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Riverstone

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

In 2020, Luke Minion and the leadership team at Riverstone, a hog producer founded in 2013 in Shandong, China, were evaluating Riverstone’s strategy as it rebounded from outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in two of its three farm complexes. Riverstone was a joint... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Disruption; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consulting Industry; United States; China

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Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

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Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

isn't grounded in the data in the case, the instructor is trained to crucify her right on the spot. And so we exalt the virtues of data-driven decision making. And then many of the students go to work for consulting firms where they carry... View Details

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Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

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Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

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Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

schedules, with the opportunity to work from home on more than just an occasional basis. These preferences have helped fuel the rise of the “gig economy” and the rapid growth of companies like HourlyNerd, which plays matchmaker between companies seeking affordable... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

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Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

efforts, so adding Teams management to that regime is also one-stop shopping. In my information governance consulting practice, I adopted Zoom as the pandemic hit (moving away from older products like WebEx and GoToMeeting), but quickly... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

levels of the company, particularly from the CEO. Evaluate the company's other start-up efforts and how it handled projects that failed in some regard, said Jim Barron, vice president of Innosight L.L.C., a consulting firm specializing in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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First Look: July 1

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Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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world's leading data storage hardware and information management software company. EMC's customers had historically relied on EMC salespeople to guide them through the complex, consultative buying process. However, with the rise of social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

(iStockphoto/Mladen Zivkovic) Several years ago, my spouse and I turned to concierge medicine. We no longer wanted to deal with a US health care system that often provides basically anonymous, production line diagnosis and treatment during hurried, 15-minute View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

field observations—and the interaction among them all. Ely: Were you a consultant to the organization initially? Was that how you got your foot in the door? Kanter: I was a consultant. What I could bring to bear as a young academic was... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

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First Look: April 29, 2008

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Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

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Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

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Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

these tensions themselves.” In contrast, the successful organization required the job counselors to consult with the production supervisors before making any key decisions, and vice versa. And it provided ample time and opportunity for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

"Jane's Dilemma" was inspired by a real situation that had happened to an executive at a major consulting firm. The woman had been offered responsibility on the company's Women's Initiative, but managed to turn around what may... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

simplicity of the sign-up process, transparency of eligibility and repayment rules, and speed of accessing cash,” the researchers wrote. To survey small businesses, the research team consulted HBS Senior Fellow Karen Mills, former head of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

29 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'

caught the attention of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who sought her advice about online advertising, later offering her a position as Microsoft’s consulting chief economist, where she worked on the search advertising platform and a host... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology; Education

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

with Anant Thaker (HBS MBA 2011) of the Boston Consulting Group and Howard Rudnick of the Tobin Project, Moss offers an alternative perspective: Perhaps we've been looking at the question the wrong way. Inequality And Making Decisions In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Research & Ideas

When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different

studies on companies including Microsoft, Sony, and Intel, and consults with consumer marketing companies in the area of innovation. She also serves on the board of directors of Avid Technology and the board of governors of the American... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

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