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December 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Lorin A. Fries

Corporate Head of Agriculture Hans Jöhr's mind raced in anticipation of the executive board meeting that afternoon. Jöhr recognized the meeting as a key opportunity to strategize far into the future, reexamining how his team's efforts in sustainable agricultural... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Value Creation; Quality; Supply Chain Management; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Health Industry

25 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

the food system. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911410-PDF-ENG Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University Boris Groysberg, Maureen Gibbons, and Joshua BronsteinHarvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

easily move people around to cover a wider range of absent colleagues. This is just one way rapport in the workplace seems to be critical in enabling productivity. This project is between fellow managers, but in the fast food context in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion

February 2023
Case

Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)

By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago

In 2020, Alejandro Simón, CEO of Sancor Seguros Group, a nearly 75-year-old cooperative that had become Argentina’s insurance leader, had to decide about the Group’s digital transformation strategy. The Group’s values and history needed to be considered during the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Transformation; Organizational Culture; Cooperative Ownership; Strategy; Business Strategy; Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Insurance Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina

2014
Teaching Note

Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Culture (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Weiku Wu and Jia Guo

Meizhou Dongpo is a large catering group in China. On June 6, 1996, the first Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant was opened in Beijing. The enterprise entered the stage of rapid development in 2000, and set up Beijing Meizhou Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. In June 2003 the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; National Culture; China; Restaurants; China

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and packaged View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2010 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010

By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim

Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-Cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $74 billion CSD industry in the United States, where the average American consumes 46 gallons of... View Details

Keywords: Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

10 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

tend to drive up prices, typically for three to four months. But as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, some shortages, especially food and electronics, are likely to linger much longer. That means higher prices are probably here to stay for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Web

Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

children at their school, the Institution Tahar Sebti. Duration: 04:36 Hani Berzi Hani Berzi Base Of The Pyramid Hani Berzi, founder and CEO of Egypt-based Edita Food Industries, explains the positioning of Edita’s packed croissants... View Details

Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

creation of disruptive innovations that displace earlier technologies; development of innovations in sectors; and the impact of innovation on economic growth. Recent Publications Redefining the Edge: Jahez’s Strategic Pivot in Saudi Arabia’s View Details

23 Feb 2016
First Look

February 23, 2016

February 2016 Review of Financial Studies Industry Window Dressing By: Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, and Dong Lou Abstract— We explore a new mechanism by which investors take correlated shortcuts and present evidence that managers undertake actions—in the form of sales... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2016 (Revised March 2020)
Teaching Note

Cyberdyne: A Leap to the Future

By: Doug J. Chung and Mayuka Yamazaki

Cyberdyne Inc. was a Japanese technology venture founded in 2004 by scientist Yoshiyuki Sankai to commercialize a hybrid assistive limb (HAL). HAL was a robotic exoskeleton system for people who had difficulty walking due to nervous system disabilities resulting from... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Decisions; Product Launch; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

2015
Working Paper

Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, Negative News and Belief Updating

By: Bradley R. Staats, Diwas S. KC and Francesca Gino

Traditional models of operations management involve dynamic decision-making assuming optimal (Bayesian) updating. However, behavioral theory suggests that individuals exhibit bias in their beliefs and decisions. We conduct both a field study and two laboratory studies... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Operations; Egocentric Bias; Experience; Healthcare Operations; Prejudice and Bias; Behavior; Operations; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment

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May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Hubei Lantian (A)

By: David F. Hawkins, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Nancy Hua Dai

Emily Wang, an analyst with Future Securities, a Shanghai-based investment firm, is given the task of making stock purchase recommendations to her supervisor from a number of Chinese common stocks. One stock in particular, Hubei Lantian Co., Ltd. (Hubei Lantian),... View Details

Keywords: Financial Analysis; Ratio Analysis

Web

Clubs - Business & Environment

Club The Energy and Environment Club seeks to represent and promote the energy, clean tech, and environment-related industries at HBS. Visit the Energy and Environment Club website to learn more. Learn about the annual Climate Symposium , a conference organized by the... View Details

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Europe - Global

Vytal, about the company’s packaging-as-a-service model. Supported by the Europe Research Center (ERC), the case at the heart of the episode explores behavioral science, regulatory shifts, and business model innovation driving circular solutions in the View Details

07 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

rationalize away the proverbial problem of the dogs not eating the dog food. When you don't have money you reformulate the dog food so that the dogs will eat it. When you have a lot of money you can afford to argue that the dogs should... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

April 2014
Teaching Note

Jiangxi Agribusiness: (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins

[TN for 114-039] Emily Wang, an analyst with Future Securities, a Shanghai-based investment firm, is given the task of making stock purchase recommendations to her supervisor from a number of Chinese common stocks. One stock in particular, Jiangxi Agribusiness... View Details

Keywords: Financial Analysis; Ratio Analysis