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- August 2023
- Case
Tenkara Outfitters
By: Christina Wallace, Jo Tango and Johnson Elugbadebo
After taking over from their parents, Sebastian Maxwell and Alexandra Ito, CEO and COO of Minnesota-based outdoor adventure brand Tenkara, must decide how they want to resource and grow this formerly family-run business. After outdoor activities exploded during the... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Family Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Growth and Maturation
Wallace, Christina, Jo Tango, and Johnson Elugbadebo. "Tenkara Outfitters." Harvard Business School Case 824-003, August 2023.
- April 1995 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Kraft General Foods: The Merger (B)
By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Discusses the recent decision to blend the previously separate Kraft and General Foods units into one operating company with a focus on the creation of a single massive sales force. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Salesforce Management; Corporate Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Collis, David J., and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson. "Kraft General Foods: The Merger (B)." Harvard Business School Case 795-153, April 1995. (Revised May 1995.)
- 11 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy
from vegan Olympian Seba Johnson to prominent documentary director of Game Changers, Louie Psihoyos. What made you decide to take this SIP? Monika: I’m very passionate about food system sustainability and the plant-based economy is a key... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
million Pursuing Perfection grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to funding an improvement-science training program, the grant requires that the hospital undertake improvement projects. Hence, Kotagal develops... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
story of how mission and finance can play out over a very long period. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/dana-hall-funding-a-mission-d/an/114031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 513-103 Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney In April 2013,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
socially responsible mission. There is tremendous inefficiency in the environmental community, and one of our goals is to facilitate the formation of strategic alliances between and amongst environmentalists and other sectors of society to reduce some of this overlap... View Details
- Article
How Warm Days Increase Belief in Global Warming
By: Lisa Zaval, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Eric J. Johnson and Elke U. Weber
Climate change judgments can depend on whether today seems warmer or colder than usual, termed the local warming effect. Although previous research has demonstrated that this effect occurs, studies have yet to explain why or how temperature abnormalities influence... View Details
Zaval, Lisa, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Eric J. Johnson, and Elke U. Weber. "How Warm Days Increase Belief in Global Warming." Nature Climate Change 4, no. 2 (February 2014): 143–147.
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
potential shared resources. Johnson & Johnson has done this effectively with many of its health care companies—acquiring separate platforms of growth and leaving them largely independent. Knight Ridder... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- October 2017 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Dan Levy, Jose Ramon Morales Arilla and Matthew S. Johnson
Managers make predictions all the time: How fast will my markets grow? How much inventory do I need? How intensively should I monitor my suppliers? Which potential customers will be most responsive to a particular marketing campaign? Which job candidates should I... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Policy Implementation; Empirical Research; Inspection; Occupational Safety; Occupational Health; Regulation; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Policy; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Safety; Manufacturing Industry; Construction Industry; United States
Toffel, Michael W., Dan Levy, Jose Ramon Morales Arilla, and Matthew S. Johnson. "Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-019, October 2017. (Revised April 2018.)
- Article
Defaults Are Not the Same by Default
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Shannon Duncan, Elke U. Weber and Eric J. Johnson
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Shannon Duncan, Elke U. Weber, and Eric J. Johnson. "Defaults Are Not the Same by Default." Behavioral Scientist (April 16, 2019).
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
hilarious as it is sad.” —Assistant Professor Meg Rithmire, on The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson Quoted “One of the things that this question around art in South Asia often brings up is the notion of when there are so many other... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
sales to Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol); Dristan and other cold and allergy-relief medicines; and drugs for asthma, hemorrhoids, and other ills. Canned and packaged goods brought in 11 percent, including such brands as Chef Boyardee... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 2015
- Conference Presentation
Behaviorist Thinking in Judgments of Wrongness, Punishment, and Blame
By: J. De Freitas and S. G. B. Johnson
- Aug 2017
- Conference Presentation
Phd Life Lab—Treat It Like a Job
By: Hise O. Gibson, T. Johnson and T. Hewlin
- October 2010
- Supplement
Toyota Recalls (C): Bumpy Road Ahead
By: John A. Quelch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Ryan Johnson
Between February and July 2010, Toyota sales recover thanks to the use of extensive PR and sales incentives. Yet recalls continue. Can Toyota stem the tide and correct its organizational flaws to address the underlying issues? View Details
Quelch, John A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Ryan Johnson. "Toyota Recalls (C): Bumpy Road Ahead." Harvard Business School Supplement 511-042, October 2010.
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
find out what the facts really are. You have to separate rock solid truth from the surrounding haze of assumption. That is what Jim Burke (MBA ’49), then-CEO of Johnson & Johnson, succeeded in doing when boxes of Tylenol products were... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
think you need to know it all. In fact, the best leaders seem to excel in knowing where their weaknesses are and either hiring to fill those gaps, or spending time to learn the work themselves, like Toby. 3. It’s OK to make mistakes Our section was lucky enough to have... View Details
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