California Research Center Marks Fifth Year;
Japan Office Debuts
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| Present at the ribbon-cutting event at the new Japan Research Office (JRO) were (from left) John A. Quelch, senior associate dean for International Development; Camille Tang Yeh (MBA ’80), executive director, Asia-Pacific Research Center;W. Carl Kester, MBA Program chair; and Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), the JRO’s executive director.
Photo courtesy Japan Research Office |
Last November, the HBS California Research Center celebrated its fifth anniversary with a festive gathering at Accel Partners’ Palo Alto office. As the School’s first off-site research center, the CRC laid the groundwork for subsequent offices in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Tokyo. Since its inception in 1997, the CRC has produced 109 cases and 29 additional teaching materials. It has also worked on a variety of research projects and often acts as the West Coast representative for the School.
To thank outgoing CRC steering committee chairman Arthur Rock (MBA ’51), CRC executive director Christina L. Darwall (MBA ’75) and her staff wrote a mock case about Rock, a legendary founding father of the venture capital industry. Rock, who was presented with the framed case by Dean Kim B. Clark, passed the chairmanship on to James W. Breyer (MBA ’87), managing partner at Accel.
Meanwhile, across the Pacific, the Japan Research Office officially opened in Tokyo last December. The office, part of the School’s Global Initiative, provides assistance for faculty conducting research in the region.
