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- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Equifax Examining the cause of and response to the 2017 data breach at Equifax that exposed the information of over 145 million consumers. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/118031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-036 North Forty:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leaderand How to Be One
quietly, if they don't want to do grandstanding, if they don't want to alert anyone to the problem they're trying to solve? A: Support, in a tangible sense, comes from having people that you can talk with: friends, family members,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
automate its factories, Mulally borrowed $23.5 billion, convincing the Ford family to pledge its stock and the famous Ford Blue Oval as collateral. His bold move paid off. Unlike its Detroit competitors, Ford avoided bankruptcy, regained...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
is widely accepted that the conflict women experience between family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is partial at best:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the company of manufacturing and selling substandard alcoholic drinks, revoked its liquor licenses, and shut down its...
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Low-income Consumers;
Multinational;
Local;
Government;
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Accusations;
Negative Press;
EABL;
Tusker;
Beer;
SAB;
Chang'aa;
Naivasha;
Rift Valley;
East Africa;
Lawsuit;
Legal Battle;
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Business Exit or Shutdown;
Business Growth and Maturation;
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market." Harvard Business School Case 720-390, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
Ken Frazier right now? Ken Frazier: I have to tell you, it is incredibly hectic. The good news is my family is well. My children are well, my spouse is well. We had our 35th anniversary dinner last night. All of that is good, but I'm...
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- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
purchases. This approach would not only insure more people, but could lead to more innovative, less costly approaches to generating medical breakthroughs, the team says. Chandra, who is the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of...
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- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
the rest of the time. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury (@prithwic) is the Lumry Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey Polzer: Diagnose before prescribing Employers should each diagnose their particular situation by...
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by Kristen Senz
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 419-048 Associação Saúde Criança: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale Dr. Vera Cordeiro founded the NGO Associação Saúde Criança in 1991 to try to help poor View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
year later that he had never really identified with his career, that work was just for pay, and that his self-concept as a family man was—and had always been—most important. Maintaining a life philosophy: Many people mentioned holding...
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- September 2021 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Bühler: Mobilizing Industry around a Common Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Malini Sen
Bühler Group, a Swiss multinational processing technology provider, started by selling machines for processing grains and later transitioned into selling food processing solutions. A family-owned business in the fifth generation, Bühler’s high-end milling, grinding,...
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Family Business;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Machinery and Machining;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Innovation Leadership;
Switzerland
Gulati, Ranjay, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Malini Sen. "Bühler: Mobilizing Industry around a Common Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 822-001, September 2021. (Revised March 2024.)
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
buell) is the Finnegan Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury: Remote work will become strategic I’ve been studying remote work for years now,...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
33 more are planned to launch this year. Like Mercadona, a Spanish supermarket chain that Ton profiled in a case last year, QuikTrip systematically makes operating decisions that are good for employees, customers, and profits, she says....
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- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
I show that these policies made families with foreign-born members 21% less likely to have uninsured children compared to the pre-policy baseline. These households were also 20% more likely to be self-employed and 28% more likely to own...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
methods for exploring layoff alternatives (such as furloughs, retraining, and reassignments), and determine options for three scenarios: a healthy present, short-term volatility, and an uncertain future. As firms like AT&T, Michelin, Honeywell, and Nokia have...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
categories nationwide. Throughout, readers will encounter the challenges that Hirshberg, his colleagues, and his family confronted as they (all) worked to create a business with a firm commitment to both sustainability and high quality-a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
deepened during the early 1990s, after he moved his family to New York from Provo, Utah for a big job with Morgan Stanley. One day he found himself sitting on a bench, immobilized: he worried whether he could aptly advise the CEO, whether...
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by Kim Girard
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
Economy No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-068 In the Name of Democracy? The Rise and Decline of India's Congress Party In 1950 it looked highly doubtful that Indian...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
that Clocky wouldn't even hit the market until 2007. “I would kill Clocky in about two days." —Diane Sawyer At that point, the device was just a project that Gauri Nanda, a graduate student at MIT's Media Lab, had developed for an industrial design course. She...
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- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
"discovery-driven planning," created by Ian MacMillan, a professor at the Wharton School, and Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia. In the interest of simplicity, How Will You Measure Your Life? distills the tool to a single question: "What assumptions must prove true...
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by Carmen Nobel