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- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
business unit. The reward system needs to be based on unit and individual performance, where performance is measured in terms of profitability. And in order for both of those things to happen, there needs to be a change in the corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
In most companies, no one knows and understands your customers and their changing needs better than the marketing department. Certainly that knowledge should be routinely presented and understood by the chief executive and board of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
financials and engage with corporate management. “But when [index funds] become the largest shareholders, they need to take a stand,” he says. And for the first time, this appears to be happening. Large index funds such as BlackRock and Vanguard have become aware that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
look at ways in which the main agriculture challenges in the country were being addressed by both the government and foreign donors. I was knee-deep in documents, sitting outside on a typically breezy, eerily silent Kigali evening. As I... View Details
- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
students consider topics such as deal sourcing, due diligence, deal structuring, governance issues, and the all-important question of how private equity firms create value. And in a mini-module on fundraising, "ABRY Fund V"... View Details
- Web
Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
China—face challenges and opportunities under President Xi Jinping. We will delve into China's domestic business environment and the changing relationship between the private sector and the Chinese Communist Party. Students will gain an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students
been given to me years ago. I chose to ignore the warning signs. I want to show you how to pay attention and recognize those signs before you, your loved ones, and/or your employees become lured in — before seemingly unimportant decisions View Details
- December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Alltech
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech... View Details
Keywords: Alltech; United States; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Animal; Animal Agriculture; Animal Feed; Livestock; Family Business; Vertical Integration; Strategy; Growth; Feed Additives; Feed Supplements; Kentucky; Growth Strategy; Family Businesses; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Change Management; Trends; Governance; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Intellectual Property; Leadership; Management; Markets; Organizational Culture; Private Ownership; Science; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Research; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; Kentucky; Brazil; China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Alltech." Harvard Business School Case 518-001, December 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
gender, height, race, and other personal characteristics. Economists call these characteristics "tags." The Utilitarian logic for taxing tags is that these traits are both hard to change and systematically related to individuals' innate... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
reforms.) Why would we expect the people that exhibited such behavior in the past to now change their actions? Allowing the Greek government to spend more money would leave the country with more debt,... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
information until after the presidential election. The behavior of Democratic-leaning firms in areas with no access to FNC did not change. Non-political firms didn't change their behavior at all, no matter the availability of FNC in their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
although we set the standard in South Africa and everywhere else we operate, we’ve got to do better. The second area that needed improvement was government relations. Starting first in South Africa, we’ve worked to upgrade that... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology
essential for HBS’s technological evolution. The Solution The Cloud Program will establish clear cloud principles, architectural standards, and governance processes as well as invest in the skills of our staff to support a way of working... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
nor would it be limited by the financial restrictions that govern nonprofit electrical cooperatives. Instead, it would have both the incentive and the flexibility to bring renewable power to communities that would benefit economically... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
conventional financial analyses, she studies bankruptcy judges and government agency personnel the way some investors analyze corporate managers, in order to predict possible outcomes. "By quantifying the risks, one can get an edge," she... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Dan Fenn
various descriptions, resisted the classic temptation to make the Bulletin into a house organ, so transparently a mouthpiece for their perspectives that no one would ever read anything but the class notes. Their restraint was both a product and a stimulant of those... View Details
Keywords: Dan Fenn
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and adversely View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
teams in territory that models cannot predict. COVID-19 events deliver surprises daily to many organizations, from health care specialists to government officials. The decision-making process that responds to rapid View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo