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  • June 2023
  • Supplement

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (D)

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Scott Mayfield and Philipp Chvanov
Analyzes the company's decision on Project Cowboy following the events described in the C Case View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
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  • February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
  • Supplement

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Analyzes the company’s decision on Project Cowboy following the events described in the A Case. View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
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  • February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
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  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Expanding Horizons

Nishant Sharma (MBA 2006) For Nishant Sharma (MBA 2006), cofounder and managing director of Kedaara Capital Advisors LLP in Mumbai, the impact of HBS has been significant. While the School has had a positive... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center

Mookerjee recently served as managing director of Capital One’s Asia business ventures, based in Bangalore, India. When that assignment ended in June 2004, he decided to remain with his family in India and... View Details
Keywords: HBS; India Research Center; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

    Leonard Abramson

    Abramson accurately predicted the need for prepaid medical plans to manage spiraling medical spending in the 60’s and 70’s and founded U. S. Healthcare to capitalize on this opportunity. Abramson built a... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
    • April 2025
    • Case

    Thrivent: From Insurance Agents to Financial Advisors

    By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Tom Quinn
    Thrivent, a midwestern financial services company with a centuries-long history rooted in Lutheranism, had reached $10 billion in revenue mostly by selling life insurance. In the 2020s, however, CEO Terry Rasmussen began a transformation process centered around the... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Job Design and Levels; Human Capital; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Minneapolis
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    • 19 Oct 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

    On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
    • 14 Feb 2018
    • News

    A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

    demonstrate how they can be more innovative and successful by fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Coleman, who previously was managing director of the Nobel Peace Prize–nominated Feminist Majority Foundation, believes diversity... View Details
    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

    Express; Solomon Trujillo, president and CEO of U S West Communications; and Ann Fudge, president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and Post Cereals? How did these people of color overcome the odds and break through the glass ceiling that hangs over the heads of most... View Details
    Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
    • 30 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Entering the Age of Alliances

    HP, like Merck, has a basic interest in increasing the supply of scientists. NSRC has focused on curriculum design and teacher training. HP's technical advice and the active involvement of its scientists and managers have lent a valuable... View Details
    Keywords: by James Austin
    • 06 Oct 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    The Growth of the Social Enterprise

    same 501(c) (3) as the central organization. Branches are managed and controlled by the central organization, with local staff operating the branch but reporting directly to the central office. Local branches may have their own advisory... View Details
    Keywords: by Carla Tishler
    • 11 Mar 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Evolving for Success [Part Two]

    a project to a small group of people who are amateurs, who do the project part-time and act as a committee. It doesn't demand management time and resources, and you haven't brought in new skills. This holds for hospitals, government... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • February 2003 (Revised February 2009)
    • Case

    Yahoo!: Becoming a Competitor in the Career Listings Space (A)

    By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Nasser
    In late 2001, Yahoo!'s new executive leadership team faces a decision. With online advertising revenues significantly off, the company has decided to explore new strategic businesses, including online recruiting. The team must decide whether to make a bid for... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Recruitment; Management Teams; Negotiation Deal; Employment Industry
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    • February 2002 (Revised May 2003)
    • Case

    Endeca Technologies (A)

    By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
    Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide among two term sheets raising the same amount of badly needed money for his young software company. One deal is led by insiders and, is offered at a lower price. It continues a board that has worked very well and... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology Industry
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    • 26 Feb 2020
    • News

    Phoenix Rising

    and a place that valued the environment, he says. “And frankly, it used to be the best place in the world to live or work or retire or come for holidays. So I set my ambitions very high.” Mitsotakis is confident that capital won’t be the... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
    • Fall 2016
    • Article

    Global Talent Flows

    By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
    The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Human Capital; Entrepreneurship; Global Range; Competency and Skills; Immigration
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    • 15 Dec 2013
    • News

    The Right Stuff

    Keywords: private sector space travel; hiring practices; Space Research and Technology; Government
    • 05 Jul 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: July 5

    manager of inventory planning is tasked with developing an effective strategy for managing inventory without requiring additional capital investment. The company has launched... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Jan 2003
    • News

    Greylock

    opportunities to working with founders and managers to sponsoring over 120 successful initial public offerings. As well known as the venture capital industry is today, that was far from the case in 1965,... View Details