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- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
Photography by Alexander Rubin Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) has worked at enough in startups to know that the only guarantee in technology is that today’s hot product will eventually be replaced by more innovative technology. That’s why...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
engineering orientation into business. How do you explain Starbucks' success? In the past, coffee was treated as a commodity, with quality secondary to cost. So when we offered a terrific product in an appealing environment, with all the...
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- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
Cynthia says, "I wanted to pursue a career that would be personally fulfilling. As exciting as product management was, it didn't mesh with my desire to work in the food space." When Path was...
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- Portrait Project
Danielle Slutzky
what food to buy and more about with whom to share it. I want to be proud of my efforts to make healthy products mainstream. I will nourish my family, friends, and strangers. I will listen to the stories...
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- January 2018
- Supplement
OldTown Berhad
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares and...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Malaysia;
Coffee;
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG);
Free Cash Flow (FCF);
Multiples;
Bidding Premia;
Netherlands;
Tender Offer;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Food;
Investment Return;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Malaysia;
Netherlands;
Singapore;
Asia
- December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Teaching Note
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lauren G. Pickle and Greg Saldutte
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands such as Vegemite, the iconic Australian...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Value Drivers;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Dairy Industry;
Corporate Scope;
Diversification;
Consumer Goods;
Iconic Brands;
Australia;
Corporate Finance;
Bidding Strategy;
Cross Border;
Financing;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Business Divisions;
Capital Structure;
Food;
Bids and Bidding;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Australia;
United States
Ivashina, Victoria, Alexey Tuzikov, and Abhijit Tagade. "Valuation Techniques in Private Equity: LBO Model." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-106, June 2018.
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
irrelevance. The company's signature wild cherry–flavored product all but disappeared from retailers' shelves; by 2012, annual revenues had sunk to about $1 million. Enter Steve Silk (MBA 1978), turnaround maestro and patron saint of lost...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
he made in the food industry were equally discouraging. “They told me I was crazy, that Jeannette was dead, that near the end they had been producing the worst madeleines in France. To restart production and...
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- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
"We have turned eating into an experience that supersedes eating," he has said. "If the product is merely food, Adrià should move the restaurant to Barcelona or Madrid," says Norton, who has written a case on elBulli...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
which built the large machines that automate the production of cardboard boxes. “I’ve always been wired operationally,” says Thomas, who majored in industrial engineering at Stanford University before coming to HBS. That background,...
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- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
for end users, and can generate an infinite number of ideas quickly, Lane says. But are the ideas any good? To find out, Lane and her fellow researchers asked people to come up with business ideas for the sustainable circular economy, in which View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Sofia Baqueiro (MBA 2022, Section J), Summer Internship: MBA Intern at Whole Foods Market, e-Commerce Digital and Product Management Team The e-Commerce Digital and Product...
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- September 1990 (Revised November 1990)
- Case
DNAP: Looking to the Nineties
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "DNAP: Looking to the Nineties." Harvard Business School Case 591-032, September 1990. (Revised November 1990.)
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
Harvard Business School. "They provide the dubious pleasure of nicotine without all the cancer-inducing toxins associated with tobacco." Very quickly, however, enthusiasm faded, when some public health advocates began worrying that the cure was worse than the...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
industry to the production of mechanical (“dumb”) and electronic (“smart”) beds. Eventually, he expects to develop an entire suite of compact hospital room furnishings. The Alumni New Venture Contest was created with two goals in mind: to...
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- Web
Business of Animal Protection Club - Blog - Business & Environment
Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2024...
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- January 2018
- Case
OldTown Berhad
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares, and...
View Details
Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Malaysia;
Coffee;
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG);
Free Cash Flow (FCF);
Multiples;
Bidding Premia;
Netherlands;
Tender Offer;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Food;
Investment Return;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Malaysia;
Netherlands;
Singapore;
Asia
Esty, Benjamin C., and Greg Saldutte. "OldTown Berhad." Harvard Business School Case 218-058, January 2018.
- September 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Guinness PLC
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Grant Kelley
Changing demographics, new types of competition, and new attitudes toward alcoholic beverages force the company to rethink priorities.
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Demographics;
Product Positioning;
Competitive Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Grant Kelley. "Guinness PLC." Harvard Business School Case 595-021, September 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
- June 1990
- Supplement
Perrier Relaunch
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Supplements Perrier Recall: A Source of Trouble.
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Perrier Relaunch." Harvard Business School Supplement 590-130, June 1990.