipline of survival psychology shine a light on the present moment and contains wisdom for how leaders can manage the unrolling crisis. “As CEOs in this crisis, we have no option but to become the wartime CEO, however... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 2016
- Working Paper
Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron
American Honda was founded in 1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Making; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron. "Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-016, August 2016.
- October 2021
- Background Note
How to Write an Action-Planning Memo
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Akshaya Varghese
The ability to communicate an action plan through writing is essential for advancing ideas, earning credibility, and garnering support. Research has shown that leaders who write formal plans are more likely to execute successfully—written plans help members of an... View Details
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Akshaya Varghese. "How to Write an Action-Planning Memo." Harvard Business School Background Note 422-033, October 2021.
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Brooke Carter (MBA 2019)
other environments where you present and defend your ideas daily in front of 90 people. How long was your deferral (2, 3, or 4 years)? My deferral was 2 years. I considered deferring longer, but I felt like I was at a natural point in my... View Details
- April 2010 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Mercadona
This case presents the predicament of a company trying to do right by its customers and its employees as the economic crisis of 2008 hits home. Fifteen years earlier, this Spanish supermarket chain had adopted its own version of total quality management, called the... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Relationship Management; Service Operations; Business Processes; Retail Industry; Spain
Ton, Zeynep, and Simon Harrow. "Mercadona." Harvard Business School Case 610-089, April 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Kelly Ogiesoba
and staff in the Michigan College of Engineering program. Also, I attended an HBS 2+2 presentation on campus and thought it was a good fit after listening to the HBS representatives speak. It sounded like a low-risk argument with a very... View Details
John A. Quelch
John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details
Michael Y. Yoshino
Professor Yoshino holds the Herman C. Krannert Chair in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and is a Director of Research. He specializes in global strategy and management, competitive strategy, and general management. A founding member of the... View Details
- Research Summary
Quality disclosure and consumer behavior
Professor Luca has investigated the relationship among quality disclosure, salience, and consumer behavior. He has found that when colleges are presented by rank in U.S. News & World Report, a one-rank improvement for an institution causes nearly a... View Details
- April 2001
- Article
Academic-Practitioner Collaboration in Management Research: A Case of Cross-Profession Collaboration
By: T. M. Amabile, C. Patterson, Jennifer Mueller, T. Wojcik, P. Odomirok, M. Marsh and S. Kramer
We present a case of academic-practitioner research collaboration to illuminate three potential determinants of the success of such cross-profession collaborations: collaborative team characteristics, collaboration environment characteristics, and collaboration... View Details
Amabile, T. M., C. Patterson, Jennifer Mueller, T. Wojcik, P. Odomirok, M. Marsh, and S. Kramer. "Academic-Practitioner Collaboration in Management Research: A Case of Cross-Profession Collaboration." Academy of Management Journal 44, no. 2 (April 2001): 418–431.
- June 1995
- Case
Banc One Corporation (A)
As Banc One's use of derivatives had proliferated, investors and analysts had expressed increasing concern about the size of derivative portfolios, the potential sensitivity of their value to interest rate swings, and the lack of standardized reporting on their use.... View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Investment Banking; Financial Reporting; Annual Reports; Banking Industry
Barth, Mary E., and Dale Coxe. "Banc One Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-207, June 1995.
- 5 Dec 2013
- Other Presentation
Can Japan Compete? Revisited
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Can Japan Compete? Revisited." Porter Prize Conference, Hitotsubashi University. Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2013.