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  • December 2017
  • Case

Mondelēz International

By: David Bell, Kerry Herman and Amram Migdal
Mondelēz International is a packaged foods company competing primarily in “snacks” around the globe. The case describes how and why the Kraft Inc. CEO, and later Mondelēz CEO, Irene Rosenfeld, created Mondelēz and how she positioned it as a growth company at a time... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; Asia; China; Latin America; Middle East
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  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Five Graduates Receive the 2011 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award

  • 26 Aug 2013
  • News

Activists Seek Short-Term Gain, Not Long-Term Value

  • 30 Oct 2019
  • News

From the playing field to the boardroom

  • 30 Oct 2019
  • News

Celtics’s Allison Feaster joins Maura Healey, Jessica Gelman at Harvard to talk women in sports

  • June 2016
  • Supplement

Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Scott Mayfield and David Lane
In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Supply Chain Finance; Corporate Treasury; Consumer Packaged Goods; Value Creation; Supply Chain; Supplier Relationships; Banking; Liquidity; Accounts Payable; Accrual Accounting; Financial Reporting; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain Management; United States; Brazil
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  • 17 Oct 2018
  • Video

Unlocking the Potential of Precision Medicine

    Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble

    In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world's largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving... View Details
    • November 2005 (Revised August 2007)
    • Case

    ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mary L. Shelman
    In 2005, CEO Bruce Rohde has almost completed the integration of ConAgra Foods' collection of 90 independent operating companies into a focused, value-added firm and was beginning to think about his successor. ConAgra had become the second largest food company and No.... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Leading Change; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Brands and Branding; Food; Agribusiness; Product Marketing; Management Teams; Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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    • December 2017
    • Supplement

    Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
    In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands (Vegemite—the iconic Australian spread,... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Value Drivers; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Dairy Industry; Corporate Scope; Diversification; Consumer Goods; Iconic Brands; Australia; Corporate Finance; Bidding Strategy; Cross Border; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Business Divisions; Capital Structure; Food; Bids and Bidding; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Australia; United States
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    • 05 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

    Mondelēz International Mondelēz International is a packaged foods company competing primarily in “snacks” around the globe. The case describes how and why the Kraft Inc. CEO, and later Mondelēz CEO, Irene Rosenfeld, created Mondelēz and... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Hiring Organizations

    Kellanova Kestrix KEY ESG KHAITE Kistefos AS KKR & Co. Inc. KKR Capstone Knox Lane Kora Management LP Kraft Heinz Company Krispy Kreme L L+M Development Partners Inc. L.E.K. Consulting Ladder Health Last Mile Education Fund LayerHealth... View Details
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Richard J. Kogan Schering-Plough Corporation, 1996–2003 Herbert V. Kohler Kohler Company, 1937–1968 Walter J. Kohler Kohler Company, 1905–1937 James L. Kraft Kraft (J. L.) Brothers and Company, 1909–1953... View Details
    • 24 Jul 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: July 24

      PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming) Abstract Even though the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

    Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
    Keywords: by Tim Gray
    • 10 Aug 2023
    • News

    Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism Appoints Alumna as President

    The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) recently announced that Tara Levine (MBA 2001) will serve as its first president. Founded in 2019 by Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group,... View Details
    • Web

    Faculty & Research - Health Care

    at HBS and health care is one of the ISC's core research areas. The Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator (KPMA) Led by Kathy Giusti and Richard Hamermesh who worked with health care leaders to develop a business framework that encourages... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2017
    • Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

    Unilever Sustainable Living Plan with well-defined metrics the following year. Polman’s efforts in his first eight years returned 214 percent to Unilever shareholders. Nevertheless, Kraft Heinz, owned by Brazilian private equity firm 3G,... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage
    • 23 Jan 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

    crisis, delivering more accurate and relevant ratings for investors. The paper, published in Management Science, was coauthored by Sikochi, Samuel B. Bonsall IV and Karl A. Muller III of Penn State University; Kevin Koharki of Purdue University; and Pepa View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • HBS Case

    A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

    had ever been incarcerated. I didn’t offer any information, but I didn’t lie,” Miller says. Miller, a top performer at Campbell’s, rose through the ranks before moving on to senior positions at Kraft Foods and Jantzen Swimwear—roles he... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories