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- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
How many cases do MBA students read over their two years at Harvard Business School (HBS)? 500. Ranging in topics from finance to entertainment to sustainability, cases share the story View Details
- 02 Sep 2020
- News
Putting Common Sense Back in the Driver’s Seat
- April 1985 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
Seven-Up Division of Philip Morris
By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff
In 1979, Philip Morris acquired the Seven-Up Co., the number three concentrate producer in the U.S. After four years of losses, Seven-Up had registered an operating profit in 1984. Industry analysts were debating the role that Seven-Up would play in Philip Morris's... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Divisions; Debates; Profit; Production; Personal Development and Career; United States
Porter, Michael E., and Edward J. Hoff. "Seven-Up Division of Philip Morris." Harvard Business School Case 385-321, April 1985. (Revised March 1986.)
- 01 Dec 2021
- News
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
American-born Philip W. Stern (MBA '82) moved to Australia in 1985, spending several years as a McKinsey consultant. He has been Down Under ever since. Now a self-proclaimed Sydney local, Stern is a partner at View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
communicate and made abbreviations like RT (retweet) and ICYMI (in case you missed it) part of the lingo of Twitter users everywhere. What to... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
great they are as individuals, reap the personal benefits of their position, and deftly blunt competition from potential inter-organizational rivals.” His point is that an age View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
of the challenges and opportunities facing his company. “The last year has been filled with national and international crises in which the role... View Details
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
responsible for documentation, research, and maintenance of shipwrecks, reefs, downed WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their... View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
- News
Helping Companies do the Right Thing
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Action Plan: In Context
she moved to Beijing in 2012 after graduating from HBS, Ho saw a need for the skills she’d learned: not a set of rigid social rules but the ability to feel comfortable in any... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Creating a Pipeline of Talent to Address the World’s Challenges
know what to do with me,” she recalls. That frustrating experience planted the idea for ProInspire, though it would be several years later before it came to be. In 2009, the... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
significant reputational and legal costs. Aiming for too short a time horizon. Managers sometimes need to run experiments for weeks or months to fully understand both their short- and long-term results, Luca says. That was the experience... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 24 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the Latino Student Organization
all bring excitement, passion y sabor to LASO’s leadership. Amy Hernandez Turcios “I first heard about LASO through the HBSLAA network. My mentor, an HBS alumnus, was actively involved in the network as an... View Details
- 2014
- Teaching Note
Bluestar's Acquisition of Adisseo (B) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Lei Li
This case describes the post-M&A integration of Adisseo of France in 2006 by Bluestar Group, the largest subsidiary of ChemChina (a Fortune 500 company) until 2013. Adisseo was mainly engaged in production of methionine, a feed additive, while China had no methionine... View Details
Keywords: Internationalization; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Postmerger Integration; Strategy; China; France; Chemicals; China; France
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Lei Li. "Bluestar's Acquisition of Adisseo (B) (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2014.
- Web
Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
Asia Pacific Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World Pictured: Masato Nakamura and Yasu Sasago (both MBA 2020), at far right, with team members at the 2019 pop-up ramen event in... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state pharmaceutical licensing exam, opened a drugstore with her husband in Stockton in 1915. Following his death, she became the sole proprietor and later opened two additional drugstores in town. Gleason emerged as a stalwart defender... View Details
- 31 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back
because it sends you a more concise measure of how likely a minority group is to frighten the majority.” Against a backdrop of interest among companies in racial equity and... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- February 2017
- Teaching Note
The Tate's Digital Transformation
By: Jill Avery
John Stack was the visionary Head of Digital Transformation at the Tate, a collection of four major art galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the most visited gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the world. Stack was the architect of the Tate’s... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Ecommerce; Experience; Customer Experience; Customer Relationship Management; Channel Management; Museums; Arts Marketing; Nonprofit; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Digital Marketing; Digital Strategy; Social Media; E-commerce; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Fine Arts Industry; England; United Kingdom; Europe
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
Back in 2011, HBS added the FIELD program as a required part of the first year curriculum. Dedicated to putting learning into action, it... View Details