Publications
Publications
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,576)
- Faculty Publications (1,211)
- February 1992 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-1)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The CEO of Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. must decide what to do when he receives information that the company's supply of apple juice concentrate may be adulterated. The concentrate is used in many of the company's juice products. It appears that others in the company may... View Details
- January 1992
- Case
Tom Monaghan: In Business for God
Describes the personal history of Thomas Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, his role in building the company, his strong religious convictions, and the ways those have influenced company policy. The question is when to draw lines between individuals' religious... View Details
- November 1991
- Case
Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)
Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST... View Details
- November 1991
- Case
Mitsubishi Corp.: Foods Group
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- November 1991 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
PepsiCo International
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- November 1991 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Taco Bell Corp.
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Roger H. Hallowell
John Martin, Taco Bell CEO, brings the company into line with its competitors through incremental change during the 1980s. In the early 1990s, he adopts breakthrough approaches to improve service levels while reducing prices, providing a distinct competitive advantage.... View Details
- November 1991
- Supplement
G. Heileman Brewing Co. (B): The ""Nightline"" Decision
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- November 1991
- Supplement
G. Heileman Brewing Co. (C): Public Controversy Over PowerMaster
Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- September 1991
- Case
General Foods Corp.: Product Management--1991
- September 1991 (Revised August 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation
Traces the evolution of U.S. regulatory policy towards the pharmaceutical industry over the course of the twentieth century. A major theme is the steady shift away from a policy of 'let the buyer beware' to the creation of a complex and time-consuming review process,... View Details
- September 1991 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)
Burroughs Wellcome Co., developer of AZT, the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), finds itself under siege in September 1989 by AIDS activists and various segments of the U.S.... View Details
- September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
G. Heileman Brewing Co. (A): Power Failure At PowerMaster
In June 1991, Heileman announced plans to introduce a high-alcohol malt liquor under the name PowerMaster (PM). Although the company claimed PM would be positioned as an upscale product and marketed on the basis of its superior taste, minority advocates and alcohol... View Details
- August 1991 (Revised December 1994)
- Supplement
Marks and Spencer Ltd. (C)
Describes post-acquisition activity in Brooks Brothers and Kings Supermarkets from 1988 to 1991. View Details
- August 1991
- Article
Sources of Superior Performance: Market Share versus Industry Effects in the U.S. Brewing Industry
By: C. A. Montgomery and B. Wernerfelt
- July 1991 (Revised August 1991)
- Case
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. (A)
This large tobacco and diversified food processor is seeking to refinance debt funds raised to accomplish a large acquisition. It has filed a large "shelf" registration that authorizes it to issue during the subsequent two years. At the time of the case, the market... View Details
- June 1991 (Revised December 1995)
- Teaching Note
Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-189), (9-391-195), (9-391-196), and (9-391-197). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- June 1991 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry (TN)
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-006). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised June 1995)
- Teaching Note
Kraft General Foods: The Merger (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-139) and (9-795-153). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- April 1991 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Beatrice Companies--1985
By: David J. Collis
Describes the history of Beatrice Companies from its beginning as a dairy in 1891 to 1985, when the company was a $12 billion conglomerate. Focuses on the corporate strategies that Beatrice followed under each of its CEOs and concentrates on the company's strategic... View Details