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- September 1993 (Revised May 2005)
- Teaching Note
Forest Policy in Malaysia TN
Teaching Note for (9-792-099). View Details
- May 1992 (Revised August 1993)
- Case
Forest Policy in Malaysia
The governments of Malaysia and the Malaysian State of Sarawak need to assess possible changes in forest policy. Environmentalist pressure threatens traditional market relationships and patterns of business-government interaction. Harvest regulations, subsidies, trade... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Policy; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Forestry Industry; Forest Products Industry; Malaysia
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Forest Policy in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 792-099, May 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
Thomas B. McCabe
McCabe transformed Scott Paper from a sleepy 500 person paper mill company in Chester, Pennsylvania, into a multinational concern with over 60 manufacturing plants throughout the world employing over 40,000 people. By his retirement from the Board in 1980, Scott Paper... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
Cone's property. After the seizure, Cone switched from sustainable forestry to massive clear-cutting on other parts of his land—a disastrous decision from both an economic and environmental perspective. An alternative to this inefficient... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
firsthand as CFO of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA). An American citizen, I came here in 2006 to work in a USAID-sponsored project aimed at combating corruption in state-owned enterprises. Here’s one case I encountered: A... View Details
- March 1981
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-019, March 1981.
- August 1981 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-018, August 1981. (Revised March 1987.)
- April 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc.
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 794-099, April 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.
Like other Weyerhaeusers, John Jr. had an extensive career in some of the family’s other lumbering operations before becoming president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1946. He assumed the office following the exit of his Uncle, Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser, and... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
Edward I. Scott
Scott capitalized on the growth of in-home bathrooms by being one of the first to produce a product that would eventually replace old newspapers and catalogs which were typically used in outhouses. Scott was also the first to place the toilet tissue on a roll and the... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
John A. Kimberly
Kimberly built one of the largest manufacturers of pulp and paper products in the world. His company introduced two big sellers, which are widely sold today – a sanitary napkin (“Kotex”) and a disposable handkerchief (“Kleenex”). View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
Owen R. Cheatham
In 1927, Cheatham founded the Georgia Hardwood Company becoming an early pioneer in the Southern timber industry. Over the next 40 years, he significantly expanded the business, as he created a cross-continental lumber empire by acquiring several companies in the... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- May 2013
- Supplement
Keggfarms (India):Which Came First, the Kuroiler(TM) or the KEGG(TM)?
This is a spreadsheet supplement for HBS case #807089 (Keggfarms). Includes Exhibit 1, Exhibit 4, and Exhibit 5. View Details
- December 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Ponsse: From Finland to Global
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Finland-based Ponsse Oyj, with 2005 turnover of $250 million, is the only dedicated forest equipment company of size that remained in a consolidating industry. Competitors included global giants such as John Deere and Komatsu. Since his arrival at Ponsse in 2004, CEO... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Capacity; Expansion; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Russia; Finland; United States; Brazil
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Ponsse: From Finland to Global." Harvard Business School Case 507-002, December 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- April 1990
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-104, April 1990.
- November 1976 (Revised April 1986)
- Case
Potter Lumber Co., Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Potter Lumber Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 177-094, November 1976. (Revised April 1986.)
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
Growth Market: Afghan saffron has also attracted the attention of MBA classmates Ben Bines, Kimberly Jung, KinYan Chew, and Emily Miller (all HBS 2015), who founded Rumi Spice with a mission similar to Earth2Globe’s. (©Majid Saeedi/Thinkstock) Hay-scented saffron is... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
Photos by Marc Romanelli Climate change rightfully scares a lot of people. The changes already occurring—from the die-off of coral reefs and shrinking polar ice to increasing global temperatures—are almost too much to take in. Conventional wisdom would tell us that any... View Details