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  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

Diversification, Legitimacy and Practice Area Creation in Professional Service Firms Authors:Heidi Gardner, N. Anand, and Timothy Morris Publication:Special Issue on Professional Service Firms. Journal of Organizational Behavior 29, no. 8 (2008) Abstract View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2024
  • Supplement

RHI Magnesita (B): Brick by Brick—Diversification?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann and Jordan Mitchell
In Part A, as of April 2017, Austria’s RHI, a backward integrated refractory company is still within the midst of merging with the next biggest competitor, Brazil’s Magnesita, while weighing options for future growth. Should the company pursue organic growth options... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversification
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann, and Jordan Mitchell. "RHI Magnesita (B): Brick by Brick—Diversification?" Harvard Business School Supplement 724-438, April 2024.
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

diversification into the technology intensive TFT-LCD flat panel display industry. Because the diversification is far away from its core competence in petrochemicals, it is an opportunity to examine how the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2023
  • Case

To Fizzle Out or Heat Up? PepsiCo and Coca-Cola’s SodaStream and Costa Coffee Acquisitions

By: David Collis and Haisley Wert
U.S. beverage giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola shared many similarities by August 2018—both were founded by pharmacists in the 1890s, grew to offer hundreds of drink brands, and championed rival flagship products that drove loyalists into taste-testing wars. That month,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Acquisition; Diversification; Expansion; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry
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Collis, David, and Haisley Wert. "To Fizzle Out or Heat Up? PepsiCo and Coca-Cola’s SodaStream and Costa Coffee Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Case 724-394, October 2023.
  • August 2019
  • Supplement

Rand Fishkin at Moz (B)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Startups; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Business Startups; Diversification; Growth Management
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Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Rand Fishkin at Moz (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-003, August 2019.
  • April 1971 (Revised February 1984)
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Gould, Inc.: Graphics Division

Describes the decision of a battery manufacturer to diversify into the computer field through acquisition and the development of a new product. Among the issues to be discussed are the company product fit, phases in new product introduction, product positioning, and... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Market Entry and Exit; Acquisition; Product Development; Computer Industry; Battery Industry
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Sorenson, Ralph Z., and Ulrich E. Wiechmann. "Gould, Inc.: Graphics Division." Harvard Business School Case 571-071, April 1971. (Revised February 1984.)
  • 25 Aug 2014
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Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

brink of failure through a painful restructuring and commitment to both innovation and the diversification of its product lines. “We make products that change the world,” he says, noting Corning’s development of LCD glass; tools to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

The Extent and Drivers of Internal Agglomeration of U.S. Multi-Unit Firms

By: Juan Alcácer and Jasmina Chauvin
This paper examines the extent and determinants of internal agglomeration—the spatial clustering of establishments within firms. It introduces a novel methodology that benchmarks a firm’s spatial footprint against that of comparable stand-alone firms, yielding a... View Details
Keywords: Multi-unit Firms; Agglomeration; Spatial Organization; Economies Of Scope; Organizational Design; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Business Units
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Alcácer, Juan, and Jasmina Chauvin. "The Extent and Drivers of Internal Agglomeration of U.S. Multi-Unit Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 26-002, July 2025.
  • August 2019
  • Supplement

Rand Fishkin at Moz (C)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Startups; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Business Startups; Diversification; Growth Management
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Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Rand Fishkin at Moz (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-004, August 2019.
  • January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
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Project Titan at Northrop Grumman

By: C. Fritz Foley and Kevin Sharer
In March of 2011, Northrop Grumman divested shipbuilding assets through the spin-off of Huntington Ingalls Industries. This case reviews many of the key questions faced by Northrop's CEO, CFO, and top management team during this process, including questions concerning... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Reorganization; Spin Off; Asset Sales; Managing Portfolios Of Businesses; Managing Change; Diversification; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Kevin Sharer. "Project Titan at Northrop Grumman." Harvard Business School Case 215-001, January 2015. (Revised September 2017.)
  • January 2006 (Revised February 2006)
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E.ON Corporate Strategy

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Sebastian Frankenberger
Examines the corporate strategy of German energy giant E.ON. The firm is vertically integrated, horizontally diversified across electricity and natural gas, and active in numerous countries in Europe as well as in the United States. Explores the costs and benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Vertical Integration; Corporate Strategy; Globalization; Energy Sources; Economics; Energy Industry; Germany; United States; Europe
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Reinhardt, Forest L., and Sebastian Frankenberger. "E.ON Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 706-015, January 2006. (Revised February 2006.)
  • March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
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Scope of the Corporation, The

By: David J. Collis
Describes analyses that determine the appropriate limit to the scope of the firm. Examines both the production cost justification for firm diversification--economies of scope and shared resources, and the governance cost justification for including transactions inside... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Agency Theory; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion
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Collis, David J. "Scope of the Corporation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 795-139, March 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
  • January 2011
  • Case

AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
AIC Systems, located in Taichung, Taiwan, is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, primarily for motherboards and video cards for personal computers. The firm is considered an original design manufacturer (ODM) and takes an active role in innovating and designing... View Details
Keywords: Performance Management; Quantitative Analysis; Manufacturing; Production Planning; Production Management; Diversification; Production; Performance Efficiency; Product Design; Performance Improvement; Mobile Technology; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Taiwan
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Wheelwright, Steven C., and Sunru Yong. "AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-245, January 2011.
  • April 1989 (Revised December 1998)
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Masco Corp. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter and Cynthia A. Montgomery
Describes the history and corporate position of a large and successful producer of faucets and related household products. Masco is considering entry into the $14 billion furniture industry. Designed to be used with Household Furniture Industry in 1986 in a strategy... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Strategy; Rank and Position; Consumer Products Industry
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Porter, Michael E., and Cynthia A. Montgomery. "Masco Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 389-186, April 1989. (Revised December 1998.)

    Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

    Keywords: Real Estate, Infrastructure, Insurance, Banking

      Adi Godrej

      Keywords: Diversified
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      Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog

      is the business model? Scope and Speed : How does a venture scale by expanding into new geographies, products, and markets? What does it take to manage multiple revenue streams? How fast should your expansion or diversification take... View Details
      • August 2016 (Revised March 2018)
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      Videojet (A)

      By: Raffaella Sadun, Bharat Anand and Eric Van den Steen
      In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high-tech printer just launched in the market. The new product exemplified the first real instance in which the Videojet... View Details
      Keywords: Managerial Processes; Conglomerates; Relational Contracts; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Diversification; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Sadun, Raffaella, Bharat Anand, and Eric Van den Steen. "Videojet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 717-403, August 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
      • December 2018
      • Case

      First Utility Ltd.

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      At the end of 2017 First Utility Ltd. was the largest of the middle-tier domestic energy suppliers in the United Kingdom, serving 808,000 of the country’s 27 million households with electricity and gas. In Q1 2017 First Utility captured 3% market share. The company had... View Details
      Keywords: Rapid Growth Stage; Power/Energy; Energy Efficiency Standards; Energy; Competition; Diversification; Acquisition; Expansion; Growth Management; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "First Utility Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 719-425, December 2018.
      • March 2005 (Revised January 2009)
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      Wabash Music, Inc.

      By: Timothy A. Luehrman
      Wabash Music, Inc. is contemplating an acquisition outside its core music business as a way of diversifying and developing cash for unexpected commercial success. View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Music Entertainment; Cash; Diversification
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      Luehrman, Timothy A. "Wabash Music, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 205-088, March 2005. (Revised January 2009.)
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