Publications

1994
Chapter

U.S. Competitiveness and the Aging Workforce: Toward Organizational and Institutional Change

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Human Capital; Age; Competition; Trade; United States

November 1998 (Revised November 1999)
Case

British Sugar in China

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder

British Sugar, the first major diversification of Associated British Foods, is entering China as part of the global sweetener, starch, and ingredient strategy. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Food; Globalization; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Consumer Products Industry; China; United Kingdom

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March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
Case

The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Trade; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; North America

July 1986 (Revised August 1987)
Background Note

Note on Comparative Advantage

By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman

Discusses David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and the refinement of his model developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. Presents several criticisms of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, including Wassily Leontief's empirical demonstration that the nature of... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics; Trade; Theory

Profile

Aline Camargo

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At HBS I was constantly exposed to a great variety of ideas, projects, studies and events. This intense and diverse environment allowed me to test various skills and discover some of my strengths and weaknesses that I... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media

15 Jun 2021
News

Elevator Pitch: Dress Code

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Keywords: online shopping; fashion; mobile technology; entrepreneurship; startup; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

06 Feb 2015
News

The Billion-Dollar E-commerce Company You Know Nothing About

Keywords: e-commerce; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

25 Nov 2013
News

Jumia Pioneers Online Retailing in Africa

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade

15 Nov 2013
News

25 Influential Women in the Boston Tech Community

Keywords: e-commerce; startups; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

June 2007 (Revised February 2008)
Teaching Note

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim

Keywords: Money; Borrowing and Debt; Trade; Poverty

March 1997 (Revised May 2000)
Background Note

Bretton Woods System of Exchange Rates, The

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Describes the exchange rate system adopted at Bretton Woods in 1994. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Government and Politics; Adoption; System