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  • May 1975 (Revised September 1987)
  • Case

Bio-Tech, Inc.

Financial vice president is expected to prepare a financing plan for Bio-Tech matching the most recent long-range plans of three operating groups. The latter, however, must be adjusted to take account of recommendations to be made on plant investment of one product... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Finance
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  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711412-PDF-ENG Corporate Reform Elements of the Dodd-Frank Act Robert C. Pozen, Phillip Andrews, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case Note 311-091 This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • News

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

brand. Well-known, right. How do you change people's vision of what that is? KL: So that is a really terrific question, because our brand is 51 years old and there are a fair number of people who may not... View Details
Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

these actors to change established practices and entrenched behaviors within a short timeframe to help Unilever meet its sustainability targets View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Article

Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The survey first examines the magnitude of immigration as an economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers into... View Details
Keywords: Surveys; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Immigration; Economic Systems; Human Capital; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Fluctuation; Situation or Environment; Labor and Management Relations; United States; Europe
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  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

continue to raise huge new sums of money to invest, targeting some of the world’s largest and most prestigious companies. “ Greenmailers of a generation ago are now taken seriously as hard-nosed change... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

to truly advocate for meaningful change Just as the recent cries for racial justice demand immediate and sustainable change, the Black Investment Club demands that we see View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 15 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

sharing cost figures. Perhaps it makes the price a company charges seem more fair and justifiable. Or perhaps it's simply a matter of consumers appreciating a little raw honesty from the corporate world.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

A Good Place to Start Driving Digital StrategySunil Gupta explores how traditional businesses can make the leap into the digital age. American Capitalism: New HistoriesHistorians are taking a new look at capitalism in light of its adoption in most of the developed... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

With the sale of the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, the newspaper enters a crucial phase in its 136-year history amid disruptive changes in communications, technology, and reader habits. According to HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 17 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

boards of directors are keenly interested in the latest sustainability or corporate responsibility report. They do not routinely ask for or receive a product safety review. Risk management committees... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Instilling Production with Principles

competitors in an industry often known for low wages and dismal environmental records. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang, who is planning sustainability conferences View Details
Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing
  • 21 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

(the exogenous component of the variation in industry imports from China and changes in federal spending) and two supply-side ones (TFP shocks View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2018
  • News

Getting Life Back in Balance

Disenchanted with the corporate world, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of operations for Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services and made a bold career View Details
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

how to market sustainable tea in developing markets like India. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712438-PDF-ENG The Change Wheel: Elements of Systemic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1999 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

Egghead to Egghead.com (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Over the course of 12 months in 1997 and 1998, Egghead senior management decided to shut down its 180 brick-and-mortar retail stores and move to an electronic store. The case describes the evolution of that process, and the role of its CEO George Orban, and poses... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Transformation; Decisions; Corporate Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Market Transactions; Buildings and Facilities; Retail Industry
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  • June 2024
  • Supplement

Heritage Holding (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Private Equity; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; North America
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  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

one is from normal science to provocateur," Tedlow said. "Ted's outrageous; there is just no other way to put it." For example, in the aforementioned "Throw Money" article, Levitt made this statement: "Every View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 17, 2015

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure By: Acharya, Viral, Heitor Almeida, and Malcolm Baker Abstract—The National Bureau of Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

largest Brazilian beauty company and one of the world's top twenty beauty companies, to explore how the logic of globalization is changing for corporations from emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne