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  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

extent. For a start, it's possible to apply different strategies to different elements of a business. CEMEX pursued a financial strategy of arbitraging capital cost differences even as it implemented a... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 22 May 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

financial value. As Brown often says, “Aesthetics matter.” The business of aesthetics is built on storytelling, too. “You can have a well-developed sense of what is beautiful and pleasurable, but if you can’t communicate it, you probably... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism
  • Profile

Sebastian Velasco

M&A, capital raising and debt issuance, "basically, the other side of what my mother had been doing." Extending deep connections An MBA had long been in Sebastian's plans. HBS was his top choice because of his undergraduate... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
  • 14 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

to perform work they previously wouldn’t have been able to do (e.g., roti machine with space for a wheelchair). SELCO has also built partnerships with Indian banks and microfinance organizations to enable entrepreneurs and families to cover the View Details
  • 02 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

Joanna: I grew up in Maryland and went to Yale for undergrad, where I studied Economics and East Asian Studies. Before grad school, I spent one year in investment banking and two years in capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch... View Details
  • May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details
Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America
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  • January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
  • Case

Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth

By: William W. George, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Amram Migdal
Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Organic Growth; Organizational Change; M＆A; Mergers And Acquisitions; Divestment; Business Ventures; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Restructuring; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Engineering; Chemicals; Mining; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Capital Markets; Financial Markets; Food; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health; Nutrition; History; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Ownership; Public Ownership; Performance; Strategy; Adaptation; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Value; Value Creation; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Mining Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe; Netherlands
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  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

nonetheless was met with positive abnormal returns of U.S.-listed foreign firms in both home and U.S. markets. These abnormal returns are actually higher the greater the percentage of a firm's capital listed on non-U.S. exchanges but are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

behaviors associated with building social capital influence individuals' psychological experiences and work outcomes. August 2014 Child Development Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform By: Chaplin,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Up on the Corner

capital providers and nonprofit loan funds, seek to expand economic opportunity in low-income communities by providing access to financial products and services. As Michael Pokorny, a senior director at the... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate
  • 13 Oct 2009
  • Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

itself, emerging financial service leaders are envisioning changes needed in capital markets. In a major policy address in April 2009, Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein outlined industry-wide changes required to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • May 2016
  • Case

The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company’s stock price... View Details
Keywords: Asda; Costco; David Glass; Convenience Stores; Discount Retailing; Dollar Stores; Doug McMillon; E-commerce; Online Retail; General Merchandise; Grocery; Lee Scott; Mike Duke; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Neighborhood Market; Sam Walton; Sam's Club; Store Formats; Supercenter; Supermarket; Warehouse Clubs; Merchandising; Walmart; Wal-Mart; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Banks and Banking; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Global Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Human Capital; Labor Unions; Wages; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Web; Web Sites; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Arkansas; Bentonville
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  • 20 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 20

a "great surprise," another wondered if Buffett was investing with his heart rather than his head (he was a paperboy as a child), and a third said it was a "feat of financial engineering." Virtually all of them... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 15 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

But when I began to research a broader range of measures including investment, phone calls, tourism, and immigration, I found that, surprisingly, the average extent of globalization is only 10 percent. For example, for every dollar of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

not sufficient anymore. 2. The internal control systems are broken. 3. The best response to the above is to strengthen externally imposed controls by improving the flow of information to capital markets, by shifting power to shareholders,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Tanzania. Now based in Kigali, Rwanda, Ngoyi finds her global experience is a good fit with her current role. In May 2022, she was named CEO of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA). A $670 million investment fund and subsidiary of Afreximbank, FEDA provides... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive The Year in Review The 2020–21 fiscal year was one of innovation and adaptation. While the pandemic disrupted lives and activities around the world, Harvard Business School... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

It's academic. (Not!)

School's investment in its doctoral programs creates intellectual capital with widespread effects. After receiving their degrees, most graduates of the DBA and Ph.D. programs go on to influential faculty positions at HBS and other top... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Research Summary

The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

  • 16 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 16

unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521192194 The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: Evidence from Angel Financings Authors:William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Antoinette Schoar Publication:Review of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne