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- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
turnaround—form the basis for a terrific debate on the importance of brand and location, according to Jeffrey Fear, an associate professor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of the HBS Global Research Group. The two resulting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Students Top Marketing Contest
In January, Melissa Lau, Yanlin Liu, and Deena Malkina (all HBS ’08) took home top honors in Rice University’s seventh annual Marketing Case competition, besting student teams from nine other business schools, including Kellogg, Stanford, and Sloan. With the teams... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
that I have.” Neeley’s research focuses on the challenges organizations face when coordinating operations across linguistic and national boundaries. As a doctoral student at Stanford, she participated in a large-scale View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take existing realities and View Details
- Profile
Tony He
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school was a chance for me to study the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir AHMAD El-Rufai (left) and Mira Mehta (right) meet with Nigerian government officials (photo courtesy of Tomato Jos) Mira Mehta (MBA 2014) didn’t set out to become a farmer in northern Nigeria, but today, the company she cofounded,... View Details
- March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Merck Latin America (C): Brazil
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Examines Merck's change effort in Brazil from the perspective of the local employees. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Operations; Perspective; Pharmaceutical Industry; Brazil
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck Latin America (C): Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 401-031, March 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
cultures and languages. When Japanese companies send their managers overseas, however, they have to face completely different cultures and languages. Other Asian companies may face the same issue, but in Asia, outside Japan, there are only a small number of companies... View Details
- Profile
Jessey Jin
you most looking forward to in your career? I am going to join a leading global technology and manufacturing conglomerate. I expect to experience something different from the professional service sector I hope to dive deep into the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
In Brief
stadium, win the World Series, and unveil plans for a $650 million “Ballpark Village.” Meet the father-son team behind one of baseball’s most popular (and successful) franchises. The Plight of the Global Poor. Nearly half the planet’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Making Progress on Strategic Priorities
Fund for Leadership and Innovation has an immediate impact on the School’s ability to pursue new initiatives, and is the cornerstone of HBS’s economic model. Field-Based Learning FIELD 2 global immersions offer first-year MBA students a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
Hubert, SVP at Viacom and head of Scratch, the company’s “creative SWAT team.” That means change on a global scale: Millennials, currently one-third of the global population and more than 85 million strong... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
was level, and he took advantage. Eventually he would build Akfen Holding, today one of the biggest infrastructure construction and operations companies. “As an outsider in the previous era, this was a fantastic opportunity,” says Felix... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
evidence and data to look at clusters as agglomerations of actors and companies operating not just at the local level but across broader global networks. In doing so the historical perspective provides... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
organizations, Hill turned again to the collective expertise of the global business community. She was supported in her research efforts by project leader Sunand Menon (MBA 2001) and former HBS Executive Fellow Ann Le Cam, both of whom... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
HBS has achieved approximately $300,000 in annual operational savings and earned $330,000 in rebates and grants from utilities and from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The projects have also offset HBS’s greenhouse gas... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
HBS entered fiscal 2010 with an aggressive plan to reduce costs in anticipation of a prolonged period of diminished revenue in the wake of the global financial crisis. But when the books closed last June, the School’s financial... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Empowering Japan through e-commerce
hundreds of cases, a light clicked on. “It was in an HBS classroom that I first considered starting my own company,” he says. Rakuten operates e-commerce businesses in 13 countries, spearheaded a $100 million investment in Pinterest, and... View Details