Harvard Business Review

Introduction This review takes a closer look at the article written by T. Khanna, J. Song and K. Lee; “The Paradox of Samsung’s Rise” that was published in the Harvard Business Review in 2011, July-August edition, pages 142-147. They studied the process of Samsung’s development for seven years in order to provide insights for modern companies that are planning to enter the global market by identifying its essential success factors. The Samsung group is currently the largest company in South…

company’s recourses, you put out the most basic version of the product. The second step (Measure) you run tests to see if there is enough interest in the product. How well was your product received? Do people actually want to use it? Can you build a business around this product? Then you have the third step (Learn). In this step you analyze what you have measured and you make a decision to Pivot (go a different direction) or Persevere (You continue with your initial idea. Steps one through three…

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING ASSIGNMENT GROUP B24 - Kartik Sablok (224), Tapayan Bhuinya (249), Tripti Jakhu (274) SYNOPSIS Organization: MyPoolin ( https://mypoolin.com) Table of Contents Subject Area 3 Study Level/Applicability 3 Case Overview 3 Expected Learnings & Outcomes 4 Practical/ Social Implications: 4 Supplementary Materials: 5  Subject Area This case pertains to the dilemma faced by the owners of MyPoolin when they decided to expand onto new platforms. MyPoolin…

CLCD sources, is recommended for children within the age range of 8-14; thus, perfectly coinciding with my interviewee’s age. Recalling that Selena is not a big fan of reading, unless the book catches her interest, I closely read the abstract and reviews. After further analysis, two themes that seem to be visible throughout this book, as the young girl ventures on…

was published by Harvard Business Review in the July-August 2011 edition on pages 142-147. Tarun Khanna is Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School and the Director of Harvard’s South Asia Institute. Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee are professors at the Seoul National University in South Korea. The intention of the article is to describe Samsung´s crucial approach of moving away from their previous business practices and how they transferred Western business practices into…

Why do we act the way we do? What makes us who we are? Questions debated since scientists and psychologists first brought up Nature vs. Nurture. While it 's true and very much proven that we have biological gene markers and traits that are passed on, it’s a lot more than that. Who we are, our core personality is also carved out of events that happen to us, especially in the early developmental years. An exemplary example of how childhood experiences influence our adult personality is the movie…

In Margaret Barret’s article “Musical narratives: A study of a Young Child’s Identity Work In and Through Music-making”, she discusses the psychology and overall benefits of an early start with music education. Barret employs techniques such as ethos, pathos, and logos in her writing to grab the reader’s attention. She is able to relate to her audience by using these techniques along with descriptive language and music, a universally shared form of expression, to communicate the importance of…

drunk and died. Not quite what the study had in mind. Last fall, I spent about a month in the file room of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, hoping to learn the secrets of the good life. The project is one of the longest-running—and probably the most exhaustive—longitudinal studies of mental and physical well-being in history. Begun in 1937 as a study of healthy, well-adjusted Harvard sophomores (all male), it has followed its subjects for more than 70 years. Interviews: Ben Bradlee: "I…

In a small town of 1,000 people called Peanut in the state of Iowa, there is a girl the age of 19. Her name is Beth Rose; she is very intelligent, kind, and curious about the world. Beth wants to go to college and live her dream to become a mathematician but there is some obstacles she has to accomplish first. It is currently the year of 1962, the era where women have no rights in the world. Women cannot vote, have minimal rights, they are not allowed in many Ivy League colleges, are not allowed…

While Cummings started writing poetry at a young age, his first self published work was an autobiography. The Enormous Room was published in 1922 and contained Cummings’ experiences in jail during WWI. His next work, Tulips and Chimneys,was published in 1923 and contained numerous short poems. Cummings published more poems at around that time. (Biography.com). Cummings’ next work was the play Him, which was performed by the Provincetown Players in 1927. Then, he wrote Eimi in 1933, which was…