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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
credit cards, online shopping, banking, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team. With 10,000 employees worldwide, Rakuten currently has a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion. It is the number one e-commerce company in...
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- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
cause different individuals to pay different prices. Real estate is the most imperfect of all asset classes. A simple example that illustrates imperfections in the real estate market is the high level of transaction costs involved with...
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- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
is at least a lull in globalization. China’s economic development has increased its costs of production and reduced international price competition. Outsourcing may have seen the end of its rapid growth. And workers may belatedly be...
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by James Heskett
- March 2021
- Case
Founders Factory
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett
In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within...
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Entrepreneurship;
Markets;
Planning;
Expansion;
Global Range;
Business Model;
Talent and Talent Management;
Experience and Expertise;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Global Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Technology Industry;
Africa;
South Africa;
Johannesburg;
Europe;
France;
Paris;
United Kingdom;
England;
London;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and James Barnett. "Founders Factory." Harvard Business School Case 821-009, March 2021.
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
and gradually. Carrots work better than sticks — especially with high-priced, hard-to-replace employees. Scenario 3: The Product Or Market Extension M&a The third category is the M&A deal created to extend a company's product line...
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by Joseph L. Bower
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
Successful Strategy Module 2 in the Management Control Systems series focuses on the basics of building a successful strategy. Topics in this module include a discussion of the distinction between corporate and business strategy; how to conduct a SWOT analysis of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019
internal structure and culture, constructing a generalist investment team, establishing new investment processes, and putting in place new performance incentives. HMC’s investment portfolio is evolving in parallel. Repositioning of the...
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CountryData.com | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Country Risk Guide. Go To Database Access Access method Authorized Baker Visitors HarvardKey Access notes Use the "Subscriber Shortcut" button in the middle of the screen to enter the resource. Related Resources Country & International...
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Business History in the Contemporary Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
companies. For more recent editions of this title, see D & B Million Dollar Directory. Check Harvard Availability Provides company history information for some firms. Enter a company name, select "Company History" from the "About this Company" drop-down menu. View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
Are brand management issues faced by a powerful for-profit company such as Toyota the same as those navigated by an international non-government organization (NGO) such as the Red Cross? Yes and no. In their new book, The New Global...
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by Manda Salls
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
Cofounder and Managing Partner, Strategic Grant Partners Download Jacobson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1960 Born, Framingham, Massachusetts 1982 Earns BA, International Relations, University of...
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Susan Young
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African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+...
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- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
organizations. We can learn vicariously from their experiences. Consider the example of one manager who was about to undergo a critical transition in her career, only four years after first becoming a manager. When she was about to step into an executive role as senior...
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by Linda Hill
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
money than in any other major international market—for insights into how to pursue the broader objective of injecting more variety into the Coke system. The strategy is no longer always the same one: In big emerging View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Matthew C. Weinzierl | About
Matthew C. Weinzierl Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program Unit Business, Government and the International Economy Contact Phone, Email Bio Matt Weinzierl is Senior...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
only for building an international beauty empire but also for the ginger-lily shower gel he is using these days. As head of the New Yorkbased firm that makes popular scents such as Jovan and Stetson as well as numerous prestige brands,...
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Susan Young
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Analyze an industry | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
listing of these, consult the U.S. Census Bureau website. OPM eBaker Sources:Standard & Poor's Net AdvantageEach report provides an overview of trends and forecasts in an industry, major players, market share, and key ratios. The "How to...
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- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
companies, US mid-sized companies, international small companies, and international equity. Brown’s teams use revenue instead of market capitalization to define their areas of...
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Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+...
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- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
prowess. This narrative stresses that Britannica’s management faced organizational diseconomies of scope between supporting lines of business in the old and new markets, which generated internal conflicts. These conflicts hindered the...
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Carmen Nobel