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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
tinge of regret and surprise in his voice. “I’ve definitely noticed it getting smaller.” Even in the Rocky Mountains, global warming takes a toll. Kim recites the names of mountains at or near the divide, while Coup knows their elevations... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
Starbucks the world's fastest- growing global brand. "We're fortunate because coffee and the coffeehouse concept have cross-cultural relevance," Smith observes, predicting that the company will have a presence in fifty countries by 2005.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
profits, as most industrialized countries use. In a pure territorial system, the profits of multinational companies based in the United States would be taxed only by the country in which the profit is earned. But none of our major View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
9/11. We see the sad irony of the Anti-Defamation League (a group formed to “secure justice and fair treatment to all”) opposing the Islamic center and mosque proposed near the former World Trade Center site. Anti-Muslim sentiments have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India is more Transparent
First, as a result of a legal system derived from the common-law tradition, annual reports provide the basic rudiments of information that Western observers expect, and familiar rules govern corporate disclosure. Real-time stock market data are readily available on all... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
undervaluing its currency. The Chinese government has pegged the yuan at 8.3 to the dollar since 1996, which undervalues it by 15 to 25 percent, according to Morris Goldstein of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. The resulting View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
into Japan's most famous, prestigious, and powerful collection of companies (or keiretsu), offering a wide array of products and services, but in the early nineties, Mitsubishi Corporation, the general trading company within that group,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
first-year Required Curriculum. It aims to bridge the gap between learning and doing through team-based leadership development, global experiences, and integrated thinking activities. FIELD coursework will take place inside classrooms... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
each day Provides 2 high school credits Uses area businesses as classrooms Visits dozens of area businesses each year Hosts 50 to 60 guest speakers each year Provides an opportunity for each student to start his/her own business Provides a mentor from the business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
drug trade in North America for a new TV documentary series. Local Color by Gwen Keane (PMD 50) (High Tide Publications) Based on her experiences growing up in a farm community in the 1950s, Keane describes an undeveloped area where... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
If you think that Africa might have some overlooked investment opportunities, but don’t know how to follow up on your hunch, that’s where Cyrille Nkontchou (MBA 1997) can help. His London-based company, LiquidAfrica Holdings, is a one-stop center for securities View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
B,” she recalls. With Goldberg’s help, Ruhr got a summer job working for General Mills in its Stockton, California, regional grain office. Upon graduating, she went to work for the company, first on the trading floor at the Chicago Board... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
Thanks to the combined energy of over six hundred enthusiastic alumni, a dozen insightful HBS faculty members, and a score of respected experts, the 1997 Harvard Business School Global Alumni Conference, "Greater China: Myths, Realities,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
organization, both in terms of our global footprint-- now 50% of our work is outside the United States-- and in terms of our size. All was a clear-eyed focus on accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future. Morrell: And I... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
implement a “cap-and-trade” framework—capping the total amount of emissions and allowing companies to trade permits to pollute on the open market—fell apart in the midst of partisan bickering. As Washington fiddles, the world suffers... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Education Programs. They range from a study of a century-old Hong Kong–based trading company that has extended its global reach with a $200 million Internet operation to a profile of a new state-owned... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
someone’s offshore account. Even bigger sums are involved in abusive transfer pricing, the otherwise legal practice — common among multinationals — of trading within an organization. As much as 60 percent of View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Press) This novel tells the story of the residents of a small New England valley. The settlers and Native Americans trade with each other and live in peace until a love affair blossoms between a young Abenaki and the daughter of an elder... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
a good idea and be willing to work to make it happen." Over the last century, Taiwan's economy was built on the success of its small and medium-sized trading companies. "Competition has always been fierce here, with people setting up shop... View Details