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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | August 2019

  Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead?

  Elie Ofek

  Teaching Note for HBS No. 520-008.

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  Ofek, Elie. "Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-027, August 2019.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | August 2019

  Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War

  E. Ofek and John Masko

  In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker and telecommunications empire Huawei was preparing to launch its new flagship smartphone series, the Mate 30. After years of explosive growth, the previous 18 months had been a challenge for the company. In early 2018, Huawei’s planned smartphone launch in the U.S. had failed due to pressure from regulators who cited concerns about the company facilitating Chinese spying. Over the following months, a trade war between the U.S. and China had broken out, with Huawei at its epicenter. By mid-2019, after months of U.S. pressure and restrictions, Huawei found its supply chain for computer parts and software under siege and several governments around the world threatened to ban its 5G network equipment from their countries. In this unpredictable climate, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and his management team had to figure out not only how to successfully launch Mate 30 phones in the upcoming fall, but how to ensure the company’s long term viability.

  Keywords: Trade; Global Strategy; International Relations; National Security; Mobile Technology; Hardware; Volatility; Adaptation; Telecommunications Industry; China; United States; European Union;

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  Ofek, E., and John Masko. "Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War." Harvard Business School Case 520-017, August 2019.  View Details

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• Technical Note | HBS Case Collection | August 2018 (Revised August 2019)

  A Note on Compensation

  Ethan Bernstein and Michael Norris

  This note provides an overview of the important terms, concepts, and frameworks that a manager should know about compensation—whether it be their own or that of an employee. Because compensation in practice is fraught with pitfalls, this note presents an overview of the various aspects of compensation of which any general manager should be aware to anticipate and avoid missteps. It was written for the second-year MBA course "Managing Human Capital" at HBS and would fit well in any Human Resource Management course.

  Keywords: compensation design; benefits; Perks; Variable Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Stock Options; Profit Sharing; Job Design and Levels; Labor Unions; Wages; United States;

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  Bernstein, Ethan, and Michael Norris. "A Note on Compensation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 419-020, August 2018. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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