Publications

December 2000 (Revised December 2000)
Case

Loblaw Companies Ltd.: The Road Ahead

By: Ray A. Goldberg, David E. Bell and Ann Leamon

After 24 years at the helm of Loblaw Companies, Canada's largest food retailer, Richard Currie is trying to decide on a strategy for the company's future. The firm's current emphasis on one-stop shopping for everyday household needs has been phenomenally successful.... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Distribution; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Canada

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05 Sep 2014
Blog Post

CPD on the Road in Manila

I recently visited Manila to meet with organizations regarding recruitment of MBA students and alumni. The Philippines is a vibrant market for business professionals and youth is a key part of the allure of businesses to the Philippines today. The country’s median age... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

March 2023
Case

Azenta Life Sciences: The Road to Transformation

By: Gary P. Pisano and Catherine Piner

When the Board brought Steve Schwartz in as President of Brooks Automation in 2010, they gave him a clear mission: strengthen the company’s core semiconductor equipment business and find a new industry to enter. Over the course of the next decade, Schwartz and the... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Market Entry and Exit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Segmentation; Technology Industry

January 2014
Case

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: India's Road to Prosperity?

By: John Macomber and Vidhya Muthuram

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) was an ambitious $90 billion infrastructure project covering the 1483-km distance between Delhi and Mumbai. The project would create new industrial townships, high speed freight lines, six-lane expressways, airports, ports... View Details

2020
Chapter

Introduction: China's Rise and the New Silk Road in Global Context

By: William C. Kirby, Marijk C. van der Wende, Nian Cai Liu and Simon Marginson

The introduction prefaces how an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars from Europe, China, the USA, Russia, and Australia investigate how academic mobility and cooperation is taking shape along the New Silk Road and what difference it will make, if any,... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Global Range; Cooperation; Education Industry; China; Europe

April 2011
Teaching Note

European Union: The Road to Lisbon (TN)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Diane Choi

Teaching Note for 711032. View Details

Keywords: Currency; Financial Crisis; Problems and Challenges; Performance Effectiveness; Portugal

22 Sep 2016
News

The Road to Successful Bundled Payment Risk

November 19, 2013
Guest Column

The Road to America Leads Through Gettysburg

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: American History; Abraham Lincoln; American Civil War; Leadership; United States

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March 2011 (Revised May 2011)
Case

China Construction America (A): The Road Ahead

How did a Chinese state-owned construction company strike one deal after another in South Carolina despite political backlash and in New York where well-established competitors dominate? The case examines the U.S. market entry strategy of the CSCEC, China's leading... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Negotiation Deal; State Ownership; Construction Industry; China; United States

07 Jul 2009
News

The road a new GM must take

17 Apr 2024
News

How to Pave the Road to Hell

March 2019
Teaching Note

Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead

By: Vincent Pons

January 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road?

By: Meg Rithmire and Yihao Li

In 2015, a surprise presidential election result seemed to imperil Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, which were associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative to build global infrastructure. In the previous decade, China had undertaken two major projects in the... View Details

Keywords: Belt And Road Initiative; Investment; Infrastructure; China; Sri Lanka

01 Feb 2001
News

The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure

schoolwork on the road is one thing, but what about running a company? That was the question Simon heard most often from his HBS classmates when he took a quick detour from the trip to attend his 20th Reunion last spring. Simon, who... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

1995
Chapter

Director Compensation: The Road to Better Governance

By: Robert B. Stobaugh

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance

March 2018 (Revised January 2019)
Case

Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead

By: Vincent Pons, Amram Migdal and Mike Lynch

Keywords: Climate Change