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- 18 Nov 2019
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Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, head of the India-based consumer products Godrej Group, describes the way his company has been competitive by following a philosophy of "3 x 3"--being competitive in three major countries... View Details
- July 1973 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Central Express Corp.
Deals with the choice between debt and equity as a vehicle for financing expansion. Introduces the concept of EBIT charts and raises a number of other issues (e.g. dilution, leverage, etc.). View Details
Barrett, M. Edgar, and Steven E. Levy. "Central Express Corp." Harvard Business School Case 174-001, July 1973. (Revised August 1987.)
Robert T. B. Stevens
plant closings and relocations, expansion into new fabric areas, and numerous other cost-saving measures that helped the large textile conglomerate remain successful throughout Stevens’ tenure. View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- February 1995 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
EG&G Rotron Division
Rotron has recently entered the commercial motor market, after many years of servicing government military contracts. Faced with fierce commercial competition, Rotron has attacked its costs and reduced its delivery times and its plants. A new crisis, however, is... View Details
Upton, David M., and Andrew Matheson. "EG&G Rotron Division." Harvard Business School Case 695-037, February 1995. (Revised April 1997.)
Otto D. Donnell
When Donnell took over the presidency of Ohio Oil in 1927, the company had over $104 million in assets with $7 million in net profits. Donnell began a program of expansion in 1930, purchasing various oil companies and service stations. By... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Frank W. Woolworth
Woolworth’s stores eventually raised their price limits as they accommodated increasingly diverse goods. Through both domestic and international expansion efforts, his stores came to number about 1,250 by the time of Woolworth’s death,... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Allston to Get Harvard Museum
A new Harvard art museum will join the University’s planned life-sciences complex on Western Avenue across from HBS — the first two structures in Harvard’s long-range expansion plan in Allston. University officials announced the selection... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
credit-card transactions, and, for those frustrated by slow downloads, the low-tech ease of popping a DVD in the player. With more than 30,000 US locations, a planned expansion into Canada, and a “rent and return anywhere” policy, Kaplan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Reaching New Heights
nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built... View Details
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Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, former General Manager of the FNC, outlines the factors which led to the end of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989. View Details
- 2003
- Case
Corning Microarray Technologies
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Gautam Bellur
In mid-2000, the scientific community reached a momentous milestone—the complete mapping of the human genome. Researchers in the field of genomics were anxious to dig into a tremendous array of newly possible scientific inquiries, and needed efficient experimental... View Details
Robert A. Pinkerton II
Pinkerton grew his grandfather's private investigating firm into a large security services company, providing such new services as event security, jewel thief investigation, and industrial building security. Such expansion allowed the... View Details
Keywords: Services
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HBS & the Case Method Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Exhibition Home Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry Expansion of the Case Method The Case Method Classroom Teaching & The Case Method Impact on... View Details
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Gabriela Cabrera
Gabriela Cabrera, President of Manos del Uruguay, explains how partnerships with internationally renowned brands such as Ralph Lauren have scaled their social and economic impact. View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
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Ratan Naval Tata
Ratan Naval Tata, former chair of the India-based diversified business group Tata Group, describes his company's acquisition of Jaguar/Land Rover in the UK and some of the challenges in convincing the employees... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- News
The Most Creative People in Business 2016
speed” Chris Young (MBA 2003) Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Security Group “For expanding Intel's arsenal” Jill Szuchmacher (MBA 2006) Director of expansion for Google Fiber “For shaking up the hidebound business of... View Details
Watson H. Vanderploeg
Vanderploeg continued Kellogg’s impressive growth. Under his leadership, he grew sales six-fold from $34 million to over $200 million and quadrupled earnings. He was devoted to international expansion (opening new plants in Australia and... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Marvin Bower
Bower is considered the father of modern management consulting. He led McKinsey’s worldwide expansion and created many of its consulting tools and applications, increasing the company’s billings tenfold in the process. He pioneered the... View Details
Keywords: Services
Whitney MacMillan
MacMillan was responsible for the expansion of Cargill’s business from $10 billion to $33 billion in 10 years. He diversified Cargill’s scope of activities by introducing it to the consumer market. By the mid-1980s, the firm became the... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining