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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
In Brief
tell the story of how they launched SmartPak, a rapidly growing company in the horse- and dog-supplements business that landed smack in the middle of the melamine-pet food scare last spring. Seeking Silent Voices. Successful... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
Beringer's deal certainly provides Foster's with greater distribution clout. Foster's expects to use Beringer's strong position in the U.S. to enhance the sales of its Mildara Blass wines there. Furthermore, the company hopes to use its Australian View Details
- Profile
Max Wibaux
other influences, Max has been "led organically toward early-stage venture capital and growth equity in the food and beverage space," a functional transition that would allow him to combine his... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- 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
- February 1989 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Asahi Breweries Ltd.
Focuses on competitive repositioning, organizational renewal, and personal leadership. Describes how Asahi Breweries was faced with a major capacity expansion decision after succeeding in increasing market share dramatically in the traditionally stable Japanese beer... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Mission and Purpose; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
Salter, Malcolm S. "Asahi Breweries Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 389-114, February 1989. (Revised October 1994.)
- February 2015 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
The Board of Directors at Market Basket
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague
The firing of Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, and directors affiliated with him set off employee protests throughout the grocery store chain. Industry specialists estimated that Market Basket was losing close to ten million... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Shareholder Votes; Board Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Board Decisions; Boards; Grocery; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Food and Beverage Industry; New England
Lorsch, Jay W., and Emily McTague. "The Board of Directors at Market Basket." Harvard Business School Case 415-044, February 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
Spring 2021 to form five deal teams, each conducting diligence on a different business. As the semester draws to a close, the team is completing investments in few of these businesses. How Does It Actually Work? The fund is held as a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with an... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
with living things or organic compounds will have a common language and, in turn, a common business," he asserts in "Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life-Science Revolution," a McKinsey Award-winning article he coauthored in... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
of the issues near and dear to the Class of 2009. The event, which organizers thought might be a first in HBS history (or at least the first in quite some time) included complimentary beverages and enough popcorn to fuel a movie marathon.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
between the structure of a development organization and the architecture of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products are often said to "mirror" the architectures of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Gorton's Seafoods
OrganizationPaul Coz, Vice President Human Resources, Gorton's Seafoods Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Gorton's, America's iconic seafood company, is the category leader in frozen, value added seafood, providing... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
vital area. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-060.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBig Bazaar Harvard Business School Case 606-099 Describes a high-growth Indian retailer, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., and two of the company's formats—Big... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-074 Whole Foods Under Amazon In August 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Whole View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations between government regulation and corporate strategy, the behavior of private and public View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
as avatars) for use by both organizations and individuals. New York: TwoChop (Mo Lam, MBA ’05, founder) is a microgaming platform that plans to deliver “quick-engagement” games to users throughout the day. Northern California: Redbeacon... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kevin Omwega
people in Kenya face every day. I want to be there for them like Eric was for me. I want to help the single mother who works twenty hours a day to provide her family with basic needs, such as food and water. I want to help her children... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP. Climate Stories author Jacqueline Adams serves on the International Advisory Council of the United States Institute of Peace, a non-partisan View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
found the "Levers of Change: Orchestrating Food Systems Transformations" and "Threads of Change: Sustainable Solutions in Apparel and Textiles" panels especially thought-provoking. A key insight that stuck with me is how disconnected we... View Details
- June 2020
- Case
MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan and Matthew Preble
This is an abridged version of “MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?” HBS Case No. 416-004. Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow MOD from 45 stores as of May 2015... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, John D. Vaughan, and Matthew Preble. "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 420-118, June 2020.
- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details