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- August 2016 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
C.W. Dixey & Son
By: Anat Keinan and Michael B. Beverland
C.W. Dixey & Son is about to be relaunched as a luxury eyewear brand after a fifty-year absence from the marketplace. This case focuses on reviving a dormant brand with a 200-year plus heritage of innovation, craft excellence, and luxury. Drawing on extensive... View Details
Keywords: Luxury Branding; Authenticity; Inconspicuous Consumption; Brand Positioning; Brand Revitalization; Eyeyewear; Market Entry and Exit; Luxury; Market Participation; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry
Keinan, Anat, and Michael B. Beverland. "C.W. Dixey & Son." Harvard Business School Case 517-019, August 2016. (Revised November 2016.)
- January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Supplement
IKEA in Saudi Arabia (B)
By: Karthik Ramanna, Jerome Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Values; Islam; Multinationals; Globalization; Leadership; Equality and Inequality; Multinational Firms and Management; Religion; Organizational Culture; Gender; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Sweden
Ramanna, Karthik, Jerome Lenhardt, and Marc Homsy. "IKEA in Saudi Arabia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-016, January 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- November 2012 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alex Godden
The "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd" case series focuses on entrepreneurial selling, and is based on an older case study, "Deaver Brown and Cross River Inc." (9-394-042). It concerns two entrepreneurs, Andrew Sullivan and Hope Abasi, who have designed an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Sales; Management; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
Cespedes, Frank V., and Alex Godden. "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 813-104, November 2012. (Revised July 2014.)
- November 1992 (Revised October 1993)
- Teaching Note
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (TN)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Charles A Nichols, III
Teaching Note for (9-191-038). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- October 2011
- Supplement
Online Marketing at Big Skinny — slide supplement
By: Benjamin Edelman and Scott Duke Kominers
Slide Supplement for 911-034 View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
Patagonia (TN)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Hyunjin Kim and Forest Reinhardt
Teaching Note for 711020. View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- September 1991 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
WPP Group and Its Acquisitions
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
WPP Group acquired J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather, paying high premiums in relation to earnings. In each acquisition the goodwill acquired was immediately charged off against owners' equity. Then, WPP Group established a value for the brand names of the two... View Details
Keywords: Goodwill Accounting; Accounting; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Equity; Private Equity; Relationships; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Style; Consumer Products Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Bruns, William J., Jr. "WPP Group and Its Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Case 192-038, September 1991. (Revised March 2005.)
- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Beohemija's Duel
By: Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
Vladimir Joksic, Director of Marketing for Serbia's Beohemija, along with his marketing team has managed to grow Duel, the firm's soap powder offering from single digits to almost 40% of the Serbian market in just a few short years. He has used innovative and... View Details
- February 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
Leading Change at Simmons (E)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Susan Thyne
This case updates the “Leading Change at Simmons” series by examining Simmons' increasing debt under the ownership of Thomas H. Lee, a private equity firm. Charlie Eitel, the former CEO, wonders what the company's, and his, legacy will be after declaring bankruptcy... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Leading Change; Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Ownership; Performance Improvement; Consumer Products Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Thyne. "Leading Change at Simmons (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-061, February 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- February 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
By: Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinn
The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; For-Profit Firms; Gender; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Arts; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; India
Khaire, Mukti, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool." Harvard Business School Case 810-044, February 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- June 2009
- Supplement
Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (C) - Video
By: Linda A. Hill
Video of Tricia Fulton, Sun Hydraulic's CFO, visiting Linda hill's executive education class in March of 2009 View Details
Hill, Linda A. "Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (C) - Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 409-714, June 2009.
- January 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Product Proliferation and Preemption
Examines whether product proliferation can be used as a preemptive device--as alleged in the FTC's 1982 complaint against four manufacturers of ready-to-eat cereals. View Details
Brandenburger, Adam M., and Vijay Krishna. "Product Proliferation and Preemption." Harvard Business School Case 190-117, January 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- January 2008
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Brazil (B): Turning to Success
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Supplements with the (A) Case. View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Procter & Gamble Brazil (B): Turning to Success." Harvard Business School Supplement 308-083, January 2008.
- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G (TN)
Teaching note to 706435. View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- November 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (B)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Alessandro L. Spadini
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and Alessandro L. Spadini. "Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 707-402, November 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- July 2006
- Teaching Note
Kingsford Charcoal (TN)
By: Das Narayandas
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- February 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Disposable Diaper Industry in 2003, The
Updates the continuing developments in the disposable diaper industry from 1994 to 2003. Investigates new product innovation, global expansion, and emerging competitors in the highly competitive diaper industry, including the rise of training pants and ventures into... View Details
Coughlan, Peter J., and Jenny Illes. "Disposable Diaper Industry in 2003, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-491, February 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Corning, Inc.: Technology Strategy in 2003
Corning, Inc. has a 150-year history of building a strategy around innovation. Founded as a glass manufacturer in 1851, the company quickly established itself as a maker of specialty glass products and over the next 100 years diversified into light bulbs, television,... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Situation or Environment; Research and Development; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Henderson, Rebecca. "Corning, Inc.: Technology Strategy in 2003." Harvard Business School Case 703-440, November 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- May 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Teaching Note
Whirlpool Europe, TN
Teaching Note for (9-202-017). View Details
- May 1987 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
John Deere Component Works (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Production; Budgets and Budgeting; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Consumer Products Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-107, May 1987. (Revised November 1998.)