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  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811059-PDF-ENG The Dutch Flower Cluster Michael E. Porter, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo, and Fred van EenennaamHarvard Business School Case 711-507 Describes the Dutch View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2014 (Revised August 2015)
  • Case

Muñoz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Annelena Lobb
Muñoz Group, which supplied supermarket chains and food distribution chains around the world with fruit, flowers, juice and ice cream, was at a strategic crossroads in 2014. CEO Alvaro Muñoz had to choose the best way to achieve profit goals and provide his company... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Supply Chain; Retail; Agribusiness Industry; Globalized Firms and Management; Supply Chain Management; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Profit; Innovation and Invention; Retail Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; North and Central America
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  • November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

FreshTec: Revolutionizing Fresh Produce

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Ryan Johnson
Entrepreneurial produce packaging firm, which has developed a disruptive technology that keeps fresh produce and flowers fresh for significantly longer, faces strategic growth decisions. CEO Bob Wright must decide how best to bring his company's unique packaging... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Disruptive Innovation; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Supply Chain; Value Creation; Service Industry
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  • August 2022 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea?

By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Pippa Tubman Armerding
The setting for this case is the Sian Flowers, a company headquartered in Kitengela, Kenya that exports roses to predominantly Europe. Because cut flowers have a limited shelf life and consumers want them to retain their appearance for as long as possible, Sian or its... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chains; Sustainability; Sustainable Agriculture; Sustainability Reporting; Carbon Emissions; Supply Chain Management; Quality; Ship Transportation; Cost Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Kenya; Netherlands; Europe
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  • 25 Apr 2012
  • News

What Doesn't Motivate Creativity Can Kill It

  • 26 Oct 2009
  • News

There is enough room for optimism

  • December 2007 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony

By: David E. Bell, Brian Milder and Mary Shelman
Vegpro, a horticulture company, is Kenya's largest exporter of fresh vegetables and flowers to top supermarkets in the U.K. and Europe. In 2007, Vegpro's business is threatened by growing consumer concern about the environmental impact of food production and transport,... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Developing Countries and Economies; Ethics; Food; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; Europe; United Kingdom
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  • May 2023
  • Supplement

Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea - Video Supplement

By: Willy C. Shih
The setting for this case is the Sian Flowers, a company headquartered in Kitengela, Kenya that exports roses to predominantly Europe. Because cut flowers have a limited shelf life and consumers want them to retain their appearance for as long as possible, Sian or its... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chains; Sustainability; Sustainable Agriculture; Sustainability Reporting; Carbon Emissions; Supply Chain Management; Quality; Ship Transportation; Cost Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Kenya; Netherlands; Europe
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  • December 2007
  • Article

Adoption of Information Technology under Network Effects

By: Deishin Lee and Haim Mendelson
Because information technologies are often characterized by network effects, compatibility is an important issue. Although total network value is maximized when everyone operates in one compatible network, we find that the technology benefits of the users depend on... View Details
Keywords: Network Effects; Standards; Competitive Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Information Technology; Technology Adoption
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  • Winter 2020
  • Article

The Sky above and the Mud below: Two Books about Steve Jobs

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Steve Jobs was the most charismatic businessperson in the modern era. When he died, on October 5, 2011, Apple was inundated with condolence messages from all over the United States and from around the world. These notes were sent not only to Apple headquarters in... View Details
Keywords: Steve Jobs; Impact
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  • 08 Aug 2022
  • HBS Case

Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS

What would it take to attract customers who are so loyal that they would not only buy your products, but would also lavish your distributors with flowers and purchase advertising to elevate your brand? Ask the minds behind K-pop sensation... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta; Media & Broadcasting; Music
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

Guest: Linnéa Kornehed Falck, Founder, Deputy CEO and Board Member, Einride. How Sian Flowers Aims to Create a Low-Carbon Rose 25 OCT 2023 | Climate Rising This bonus episode of Climate Rising features Harvard Business Review’s Cold Cast... View Details
  • Web

Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement

managers, who believed women could not handle this information and would simply become hysterical if they were to discover an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. When the at-home pregnancy test was eventually greenlit years later, the male executives wanted it to be... View Details
  • Web

Blog - Business & Environment

Avoided Future Cost John Macomber 24 Sep 2024 | Alumni Alumni Programs Faculty Faculty Research 2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment Elise Clarkson 23 Sep 2024 | Careers MBA A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global View Details
  • 12 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora

responsibilities at work kept evolving into more influential and impactful ones. I tried to get the most out of that opportunity. What job(s) did you have during your deferral? I spent all four years working at P&F Flower Farms, an... View Details
  • Web

Alumni - Global

Community, and History over Dinner By: Margie Kelley 01 Jun 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin In Full Flower Re: Aron Gelbard (MBA 2009); By: Julia Hanna 01 Jun 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin Buy Big, Sell Small A digital startup brings economies of... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Action Plan: Wild at Heart

Gardener terms: In Rhode Island, she cultivated a “Blooming Romantic” style, an English-inspired look with lots of flower beds and garden paths; in Florida, she was “On the Wild Side,” highlighting the natural wildness of the coast with... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability
  • 16 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

a professor of mine once put it, you want to scatter your seeds widely to see what sprouts,” says Gross. “But you ought not try to make a thousand flowers bloom, or else they will all turn out weak. To get a few beautiful blossoms, you... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 19 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

small batches, rarely applied to the skin, and drunk for health reasons. There was a narrow range of available scents. A hundred years later, the application of new technologies to extract essences from flowers and plants, and to create... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

that exports roses to predominantly Europe. Because cut flowers have a limited shelf life and consumers want them to retain their appearance for as long as possible, Sian or its distributors used international air cargo to transport them... View Details