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  • March 2004
  • Case

L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth

By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost Management; Sales; Performance Improvement; Diversification; Distribution Channels; Resignation and Termination; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • 26 Dec 2018
  • News

With Sluggish Economy, Chinese Auto Industry Eyes U.S. Market

  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

balance of trade in the 1960s, and the devaluation of the U.S. dollar and the end of its convertibility into gold in 1971, provided symbolic signs of the ending of an era. There remained many restrictions on the flow of capital, trade, and people across borders.... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

have been very difficult for Larry to even get a foot in the corporate door, let alone rise to the top,” Gino says. “Back then, there was a lot of stigma around people who have criminal records—and that stigma still exists today.” While a growing number of View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
  • 07 Mar 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

forthcoming Abstract With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Ways to Give Today - Alumni

Giving Ways to Give Today Giving Ways to Give Today Show Your Support There are many ways to make your gift to Harvard Business School Your Gift Matters $250 $500 $1,000 $5,000 Other Give View my giving history Hide my giving View Details
  • 05 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

complexity and broad implications for today. In a remarkably globalized industry, Porsche is a rare example of a company staking its brand, in this example the Cayenne, on the image of one particular country. Wiedeking, regularly ranked... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing
  • 17 Aug 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
  • February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Risa Kavalercik
In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition—Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the... View Details
Keywords: Nigeria; Entrepreneurs; Import Substitution; China In Africa; Killer Tomato Paste; Mira Mehta; Tomato Jos; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government Legislation; Business History; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
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  • Web

Japan - Global

Japan Tokyo HBS opened the Japan Research Center (JRC) in January 2002. The School has an important history of strengthening ties with constituents in Japan (including companies, universities, government, and HBS alumni). These... View Details
  • 1999
  • Chapter

Multinational Cross-Investment between Switzerland and Britain 1914-1945

By: G. Jones
This chapter examines multinational cross-investment between Switzerland and Great Britain between 1914 and 1945. While Great Britain and Switzerland were both major home economies for multinationals,few companies from either country were interested in investing in the... View Details
Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Investment; Great Britain; Switzerland
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  • 17 Jan 2020
  • News

AB InBev Taps Machine Learning to Root Out Corruption

  • Web

Europe - Global

the company through multiple economic crises. As TITAN prepared for its next phase of growth, Papalexopoulos faced the most consequential decision of his tenure: should he continue at the helm, promote a trusted insider, or become the... View Details
  • Web

Research - Global

Saito In 2025, Kenichi Hori, President and CEO of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.—one of Japan’s most prominent Sogo Shosha (investment and trading companies with sprawling global footprints)—reflected on the company’s record-breaking profits. Its... View Details
  • 09 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 9

restrictions. Furthermore, we draw on qualitative accounts of the matching process recorded in oral histories of the career choices of the scientists in our data. All three methods—qualitative description, propensity score estimators, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

the Panama Canal to make use of both conventional historical methods and the tools of quantitative analysis, The Big Ditch examines the impact of the Panama Canal on the Republic of Panama, the United States, and the world. Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu deftly chronicle... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Privacy Notice | About

privacy settings chosen by individual alumni participants. Data in the alumni directory include but are not limited to: contact information, employment history, interests, and education history and are intended to facilitate inter-alumni... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships Harvard Business School Case 709-411 The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case allows for a rich discussion and analysis of Cirque du Soleil's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

volume and constituted a key lever for the company to increase its positive impact on sustainability. IKEA Group Management therefore had to decide how to manage its portfolio of wood sustainability initiatives, especially in the context... View Details