Publications

Educators

01 Dec 2007
News

A View from the Top

company in 1979, Mixon had only $10,000 of the $7.8 million asking price. But he managed to raise the rest and led the company to annual revenues of $1.5 billion (those early investors have seen Invacare’s stock grow from 2¢ to $25 a... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

Robert Brozin

Keywords: Restaurants; Fast Food Franchises

15 Oct 2019
News

Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

fields at a farm owned and run by the Duhau Group in Argentina’s Pampa region. The company was the subject of a case Alvarez wrote, which he taught in the Agribusiness Seminar in 2019. (photo by Mariana Cal) Senior Lecturer José Alvarez has a distinct view of the View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

Rediscovering America

for more companies to practice “values-based capitalism.” Could you cite any examples? There is a growing number of well-run, profitable companies that have values at the center of their management strategy. One outstanding example is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Boston and San Francisco Global investment management firm Alan Greenshields (MBA 1992) Fortu Holding AG Basel, Switzerland Proprietary technologies for next-generation... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management; Management; Management

November 1997
Case

Odwalla, Inc.

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay

Odwalla suffered one of the worst food safety crises in history and not only survived but continued to grow. Now they need to decide how the crisis affected their business and how to expand their business. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Crisis Management; Safety; Expansion; System Shocks; Food and Beverage Industry

01 Sep 2006
News

HBS Students Mentor Kids

GOOD BUDDIES: (from left) Todd, Richie, Rory, and William. During his time at HBS, William Pritchett (MBA ’06) learned an enormous amount from his professors and classmates. But he also learned a lot from 13-year-old Rory, a student at the Manville School of the Judge... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

1976
Book

Nine Investments Abroad and Their Impact at Home: Case Studies on Multinational Enterprise and the U.S. Economy

By: Robert B. Stobaugh and Robert H. Hayes

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; International Finance; United States

June 1984 (Revised February 1988)
Teaching Note

Hoover: Multinational Product Planning, Teaching Note

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Product; Planning; Multinational Firms and Management

Having spent his summers in college working at the Tribune, Rhodes was selected to run the paper in 1922, following the unexpected deaths of both the Tribune’s founder and its managing editor. Despite his youth and lack of experience,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

29 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 29

crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Taleb, 2007; Power, 2009). This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

(diamonds) and have managed this resource extremely well. Working with De Beers, the government has consistently and strategically limited its sales of diamonds, striving to keep prices steady over the long run rather than maximizing... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

November 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game?

By: Andrei Hagiu

In September 1999, the Microsoft Xbox team was wondering which strategic choices would give it the best chance against the upcoming Sony PlayStation 2. Initially called "Project Midway" within Microsoft, the console project was intended to counter the perceived threat... View Details

Keywords: Customers; Recruitment; Leadership; Management Teams; Multi-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Production; Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Video Game Industry; Texas

Educators

June 1992 (Revised January 1994)
Supplement

Coopers & Lybrand in Hungary (C)

Coopers & Lybrand open an office in Hungary. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Hungary

Bower is considered the father of modern management consulting. He led McKinsey’s worldwide expansion and created many of its consulting tools and applications, increasing the company’s billings tenfold in... View Details

Keywords: Services

April 1985
Background Note

Roles and Responsibilities of the Country Manager: MNC Operations from the National Organization's Perspective

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Multinational Firms and Management

February 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Background Note

Deviations from Purchasing Power Parity and the Implications for the Multinational Business

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Finance

June 2001 (Revised August 2003)
Case

Home Depot, Inc. in the New Millennium

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jeremy Cott

After nearly two decades of spectacular performance, Home Depot reported a disappointing performance in the year 2000. The company began expanding its business scope as a result of saturating its growth in the core business. This case explores whether the disappointing... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Expansion; Valuation; Performance; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry

Educators