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  • February 2014
  • Case

BGI: Data-driven Research

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
BGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving... View Details
Keywords: Genomics; Gene Sequencing; Life Sciences; Plant Breeding; Human Genome Program; Beijing Genomics Institute; BGI; Rice Genome; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Research; Research and Development; Science; Genetics; Science-Based Business; Strategy; Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China; United States
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  • October 2001
  • Case

TIGR and ILRI: Solving Problems with Genomics

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Discusses nonprofit institutional leadership applying advances in genetic science to solve health and animal problems in industrial countries and the developing world. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Emerging Markets; Genetics; Non-Governmental Organizations; Technology Adoption; Biotechnology Industry
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  • February 2010 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

Arup: Building the Water Cube

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Dilyana Karadzhova
Arup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Aquatics Center design competition. Their winning concept for the Water Cube combined elements of Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Environmental Sustainability; Design; Construction; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Projects; Groups and Teams; Real Estate Industry; Sports Industry; Beijing; Sydney
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  • December 2000
  • Case

Friona Industries, L.P.

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
As the food industry becomes more sophisticated, and as genomics and other factors provide for quality control from the producers to the consumers in the food chain, the beef industry has been one of the last commodity systems to organize the vertical systems to... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Food; Management Systems; Supply and Industry; Performance Consistency; Quality; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 2014
  • Teaching Note

Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Culture (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Weiku Wu and Jia Guo
Meizhou Dongpo is a large catering group in China. On June 6, 1996, the first Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant was opened in Beijing. The enterprise entered the stage of rapid development in 2000, and set up Beijing Meizhou Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. In June 2003 the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; National Culture; China; Restaurants; China
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  • 2014
  • Case

Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Culture

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Weiku Wu and Jia Guo
Meizhou Dongpo is a large catering group in China. On June 6, 1996, the first Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant was opened in Beijing. The enterprise entered the stage of rapid development in 2000, and set up Beijing Meizhou Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. In June 2003 the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; National Culture; China; Restaurants; China
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  • 26 Jan 2018
  • HBS Seminar

John Helveston, Boston University

  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

research on the origins of economic institutions and their influence on economic performance. We show how similar institutions vary in their impact and are influenced by local contexts. After providing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

Building the Water Cube Robert Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Dilyana KaradzhovaHarvard Business School Case 410-054 Arup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2016 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: The Evolution of Tsinghua University

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Tsinghua University is one of the most prominent universities in China, and, increasingly, in the world. Its evolution to this position reflects the major developments in Chinese history—outward looking internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, creative survival in the... View Details
Keywords: University Administration; University Curriculum; University Faculty; World-class Universities; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China; Beijing
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  • 27 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

Silicon Valley or the Napa wine country) that can lead to competitive advantage. Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness has just introduced a new database tool to help corporations and policy makers pinpoint these clusters,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Faculty & Advisors | MBA

cholesterol in order to treat cardiovascular disease. Prior to joining Verve, he served as director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Genomic Medicine as well as the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at the Broad View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Action Plan: In Context

“It’s a way to promote genuine and healthy individual growth.” Ho’s own introduction to etiquette came from her mother, a consummate hostess who often entertained at the family’s home in Hong Kong, before gaining a more formal education at the Swiss finishing school... View Details
Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior
  • 15 Aug 2022
  • Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

case studies of several universities from Boston and Beijing to Berlin and Berkeley. Why are publicly funded universities so important? “Public institutions in the United States educate three-quarters of all... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

astrophysics, and mathematics. I exploited the opportunity of delving into theory of computation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition, over my sophomore summer, I utilized my technological background at... View Details
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

considerations favoring longer-term debt may be overstated and suggest that there are several advantages to issuing greater quantities of short-term debt. Under current institutional arrangements, neither the Federal Reserve nor the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

technology companies. Srikant Datar, Harvard Business School Srikant M. Datar is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. A graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay, he received gold medals upon graduation... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

a PM was created by interactions with others,” he says. When he decided to get an MBA to “learn how to commercialize a clean tech product,” he chose HBS for its general management strengths – and its emphasis on communicating with others. HOME REGION Xiamen Fujian,... View Details
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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

U V W X Y Z # A A.T. Kearney, Inc. Abbott ABILITY Network, Inc. Abpro Accolade Adimab, Inc. Advance Technological Radiology PA Advantage Healthcare Inc. Advocates Aetna Agilent Technologies AGION Technologies Aledade Alkermes Allen View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details
Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government