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- 01 Oct 2013
- News
Banking on Africa's Future
interesting activity, Lawani says, has been Helios's acquisition from multinationals of African businesses that, because of changes in strategy or focus by the parent company, have become "non-core" operations and thus essentially...
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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which struggle to eke out market share...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
Do the rules of business change when a company’s product holds the power of life or death over its customers? That’s a question students must consider when discussing “Cipla,” a case about a $325 million Indian pharmaceutical company that...
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- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
your developers are following secure coding and testing practices. Those who aren't may be costing your company large sums of money. One multinational database supplier estimates that releasing a major patch...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
prod corporations to put some of their remarkable cash hoards to productive use. Estimates of the cash held by U.S. public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are sitting on cash balances in excess...
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- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
zones As companies expand operations across the globe, they must grapple with time gaps during which employees cannot collaborate (i.e., lost productivity). To study this phenomenon, a research team studied communication patterns among...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for jobs at multinational View Details
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April White
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
Henderson says. “It can also help companies rethink their role in society and the power they have to make a difference in ways that go beyond fi nding business opportunities.” Participants set their own schedules during the interactive...
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- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
people analytics is on a trajectory of significant growth as more organizations see value in using employee data to make better decisions. The trickier question for companies will be how to use the information responsibly and...
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by Ben Rand
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
industry research to inform investment decisions. Provides detailed information about the recommended resources available for this type of research, focusing primarily on what is available from Harvard Business School's Baker Library. Focusing on how View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
forced to consider global competition as a factor in planning. In addition, the wartime disruption of foreign multinationals enabled U.S. companies to profit from the postwar boom without effective...
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by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
course-development project in 1997. Writing cases on firms in China, Japan, Thailand, Argentina, Nigeria, and Russia, she focused on businesses indigenous to each culture as well as multinationals moving between cultures. In addition, she...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
Millennium" (Case 299-084) Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207105 Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd Harvard Business School Case 807-113 Fabindia is a for-profit Indian retail company with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
earned a Ph.D. in economics at Harvard in 1971, Fung has built Li & Fung into a multinational trading and retailing company with 36 offices in 20 countries and an annual turnover of more than $1.6 billion....
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Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Invisible Edge: Taking Your Strategy to the Next Level Using Intellectual Property by Mark Blaxill (MBA ’84) and Ralph Eckardt (Portfolio) With the right intellectual property (IP) and the right strategies, companies can command premium...
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- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
Butler states, "Now is the time to face the facts. Our brand" (apparently referring to the U.S.) "is in decline in parts of the world." Stating that " ... 'manifest destiny' is a dead concept," Bob Nemens suggested that "those View Details
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by James Heskett
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Breakups Author:Stuart C. Gilson Publication:2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010 Abstract A collection of case studies illustrates real-world techniques, implementation, and strategies on corporate restructuring. Over the period 1981-1998, public View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
provides another example. Mira Wilkins published a major study of the globalization of Ford in 1964, only four years after the word "multinational" was coined. Her study of the growth of American multinationals from the colonial...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
global marketplace, it is imperative for multinational organizations to have clear language strategies. Neeley has coauthored a September Harvard Business Review article with HBS Professor of Management Practice Robert Steven Kaplan on...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Phelps), companies (P&G, Target), and social organizations (Saddleback Church, the civil rights movement). He offers a framework for changing bad habits: identify the routine, experiment with rewards, isolate the cue, and have a plan....
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