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- June 2021
- Teaching Note
Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 419-001. View Details
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser
By: Jill Avery
Brian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define... View Details
- November 2008
- Teaching Note
Royal DSM N.V.: Information Technology Enabling Business Transformation (TN)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
Teaching Note for [807167]. View Details
- February 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., The
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Analysts believe bankruptcy is a distinct possibility for A&P in the future. The company believes otherwise. View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., The." Harvard Business School Case 104-070, February 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- March 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Dewar's (A): Brand Repositioning in the 1990's
By: Alvin J. Silk and Lisa Klein Pearo
Dewar's, a major brand of Scotch whisky, produced by United Distillers of the U.K., and the U.S. leader in the Scotch category with a 15% market share, faced a declining market among traditional consumers of distilled spirits. Given the growing societal, legal, and... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Customers; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Market Participation; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Silk, Alvin J., and Lisa Klein Pearo. "Dewar's (A): Brand Repositioning in the 1990's." Harvard Business School Case 596-076, March 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- January 1987 (Revised March 1989)
- Background Note
Note on the U.S. Soft Drink Industry in 1986
Demonstrates how knowing the "money mechanics" of the business is essential in developing a successful strategy among industry participants. Deals with the structural attractiveness of the industry from the concentrate producer and bottler perspectives and examines the... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Pearson, Andrall E. "Note on the U.S. Soft Drink Industry in 1986." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-107, January 1987. (Revised March 1989.)
- May 2024
- Case
Pernod Ricard: Uncorking Digital Transformation
By: Iavor Bojinov, Edward McFowland III, François Candelon, Nikolina Jonsson and Emer Moloney
This case study explores the opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation journey of French wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard. As part of the transformation, the company launched four key digital programs (KDPs) aimed at using data and artificial... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business Divisions; Talent and Talent Management; Global Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Advertising; Sales; Organizational Culture; Product Development; Decision Making; Technology Adoption; Alignment; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe
Bojinov, Iavor, Edward McFowland III, François Candelon, Nikolina Jonsson, and Emer Moloney. "Pernod Ricard: Uncorking Digital Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 624-095, May 2024.
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
At Specialty Cheese Co. in Reeseville, Wisconsin, founder Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) heads up a company that makes one of the state’s best-known exports: cheese. But as its name suggests, Specialty’s 250 employees manufacture products more... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
find turnover increases for the most productive workers. We detect limited effort responses and find no evidence of different effects based on workers’ expectations of fairness or future promotion. The findings suggest that adjustment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable View Details
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
fundamental questions possible. Even if we're interested in a very specific food product — and there are lots of specifics you could ask - it's more important to look into the larger context of the brand."... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
expanded into North America and also eyed new opportunities in Asia. Muñoz had to decide where to focus his efforts against a backdrop of margin squeezes in the food business; competition for product from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
of tech upgrade the world food system needs given our increasingly insecure ecosystem, says Sonia Lo (MBA 1994), CEO of Crop One Holdings, which owns and operates the FreshBox brand. Sitting in FreshBox’s makeshift conference room—a long... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
last century: energy and infrastructure; agricultural commodities and food products; and natural resources, to name a few.” Kuhns is particularly bullish on China’s hydroelectric power potential. It’s a business he knows well. In 1984, as... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
Now that scientists have mapped the human gene, can drug makers map a road to unlimited riches? For John Lechleiter, Executive Vice President of Eli Lilly and Company's Pharmaceutical Products and Corporate Development, there remain more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
to complete the course. The businesses operate in a wide range of areas including food services, health care, manufacturing, and composting. Students have been split into groups of four to five and paired with a member of the faculty... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
economic pie available to be divided among its various stakeholders, instead of just slicing up a fixed pie in a way that favors one group over another. Consider, for example, the conclusions of the McKinsey Global Institute’s study of U.S. labor View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
significant advances in technology and productivity, was the pottery firm founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1760—"the first example I can find," said Koehn, "of a company using a brand as a strategic tool to interest consumers in goods, distinguish their... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sell these products online, in the store, or both, and how? Take lighting as an example. Home Depot asked: How do we best help customers with their lighting needs? What knowledge, products, and services do they need and in what form? What... View Details
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
simulations, but Strategic Brew stands alone in scope. All 940 first-year students play the game simultaneously as part of the required Strategy course. Roughly 40 faculty and project members manage and supervise the events. “It’s a View Details