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- October 1993 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Microlite S.A.: The Pan-Orient Decision
As Brazil begins lowering its tariffs on imports, Microlite S.A., the country's largest producer of dry-cell batteries, is faced with becoming internationally competitive. It is consolidating production of zinc-carbon batteries in its northeast plant, presenting the... View Details
Gray, Ann E. "Microlite S.A.: The Pan-Orient Decision." Harvard Business School Case 694-055, October 1993. (Revised July 1995.)
- 25 Jun 2003 - 28 Jun 2003
- Conference Presentation
Agile Software Development: Evidence from the Field
By: Alan MacCormack
- 25 Jun 2021
- News
The Hazards of a “Nice” Company Culture
- 21 Apr 2015
- News
Teva Makes Takeover Bid for Mylan
- 08 Sep 2014
- News
What You Don't Know About Sales Could Hurt Your Strategy
- 04 Aug 2014
- News
The Best and Worst of Family Businesses
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Teele Hall Dedication
Last October, the School's five-story office building at 230 Western Avenue was formally renamed Teele Hall, in honor of HBS Dean Stanley F. Teele, who led the School from 1955 to 1962. Present for the ceremony was a contingent of Teele family members, including... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Some Racquet
Korff, with Jennifer Capriati (left) and Monica Seles Photo courtesy of Korff Enterprises In an era of corporate sports, John Korff (MBA '77) is a throwback to the days of the maverick impresario. A promoter of sporting events, hot-air balloon festivals, and other... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- News
Growing a Family Business
Time describes Benetton Group as "a case study in business management." Alessandro Benetton (MBA '91) guides a family business through a generational shift. View Details
- 06 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club
search for, acquire, and operate a business in which they have a meaningful ownership position. For those of us that have ever dreamed of being an entrepreneur and running our own business, but lack an outstanding idea or the technical... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 22 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
The National Park Services: A Mini-Business with a Twist
must make collaborative tradeoffs to ensure that the “enjoyment” and the “unimpaired” elements of the mission statement are met. Thus, parks are not dissimilar from businesses in that day-to-day operations can present tough tradeoffs and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- April 2025
- Teaching Note
Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) and (B)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Ken Pucker and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 622-024, 625-004, 625-005, and 625-702. The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) case introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Climate Impact; Environmental Strategy; Innovation; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Business Startups; Initial Public Offering; Knowledge Sharing; Competitive Advantage; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; United States; California
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
Consumers in the United States are so increasingly into fresh, local, and carbon neutral that if someone figured out how to grow a tomato that could walk itself to the grocery store, they'd be a millionaire. So why is Mutti S.p.a., a tomato processing company based in... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
Staging the Olympics is a Herculean task. Years of preparation, including budget-busting financial requirements, a panoply of construction projects, world-class logistical and communications challenges, and event-planning needs that stretch the imaginations of platoons... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Estimating Productivity in the Presence of Spillovers: Firm-Level Evidence from the U.S. Production Network
By: Ebehi Iyoha
This paper examines the extent to which productivity gains are transmitted across U.S. firms through buyer-supplier relationships. Many empirical studies measure firm-to-firm spillovers using firm-level productivity estimates derived from control function approaches.... View Details
Iyoha, Ebehi. "Estimating Productivity in the Presence of Spillovers: Firm-Level Evidence from the U.S. Production Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-033, December 2023. (Winner of the Young Economists' Essay Award at the 2021 Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE))
- February 2023
- Case
Seemore Meats & Veggies
By: Lou Shipley, Patricia Favreau and Mel Martin
Cara Nicoletti was an emerging food entrepreneur that had recently launched her first product, a sustainably sourced, vegetable-infused meat sausage. Brooklyn, New York City-based Seemore Meats & Veggies had seen promising signs of success in local markets and pockets... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Food; Logistics; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Shipley, Lou, Patricia Favreau, and Mel Martin. "Seemore Meats & Veggies." Harvard Business School Case 823-084, February 2023.
- Article
Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains
By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
This article analyzes how the geography and organization of pre- and production stages in Global Value Chains (GVC) contribute to lead firms' innovation development. A novel approach in GVC studies is introduced based on transaction cost economics (TCE) and the... View Details
Keywords: GVC; Global Value Chains; Manufacturing; Production; Global Range; Innovation and Invention
Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano. "Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains." Art. 101167. Journal of World Business 56, no. 2 (February 2021).