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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
their respective world-class companies—but not a start-up. The team members hadn’t been to the right school to create and drive a new-growth project. That relegated Pandesic to a footnote in Intel’s and SAP’s histories. Planning Your Courses at the Schools of... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
teaching, in the Harvard Business Analytics Program. I also think we'll find the boundaries across these different learning modes far more porous, as I just described, because while we value greatly the residential learning experience on... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
entity. And my lesson was the value of mentors. If someone is really going to give you an opportunity, take it seriously, and give it your all. Lloyd Berutti, and I graduated in 1977. My first job getting out of business school was I went... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
ground where they can work together. “In a truly multicultural corporate environment, people strive to strike a balance between their own cultural core and being open to other value systems, communication styles, and decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Approach By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Expected return proxies (ERP) derived from a log-linear present-value (LPV) framework—combining the book value of equity, profitability, and market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
or product doing what is, on balance, good for the business? Will their identification with an issue attract more customers than it drives away? Will it attract the kind of employee who shares the values implied by the CEO’s position? Of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
policies link price to value for important new therapies. “We’re looking at the extent to which these new German drug pricing laws were able to tie drugs’ negotiated prices to drug benefits,” Stern says. “If what we end up seeing is... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
value individual freedom, having the ability to answer this question will be seen as a benefit. However, if too many people do indeed opt out of purchasing plans, the potential downside is that, collectively, costs may rise. Risk pools of... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
flexibility," Collis says. "These are the cycles and choices that companies go through." The answers to these four questions, Collis says, flow out of an understanding of a firm's international advantage. "We talk about competitive advantage in other words, how do you... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
intrinsic value regardless of their quality. They keep people occupied and out of trouble. Crime rates historically have varied inversely with employment. The loss of any job has social costs greater than the loss of income. But do we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer
satisfy this customer at the very top end. So, I kept quizzing her about this and it was obvious that they'd done a lot of homework. They understood the value of this customer to them. After about twenty minutes, I ran out of things to... View Details
Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
to fueling change engines, with Lodge as vice chairman. In Central America, Lodge began to perceive ideology as "the collection of ideas that a society uses to make values explicit." Considering this concept further upon his... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Profile
Brittani Rettig
comment—so embarrassing. However, it sparked a really interesting discussion among our section and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is adding value to the lives of... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
population, from water stress and land use to the extreme impacts of drought and disease from climate change. A key part of their sustainability strategy is working very closely with all stakeholders in their value chain to ensure... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
Harden worked on the acquisition and creation of a number of media brands, including Hello Sunshine. “Reese has this incredible ability to step back and ask a question that shifts my thinking,” Harden says. “We’ve come to consider curiosity a core View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
profitable into their value chain.” The firm has certified supply chains in Thailand and Indonesia, which are among the worst contributors of plastic ocean debris, and plans to expand into other parts of Asia and Latin America soon.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
guidelines and encouraging employees to create value through long-term thinking - rather than by trying to follow the latest "flavor-of-the-month." "Predictability is not certainty," Stevenson emphasizes. "It isn't about having a lifeless... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
enjoyed the process of creating something that people valued and would pay for." Her birthplace in Africa, combined with her education — boarding school in England, college and graduate school at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins — and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
$475 $500 95% *Total includes undesignated and unrestricted gifts, as well as planned gifts at present value Stamps Gift Supports Baker Reading Room A recent campaign gift of $12 million from the charitable foundations of E. Roe Stamps IV... View Details
- December 2023 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Boortmalt: The Master Maltster
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Lena Duchene and Emer Moloney
By May 2023, Boortmalt was the world’s leading producer of malt, with a production capacity of 3 million tonnes, 15% of global market share, and 27 malting plants across five continents. It had recently acquired a major competitor and had sustained an EBITDA growth of... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Mergers and Acquisitions; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Values and Beliefs; Financing and Loans; Employee Relationship Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Style; Resource Allocation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Belgium; Europe
Reinhardt, Forest, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Lena Duchene, and Emer Moloney. "Boortmalt: The Master Maltster." Harvard Business School Case 724-021, December 2023. (Revised July 2024.)