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- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation
R&D systems for performing experiments that will generate the information needed to develop and refine products quickly. The challenges are managerial as well as technical: Organize For Rapid Experimentation Examine and, if necessary,... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke
- 27 Jun 2016
- News
Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
in 2015, compared with 4.2 percent rate for the group as a whole, while Nestlé is aiming to lift annual sales of health products to as high as 10 billion francs. The health operations also bring stronger profit margins. The group’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Service with a Smile
unsatisfied, they need to have a means of communicating their emotions.” Interestingly, when employees are asked to amplify certain positive emotions — to deliver a product with a smile, for instance — their job satisfaction increases.... View Details
- 01 May 2012
- News
Best in Show
306-year-old St. John’s Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Parrish recalls being inspired by a similar style of show he had seen at Harvard Medical School (a trained biochemist, Parrish taught there briefly). He easily sold the idea to then-dean John MacArthur... View Details
- 08 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Getting Laid Off: An Opportunity for Reinvention
your pay or that your work product did not meet a certain threshold. I am slowly letting go of this weight and burden—and realize that it’s not personal. In fact, approximately 1 in 5 Americans have filed for unemployment as a result of... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
to assess the fairness of the division of returns. And before making assumptions about the future, "we still need to get a firm handle on just how much productivity increased before we take actions based upon assumptions of increased... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Delivered by fast service cars - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next Delivered by fast service cars ca. 1933 Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
Do the rules of business change when a company’s product holds the power of life or death over its customers? That’s a question students must consider when discussing “Cipla,” a case about a $325 million Indian pharmaceutical company that... View Details
Charles G. Mortimer
Mortimer presided over an intensive period of growth and investment at General Foods. He dramatically expanded the company’s production capabilities and pursued acquisitions to balance the company’s product... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
William F. Laporte
Laporte grew revenues, earnings, earnings per share and dividends every year of his CEO tenure with return on equity averaging 30% from 1971 to 1981. Laporte built American Home Products through debt-free strategic acquisitions and... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 28 Jul 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Technology Reemergence: Creating New Value for Old Technologies in Swiss Mechanical Watchmaking, 1970–2008
- June 1983
- Supplement
Modern Advanced Concrete (D)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Modern Advanced Concrete (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 383-135, June 1983.
- October 1981 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (B)
Summarizes the investigation conducted by outside legal and accounting firms under the Heinz audit committee. Improper practices were found at three of the five Heinz domestic divisions and at a number of foreign operations. Presents restated financial data for the... View Details
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-035, October 1981. (Revised April 1984.)
- March 1981
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-019, March 1981.
- August 1981 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-018, August 1981. (Revised March 1987.)
- July 2022
- Supplement
Solution for E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (A): Estimating Sales
By: Ayelet Israeli
Keywords: Data Analysis; Data Analytics; CPG; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Estimation; Online Channel; Retail Analytics; Retail; Retailing Industry; Data; Data Sharing; Bricks And Mortar; Ecommerce; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Sales; Goods and Commodities; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
- April 2022 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Highland Park Wood Co. (Abridged)
By: David E. Bell
A major home builder wishes to purchase lumber (Southern pine). The builder wants delivery in six months but prefers to lock-in the price near current rates. The lumber wholesaler must decide on a pricing and sourcing strategy. Examples include: 1) buy & hold, 2) wait... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goods and Commodities; Futures and Commodity Futures; Price; Forest Products Industry; Forest Products Industry
Bell, David E. "Highland Park Wood Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 122-098, April 2022. (Revised April 2023.)
- July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)
Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
- April 2021 (Revised April 2021)
- Teaching Plan
Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
By: Brian Trelstad and John Masko
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-008. In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two... View Details
- February 2021 (Revised February 2021)
- Background Note
eGrocery and the Role of Data for CPG Firms
By: Ayelet Israeli, Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn and Mark A. Irwin
This notes provides information about the eGrocery industry and how traditional CPG companies handle this channel and potential data. It is recommended to use together with a series of exercises entitled: "E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (A), (B), and (C)." View Details
Keywords: Data; Data Analysis; Data Analytics; Data Sharing; CPG; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Delivery Planning; Customer Lifetime Value; Online Channel; Retail; Retail Analytics; Retailing Industry; Ecommerce; Grocery; Optimization; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Customer Value and Value Chain; Marketing Channels; E-commerce; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Israeli, Ayelet, Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn, and Mark A. Irwin. "eGrocery and the Role of Data for CPG Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 521-077, February 2021. (Revised February 2021.)