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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Fundamental principles of intellectual property rights and agricultural subsidies are described, along with the challenges of creating and operating multilateral institutions. The note begins with a brief history of multilateral... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
To Nancy F. Koehn, the history of the Irish rock band U2 has it all as a business case study: teamwork, leadership, creative destruction, branding, and strategy. Koehn's case "Bono and U2", co-written with Katherine Miller and Rachel K.... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
online marketing efforts to independent affiliates. The case presents the history and development of ePN, ePN's importance to eBay, and the mechanics of online affiliate marketing. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
example, because the data sources and credit histories that firms draw on in the West don't exist in emerging markets. Market research and advertising are in their infancy in developing countries, and it's difficult to find the deep... View Details
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
is not profitable and yet continues to survive, he observed, is itself fascinating. "Never before in the history of any industrial transformation or revolution have we seen [the investment community] consistently sustain such losses... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
roast beans—becoming one of only a small group of people in Starbucks' history to be judged qualified to do so. As a teenager, Michael Dell enjoyed taking complex computers apart, repairing or upgrading them, and putting them back... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
Internet, which of course is a relatively new phenomenon as technologies and as human history go, I started out assuming that I understood it, that I knew all about it. As the new economy, so-called, started growing, people were saying,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
dairy worker on a rail stop in western Kansas, Eisenhower felt passionate about military history and football from a young age. He was determined to escape his father’s line of work in the local creamery and applied for officer training,... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
best way for me to establish this argument is to trace the history of research on corporate boards and analyze the trends in that research, including the relative value of the types of data that researchers in this field have used.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s decision to exit the wine business following the Kenyan government’s 2007 increase in excise taxes on wine. In August 2007, Keroche introduced the vodka drink Viena Ice as a replacement for its fortified wines,... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Beverages; Alcoholic Drinks; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Viena; Viena Ice; Beer; Beer Market; Premium Beer; Manufacturing; Summit Lager; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-393, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Keroche (C): The Excise Tax Increase
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the Kenyan government’s decision to increase excise taxes on wines in 2007. The tax increase would cause an average increase in price of 367% on Keroche’s fortified wines. Meanwhile, Keroche’s competitor EABL had effectively lobbied the government... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Drinks; Alcoholic Beverages; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (C): The Excise Tax Increase." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-392, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
unsatisfactory history of capital allocations, acquisitions, and divestitures. But Trian’s $1.8 billion stake in DuPont was worth only 2.7 percent, making it easy for the management team to reject reform proposals. So Trian, recognizing... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
Business School Case 313-096 Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B) Supplements the (A) case 308-058. With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
covers the history of newspapers, industry economics, current news consumption trends, the response of the newspapers to the threat of the Internet, and vignettes highlighting newspaper business models throughout the world. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
well understand that you don't know what you're doing. Christensen: If you look back in history at companies that have successfully launched new disruptive-growth businesses, with only a couple of exceptions they were run by the founder.... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
history of empirical work on the search for a relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP). Second, we critically appraise the quality of this work. And third, we question the... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Cold Spring Harbor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
most recently reported. Using the complete history of regular quarterly and annual filings by U.S. corporations from 1995 to 2014, we show that when firms make an active change in their reporting practices, this conveys an important... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
coauthor, Steve Rosefielde, and I became interested in the impact of the media age on American leadership, especially as it relates to foreign policy. With respect to the American presidency, it involves economics, geopolitics, history... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
exceptionally talented big stars can (and often will) create a less effective play than one made up of ordinarily talented artists who have, through hard work, learned how to collaborate. Business history too provides numerous examples of... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin