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01 Mar 2014
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Cutting Edge

and bolts: exiting underperforming adjunct businesses (e.g., pickles and fresh poultry); shaking up the management team; improving the supply chain (thereby increasing plant productivity by 50 percent); and... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

November 2002 (Revised May 2003)
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ConAgra Foods

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Ingrid Vargas

In 2002, ConAgra Foods CEO Bruce Rohde was deliberating the next steps in the process of transforming the company from an agribusiness giant to a value-added food processor. ConAgra had become the second largest food company and number one food service supplier in the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Leading Change; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food; Agribusiness; Product; Business Processes; Management Teams; Expansion; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States

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Doctoral Students | Information Technology

learn, and work more effectively every day. Getting Started Information for community members who are setting up new accounts at HBS. Setting Up Password Manager (1Password) Setting Up HarvardKey Setting Up MessageMe Setting Up Two-Step... View Details

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Faculty | Information Technology

are setting up new accounts at HBS. Introduction to HBS IT for Faculty IT Technology Guide for Faculty Setting Up HarvardKey Setting Up MessageMe Setting Up Password Manager (1Password) Setting Up Two-Step Verification Daily Work... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Replicating Toyota's Success

Spear focused on the company's approach to solving problems and noticed the conscious way Toyota's managers involve employees in this process, even to the point of leaving a production line at suboptimal... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

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Latin America - Global Activities 2020

Latin America Latin America Seeing the Immediate Impact of Faculty Research in Chile Pictured: Working with Fondo Esperanza, groups of microentrepreneurs meet regularly and are jointly liable for their credits. As assistant professors in HBS’s Entrepreneurial View Details

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Gopesh Mittal

product expressly intended for the Indian market,” says Gopesh. “They found a way to deliver a high-quality infant formula at half their international price.” The experience showed Gopesh that “there was immense potential for innovation”... View Details

05 Dec 2013
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Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

information-driven model by gaining a better understanding of product and customer relationships." Dean Vella cited Walmart's innovation in supply chain management and sustainability as ways in which it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

30 May 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

maintenance and repair parts and equipment in the U.S., had just held its November 2014 board meeting. The meeting had been productive but not without some soul searching for both the company’s management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1997 (Revised May 2002)
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MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kirk A. Goldman

MicroAge, Inc. started as a storefront in Tempe, AZ in 1976 selling personal computer kits to hobbyists. During their first year of operation, founders Jeff McKeever and Alan Hald sold $1.5 million worth of computer kits, priced at under $1,000 each. Twenty years... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Growth Management; Risk Management; Product; Opportunities; Horizontal Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Technology Industry; Arizona

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01 Mar 2009
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coeditor, and academic and public service experts dissect the state of consumer and mortgage credit in the United States and point the way out of the current impasse. Managing Your Boss by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter (Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

May 2022
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Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais

Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details

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29 May 2013
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Reflections and learnings

really know who your direct manager will be and make sure they are someone who will support and champion you. It makes all the difference. Be uncomfortable: This one was actually my own personal goal when starting my MBA but has continued... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

across divisions, and members discovered areas in which they could combine forces to tackle new business opportunities. Gillette's complex organizational matrix meant that many operations issues arose at the intersection of groups—for instance, View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

27 Dec 2015
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The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

to look at products as customers do: a way to get a job done. Creating a Positive Professional Image (19,535) In today’s diverse workplace, your actions and motives are constantly under scrutiny. Time to View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003

accent Other Degrees: BS in civil engineering, West Point; MS in industrial engineering, University of Arkansas Acting Experience: extra in TV series Savannah Previous Job: company commander, U.S. Army Sports: marathon running, boxing Long–Term Goal: general View Details

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A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

20 May 2019
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Makeup: How Kenya Hunt Transformed Her Career Through Cosmetics

Estée Lauder, ran a “Presidential Management Associates” rotational leadership program. “It looked perfect,” Kenya says, “but it required an MBA. I had found the job I wanted, and I pursued the MBA to get it.” Kenya came to HBS with a... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

05 Aug 2002
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Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

developed and manage so-called "platforms" on which many innovations created by many entrepreneurs can be based. By successfully facing issues such as scope (the degree to which a "platform leader" creates and develops... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

January 2000 (Revised March 2004)
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Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina

Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through a catalog (combined with phone orders) and also through an Internet-based catalog. Officenet is a pioneer in both... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Argentina

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