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  • June 2020
  • Article

Waiting to Inhale: Reducing Stigma in the Medical Cannabis Industry

By: Kisha Lashley and Timothy G. Pollock
When a new industry category is predicated on a product or activity subject to ‘‘core’’ stigma—meaning its very nature is stigmatized—the actors trying to establish it may struggle to gain the resources they need to survive and grow. To explain the process of reducing... View Details
Keywords: Stigma; Cannabis Industry; Deviance; Public Opinion; Moral Sensibility; Health Care and Treatment
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  • April 1999
  • Article

Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980

By: G. Jones and Judith Wale
This article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield, a British-based multinational, between 1900 and 1980. There is an accumulating body of case study evidence on the historical evolution of British... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Great Britain
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  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

  Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Art of Strategic Renewal By: Binns, Andy, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman Abstract—In recent years, we have seen well-established companies such as Kodak, Blockbuster, Nokia, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

  PublicationsOne Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Michael Krzus Publication:John Wiley and Sons, Inc., forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book Abstract:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2021
  • Case

Danish Crown: Feeding the Future

By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
Danish Crown, one of the world’s largest exporters of pork meat and one of Europe’s top five producers of beef, faced increasing headwinds in 2021, making CEO Jais Valeur feel like the core of the meat business was under attack. As a cooperative and prominent player in... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Food; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Nutrition; Cooperative Ownership; Change Management; Transition; Leadership; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Corporate Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; Denmark
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  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

other way round. We investigate as well how factors such as different platform production costs, exclusive content, and endogenized royalty rates affect compatibility incentives. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49171 Can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

“We’re very sorry to be taking this step,” he said in an email to employees, “and John and I are fully responsible.” While an apology may seem of little consequence to laid-off employees, it can help restore trust between surviving... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing
  • 11 Jun 2024
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • May 2024
  • Case

HarvEast

By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred
In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000... View Details
Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Natural Resources; Food; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Logistics; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Trust; Human Needs; War; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America; Ukraine
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  • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few... View Details
Keywords: History; Labor Unions; Trade; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Financial Crisis; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Lesotho
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  • November 2006 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

SUN Brewing (B)

In July 2004, Shiv, Nand, and Uday Khemka are discussing their holdings in SUN Interbrew, a leading Russian beer producer that is part of the family's global portfolio of businesses. SUN Interbrew has been operating as a joint venture since 1998, when the Khemka... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Ownership Stake; Family Ownership; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry; Russia
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 5 Complementarity

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
The purpose of this chapter is to relate the theory of task networks and technology set forth in previous chapters to theories of firm boundaries from economics and management. Complementary goods have more value when used together than separately. Complementarity may... View Details
Keywords: Complementarity
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  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

buy or sell stock. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/what-good-are-shareholders/ar/1 Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2017
  • Article

The New Look of Deal Protection

By: Guhan Subramanian and Fernán Restrepo
Deal protection in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) evolves in response to Delaware case law and the business goals of acquirers and targets. We construct a new sample of M&A deals from 2003 to 2015 to identify four such areas of evolution in current transactional... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Practice
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  • 05 Sep 2023
  • Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

it. Those emotions are deep-seated from an evolutionary standpoint. “From a survival perspective, we are risk-averse,” she says. “Just as we are interested in other people thinking well of us. Long ago, rejection by the group could, in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

wants you to run but she doesn't care if you're happy. She wants you to survive and pass on your genes. She wants you to not figure that out too. So, you keep thinking that the solution, that the formula for satisfaction is have more.... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

  PublicationsGlobal, Local, and Contagious Investor Sentiment Authors:Malcolm Baker, Jeffrey Wurgler, and Yu Yuan Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We construct investor sentiment indices for six major stock markets and decompose them... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

The Need for Speed: The Impact of Capital Constraints on Strategic Misconduct

By: F. Christopher Eaglin
Under what conditions do firms engage in strategic misconduct? Why do they undertake actions that increase profitability yet break laws or violate strong norms often with costly consequences for public welfare? The strategic management literature offers two external... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Capital Constraints; Organizations; Crime and Corruption; Behavior; Situation or Environment; Capital
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  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

"courageous conversations"—not only with employees, but with customers and suppliers, particularly those fighting to survive economically and physically in these traumatic times. Leading during the pandemic has led many participants to... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

inspections. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52570 Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit By: Luca, Dara Lee, and Michael Luca Abstract—We study the impact of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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