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  • September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
  • Supplement

Keroche (F): Future Growth Plans

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s 2012 decision to invest in additional production capacity. In November 2012, with a loan from Barclay’s bank, Keroche began constructing a new state-of-the-art beer brewery using German technology. The new plant,... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Aloholic Beverages; Beer; Production Capacity; Growth; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
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  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

components. In essence, a small number of components generate a large proportion of system costs. However, we find major differences in the potential benefits available from refactoring these systems, related to their differing designs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Larry Murphy

It was reading a Life magazine article (Ann Moore, take note) about Eastern colleges that helped propel Lawrence P. Murphy from a small town in Missouri to Williams College, followed by HBS. In 1985, after positions at Citibank, Bain, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Accommodation; Hospitality
  • 30 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

different than his past colleagues, and he’d needed to adjust. During the first few weeks, he had missed these talks, and his employees would leave work early or argue endlessly over scheduling. By asking “what else” — going beyond the obvious business analysis — he’d... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

like shopping for the other items that Amazon might be selling.” Chandra: Amazon is an enormous company. I think we’re all excited because it’s Amazon, but the reality is that it’s a $4 billion expense for a company that has $160 billion... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health
  • 05 Sep 2014
  • News

Keeping Education in Check

fund Durban Capital, Berman says the game helped to get him away from bullies who teased him for his small size. (Though a star tennis and squash player in his hometown of Durban, South Africa, he often sought the peace of the school... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

research on admired companies from four continents, followed in over 20 countries, to derive six propositions about the role of humanistic institutional logic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-119.pdf   Cases &... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

is the capability to show full motion video, which some people will find compelling. This is going to be an increasing part of the advertising world, but it's still a pretty small percentage. Beyond search advertising, marketers are using... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

and sales advice. He changed the structure of his company and figured out the manufacturing challenges (all in the midst of the pandemic – no small feat). Now Harvard is looking to install one of his... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 22, 2016

scale their company and cut waste in Medicare spending. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-087 OPET: Precision Marketing in Uncertain Times During Timucin Guler’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

percent fewer hours, the researchers found. In a global environment where companies are scrambling to find qualified workers to fill vacancies, another important finding emerged. When an employee learned a co-worker’s salary was 1 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

universities and private companies to develop technologies important to Danish industry. We assess the effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

proposals but invested in only a small percentage of them. The firm's prized portfolio companies included Circo Products (automobile tools); High Voltage Engineering Corp (high-powered generators and nuclear... View Details
  • 21 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

works, where there are usually a small number of partners in a group that all specialize in one industry.” It may be more important for entrepreneurs to quickly develop a prototype for a minimum viable product and get early feedback from... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services
  • 08 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

consumer trend or technological development may be emerging in Germany or Japan, not your home market," Bartlett says. "Having eyes and ears around the world is critical, as is having the response capabilities to tap into the best and brightest, wherever they... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 23 May 2018
  • News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

mainframe computer, and made the requested transactions. Playing a small role in the front lines of money management was the perfect introduction for her career leading one of the nation’s top investment firms. “It is important to figure... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 07 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there, Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy at the... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

they need to “show up” on videoconference or in email to update workers regularly about how their companies are pivoting to weather this crisis and are protecting employees worried about their jobs, says HBS professor Tsedal Neeley, the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Events - Private Capital Project

(Founder, MD and CEO, Multiples Alternate Asset Management), and Karthik Reddy (Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Blume Venture Advisors), moderated by Professors Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School) and Thillai Rajan (IIT Madras) The Engagement of Private Equity with... View Details
  • 13 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

left them in a better mood than spending money on material goods. When people spent money on things, their average happiness score was 3.7 on a 5-point scale, whereas when they bought themselves time, their score averaged 4, a small but... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman