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  • September 2016 (Revised September 2016)
  • Case

The Tavistock Group and the Australian Agricultural Company

By: Dante Roscini and Matthew Preble
In late 2015, Dr. Shehan Dissanayake, a managing director and board member of Bahamian investment firm The Tavistock Group (Tavistock), the largest shareholder in the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), one of the country's largest agribusinesses, faces a... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Foreign Direct Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Australia; Bahamas
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above: Bar graph transitions into prices associated with sweaters and songs on iTunes Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/514011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-063 Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A) Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2018
  • News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run a nonprofit that fights poverty through entrepreneurship, Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is just the person you’d want. That was the opinion of Cindy Ko (MBA 2005) in 2013 when she was Asia-Pacific head for Endeavor, the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

High Honors

three major Executive Education programs in marketing management and sought to expand his global view of business by working with management schools in Europe, Japan, India, Mexico, and Australia. Marshall led several important... View Details
  • November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
  • Case

Body Shop International

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Management Teams; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 13 Jan 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Private Equity and Industry Performance

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Action Plan: To the Letter

Massachusetts, as well as at offices in London, Berlin, New Delhi, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Strongest in the Latin typefaces, where the company got its start, Monotype is growing the number of offerings available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other Asian... View Details
Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

production, our group visited Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies with 707 vessels and Denmark’s largest company ($81.5B in revenue in 2022), 206th on the Fortune global 500 rankings. Maersk was at the epicenter of... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2019
  • News

Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO

having a record year for cash flow. The Journal also noted that Kempczinksi had planned a global town hall meeting with employees. “I’ll share a bit more about my background and perspective,” he wrote in an internal memo, “but most... View Details
Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
  • 19 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York investment firm KKR. Shih discusses the... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other... View Details
  • 14 Jun 2023
  • News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate... View Details
  • 19 Apr 2024
  • News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Curriculum Matthew Weinzierl & Professor Debora Spar (PMD 62) + More Info - Video Recording – Less Info - Video Recording How can we best prepare students to navigate an uncertain world? How do we make sense of the changes in American and View Details
  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

effects.“At CrossBoundary we are helping African companies to grow, mature, and access capital, as well as helping American and other companies navigate African investment opportunities,” Nneka explained. “We're at the forefront of thinking about how we are going to... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services

see our documentation here . Miscellaneous How can I transfer data using HBS resources? Please see information here . How do I connect to the HBS VPN? Please see information here . I would like to purchase data; whom should I contact? Many user-friendly, web-based... View Details
  • July 2005 (Revised September 2016)
  • Case

24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004

By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2004, Mark S. Mastrov, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness, reflected on how far his company had come in just over 20 years. From humble beginnings in 1983 in San Leandro, California, 24 Hour Fitness had grown to become the largest privately-owned health-club chain in... View Details
Keywords: 24 Hour Fitness; Mark Mastrov; Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Sales Force Compensation; Incentive Systems; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Private Equity; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Nutrition; Business History; Employees; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Service Operations; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Capital Structure; Performance; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
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  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

systems, industry, steel, and cement, collectively responsible for 60% of emissions, are not receiving adequate funding. Notably, two-thirds of venture capital (VC) is channeled into electric vehicles (EVs), indicating a disproportionate focus. 3) View Details
  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities