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- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sell these products online, in the store, or both, and how? Take lighting as an example. Home Depot asked: How do we best help customers with their lighting needs? What knowledge, products, and services do they need and in what form? What...
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- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all,...
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- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate Abstract This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and...
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Martha Lagace
- November 1992 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Eskimo Pie Corporation
In early 1991, Reynolds Metals, the makers of aluminum products, decided to sell its holding of Eskimo Pie, a marketer of branded frozen novelties. Reynolds had an offer from Nestle to acquire Eskimo Pie. However, Reynolds decided instead to make an initial public...
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Initial Public Offering;
Decisions;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Performance Productivity;
Leadership;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Expansion;
Ownership;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Ruback, Richard S. "Eskimo Pie Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 293-084, November 1992. (Revised August 2001.)
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
escalating production of beef, soy, and timber, focusing initially on South America. The two organizations support global institutional investors pressing food and timber companies to eliminate deforestation...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
product offerings, start treating the third party suppliers like partners, and invest in local distribution centers.” Other concerns included those associated with changing customer shopping habits, the use of new technologies, and...
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- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
growing concern that such regulation may simply shift production to unregulated regions, potentially increasing overall carbon emissions in the process. Carbon tariffs have emerged as a possible mechanism to address this concern by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
find turnover increases for the most productive workers. We detect limited effort responses and find no evidence of different effects based on workers’ expectations of fairness or future promotion. The findings suggest that adjustment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 1988
- Case
Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout
Describes set of issues confronting Alison Lassiter, who is trying to help Charlie Harris arrange a leveraged buyout of the shrimp company he runs, a division of a publicly traded company, Katy Industries. Lassiter has prepared a memorandum discussing and analyzing the...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Equity;
Cost vs Benefits;
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Preparation;
Financial Management;
Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Planning;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 289-019, October 1988.
- August 2024
- Case
Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Namrata Arora and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy
In November 2021, Kerem Kerimoğlu, Coca Cola İçecek (CCI) Group Supply Chain Development Director, is alarmed by a news headline revealing a shortage of Turkish truck drivers impacting Europe. This crisis quickly affects CCI's distribution as third-party logistics...
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- July 2022
- Case
General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (A)
By: Debora L. Spar and Alicia Dadlani
Jeff Harmening, CEO of General Mills, one of the world's largest manufacturers of breakfast cereals and packaged foods, was deeply disturbed and instantly aware that he and General Mills would need to respond. George Floyd, an African-American man who had been accused...
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Keywords:
Race;
Decisions;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Minneapolis;
Minnesota;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Alicia Dadlani. "General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (A)." Harvard Business School Case 323-019, July 2022.
- January 2022 (Revised September 2022)
- Teaching Note
White Claw: Defending Market Share as Competition Encroaches
By: Jill Avery
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-073.
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- October 1999 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Coca-Cola Company (A), The
By: David F. Hawkins
In order to fully appreciate Coca-Cola's profitability, financial risk, and operating risk, Jane Wilson, a security analyst, is considering preparing a consolidated financial statement for Coca-Cola analyzing Coca-Cola Enterprises as a fully consolidated entity.
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Financial Statements;
Business Earnings;
History;
Private Sector;
Business Units;
Consolidation;
Organizations;
Operations;
Private Ownership;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Coca-Cola Company (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 100-001, October 1999. (Revised October 2000.)
- August 1993
- Case
Nestle S.A.: International Marketing (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Describes organization changes announced by Nestle's chariman in 1991 and updates the description of Nestle's marketing organization.
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Marketing Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Globalization;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Switzerland
Quelch, John A. "Nestle S.A.: International Marketing (B)." Harvard Business School Case 594-011, August 1993.
- April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Charles Hugel, the chairman of RJR Nabisco, receives a call from RJR Nabisco's CEO, Ross Johnson; Johnson plans to present an LBO plan to the board of directors at the board meeting the following week. The case details Hugel's actions as chairman, and describes the...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Situation or Environment;
Bids and Bidding;
Decision Making;
Managerial Roles;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Lorsch, Jay W. "RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 491-120, April 1991. (Revised July 1991.)
- 10 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice
not enough to solve their problem,” Koning says. "Here’s a technology that allows us to put a phenomenal business adviser in the pockets of billions of people." “Maybe it’s that you have a food stall, but your View Details
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by Ben Rand
- April 2023
- Case
Fizzy Fusion: When Data-Driven Decision Making Failed
By: Michael Parzen, Eddie Lin, Douglas Ng and Jessie Li
This is a case about a fictional New York beverage company called Fizzy Fusion. The business is facing supply chain and inventory management challenges with its new product, SparklingSip. Despite seeking help from a data science consulting firm, the machine learning...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Production;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Analytics and Data Science;
Food and Beverage Industry
Parzen, Michael, Eddie Lin, Douglas Ng, and Jessie Li. "Fizzy Fusion: When Data-Driven Decision Making Failed." Harvard Business School Case 623-071, April 2023.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first year after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-356, August 2021.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first six months after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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Keywords:
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-355, August 2021.
- June 2021
- Teaching Note
Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 419-001.
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