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- October 1992 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
McDonald's Corporation
By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
McDonald's has over many years built an operating strategy based on consistency and quality through a limited product range. Competitive forces have drawn the company into a much wider variety of foods and services in order to maintain growth. Now, new competitors... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Problems and Challenges; Environmental Sustainability; Quality; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Integration; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "McDonald's Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 693-028, October 1992. (Revised September 1996.)
- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Plain English becoming lost art in corporate America
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
Editor's note: In their new book, Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance, Harvard Business School professors Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih argue that reinvesting in America's manufacturing prowess is necessary not only for creating jobs,... View Details
- 14 Aug 2011
- News
Inside the Greek Volcano
- 15 May 2011
- News
Deeply conflicted
- 26 Apr 2015
- News
Investors’ climate change ‘gamble’ exposed
- 28 Aug 2016
- News
G.E., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-Up
- November 1, 2019
- Article
Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It
Leaders say that they want more innovation. But then they trap themselves and their associates inside the structures that keep them stuck–inside the building, so to speak, where ideas get stale fast. That’s dangerous in a world of disruption and change. View Details
Keywords: Silos; Community; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Change; Perspective; Learning; Attitudes
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It." Wall Street Journal (online) (November 1, 2019).
- 16 Sep 2014
- News
Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks
- 13 Apr 2011
- News
Learning to love the irrational mind
From Calm Leadership, Lasting Change
She was a slight, soft-spoken woman who preferred walking the Maine shoreline to stalking the corridors of power. And yet View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
discussing how insights from the study of hybrid organizing in social enterprises may contribute to organization theory. Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19416520.2014.893615 Working Papers Dangerous Expectations: Breaking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, Public Affairs, April 2020
It’s the most successful economic system to have ever existed, but capitalism is in danger of destroying itself—and our world. Reimagining Capitalism gets to the heart of what’s wrong with modern capitalism and lays out a pragmatic roadmap... View Details
- 28 Oct 2012
- News
From Calm Leadership, Lasting Change
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
Davos Diary: Day Two
- 04 Apr 2022
- News
Cost of Distancing May Outweigh Benefits for Healthy Adults
- 11 Apr 2013
- News
Current fiscal policy harms U.S. competitiveness
- February 2003 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Brioni
By: David E. Bell
Should Brioni, an internationally known, exclusive men's suit manufacturer and retailer extend its line to include women's apparel? The opportunity is to enter a much larger and profitable market. The dangers are: 1) compromising the existing image, and 2) failing to... View Details
- September 1992 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Summit Distributors (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Amy P. Hutton
Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing the inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO would avoid default but would require higher future income... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Cost Accounting; Cash Flow; Interest Rates; Economic Systems; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Statements; Valuation; Accounting Audits; Financing and Loans; Accounting Industry; Legal Services Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Amy P. Hutton. "Summit Distributors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-053, September 1992. (Revised March 1997.)