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- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
integral component of management control systems and play a significant role in achieving desirable performance outcomes. We focus on a key environmental performance objective—reduction of carbon emissions—as a setting in which to examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
value-added products like yogurt. The entry of large multi-brand retailers like Walmart and Carrefour in the Indian market threatens to squeeze Amul's margins and undermine its low-cost distribution network. India's large young rural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
business. It is argued that the country of origin of a technological innovation is less economically important than the ability of a society to capitalize on that innovation and convert it into profitable business opportunities. Corporations with superior marketing and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
and other distributions as opposed to purely growth. What, if anything, could Woolf and other farmers do to influence the outcome? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510033-PDF-ENG Looking for Opportunity in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
requires turning away from what made them successful. The tightly integrated business systems that have worked in their home markets are unlikely to secure their future in global markets. Samsung has steadily navigated this paradox to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2023
- Case
Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant
By: Brian Trelstad, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of sales representatives during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The company has also made strides in its efforts... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; ESG Reporting; Acquisition; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Human Capital; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Distribution Channels; Supply Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Customer Ownership; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Reputation; Human Needs; Social Issues; Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil; Latin America
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
distinctly different strategy. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706518 Kinder Morgan, Inc.-Management Buyout Harvard Business School Case 207-123 Kinder Morgan, Inc., was a leader in the transportation and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
rates made marketing expensive, and an inefficient distribution system increased costs further. In 2010, RB managed to overcome these constraints for one of its brands, Durex, the best-selling condom brand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Review 89 Abstract The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and governance policies (e.g., distribute more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
show that, even in a world with perfect capital markets and without differences in innate ability, wealthy parents invest, on average, more in their offspring than poorer ones. As a result, persistence of economic status is higher at the top of the income View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
catastrophic risks to patients, physicians, pharmaceutical firms, and regulators. Between the early 1960s and the present, national systems were built to collect, standardize, and respond to individual reports of side effects, with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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challenges and to assist them in developing effective solutions. We aspire to help leaders think clearly about the design of economic and political institutions that will enable firms and societies to thrive while maintaining the physical and biological View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
manufacturers to influence prices set by their downstream partners. A MAP policy imposes a lower bound on advertised prices, subjecting violating retailers to punishments such as termination of distribution agreements. Despite this... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
implications of our findings for the literature on absorptive capacity and open and distributed innovation. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1802696 Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
revenue.) The exchange and nearby buildings were checked for safety and cleaned up, power was reestablished, and computer systems tested and retested over the weekend. On Monday, September 17, Lhota stood by as the bell rang to open the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
perspective; he’s now solving problems that affect the more than twenty countries where CHAI works by adapting the same quantitative modeling techniques used in business logistics to find the most efficient ways for countries to use health facilities or procure and... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
investment decisions, the use of project finance can also affect asset values. By using project finance, companies get the opportunity to create a project-specific governance system designed to optimize the value of the project. Thus,... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing theories and evidence specifically addressing questions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
case:http://hbr.org/search/913401-PDF-ENG SCMS: Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa Ananth Raman, Noel Watson, Santiago Kraiselburd, and Emmanuel AkiliHarvard Business School Case 613-023 In 2005, USAID and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), created... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne