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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
HBR in Chinese
In September, HBS Publishing launched a Chinese-language edition of the Harvard Business Review. Approximately 80 percent of the magazine will be translated from English, with the remainder devoted to Taiwan-related material. HBR’s English-language edition has a...
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- February 2018 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Yunnan Baiyao: Transforming a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise
By: Michael Chu, William C. Kirby, Nancy Hua Dai and Yuanzhuo Wang
This case tells the story of how Wang Minghui, Chairman of Yunnan Baiyao Group since 1999, transformed a single-product traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) state-owned enterprise (SOE) into a major diversified consumer health player in China's highly competitive...
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Keywords:
State-owned Enterprise (SOE);
Traditional Chinese Medicine;
Yunnan;
Yunnan Baiyao;
Consumer Health;
Enterprise Transformation;
Transformation;
Health;
Business History;
State Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Consumer Products Industry;
Health Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
China
Chu, Michael, William C. Kirby, Nancy Hua Dai, and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Yunnan Baiyao: Transforming a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 318-078, February 2018. (Revised April 2018.)
- File
Chinese edition
- Awards
International HRM Scholarly Research Award
“Guanxi versus networking: Distinctive configurations of affect- and cognition-based trust in the networks of Chinese and American managers” with M.W. Morris and P. Ingram (Journal of International Business Studies, 2009) was selected as one of the top five...
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- 2008
- Working Paper
Cultural Notes on Chinese Negotiating Behavior
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Western businesses negotiating with Chinese firms face many challenges, from initiating and smoothing communication to establishing long-lasting relationships and mutual trust, and from bargaining and drafting agreements to securing their implementation. Chinese...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Style;
Perception;
Societal Protocols;
China
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Cultural Notes on Chinese Negotiating Behavior." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-076, December 2008.
- 03 Jul 2009
- News
Chinese Fireworks Display
- 10 Aug 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Varieties of Outward Chinese Capital: Domestic Politics Status and Globalization of Chinese Firms
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by Meg Rithmire
- March 2009
- Case
Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics
By: Lynn S. Paine and G.A. Donovan
The new outsider-dominated board of directors of China's state-owned Baosteel Group must decide whether to modify the Group's structure. With the completion of a pending acquisition, the Group will control four publicly listed steel-producing subsidiaries, and board...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
State Ownership;
China
Paine, Lynn S., and G.A. Donovan. "Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics." Harvard Business School Case 309-098, March 2009.
- 07 Sep 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison
Rong Family: A Chinese Business History
Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the...
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- June 2023
- Teaching Note
NIO: A Chinese EV Company’s Global Strategy
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-106. Through this case, students will discuss the impacts of government policy on promoting a new industry, how a company with Chinese roots becomes a truly global company, and the paths forward for Chinese businesses in the face of...
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- November 2007 (Revised September 2010)
- Background Note
The Rong Family: A Chinese Business History
By: Elisabeth Koll
Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Business History;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Alliances;
Business and Government Relations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
China
Koll, Elisabeth. "The Rong Family: A Chinese Business History." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-066, November 2007. (Revised September 2010.)
- 20 Apr 2015
- News
IBM Venture With Chinese Stirs Concern
- October 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Tarun Khanna and Ingrid Vargas
In 2005, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $12 billion in worldwide sales and was the third-ranked global appliance brand behind Whirlpool and GE. Describes Haier's rise from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao province to an...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Manufacturing Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
China
Palepu, Krishna G., Tarun Khanna, and Ingrid Vargas. "Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global." Harvard Business School Case 706-401, October 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang
In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service...
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Keywords:
Timing;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Service Operations;
Business Model;
Organizational Design;
Change Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Alliances;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Internet and the Web;
E-commerce;
United States;
Canada;
China
- April 2016
- Teaching Note
HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
This teaching note is designed to support the teaching of HBS case number 316-013, "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics."
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- February 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
QI-TECH: A Chinese Technology Company for Sale
QI-TECH, is a Chinese manufacturer of precision coordinate measurement machines. A foreign investor who holds 50% of QI-TECH must negotiate a sale with its Chinese partner and a potential buyer (a large Western measurement machine company). For this purpose the foreign...
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Keywords:
Machinery and Machining;
Negotiation;
Valuation;
Joint Ventures;
Financing and Loans;
Manufacturing Industry;
China
Kuemmerle, Walter, and Chad S Ellis. "QI-TECH: A Chinese Technology Company for Sale." Harvard Business School Case 899-079, February 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Hosts Chinese Educators
As part of its continuing initiative to help improve management education in Greater China, the School, along with HBS Publishing, welcomed 77 senior professors and deans in mid-January for the fourth session of the Program on Case Method and Participant-Centered...
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- 2008
- Article
Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison
By: Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith and Mengxin Zhao
The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic comparison of the level of business diversification in China and eight other large economies for the 2001-2005 period. The reasons why publicly listed Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere are...
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Fan, Joseph P.H., Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao. "Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison." Chinese Management Studies 2, no. 1 (2008): 3–13.