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  • 20 Oct 2014
  • News

New Rothschild Takes Reins of Famous Bordeaux Winemaker

  • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

Ebro Puleva

By: David E. Bell, Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua and Mary Louise Shelman
Once Spain's largest sugar company, Ebro Puleva has been transformed through a series of international acquisitions into the world's largest package rice company and second largest pasta company. In 2009, Chairman Antonio Hernandez Callejas must decide how to proceed... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Spain
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  • 15 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

What happens when giant multinational corporations acquire relatively small companies that enjoy iconic status as socially progressive brands? According to recent research out of Harvard Business School,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage
  • 06 Jun 2013
  • Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

facing a one-time problem or a one-industry or one-nation crisis. If firms are going to continue to operate in an outsourced world—and there's no inherent reason they should not—they need to find a more systematic way of thinking about... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • March 2000 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

VacationSpot.com & Rent-A-Holiday: Negotiating a Trans-Atlantic Merger of Start-Ups

Describes a potential trans-Atlantic merger between two young companies in the Internet space. VacationSpot.com, based in Seattle, and Rent-A-Holiday, based in Brussels, both offer online listings and reservations for independent leisure lodging (i.e., villas,... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Valuation; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Travel Industry; United States; Brussels
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  • 06 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

Harvard Business School for 1,500 participants, and reviewed interviews of 50 group members, I have learned just how powerful these groups can be. They can make a meaningful contribution to developing a new... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • November 2014
  • Teaching Plan

Diageo: Innovating for Africa

By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin, Mary Shelman and Andrew Otazo
This teaching plan is designed to help students understand the challenges and opportunities of launching products and building businesses in developing markets. View Details
Keywords: Africa; Diageo; Nigeria; Kenya; Guiness; Sourcing; Supply Chain; Business Government Relations; Developing Markets; General Management; Agribusiness; Supply Chain Management; Business and Government Relations; Marketing; Developing Countries and Economies; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa; Kenya; Nigeria; United Kingdom
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  • December 2021
  • Case

Green Monday

By: José B. Alvarez, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of David Yeung, from campaigning for plant-based diets to building Green Monday, a purpose-driven business and an ecosystem based in Hong Kong comprising a retail platform, an alternative meat brand (“OmniPork”), a... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia
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  • September 2023
  • Supplement

CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih
Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details
Keywords: Container Shipping; Trade Links; Decarbonization; Environmental Strategies; Environmental Impact; Globalization; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Supply Chain; Logistics; Shipping Industry; European Union; Asia; North America
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  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

more than thrive. Now she’s bringing that exper-tise to bear on a new shift in business: the “greening” of the global economy. After 21 years as a management professor at MIT’s Sloan School, Henderson... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

maybe even required by nonprofits for their board members. Both were smashing successes. These challenging programs — along with faculty presentations at the reunions and the annual Global Alumni Conferences — offer us a key opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 05 Jan 2016
  • News

Alumni Top Two New Lists of Rising Stars

Ventureminded. Stefanie Botelho (MBA 2013), founder and CEO of the B2B marketplace Fitzroy Toys for independent toymakers. Divya Nettimi (MBA 2014), an investment analyst with Viking Global Investors.... View Details
Keywords: Forbes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • Web

Strategy Programs

  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone

booms, plateaus, and shake-ups in global finance —and now, a new generation of future business leaders are benefiting from his extensive experience. After graduating from HBS,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • Web

THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement

procedure. “It is always a joy to welcome these students to the OR,” he shared. “They bring a unique perspective on the business side of health care and are always very enthusiastic.” Erika conveyed that... View Details
  • 11 May 2015
  • Video

HBS Alumni Jared Simon on Feeding the World Sustainably

  • 12 Jul 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can the Foodservice Distribution Industry Recover from the Pandemic?

Keywords: Re: David E. Bell; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage
  • Article

Power to the People

By: Eric D. Werker

Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
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  • 09 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

reenergize the industry. Will Southwest's no-frills, point-to-point approach become the new dominant business model, or will traditional carriers reinvent their businesses? This question has even more resonance in the wake View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Greetings from the chilly Northeast! For those of you looking for signs of spring or longing for the warmth of the sun, we've got just the thing. In three short months, we'll... View Details
Keywords: conferences; committees; leadership; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services