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- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
energy use and waste, and many have integrated sustainability into strategic planning. What's not to like? Well, for starters, these actions don't meaningfully address the primary barrier to sustainability,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Yum! Brands, Inc: A Corporate Do-Over
By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson, James Weber and Eliot Sherman
Describes the successful turnaround of the restaurant company Yum! Brands after its spin off from PepsiCo and covers how the company's leadership planned and executed on virtually every dimension of the employee experience. The main dilemma centers on what the company... View Details
Keywords: Product; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Expansion; Trade; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Frei, Frances X., Amy C. Edmondson, James Weber, and Eliot Sherman. "Yum! Brands, Inc: A Corporate Do-Over." Harvard Business School Case 606-041, September 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal (Condensed)and Northern Telecom (B): The Norstar Launch TN
Teaching Note for (9-594-051) and (9-593-104). View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Retail as an Intern at Walmart
consulting, and while I learned a ton, I wanted to see some execution. Thus, I knew I needed to work in industry rather than any sort of services firm, and I soon decided that... View Details
- September 2008
- Teaching Note
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [608-123]. View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- July 2019
- Teaching Note
Miroglio Fashion
By: Sunil Gupta
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 519-053, 519-070, and 519-072. View Details
- September 2011
- Supplement
Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya
By: Tarun Khanna and Tanya Bijlani
Narayana Hrudayalaya has expanded into a multi-specialty health city in Bangalore, with a 25-acre campus that offers complex tertiary care procedures ranging from orthopedics to cancer care. In 2008, NH raised private equity from JP Morgan and Pinebridge Investments to... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Price; Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Expansion; Health Industry; Bangalore; Cayman Islands; Miami
Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 712-801, September 2011.
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
poultry products is deciding the company's future strategy in the face of new opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe, a changing retail market in Hungary, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Casuarinas Educational Corporation
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Matthew C. Leib
Casuarinas has developed a very successful elementary, now secondary, school based on excellence in teaching, service, and multilingual education. Peru lacks similar high-quality post-secondary institutions. This case focuses on the potential entry of Casuarinas into... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Education Industry; Peru
Roberts, Michael J., Howard H. Stevenson, and Matthew C. Leib. "Casuarinas Educational Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-083, February 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
consumer research around the world to understand what people hoped their skincare products could do,” Twist explained. “I was also fortunate to learn from and be developed by several HBS alums (every leader on the Clinique View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": publishing, fashion, art-design, film, music, and food. Can Creativity Be Taught? Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity As View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- March 2003 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Sustainable Development at Shell (B)
The case describes the complex and challenging process by which social and environmental concerns are integrated into the existing strategy of a large, multinational firm. This case focuses on a specific business within Shell Chemicals, the Close Looped Cleaning... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry
Wei-Skillern, Jane. "Sustainable Development at Shell (B)." Harvard Business School Case 303-072, March 2003. (Revised July 2004.)
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- November 2007 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Describes the economic development of Indonesia from independence after World War II to 2006 and the post-Suharto period. The coverage of the post-Suharto period provides evidence of how political and economic conditions are intertwined after a change in the political... View Details
Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Policy; Foreign Direct Investment; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment." Harvard Business School Case 708-420, November 2007. (Revised January 2013.)
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market, and you build a market by building a... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- February 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
The Bourland Companies
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Michael Bourland, the president of the Bourland Companies, needs to refinance two properties, an office building in southern New Hampshire and a retail property in Massachusetts. He is considering three alternatives: a renewal of a bank mini-perm, a 15-year mortgage... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Property; Mortgages; Family Business; Financial Management; Family Ownership; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts; North and Central America
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Bourland Companies." Harvard Business School Case 395-151, February 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
Working PapersThe Industry R&D Survey — Patent Database Link Project Authors:William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu Abstract This paper details the construction of a firm-year panel dataset combining the NBER... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Interactive Minds (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Consulting Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Christina L. Darwall. "Interactive Minds (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-072, November 1997. (Revised October 2000.)
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
PublicationsBlock-by-Blockbuster Innovation Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 5 (May 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Preview the Article: http://hbr.org/2010/05/column-block-by-blockbuster-innovation/ar/1/ Between... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace