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  • October 2004
  • Case

DNA Traceability at Maple Leaf Foods

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Joan McRobbie and Matthew L. Reisman
Maple Leaf Foods is concerned about the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) issue in Canada and the reputation of Canadian meat products in the domestic and global markets. DNA can now trace products from sow and piglets to consumer pork products.... View Details
Keywords: Food; Globalization; Nutrition; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement; Safety; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Canada
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Goldberg, Ray A., Joan McRobbie, and Matthew L. Reisman. "DNA Traceability at Maple Leaf Foods." Harvard Business School Case 905-407, October 2004.

    Caroline M. Elkins

    Caroline Elkins is the Thomas Henry Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at HBS. She is also Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, an... View Details

    • 08 Sep 2015
    • First Look

    September 8, 2015

    high-level positions in organizations. While a great deal of research has provided evidence that bias and discrimination give rise to and... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • January 2014
    • Case

    Tesco Group Food

    By: Jose B. Alvarez, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman
    In 2010, the world's third largest retailer created a new centralized sourcing department for fresh food and store-brand grocery products in response to changes in global supply and to better meet the needs of a new multi-channel retail environment. The case, set in... View Details
    Keywords: Food Retailing; Multichannel Retailing; Sustainable Supply Chains; Agribusiness; Food Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
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    Alvarez, Jose B., Damien P. McLoughlin, and Mary Shelman. "Tesco Group Food." Harvard Business School Case 514-022, January 2014.
    • 2021
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    Sostenibilidad y negocios verdes en América Latina

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter in the first-ever business history textbook on Latin America examines the impact of modern business enterprise on the natural environment of the region between the 19th century and the present day. It argues that although global capitalism created much... View Details
    Keywords: Environment; Business History; Environmental Sustainability; Latin America; North and Central America
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    Jones, Geoffrey. "Sostenibilidad y negocios verdes en América Latina." Chap. 7 in Historia empresarial en América Latina: temas, debates y problemas, edited by Andrea Lluch, Martín Monsalve Zanatti, and Marcelo Bucheli, 171–194. Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad de los Andes, 2021, Spanish ed.
    • December 2013 (Revised July 2015)
    • Case

    VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya

    By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
    In 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its... View Details
    Keywords: James Cartwright; Bharat Patel; Umang Patel; Vegpro; VP Group; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa; Vegetables; Flowers; Marks & Spencer; Sainsbury's; Horticulture; Sugar; Growth; Diversification; Freighting; Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain; Employees; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa; United Kingdom; Europe; Ethiopia; Ghana
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    Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya." Harvard Business School Case 514-055, December 2013. (Revised July 2015.)
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    Sustainability Club

    Keywords: Sustainability
    • April 2019
    • Case

    American Ballet Theatre

    By: Anita Elberse, Tsubasa Nakajima and Melissa Rodman
    Kara Medoff Barnett, executive director of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), widely regarded as one of the world’s premier ballet companies, faces several challenges. It is June 2018. Despite its prestige, the company’s $45 million annual budget and $22 million endowment... View Details
    Keywords: Performing Arts; Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; Non-profit; Contracts; Labor Economics; General Management; Arts; Entertainment; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing; Strategy
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    Elberse, Anita, Tsubasa Nakajima, and Melissa Rodman. "American Ballet Theatre." Harvard Business School Case 519-085, April 2019.
    • June 2023
    • Teaching Note

    From Cradle to Heaven: Taikang Insurance Group

    By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-088. The case explores the rise of Taikang Insurance Group and its quest to be a leader of one of China's fastest-growing industries. Due to China's underdeveloped social welfare state, Taikang saw an opportunity for the private... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Government and Politics; Health Industry; China
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    Kirby, William C., and Noah B. Truwit. "From Cradle to Heaven: Taikang Insurance Group." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 323-126, June 2023.
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    I taught for five years in the first-year MBA course, Business, Government, and the International Economy. I now teach Globalization and Emerging Markets to second-year MBAs, as well as an executive education module on global economics in the Owner/President Management... View Details
    • 26 Mar 2015
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    Podcast: Integrated Corporate Reporting

    • September 24, 2024
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    4 Steps That Can Optimize Your Sales Process

    By: Frank V. Cespedes, Scott Peterson and Daniel Weinfurter
    Sales is a performance art where outcomes matter, so most advice here focuses on closing the sale. But a close is the result of actions and choices that occur earlier in the process: how much time and effort to spend on customer discovery (understanding what and to... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage
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    Cespedes, Frank V., Scott Peterson, and Daniel Weinfurter. "4 Steps That Can Optimize Your Sales Process." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 24, 2024).
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    Alumni

    Rush Vinyl and new co-owner of Waterloo Records, with ambitions of preserving the local music scene and supporting... View Details
    • August 2017 (Revised November 2017)
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    Paktor: Designing a Dating App

    By: Michael Luca, Stephanie Chan and Essie Alamsyah
    Paktor is a popular mobile-based online dating app from Singapore, where a user can swipe right or left on a profile to indicate her interest in a potential match. The case is designed to explore issues related to pricing, market design, and launch strategies in the... View Details
    Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Design; Price; Product Launch; Global Strategy
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    Luca, Michael, Stephanie Chan, and Essie Alamsyah. "Paktor: Designing a Dating App." Harvard Business School Case 918-005, August 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
    • 08 Jul 2014
    • First Look

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    company commands a global market share of more than 50% and is largely responsible for the rapid technological progress in View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 13 Sep 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Nitin Joglekar, Boston University

    • August 8, 2017
    • Article

    Buying Time Promotes Happiness

    By: A.V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, Rene Bekkers and Michael I. Norton
    Around the world, increases in wealth have produced an unintended consequence: a rising sense of time scarcity. We provide evidence that using money to buy time can provide a buffer against this time famine, thereby promoting happiness. Using large, diverse samples... View Details
    Keywords: Time; Money Funds; Well-being; Money; Happiness; Satisfaction
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    Whillans, A.V., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, Rene Bekkers, and Michael I. Norton. "Buying Time Promotes Happiness." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 32 (August 8, 2017): 8523–8527.
    • 07 Mar 2022
    • News

    Workforce Trends You Need to Know, How COVID Impacted Digital Transformation, & Why Low Wage Jobs Are So Hard to Fill

    • 07 Mar 2022
    • News

    Workforce Trends You Need to Know, How COVID Impacted Digital Transformation, & Why Low Wage Jobs Are So Hard to Fill

    • April 2011 (Revised July 2014)
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    Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication

    By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
    Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), confronted in 2003 with an urgent need to change how it operated externally, adopted a highly innovative approach to communicating internally. This case, set in 2010, presents an overview of the new, more interactive model of employee... View Details
    Keywords: Communication Strategy; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Corporate Strategy; India
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    Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication." Harvard Business School Case 411-077, April 2011. (Revised July 2014.)
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