Publications

Teaching Note for (9-391-006). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States

April 1991 (Revised November 1993)
Supplement

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (D)

Describes important developments in the pet food industry in 1989, 1990, and 1991, focusing on competitive dynamics among the industry's major players. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Food and Beverage Industry

April 1991 (Revised October 1993)
Case

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A)

Describes the pet food industry in the mid-eighties prior to the breakout of a major competitive battle as manufacturers fight for share. Illustrates how when there are benefits to play in multiple markets, competitors will take action in one market to preserve their... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Markets; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Ownership Stake; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

April 1988 (Revised April 1989)
Case

Kingsbury Machine Tool Corp.

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November 1986 (Revised September 1987)
Case

Machine Tool Industry (A)

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2005
Article

Early Decisions: A Regulatory Framework

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We describe a regulatory framework that helps consumers who have difficulty sticking to their own long-run plans. Early Decision regulations help long-run preferences prevail by allowing consumers to partially commit to their long-run goals, making it harder for a... View Details

Keywords: Hyperbolic Discounting; Self-control; Commitment; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Attitudes

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03 May 2011
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principles within each course module, and a synopsis of each case, along with the lessons the case is meant to convey. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911069-PDF-ENG Predictive Biosciences Thomas Eisenmann, Jeffrey View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Ngwe, Donald, Kris J. Ferreira, and Thales Teixeira Abstract— Many online stores are designed such that shoppers can easily access any available discounted products. We propose that deliberately increasing search frictions View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

Review (forthcoming) Abstract Companies in Victorian Britain operated in a laissez-faire legal environment from the perspective of outside investors, implying that such investors were not protected by the legal system. This article seeks... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
Teaching Note

Group Functions at the Maersk Group

In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details

Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark

May 2020
Teaching Note

Digitalization at Siemens

Teaching Note for HBS No. 717-428. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Technology; Computer Industry; Health Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Technology Industry

March 2020
Teaching Note

Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company

Teaching Note for HBS No. 717-483. View Details

Keywords: Acquisition Strategy; Technology Strategy; Franchise Management; CEO Role; Corporate Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Acquisition; Global Strategy; Information Technology; Strategy; Vertical Integration; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Consumer Products Industry

April 2013
Teaching Note

Silver Lake (TN)

January 1995 (Revised March 1995)
Teaching Note

Saatchi and Saatchi Company PLC: Corporate Strategy TN

Teaching Note for (9-792-056). View Details

Keywords: Advertising Industry

March 1994 (Revised April 1995)
Case

EnClean: Malcolm Waddell's Story (A)

Describes, in the words of its cofounder, the history of EnClean, an industrial and environmental services company, from its origins in 1984. The company grew rapidly and diversified into new businesses and new geographies both through acquisition and internally. It... View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Expansion; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy

February 1994 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Asahi Glass Co.: Diversification Strategy

Describes the history and diversification strategy of the Japanese manufacturer Asahi Glass Co. The company has diversified through internal growth, acquisition, and joint ventures from its origin in flat glass to a broad glass-materials, chemical, and electronics... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Joint Ventures; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

June 1996
Article

Corporate Strategy in Multibusiness Firms

Keywords: Business Ventures; Corporate Strategy

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1996
Chapter

Related Corporate Portfolios

Keywords: Business Divisions

June 1991 (Revised April 1995)
Background Note

Corporate Strategy: A Conceptual Framework

Provides a conceptual framework for the study of corporate strategy. First describes previous perspectives on corporate strategy and then develops a framework of four elements: resources, tasks, structure, and industries. This framework can be used to explain the value... View Details

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Value