Global Operations - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2006 (Revised March 2007)
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (A): True to Brand?

By: Jeffrey Fear and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Examines one of the most important entrepreneurial decisions made in the history of Porsche, made in early 1998: to build a sport utility vehicle (SUV)--the Cayenne. After decades of relying on one or two sports car models and nearly going bankrupt and losing its... View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Globalization; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry

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20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

the public and private sectors. Before founding these firms, Gandhi was head of the institutional strategy area for Morgan Stanley and then vice chairman of investment banking and global head of the financial institutions business for... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

October 1994 (Revised November 1994)
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British Airways: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer

By: W. Earl Sasser and Norman Klein

Explores the uses of scanning technology, interactive software, and powerful data bases to assist customer relations representatives in resolving customer complaints. Competitive alliances in international markets are noted, but the focus is on the evolving commitment... View Details

Keywords: Debates; Customer Focus and Relationships; Globalized Markets and Industries; Service Delivery; Alliances; Information Technology; Aerospace Industry

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26 Oct 2020
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A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Consider Social Impact Leadership in a Warming World The HBS Club of Singapore and HBS Club of London cosponsored a lively virtual discussion, in late September to explore the ways companies can drive social impact in the context of View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Roniesha Copeland

“very flat, entrepreneurial – we had lots of autonomy to explore ideas and test operational improvements.” In fact, McMaster allowed her to gain management experience early in her career, giving Roniesha responsibility for leading a... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

01 Apr 2000
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Books

The Venture Capital Cycle by Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner (MIT Press) U.S. venture capital firms have grown dramatically over the last two decades, nurturing a host of start-ups -- including Apple Computer, Genentech, Intel, Lotus, Microsoft, and Yahoo! -- that are... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

29 Aug 2018
Blog Post

From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship

at HBS. First, working in Berlin with a truly multicultural team for the first time in my career, highlighted to me the importance of understanding cultural diversity, and personal preferences, which was the main learning point of our FGI (Field View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Humbulani Dombo

geographies; people who can understand the global dynamics—politics and economics—affecting their markets. It's a very different thing selling platinum for automobile catalytic converters versus copper for steel and construction."... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

16 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 16, 2007

this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508036 Michael Fernandes at Nicholas Piramal Harvard Business School Case 408-001 Michael Fernandes, the Director of Custom Manufacturing Operations at the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change

leadership, finance, and operations skills that senior health-care professionals need to transform care delivery in their organizations. Presented in three one-week modules offered over a nine-month period, the program is structured... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

05 Oct 2022

Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Webinar

Join Cornell University, Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, Kellogg School of Management, UC Berkeley Haas, University of Michigan's Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and MIT Leaders for View Details

05 Jan 2016
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Alumni Top Two New Lists of Rising Stars

Ventureminded. Stefanie Botelho (MBA 2013), founder and CEO of the B2B marketplace Fitzroy Toys for independent toymakers. Divya Nettimi (MBA 2014), an investment analyst with Viking Global Investors. Gabriel Parisi-Amon (MBA 2013),... View Details

Keywords: Forbes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

18 Apr 2015
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Women in Business Q&A: Umaimah Mendhro, Founder & CEO, VIDA

Keywords: mindfulness; Dreamfly; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade; Textile Product Mills; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2001
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Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

business today. Our focus is on the development of ideas and the creation of programs and experiences that will enable leaders to be effective in a turbulent and changing global economy. To bring you up to date on our progress, I would... View Details

Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1997
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

I have just returned from the Global Alumni Conference in Hong Kong, where over 800 HBS alumni and guests from 45 countries gathered on the eve of that region's historic political, social, and economic transformation. It was a... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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HBS Press Books in Brief

are first to sense and capture new knowledge all over the world; they mobilize this globally dispersed knowledge to become more innovative than their competitors; and they turn this innovation into value by effectively managing View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

14 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 14

of leading globally distributed operations. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/612078-PDF-ENG Aman Resorts (Abridged) Eugene Soltes and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Case 112-100 This case describes the View Details