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- October 2016
- Case
Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company
By: William C. Kirby and Nancy Hua Dai
From its humble beginnings as a local Chinese dairy company, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group has become one of the largest dairy companies in the world. To achieve this, Yili has aggressively expanded its footprint overseas including building the world’s largest... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets And Industries; Global Supply Chain; Competition; Culture; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Business Growth and Maturation; Food; Global Range; Local Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Nutrition; Employee Relationship Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Supply Chain; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
Kirby, William C., and Nancy Hua Dai. "Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company." Harvard Business School Case 317-003, October 2016.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Cashing Out: The Rise of M&A in Bankruptcy
By: Stuart Gilson, Edith Hotchkiss and Matthew Osborn
The use of M&A in bankruptcy has increased dramatically in recent years, leading to concerns that the Chapter 11 process has shifted toward excessive liquidation of viable firms. In this paper, we argue that the rise of M&A has blurred traditional distinctions between... View Details
Keywords: M＆A; Chapter 11; Distress; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Gilson, Stuart, Edith Hotchkiss, and Matthew Osborn. "Cashing Out: The Rise of M&A in Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-057, January 2015.
Cashing out: The Rise of M&A in Bankruptcy
The use of M&A in bankruptcy has increased dramatically in recent years, leading to concerns that the Chapter 11 process has shifted toward excessive liquidation of viable firms. In this paper, we argue that the rise of M&A has blurred traditional... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
Rebekah Emanuel (MBA 2015), Director of Social Entrepreneurship for the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-Lab) and host of View Details
- 1993
- Book
The Rise of Multinationals in Continental Europe
By: G. Jones and Harm Schroter
This book examines the historical growth of Continental European multinationals over the previous 100 years. It includes new research on the evolution of multinational firms in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and oter countries, and the book... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Books; Research; France; Germany; Netherlands; Sweden; Switzerland
Jones, G., and Harm Schroter, eds. The Rise of Multinationals in Continental Europe. Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993.
- February 2011
- Module Note
Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization
By: Diego A. Comin
Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization is one of the core modules in Business Government and the International Economy (BGIE), a course for the required curriculum of the Harvard Business School. BGIE teaches the economic, political and historical... View Details
Keywords: Fluctuation; Business Cycles; Trade; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Capital; Cash Flow; Globalization; Problems and Challenges; China
Comin, Diego A. "Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization." Harvard Business School Module Note 711-064, February 2011.
- Article
Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains
By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
This article analyzes how the geography and organization of pre- and production stages in Global Value Chains (GVC) contribute to lead firms' innovation development. A novel approach in GVC studies is introduced based on transaction cost economics (TCE) and the... View Details
Keywords: GVC; Global Value Chains; Manufacturing; Production; Global Range; Innovation and Invention
Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano. "Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains." Art. 101167. Journal of World Business 56, no. 2 (February 2021).
- June 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
The Rise of Circuit City Stores, Inc.
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In fiscal 2000, Circuit City was at the top of its game. The world's leading consumer electronics retailer had delivered record sales and profits for the first year of the new millennium. It was a fitting moment for Richard Sharpe, the CEO of the last 14 years, to step... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Strategic Planning; Competition; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; North America
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "The Rise of Circuit City Stores, Inc. ." Harvard Business School Case 713-401, June 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
- 3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
Rising Insurgencies: The Failure of Political Institutions and New-venture survival
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
- 31 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
The HBS Business and Environment Initiative launched the Climate Rising podcast in 2019 to elicit insights from leaders working at View Details
- September 2006 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Rise of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1962-1987
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
It is 1988 and David Glass has just taken over as CEO from the legendary Sam Walton at Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, Joe Antonini has just taken the CEO position at Wal-Mart's arch rival, Kmart. Although Wal-Mart is still well behind Kmart, it appears to be in great shape and... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Business Growth and Maturation; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; United States
Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "The Rise of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1962-1987." Harvard Business School Case 707-439, September 2006. (Revised July 2008.)
- 2022
- Chapter
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Policy; Economic Systems; Balance and Stability; Europe; European Union; United States
Abdelal, Rawi. "Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization." In The Downfall of the American Order? edited by Peter J. Katzenstein and Jonathan Kirshner, 105–123. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2022.
- 08 Nov 2021
- Video
Accelerating the Careers of Diverse Rising Stars
- 2020
- Working Paper
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details
Keywords: Centrism; Populism; Globalization; History; Balance and Stability; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Learning
Abdelal, Rawi. "Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-008, July 2020.
- September 2020
- Article
The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy
By: Meg Rithmire and Hao Chen
The nature and extent of the role of the Chinese state in the economy is fundamental to many empirical and theoretical debates about that country’s political economy. We document and explain the rise of a novel form of intervention on the part of the Chinese state: the... View Details
Keywords: China's Political Economy; State Shareholding; State-business Relations; State Capitalism; China's Financial System; Economy; Business and Government Relations; Finance; System; China
Rithmire, Meg, and Hao Chen. "The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy." Studies in Comparative International Development 55, no. 3 (September 2020): 257–277.
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
while confirming and further exploring some basic challenges that have, more or less, remained the same. "There are three core strategies that any MNC has to pursue to build layers View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
Picture yourself in the 4th grade. Are you looking up at your teacher as you hand in your math worksheet? Standing on your tip toes to reach the breakfast cereal? Franci Girard (MBA 2016) wasn’t. In View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
Picture yourself in the 4th grade. Are you looking up at your teacher as you hand in your math worksheet? Standing on your tip toes to reach the breakfast cereal? Franci Girard (MBA 2016) wasn’t. In View Details