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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
than 40 corporations, and a major benefactor to the Harvard Business School. Baker was the largest individual owner of U.S. Steel stock. 2 Wall Street Journal , February 27, 1901. 3 B. Mark Smith, Toward Rational Exuberance: The Evolution...
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- November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Hormel Foods
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
In 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known...
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Brand Portfolio Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Product;
Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Risk Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Hormel Foods." Harvard Business School Case 520-045, November 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500 CEO in history, had been the market leader in PC sales in the early 2000s. In recent...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
her business expertise with groups promoting farming and sustainable living practices in underserved communities, including Yunus Social Business in Haiti and Seed Street in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. At HBS, Atluri was known...
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Podcast - Business & Environment
delves into Raízen’s cutting-edge work in biofuels, the strategic choices behind advancing second-generation ethanol, and how these efforts contribute to global decarbonization initiatives. Guest/Host: Brian Kenny, Chief Marketing and...
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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research
25-004, August 2024. More Publications In the News 24 Sep 2024 Wall Street Journal Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving. Re: Alberto Cavallo 23 Sep 2024 Harvard Magazine How...
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- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
Bridgestone/Firestone (2000), related party transactions and accounting fraud at Enron (2001), accounting fraud at WorldCom (2002), corrupt payments at Siemens (2007), mortgage lending abuses at Countrywide Financial (2006) and Wall View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
To construct a house, builders need a firm foundation. For a financial empire, Wall Street wizards need only greed, gullibility, and optimism. The subprime empire began with a tangible structure: a house. For the buyer, that house was a...
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- 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18
suggest that the approach might be used more widely in teaching technology management, particularly with "digital natives," who have come of age in an environment crowded with engaging approaches to communication and entertainment competing for their...
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Martha Lagace
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Faculty & Research - MBA
Global Research Activities Africa Asia-Pacific California Europe Japan Latin America Middle East & North Africa South Asia In the News Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving. Re: Alberto Cavallo 24 Sep 2024 |...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
At age 32—feeling far removed from the violent street crimes that had consumed his teens and 20s—Larry Miller just knew he was nailing a job interview with a senior partner at Arthur Andersen. That is, until he came clean about his...
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- 02 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable
case of United Airlines, many viral tweets about nationally recognizable companies are picked up in media outlets like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. These results also highlight that social media alone cannot substitute...
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- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
platforms may coexist without the market tipping. Our model helps explain why platforms with different business models coexist in markets, including online dating, housing, and labor markets. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
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General Management - Faculty & Research
Technology." Harvard Business School Case 325-028, September 2024. Shareholder Primacy vs. Stakeholderism: 5 Years Later By: Lynn S. Paine 19 Sep 2024 | Panel Discussion | Faculty Research Citation Related "Shareholder Primacy vs. Stakeholderism: 5 Years Later."...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
Friday night and they were on their way home. The streets were packed. As he drove, he watched a car approach in the distance, swerving and traveling at a very high speed. The car ultimately hit a telephone pole across from Rodakis,...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
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For Alumni - Doctoral
Bulletin Submit Class Notes Faculty In The News Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving. Re: Alberto Cavallo 24 SEP 2024 | Wall Street Journal Why Small Businesses Deserve More...
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- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
achievement; but it's hard to credit that given the enormous inflation of top executive compensation packages in America in the last decade. Many American firms, especially most of the large ones, are more dependent on capital markets for...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Co.: Breaking New Grounds Harvard Business School Case 807-004 Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind...
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Robert Bochnak
- 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21
Moreover, there is something resembling "intelligent design" in finance, whereby regulators and legislators act in a quasidivine capacity, putting dinosaurs on life support. The danger is that such interventions in the natural processes of the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne