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  • June 2011 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Coca-Cola in 2011: In Search of a New Model

By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
Muhtar Kent, CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, faced a critical decision in 2011 after closing a $12 billion deal to buy its troubled North America bottling operations from its biggest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises. The decision was prompted by several changes in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Beverage Industry; Strategic Positioning; Mergers And Acquisitions; Competition; Business Model; Vertical Integration; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Franchise Ownership; Investment; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 19 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

they need to develop strategic niches that work for them with lower inflation, lower corruption, better income distribution, more education, higher savings, and higher investment. Q: Most of our readers either live or do View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Information Technology | Harvard Business School

problem-solving approach and craft more impactful, research-based recommendations. By Annie Harrison on June 26, 2025 A Day in the Life: IT Business Analyst By Annie Harrison on May 22, 2025 IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable... View Details
  • Web

Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

and Corporate Accountability Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Leading with Finance Management Essentials Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Personal Branding Power and Influence for Positive Impact Strategic Financial... View Details
  • May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Gap, Inc., 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
From humble beginnings as a Levi jeans store, by 2000 Gap, Inc. had grown to become the world's leading specialist clothing retailer. Its CEO, Millard S. Drexler, the "merchant prince," was credited with transforming Gap into a global empire, leading the company... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Performance Consistency; Problems and Challenges; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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  • 5 Nov 2005 - 8 Nov 2005
  • Conference Presentation

New Perspectives on the Business Value of IT

By: David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats and Marco Iansiti
We sought to unravel the link between IT investment and firm performance by examining deployed IT functionality (ITF). First, ITF appears to be an important link in the IT spend to business value chain. Second, ITF does not seem to be a commodity and has... View Details
Keywords: Perspective; Value; Performance; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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  • Article

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

By: Frank V. Cespedes
The first task of crisis management is a reasonably accurate view of the current situation and how it might evolve. There are many predictions about so-called “new normal” as a result of the semi-enforced social distancing necessitated by the coronavirus. But most are... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Strategic Planning
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  • March 2024
  • Article

How Foes Become Allies: The Shifting Role of Business in Climate Politics

By: Irja Vormedal and Jonas Meckling
Firms often oppose costly public policy reforms—but under what conditions may they come to support such reforms? Previous scholarship has taken a predominantly static approach to the analysis of business positions. Here, we advance a dynamic theory of change in... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Environmental Regulation; Business and Government Relations
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  • 09 May 2019
  • News

Private Colleges Team Up with Harvard Business School Online to Create Unique Hybrid Learning Program

  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

displaced, and millions left without electricity and water. Railways and roads were destroyed, and 383,000 buildings damaged—including a nuclear power plant that suffered a meltdown of three reactors, prompting widespread evacuations. Read the article in Japanese In... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 May 2019
  • Blog Post

In the Business of Flexibility

top talent with contract, part-time, and full-time opportunities that span a wide range of verticals. “Our clients are best served coming to us with a business problem and not a fully formed job description,” says Cheney. “We are only... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government
  • 19 Oct 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Luís Cabral, NYU Stern School of Business

  • Web

Global Business Course | HBS Online

FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Build a foundation in macroeconomics to make more informed business decisions Identify the challenges and opportunities that government and politics can create for you and your View Details
  • 10 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Coming Out at Business School

Today is National Coming Out Day, and HBS has been participating in events in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community all week long. Some students came out before business school, and some students wait until they arrive on campus. Many... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

Harvard Business School has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of its Leadership Fellows Program. The program is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
  • Web

Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

and quantitative foundations. We recommend completing Economics for Managers before taking Business Strategy. Economics for Managers Global Business Business Strategy... View Details
  • Web

Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Assess business opportunities through the lens of value creation Apply the value stick, a research-based framework for strategy formulation, to key strategic... View Details
  • Web

Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

business discussions and drive strategic decision-making with this free guide. Access your free e-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation... View Details
  • September 2003 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Learning from LeapFrog: Creating Educational and Business Value

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Christopher Dede and Susan Saltrick
Explores the success factors leading to one's company's rise to the number three ranking in the aggressively competitive toy industry. LeapFrog has made the strategic decision to exploit its educational model in two industry sectors: consumer toys and educational... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Decisions; Education; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Growth Management; Media; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Research; Value Creation
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  • 14 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Business Summit: China in the Global Economy

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: William C. Kirby, HBS Faculty... View Details
Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby