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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
differences and beckons all who dare to envision lives unshackled by present realities. Steel City: A Story of Pittsburgh By William J. Miller, Jr. (PMD 56, 1988) Lyons Press View Details
- 2010
- Book
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain...
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Keywords:
Profit;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Logistics;
Supply Chain Management;
Mathematical Methods;
Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- October 2013 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A)
By: Gautam Mukunda, Lisa Mazzanti and Aldo Sesia
In 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, was considering shutting down mines in South Africa for safety reasons, namely worker fatalities. No company had ever done so before. Carroll felt that operating a company...
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Keywords:
Culture;
Leadership;
Gender;
Safety;
Working Conditions;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Organizational Culture;
Change Management;
Mining;
Mining Industry;
South Africa
Mukunda, Gautam, Lisa Mazzanti, and Aldo Sesia. "Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A)." Harvard Business School Case 414-019, October 2013. (Revised November 2021.)
- 2012
- Book
The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
By: Noam Wasserman
Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social Psychology;
Outcome or Result
Wasserman, Noam. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Princeton University Press, 2012. (Academy of Management award - One of Top Five Business Books of the Year
Independent Publishers Association - Top Business Books of the Year, Entrepreneurship category (Axiom-Silver award))
- November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations
By: Christina R. Wing, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
Over a 105-year span, the Ermírio de Moraes family built Votorantim, one of Latin America’s largest industrial conglomerates, and among Brazil’s topmost businesses, also credited for helping “build” the country over decades. By early 2023, Votorantim included...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Latin America
Wing, Christina R., Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations." Harvard Business School Case 624-050, November 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- February 2000 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Forever: De Beers and U.S. Antitrust Law
By: Debora L. Spar and Jennifer Burns
For over a century, the international diamond market has been dominated by one of the most successful cartels on earth. Run by the legendary De Beers Corp., the cartel has managed to keep diamond prices increasing and to prevent the defection that dooms most other...
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Keywords:
Lawfulness;
Monopoly;
Luxury;
Business and Government Relations;
Mining Industry;
Mining Industry;
Africa;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Jennifer Burns. "Forever: De Beers and U.S. Antitrust Law." Harvard Business School Case 700-082, February 2000. (Revised September 2002.)
- June 2014 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just reported lower...
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Keywords:
Convertible Debt;
Uncertainty;
Competition;
Startup;
China;
Supply & Demand;
Growth;
Rare Earth Minerals;
Discounted Cash Flows;
Mining;
Payoff Diagrams;
Option Pricing;
Capital Budgeting;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Financial Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Vertical Integration;
Valuation;
Metals and Minerals;
Mining Industry;
Mining Industry;
Canada;
California
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)." Harvard Business School Case 214-054, June 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental...
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by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Data-Driven and in Demand
mining and exploratory analysis, and familiarized herself with the ins and outs of various machine learning models. Ho took this newly acquired...
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- October 2001 (Revised January 2003)
- Teaching Note
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A) and (B), The TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-202-010) and (9-202-012).
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- 1978
- Book
Taxation and Mining: Non Fuel Minerals in Bolivia and Other Countries
By: L. T. Wells Jr., Malcolm Gillis and Meyer W. Bucovetsky
- October 2013 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (B)
By: Gautam Mukunda, Lisa Mazzanti and Aldo Sesia
In 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, ordered the temporary shutdown of Anglo American Platinum's Rustenburg, South Africa mines in response to a spate of deaths at the operations. The case lays out Carroll's...
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Mukunda, Gautam, Lisa Mazzanti, and Aldo Sesia. "Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 414-020, October 2013. (Revised February 2016.)
- July 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Gerdau (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower, Luiz Felipe Monteiro and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Describes the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and smart management, making it the No. 2 steel producer in Brazil. The company must decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Family Business;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Globalization;
Competitive Strategy;
Steel Industry;
Steel Industry;
Brazil;
United States
Bower, Joseph L., Luiz Felipe Monteiro, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Gerdau (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-016, July 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
- March 1997
- Background Note
Copper and Zinc Markets 1996
By: Peter Tufano
Provides background information on copper and zinc markets as of mid-1996. Discusses supply and demand conditions, forecasts of the spot prices of the metals, and contracts for future delivery (forwards, futures, and options).
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Tufano, Peter, and Alberto Moel. "Copper and Zinc Markets 1996." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-055, March 1997.
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
school for EC year with the confidence of having chosen an industry I am devoted to: the arts. I am excited to continue to mine the resources of classes, faculty, and alumni to build the skills View Details
- 2015
- Book
The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American countries, Argentina and Chile, over time. The chapters examine the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Business Groups;
Entrepreneurship;
Business History;
Globalization;
Growth and Development;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Latin America;
Argentina;
Chile
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch, eds. The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
BP's Macondo: Spill and Response
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Metals and Minerals;
Crisis Management;
Infrastructure;
Trade;
Pollutants;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business and Government Relations;
Finance;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Technology Adoption;
Mining Industry;
Mining Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Rotemberg, Julio J. "BP's Macondo: Spill and Response." Harvard Business School Case 711-021, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- October 2015
- Teaching Note
Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just reported lower...
View Details
Keywords:
Convertible Debt;
Uncertainty;
Competition;
Startup;
China;
Supply & Demand;
Growth;
Rare Earth Minerals;
Discounted Cash Flows;
Mining;
Payoff Diagrams;
Option Pricing;
Capital Budgeting;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Financial Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Vertical Integration;
Valuation;
Metals and Minerals;
Mining Industry;
Mining Industry;
Canada;
California
- November 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
iSteelAsia (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
The chairman of a Hong Kong-based steel distributor starts an online Asian steel trading portal and contemplates different paths to profitability and growth. Barriers include industrial culture, weakened markets in the spring of 2000, and vulnerability to takeover by...
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Keywords:
Commercialization;
Distribution Channels;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Horizontal Integration;
Transformation;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Steel Industry;
Hong Kong
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Pamela A. Yatsko. "iSteelAsia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-025, November 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- September 2002
- Background Note
Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases
By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
Summarizes five major trade disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO): (1) the Brazil-Canada aircraft dispute, (2) the European Union/United States foreign sales corporation dispute, (3) the Asian/United States shrimp and sea turtle dispute, (4) the United...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Conflict Management;
Negotiation;
Brazil;
Canada;
European Union;
Asia;
United States
Moss, David A., and Nick Bartlett. "Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-016, September 2002.