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- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Ace Your Phone or Video Interview
seat. Get Remote Interview Ready Remote interviews can be held over the phone or via video conference and it’s important to be aware of the nuances for each. For a phone interview, make sure that you find a quiet space with View Details
- October 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Alcoma: The Strategic Use of Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Futures
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Phil Herndon and Katherine L. Morris
Increases in orange tree production led to an orange juice surplus. How does one manage price risk in the orange juice industry under these conditions? View Details
Keywords: Hedging; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Price; Risk Management; Futures and Commodity Futures; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., Phil Herndon, and Katherine L. Morris. "Alcoma: The Strategic Use of Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Futures." Harvard Business School Case 595-029, October 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- Web
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Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
say. Here's the good news: There are reasons why leaders fail to prevent predictable surprises and there are ways to identify trouble while there is still time to stop it. As authors of a new book from... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Publication:Journal of Public Economics Abstract We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2024
- Teaching Note
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A) & (B)
By: Tiona Zuzul
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 724-391 and 724-398. In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Business Earnings; Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Small Business; Change Management; Transition; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Profit; Revenue; Spending; Globalization; Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Innovation Strategy; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth Management; Success; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Cognition and Thinking; Reputation; Strategy; Adaptation; Expansion; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; Italy
- 27 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
From Africa to HBS
would allow her to live and work in three different countries and work across different commodities and disciplines. We checked in with... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
the import of finished cars. But today, much trade is intermediate goods that can go back and forth across borders. So even the politics of understanding what you do with the tariffs, their purpose, View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
task force to interview 250 key staff about the company's strengths and barriers to achieving a new direction. This engagement enabled our leaders to: forge demanding goals to which people were committed; create a community of shared... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Why I’m Not Changing Careers after Business School
Courses (IFC). Good investing and corporate management requires contextual knowledge and an ability to differentiate among opportunities worldwide – I now feel much more... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into View Details
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
from within made him concentrate on how wearing a Panerai (albeit a fake) would make him feel, a prediction that turned out to be shortsighted and inaccurate. Forces from his relationships made him focus on the fact that he would look... View Details
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Baker Library Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
limitations and judo economics, natural monopoly and the effect of market size, technology choice as entry deterrence, endogenous economies of scale, and capacity limitation in... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
The distinguishing characteristic of the giants of enterprise is that they live in the future. And the future for them is not some fantasy world where trees grow in the sky. It is real—it has a concrete existence in their minds. Why?... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
higher quality products Global status—the idea that transnational brands confer an elite status on the buyer Country-of-origin quality—the idea that "a food chain" of production means that higher-quality goods are created in the... 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
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
to work for me. The research shows you don’t have to hire all the smart people to have innovation. It allows the outside world to help with innovation and causes companies to excel in other dimensions. Previously, you relied on R&D... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
each individual possesses for the problem at hand. As a result, there is a good mix of introverts and extroverts Introverts (including myself) are not people-phobic. They just want to be in their comfort... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett