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  • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
The Chinese operations of Alcatel, a global communications solution provider based in France, were faced with strong local competition and a difficult market. It remained unclear how Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; International Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Communications Industry; China; France; United States
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  • 03 Aug 2011
  • News

No Ducking the Debt Ceiling

paragon of fiscal management” compared to how the United States and its political leadership is doing. Among a number of Tweeters with multiple tweets on the subject, Professor of Management Practice Bill... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

    William C. MacInnes

    so doing, he secured a safe and reliable source of power and embarked on a successful vertical integration program that enabled TECO to be one of the best performing utilities in the United States. View Details
    Keywords: Utilities & Energy
    • 01 Mar 2012
    • News

    Alumni Book Briefs

    discusses how the United States can reformulate some of these ideas from China to foster much-needed change at home. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan Magretta (MBA 1983) (Harvard... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
    • 15 Nov 2024
    • News

    Driving Change

    Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
    • October 2016
    • Case

    La-Z-Boy (A)

    By: Joseph B. Fuller and Natalie Kindred
    Kurt Darrow, CEO of La-Z-Boy furniture, must decide whether to continue an overhaul of the company's strategy in the face of a collapse in demand during the great recession. Having pared back La-Z-Boy's portfolio of brands and manufacturing network, he intends to... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Manufacturing; Organizational Transformations; Reorganization; Furniture Industry; Corporate Strategy; Home Fashion; Turnaround; Portfolio Rationalization; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Brand Repositioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Retail Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • Profile

    Lindsay Hyde

    FIELD 2 about research and testing assumptions, and put them into practice launching a micro-business,” Lindsay says. She and her team are building My Friend Bert, an online “date itinerary” service that creates unique date options for... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2004
    • News

    Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

    differences between consumers in the United States and Europe was just one of the topics covered at the fourth annual European Business Conference, presented November 21 and 22 by students of the HBS European Club. Other panels considered... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • October 2018 (Revised October 2018)
    • Teaching Note

    La-Z-Boy (A)

    By: Joseph B. Fuller and Julia Kelley
    Kurt Darrow, CEO of La-Z-Boy furniture, must decide whether to continue an overhaul of the company's strategy in the face of a collapse in demand during the great recession. Having pared back La-Z-Boy's portfolio of brands and manufacturing network, he intends to... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Manufacturing; Organizational Transformations; Reorganization; Furniture Industry; Corporate Strategy; Home Fashion; Turnaround; Portfolio Rationalization; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Brand Repositioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Transformation; Retail Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • 02 Feb 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

    model of the Balanced Scorecard, and they link it with the time-based dynamics of strategy in their latest book, Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes (Harvard Business School Press, 2004). In this e-mail interview, Kaplan discusses... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

    on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment settings: from lower middle market companies to mega-cap, from the United States to emerging markets, from... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2018
    • News

    HBS Campaign Impact

    opportunities in a rapidly changing world means constantly innovating in our curriculum; today’s graduates must master the knowing, doing, and being of leadership. Alumni are an integral part of the HBS educational ecosystem, sharing... View Details
    • 15 Aug 2017
    • Blog Post

    What is Field Foundations?

    The case method is an integral part of the learning experience at HBS, and we think it’s one of the best ways to prepare students for the challenges of leadership.  While HBS MBAs have been reading cases for many decades, the... View Details
    • 09 Jun 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

    Why is it more difficult for nonprofit organizations than, say, retail chains, to run efficient multi-site operations? A recent Harvard Business Review story concluded that nonprofits waste $100 billion a year through inefficient fundraising and dispersal View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Nov 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

    the unit level." Saravanan introduced the old/new, product-market 2X2 matrix to argue that top-down resource allocation is most appropriate when both products and markets are new. But he reminded us that "The decision on the... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 01 Dec 2013
    • News

    Len Schlesinger Returns

    Len Schlesinger A longtime favorite in the classroom, Len Schlesinger returned to the HBS faculty this fall after a five-year stint as president of Babson College and eight years as vice chairman and COO of Limited Brands. "Whether it's academia or industry, I don't... View Details
    Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
    • 01 Feb 2002
    • News

    HBS Expands Global Presence

    the region's business issues and the research opportunities they present. "The integration of Europe is leading companies to devote more attention to their pan-European strategy," says Crane. "Cross-border mergers, for example, have... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 27 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

    Published Papers Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? Journal of Financial Economics Samuel Antill “In United States, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2020
    • News

    Action Plan: Finding Fluency

    Photo courtesy of Cammie Dunaway Photo courtesy of Cammie Dunaway Every day of 2020, Cammie Dunaway (MBA 1990) has practiced her French using the Duolingo app. “It is something positive I can do for myself,” Dunaway says of the hobby she... View Details
    Keywords: April White; foreign language; education and technology; digital marketing; change management; COVID-19; Educational Services
    • 19 Nov 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

    as it is being employed to unite dispersed functional or geographic groups within a firm. While automatic process execution continues to be valuable for these networks, the greater goal of integration often... View Details
    Keywords: by Andrew McAfee