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  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

the Bajaj Group in India; Güler Sabancı, head of the $14 billion Sabancı conglomerate in Turkey; and Manu Chandaria, chairman of the multimillion-dollar Comcraft Group in Kenya. Growing In A Slow-moving Economy Rahul Bajaj In his... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

City Cayman Islands (HCCI), a 2,000 bed conglomeration of multiple super-specialty hospitals within a single campus located on Grand Cayman Island. The first phase of HCCI, a 104 bed hospital focused on cardiac care and orthopedics, was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

personalities of candidates and ending with artificial intelligence (machine learning) to produce high-quality recommendations to companies about whom they should hire. The case then articulates precisely how three companies—airline ANA (All-Nippon Airways), global... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

have the market we desire.” Days 6–9: Monterrey TOM, REAL TIME: Students quiz executives at Nemak, a leading manufacturer of aluminum auto engine heads and blocks. Nemak is one of four business groups that make up ALFA, a $10 billion View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

India Arrives

chairman of the Tata Group, a $22 billion conglomerate with 93 companies operating in areas as diverse as IT and communications, steel, financial services, hotels, and consumer goods ranging from tea to china to automobiles. “There was... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

conglomerate Tata Group and Envision, an entrepreneurial alternative energy company based in China-and found significant commonalities. These three companies demonstrate the essential attributes of a game-changing organization: they are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Facing the Music

Music, WEA (Warner), and UMVD (Universal). Each conglomerate owns, in part or in full, various "labels" - fully staffed companies that sign and groom artists, guide the album production process, and market the final product. Labels such... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

Companies you describe as crippled by denial include the supermarket chain A&P, the retail conglomerate Sears, and the short-lived delivery experiment Webvan. How did these companies succumb to denial? A: To paraphrase Tolstoy, every... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

1971 after incurring heavy losses. But the deathblow to the company came when RCA followed the advice of Wall Street and spent millions of dollars turning itself into a conglomerate that included everything from frozen foods to rental... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • March 2017
  • Case

Cantel Medical

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New Jersey
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  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

Russian conglomerate that has become the third largest shareholder in SUN Interbrew, has announced its intention to take part in the company's management and attain a leading position in the Russian beer market. Is there a role for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Paris, and gut-wrenching loss, all before Lewis shockingly commandeers a multibillion-dollar, multinational conglomerate and leads it with aplomb. You ’ll learn how she dealt with her husband’s untimely death at the age of 50 and how she... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

Maersk was a global conglomerate with large shipping and oil & gas businesses. Among the talent management issues being discussed: an increase in employee turnover, internal training and development programs, hiring experienced talent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • January 2018
  • Case

Ak Gıda: IPO or Strategic Sale

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
In 2015, Yıldiz Holding, one of the world’s largest producer of confections, biscuits and crackers, was at the end of its divestiture process from Ak Gida, one of the leading dairy companies in Turkey. The company had adopted a dual track process, pursuing an initial... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Value Creation; Decision Making; Growth Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Initial Public Offering; Business Conglomerates; Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Joint Ventures; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
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  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

substantial international businesses. This working paper argues that diversified business groups added value in mature markets such as Britain. In the domestic economy, Pearson and Virgin created well-managed and performing businesses over long periods. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

so one of the advantages of being in a conglomerate is you can see trends earlier, right? So if you go back to 2004 and 2005, I could see, like, energy efficiency in our appliance business. I could see fuel efficiency in our jet engine... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

to package the maize. Masha's company warehouses the grain at the end of the process, commoditizes it, and sells it to food conglomerates like Nestlé, which uses it to make baby food and breakfast cereal sold in Nigeria and abroad. Babban... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

reluctant to sell the company because his original vision was to create a family-owned conglomerate that would last for generations. Of his eight children, two are appropriate successors, but neither shows much interest in following in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

but real differences in corporate finance and investment through two different channels: a "more money" effect arising from the debt coinsurance feature of conglomerates and a "smarter money" effect arising from more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace