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  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy

As the new managing director of Hall & Woodhouse, one of England’s leading regional breweries, Matt Kearsey (AMP 193, 2017) knows that the best-tasting beer requires more than premium hops and pure spring water. “We give the process the... View Details
Keywords: Leah Flickinger; manufacturing; craft beer; leadership; management; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

Action Plan: Brewing Awareness

Courtesy White Owl Brewery Before coming to business school, Javed Murad (MBA 2008) was not much of a beer drinker. The brews on offer in his native India were primarily mass-produced lagers, and he just didn’t like the taste. While at... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; beer; India; leadership; COVID-19; manufacturing; marketing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 16 Mar 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards

Keywords: by Edward J. Ludwig, Anna Elise Walton & Michael Beer
  • 13 Feb 2020
  • Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

New Video: Books@Baker Virtual Session with Michael Beer After prospering for more than 100 years, General Electric found itself in trouble in the early 2000s, facing the double wallop of a depressed energy sector and the financial crisis... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Clubs

Brew Club

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

professor Michael Beer says companies should do on a regular basis. "Business success is a function of fit between a host of key variables within an organization," he says. "Strategy, values, culture, employees, systems,... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 2009
  • Book

High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage

By: Michael Beer
Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines what the high-commitment, high-performance organization looks like and provides... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Practice; Business Strategy; System
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  • 17 Oct 2019
  • Research & Ideas

‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells

Chick Beer tried to entice weight-conscious women with the brew’s 97 calories and 3.5 carbs per bottle, “about the same as half of a carrot.” And Clutch, a brand of dryer sheets, encourages men to “grab your manliness,” promising that “girls will like the way your... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • May 2006 (Revised May 2009)
  • Case

De Beers: Addressing the New Competitiveness Challenges

By: Michael E. Porter, Sonia D. Marciano and Alyson Warhurst
Traces the development of De Beers and the diamond industry from its inception in the mid-1800s to the year 2000. Discusses De Beer's history and strategy as the industry leader and its role in industry development. Enables deep examination of the interdependence of... View Details
Keywords: History; Strategy; Geographic Location; Conflict Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Mining Industry
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  • November 2006 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

SUN Brewing (B)

In July 2004, Shiv, Nand, and Uday Khemka are discussing their holdings in SUN Interbrew, a leading Russian beer producer that is part of the family's global portfolio of businesses. SUN Interbrew has been operating as a joint venture since 1998, when the Khemka... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Ownership Stake; Family Ownership; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry; Russia
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  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

What is welcome and all too rare? Leaders who care about building great institutions, not just profits. What sets these leaders apart in their practice and outlook? Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    High Commitment High Performance: How to Build A Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage

    How to create the high-performance, high-commitment organization.

    Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines... View Details

    • September 2019 (Revised July 2025)
    • Case

    Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
    This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the company of manufacturing and selling substandard alcoholic drinks, revoked its liquor licenses, and shut down its... View Details
    Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Wine; Manufacturing; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Shutdown; Factory; Low-income Consumers; Multinational; Local; Government; Allegations; Accusations; Negative Press; EABL; Tusker; Beer; SAB; Chang'aa; Naivasha; Rift Valley; East Africa; Lawsuit; Legal Battle; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Safety; Quality; Distribution; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
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    • 2020
    • Book

    Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company's Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy

    By: Michael Beer
    Is Silence Killing Your Strategy?
    In his thirty years of working in corporations, Harvard Business School professor Michael Beer has witnessed firsthand how organizational silence derails strategic objectives. When employees can't speak truth to power, senior... View Details
    Keywords: Honesty; Communication; Organizational Culture; Trust; Strategy; Performance Effectiveness
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    • 01 Apr 2020
    • Blog Post

    How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

    If you ask Scott Linzmeyer (MBA 2012) about how he founded Reveler Beverage, he will take you back to 2008 when he kick started his career in corporate finance at General Electric. While that seems like a far cry from a craft beer and... View Details
    • 18 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Ideas, April 18

    De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 May 2013
    • Blog Post

    It’s going to be a beautiful summer…

    This past weekend I was at a BBQ where techie entrepreneurs from around the valley mingled over beers and hot dogs. Someone would approach, and ask me what I did, to which I would reply that I am a business school student currently... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

      Fit to Compete

      Is Silence Killing Your Strategy? In his thirty years of working in corporations, Harvard Business School professor Michael Beer has witnessed firsthand how organizational silence derails strategic objectives. When employees can't speak truth to power, senior... View Details
      • 4 PM – 5 PM EDT, 25 Mar 2021
      • Virtual Programming

      Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Companys Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy

      During this session, HBS professor Michael Beer will examine why the lack of honest conversations about barriers to corporate transformations results in slow and failed corporate transformations and identifies six silent, undiscussable barriers to strategic change,... View Details