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- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
and value. But health care has been treated as a commodity and cost reduction has been the dominant approach. Employers have gone to their vendors, health plans, or third-party... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
influence will be felt to a profound degree well before we ring in many more New Years. And if companies meet the numerous challenges that lie ahead, we all could have good reason to celebrate. View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
making good money in developing markets, but those opportunities are now considerably diminished due to depreciating currencies in the face of high commodity prices, specifically energy prices, which are... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
in India and outline both quantitative and qualitative evidence from 42 Indian state-owned laboratories to support this argument. August 2013 Journal of Economic History Colonial Institutions, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness
being low-margin commodity producers to higher-margin providers of "solutions." The future for this massive industry will be both exciting and complex. To feed the world, production must double by... View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
must stabilize its operations at home, where a devalued peso, economic uncertainty, and political instability still linger from the devastating financial crisis. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Can Florida Orange Growers Survive Globalization?
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Florida Citrus Department has to deal with increasing competition from Brazil. What position should the industry take on its existing tariff? Who benefits? Who loses? View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Price; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goods and Commodities; Competition; Competitive Strategy
Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Can Florida Orange Growers Survive Globalization?" Harvard Business School Case 904-415, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
pressure from cut-throat competition in mainland China. Even though TCL was one of the largest Chinese TV manufacturers (even prior to the acquisition of Thomson's assets), commodity TVs and other consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
design business models to generate winner-take-all effects similar to the network externalities that high-tech companies such as Microsoft, eBay, and Facebook often create. A good business model creates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
Silverthorne: What are market categories, and why are they important? Mukti Khaire: Categories are cognitive constructs meant to organize large amounts of information into manageable units. Goods classified... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3. Chadwick noted that while department stores used to be where shoppers went for everything from baby clothes to furniture to power tools, many stores have now... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s decision to exit the wine business following the Kenyan government’s 2007 increase in excise taxes on wine. In August 2007, Keroche introduced the vodka drink Viena Ice as a replacement for its fortified wines,... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Beverages; Alcoholic Drinks; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Viena; Viena Ice; Beer; Beer Market; Premium Beer; Manufacturing; Summit Lager; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-393, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
An estimated 60 percent of retail gasoline customers return to the same gas station to refuel, without comparison shopping, according to a recent study. Driven by factors such as habit, brand loyalty, switching costs, and search (which... View Details
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R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
their previous history and their general standing here, that they are regarded here as a good house. Are estimated from 300 to 400m$ [$300,000 - $400,000] & in last report 500m$ [$500,000]. Are financial... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
PublicationsRenewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:Istanbul: Is Bankasi Kultur Yayinlari, 2010, Turkish ed. Abstract Unilever's brands can now be found in one out of every two households in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
2003, the group fans out to test the idea with some 2,500 farmers in the area; after this outreach, MME has 729 members willing to make the minimum investment of $20,000 and 10,000 bushels of corn annually. For the farmers, MME offers a... View Details
- December 2021
- Case
Grapery
By: Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: Agribusiness; Change; Transformation; Transition; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Latin America; North America; Asia