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  • November 2018 (Revised May 2019)
  • Case

Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By: Kristin Fabbe, Safwan Al-Amin, Esel Cekin and Natalie Kindred
With SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region,... View Details
Keywords: Dairy; Agriculture; Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Almarai; Schorderet; Food Security; Public Policy; Self Sufficiency; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Agribusiness; Marketing; Distribution; Change Management; Leading Change; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Food; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

vertically integrated GM, he was creating an industry.) The problem here is that attempts to gain strategic leverage by assembling disparate companies are idiosyncratic. Despite the players' sizes, this is... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

cannibalization and endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Context, Agency, and Identity: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

U.S. Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
The key pieces of antitrust legislation in the United States—the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and the Clayton Act of 1914—contain broad language that has afforded the courts wide latitude in interpreting and enforcing the law. This article chronicles the judiciary’s... View Details
Keywords: Antitrust; Trusts; Restraint Of Trade; Merger; Cartel; New Deal; Harvard School; Chicago School Of Law And Economics; Post-Chicago; Law; Competition; Policy; Vertical Integration; Horizontal Integration; Acquisition
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  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

all the way to the factory floor. The initial implementation at the Electronics Works Amberg became widely cited as the prototype for Industrie 4.0. The central question of the case is the importance of vertical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2016 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Tolaram: Innovating in Africa

By: Derek van Bever and Efosa Ojomo
Tolaram is a Singaporean company that began operations selling textiles in Nigeria in the 1970s. Executives and brothers, Haresh and Sajesh Aswani, however, saw an opportunity to create an instant noodle market in the country. In 1988, they began importing Indomie... View Details
Keywords: Fast Moving Consumer Goods; Business Model; Disruptive Innovation; Vertical Integration; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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  • June 2011 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Coca-Cola in 2011: In Search of a New Model

By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
Muhtar Kent, CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, faced a critical decision in 2011 after closing a $12 billion deal to buy its troubled North America bottling operations from its biggest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises. The decision was prompted by several changes in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Beverage Industry; Strategic Positioning; Mergers And Acquisitions; Competition; Business Model; Vertical Integration; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Franchise Ownership; Investment; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Rounding the Bend

in another, with a zipper that came from a third. This lack of vertical integration makes visibility into the supply chain almost impossible. Add to that the fact most of the negative environmental impact... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 20 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

envision a world in which there was a computer on every desk at a time when personal computers didn't exist. But he also realized that the way to capitalize on that future was to focus his energies on controlling software, not hardware. Andy Grove foresaw the eventual... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

W. Hall Wendel, Jr.

guide Rob Hall, who would perish on Everest two years later) to summit Everest that day. His triumph followed a two-mile vertical ascent from a final staging camp, a climb begun shortly after midnight in below-zero temperatures and... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner; mountain; adventure; climbing
  • February 2017
  • Supplement

The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel P. Gross and Lauren G. Pickle
In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore the $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the... View Details
Keywords: Diamonds; Go-to-market Strategy; Secondary Market; Willingness To Pay; Pilot Program; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; Marketing; Advertising; Branding; Customer Value; Pawn Shops; Jewelry; Supply And Demand; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Advertising Campaigns; Value Creation; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Advertising Industry; Mining Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Africa; Botswana; South Africa; Namibia
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  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

GS’s investing arms. I started as part of a structured equity investing team within the firm’s Special Situations Group, before transitioning to a role as an investor within the consumer and healthcare verticals of Goldman’s Growth Equity... View Details
  • 11 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

integrates them in a powerful way. Kaplan and Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard, a performance measurement system, in 1992. The Execution Premium is their fifth book as coauthors. Kaplan recently explained the ideas behind The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Events - Business History

28 28 Nov 2016 Business History Seminar World's Apart: The Cold War in the 20th Century Arne Westad, Harvard University Nov 14 14 Nov 2016 Business History Seminar Corporate Ownership and Vertical View Details
  • Web

Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Chopra GMP 2012 | Founder & CEO, Metafin “Metafin is India’s first vertically integrated clean energy lender enabling access to energy and financial inclusion in rural India. With over 600 solar projects... View Details
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Runner-Up Vertically integrated tomato processing company. Business Track, 2013 Tauros Engineering Adrian Ross Alison Flatau David Flatau Tyler Flatau Business Track Winner Tauros Engineering is... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

extent to influence how policies were interpreted, in part because of the respect in which the company was held. The corporate reputation for integrity and competence was a major competitive advantage in this respect. A part of the reason... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • 15 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

was not—doing. As company leaders rolled out this daring strategy, they also created an organizational structure and culture developed to support a multi-product, vertically integrated enterprise. By the mid... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • Web

Globalization - Faculty & Research

intrafirm trade: more than half (three-quarters) of affiliates worldwide (in North America) export to or import from their U.S. parent. Our findings provide strong empirical support for traditional theories of firm boundaries that predict trade between View Details
  • 10 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

acquisitions carefully. When they do make acquisitions they work hard at integrating the acquired company's people into their culture. Consider how Hewlett Packard's 1999 acquisition of Compaq undermined HP's HCHP culture. Motivation: How... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace