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- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
eventual recovery? How far could Target go in emphasizing low price—the "pay less" side of its slogan—without eroding the company's core promise of offering unique and upscale products that customers would not see at other...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
to complete the course. The businesses operate in a wide range of areas including food services, health care, manufacturing, and composting. Students have been split into groups of four to five View Details
- April 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Supplement
Governance at Metallgesellschaft (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Supplements the (A) case.
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Business Subsidiaries;
Corporate Accountability;
Business Conglomerates;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Corporate Governance;
Chemical Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Germany;
United States
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Governance at Metallgesellschaft (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 495-056, April 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
whole energy situation. The US suddenly has a potential surplus of energy through the production of oil and especially natural gas trapped in shale. This development is a potentially transformational asset, View Details
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- March 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Gene Lee Navigates the Darden Takeover
By: Joshua D. Margolis, H. Lawrence Culp, James Barnett and Aldo Sesia
Following a full takeover of Darden Restaurant’s Board of Directors, Darden COO Gene Lee is weighing an offer to become interim CEO.
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Keywords:
Shareholder Activism;
Investment Activism;
Crisis Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Margolis, Joshua D., H. Lawrence Culp, James Barnett, and Aldo Sesia. "Gene Lee Navigates the Darden Takeover." Harvard Business School Case 418-015, March 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
- September 1989 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
Pepsi-Cola U.S. Beverages (B)
Outlines the steps PepsiCo actually took in reorganizing its domestic soft drink business. Students are asked to analyze the pluses and minuses of the change.
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Pearson, Andrall E. "Pepsi-Cola U.S. Beverages (B)." Harvard Business School Case 390-035, September 1989. (Revised April 1991.)
D. Wayne Calloway
Calloway is credited with streamlining PepsiCo’s organization, empowering its employees at all levels, and generating substantial growth. Under his leadership, Calloway organized PepsiCo into three major business units: soft drinks, snack...
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Food & Tobacco
Jon M. Huntsman
of chemicals and plastics with revenues exceeding $7 billion. Huntsman grew his operation through a series of targeted acquisitions and effective cost containment.
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Fabricated Goods
- February 1994 (Revised February 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management
By: Peter Tufano
Union Carbide's board of directors is asked to evaluate a proposal from the staff treasurer's that would articulate policies to manage its debt portfolio. The staff proposes that shareholder value will be maximized if the firm manages its exposure to interest rates by...
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Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management." Harvard Business School Case 294-057, February 1994. (Revised February 1996.)
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
world-class organization known for growing leaders. I would have a number of general management roles at PepsiCo over the course of over five years—both in the food and beverage divisions. Being “in the...
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- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
opportunity – and I was very excited that it did.” Rahil’s Immersion morphed into an offer to return for the summer. Bocadio, a gourmet food delivery startup modeled on Munchery in the U.S., “offered me...
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Entrepreneurship
- 04 May 2015
- News
Selling Kentucky Bourbon in Japan
- 7 PM – 9 PM PST, 26 Feb 2015
HBS San Francisco Young Alumni Reception
HBS alumni MBA 2010-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in San Francisco.
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- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
including a 20-article investigative series in the New York Times that discovered similar cases at other hospitals. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started investigations of the CT devices, dozens...
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- January 2009 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Appellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard
By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
Grace Vineyard was a rare family-owned, private winery in China that was set on establishing itself as a world-renowned, quality vintner. Judy Leissner, the second-generation company leader, was at a crossroads in how she wanted to grow the business that her father...
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Family Business;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Family Ownership;
State Ownership;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Appellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard." Harvard Business School Case 309-075, January 2009. (Revised February 2013.)
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
on? Are they concentrated in a specific industry or business type? A: Inventors can file for patents in many technology fields, ranging from chemicals and drugs to computer software to agricultural...
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Allen F. Jacobson
A trained chemical engineer, Jacobson joined 3M’s Scotch tape laboratory in 1947. In his many years with 3M, he encouraged research and innovation and developed 3M’s presence...
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Fabricated Goods
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
economies across and within activities vary by activity and type of organic expansion; and (4) across-activity internal economies are asymmetric. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Parker's Biscuits, Inc.: Venturing into China
Carol Wittenberg's first major task as president of the Asia/Pacific business for Parker's Biscuits is to set up a joint venture to manufacture biscuits in China. The team that Wittenberg has put together to find a joint venture partner has narrowed the choice down to...
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Joint Ventures;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China
Gray, Ann E. "Parker's Biscuits, Inc.: Venturing into China." Harvard Business School Case 697-056, December 1996. (Revised July 1997.)