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  • November 1994 (Revised September 1996)
  • Case

RiceSelect

By: Alvin J. Silk and Mary Shelman
In August 1994, Robin Andrews, President of RiceTec, Inc., faces a critical decision that will affect his firm's future: what policy should RiceTec follow for supplying grocery retailers with private label merchandise? RiceTec, a small privately owned firm engaged in... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Private Ownership; Research and Development; Conflict Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 07 May 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

Lessons in Business Innovation from Legendary Restaurant elBulli

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton; Food & Beverage
  • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)

By: Lynda M. Applegate
Describes the actions taken by the new CEO to return the company to profitability, to clarify the vision, and then to build the infrastructure (human, capital, and information) needed to support the long-term change in strategy and organization. Ends with senior... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • Teaching Interest

Driving Organizational Agility - Virtual

By: Ranjay Gulati
Today's businesses must be alert to changes in the external environment, develop competitive strategies quickly—and adapt the organization to execute. In this virtual program, you'll explore organizational structures and processes that have enabled businesses to... View Details
  • 14 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

those one-out-of-ten firms grow into successful, sustained enterprises? Assistant professor Mukti Khaire believes that small companies can grow by developing intangible social resources such as legitimacy, status, View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 07 Mar 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • May 2021
  • Case

Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham

By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and Olivia Hull
Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare innovation at MGB. In November 2019, the health system was the largest recipient of National Institutes of Health... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion; Innovation; Invention; Gender; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Research; Research and Development; Diversification; Technology; Health Industry; Massachusetts; Boston
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  • 12 Oct 2017
  • News

Technology is revolutionising supply-chain finance

  • January 2011
  • Case

Shar Matin (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Elisa Farri
The head of the subsidiary of a US company faced the decision to present an aggressive growth plan despite his CFO's lack of support. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; United States
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  • 11 Jul 2018
  • Cold Call Podcast

The Transformation of Microsoft

Keywords: Re: C. Fritz Foley; Information Technology

    Contextual Intelligence

    https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/hbr/1409/R1409C_SARACENO.jpgI have come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices... View Details

    • October 2006 (Revised August 2007)
    • Case

    Calloway Laboratory: Pee for Profit

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
    Describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug-testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug treatment center business. View Details
    Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Health Industry
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    • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

    By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
    ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Global Warming; Impact Investment Funds; Hedge Fund Activism; Leadership Development; Business Model; Renewable Energy; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards
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    • May 2022 (Revised June 2022)
    • Case

    Proposing to Redesign a Global Investment Bank

    By: David G. Fubini
    A major, NYC-based, global investment bank is looking to rethink its Systems strategy amid a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Your firm has served the client across most of its major geographies on a range of substantial Systems and IT efforts, but is facing... View Details
    Keywords: Consulting; Professional Services; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Digital Strategy; Presentations; Competitive Strategy; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    • January 2011
    • Supplement

    Shar Matin (B)

    By: David A. Thomas and Elisa Farri
    The head of the subsidiary of a US company faced the decision to present an aggressive growth plan despite his CFO's lack of support. View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning
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    • April 2011
    • Case

    Shimano: The Intel of the Bicycle Business

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Shimano, known as the Intel of the bicycle business, is contemplating on investing in a new growth market, namely the comfort bicycle market. View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Interactive Communication; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Industry Growth; Expansion; Bicycle Industry
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    • 17 Mar 2020
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Is There a Winner in Huawei’s Digital Cold War with the US?

    Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Technology
    • January 2009
    • Case

    Creating The Partnership Solutions Group at Lehman Brothers

    By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie Creary
    Explores how two senior Wall St. executives created a successful commercial opportunity for Lehman Brothers that focused on building relationships with minority- and women-owned financial services firms. Illustrates how Patricia Miller Zollar and Nadja Fidelia aligned... View Details
    Keywords: Diversity; Gender; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
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    • November 2019
    • Case

    Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times

    By: Caroline M. Elkins, Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar and Youssef Abdel Aal
    After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Developing Countries and Economies; Economy; Business or Company Management; Price; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Expansion; Currency; Food and Beverage Industry; Egypt; Africa; Middle East
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    • March 2023
    • Background Note

    A Primer on OKRs

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
    The OKR framework is a popular goal-setting and strategy execution tool that uses goal setting through “Objectives” and measuring performance using “Key Results” on a periodic basis to measure and drive performance. The OKR framework has been adopted and practiced at... View Details
    Keywords: Business Organization; Talent and Talent Management; Framework; Corporate Governance; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Systems; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Performance Expectations; Performance Productivity; Performance Efficiency
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