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  • March 2020
  • Case

Cafe Kenya

By: Lynda M. Applegate and James T. Kindley
This case describes Café Kenya (CK), a Kenyan-based chain of casual quick-food restaurants. The chain was started in 2011 in Nairobi by Nekesa Kuria. Kuria started Café Kenya and grew it by reinvesting profits into company stores and through franchising. She also... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Kenya
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  • 25 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

the right context, this intense positive energy can act like a gravitational pull that sucks in other workers to invest their time and support, ultimately contributing toward the success of the idea. “Passion, like a smile, is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    Ray A. Goldberg

    A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
    • May 2017
    • Teaching Note

    The Container Store

    By: Tatiana Sandino and Kyle Thomas
    “The Container Store” teaching note describes how the case can be taught to MBA or executive education students who are interested in developing a strong culture, implementing strategy, and managing growth. The authors wrote the case for teaching MBA courses such as... View Details
    Keywords: Retail Chains; Growing Organization; Culture; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Employee Relationship Management; Retail Industry
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    • December 2012 (Revised April 2013)
    • Case

    Olam: On a New Course

    By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Mary Shelman
    From modest beginnings as a cashew trader in Nigeria, Olam, founded by Indian nationals in 1989, has grown into a leading global agricultural trading company, with annual revenues of $14 billion. The company recently has begun investing in farms and in the production... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Leadership; Customer Value and Value Chain; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Competitive Advantage; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
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    • January 2021
    • Case

    Leading Culture Change at SEB

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Elena Corsi
    The Risk organization at SEB, a leading Nordic financial services group founded in 1856, undertook a culture change program focused on psychological safety, empathic listening, and strategic framing. The program enabled risk organization teams to make progress on... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Risk Management; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Banking Industry; Sweden
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    • January 2010 (Revised February 2010)
    • Case

    IFP, Indonesia

    By: Roy D. Shapiro
    IFP, Ltd. is a Europe-based multinational mining and minerals company contemplating an investment to produce forest products in Indonesia. The primary case decisions are 1) how to assess political and operating risk, 2) how to integrate economic and political risk... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Geographic Location; Risk Management; Supply Chain Management; Business and Government Relations; Forest Products Industry; Indonesia
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    • Research Summary

    Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond

    Part of the fear and misunderstanding of state capitalism in the post-Berlin Wall era stems from the fact that most observers see state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as inefficient soviet companies. In Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and... View Details

    Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Development Banks; State Ownership; Development Economics; Management; Energy Industry; Banking Industry; Brazil; China; Europe; Latin America; Asia
    • 2006
    • Article

    Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations

    By: Ian D. Gow and Stefan Reichelstein
    A common issue for firms is how to allocate capital resources to various investment alternatives. An extensive and long-standing literature in finance has examined various aspects of capital budgeting, including capital constraints, the determination of discount rates,... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Resource Allocation; Performance Evaluation; Cost Management; Research; Investment; Cash Flow; Risk Management; Performance Capacity
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    • 2010
    • Chapter

    The Financing of R&D and Innovation

    By: Bronwyn H. Hall and Josh Lerner
    Evidence on the “funding gap” for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced underinvestment is absent. We conclude that while small and new innovative firms experience high... View Details
    Keywords: Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Corporate Finance
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    • May 2015
    • Article

    What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors

    By: David H. Solomon and Eugene F. Soltes
    Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to meet privately with executives. Using a... View Details
    Keywords: Conferences; Decision Making; Investment
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    • June 2010 (Revised July 2011)
    • Case

    China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good

    By: Christopher Marquis and Nancy Dai
    In early 2010, cleantech investment pioneer Tsing Capital was planning for the China Environment Fund IV and considering how to maintain its commitment to social and environmental practices. Tsing Capital embraced its philosophy of "Doing Well by Doing Good" and... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Strategy; Balance and Stability; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Business Organization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; China
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    • January 2021
    • Case

    Saham Group: It's In the Genes

    By: Christina R. Wing and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in August 2020 as Moulay Mhamed Elalamy (Mhamed), CEO of the Saham Group (the Group), a pan-African investment company that operates a variety of businesses out of Morocco, contemplates the Group’s identity, its investment strategy, and how to navigate... View Details
    Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Transformation; Transition; Emerging Markets; Change Management; Private Equity; Investment; Strategy; Insurance Industry; Real Estate Industry; Education Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Morocco; Africa
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    • 01 Aug 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

    organizational culture has a significant impact on an index comprised of annual net income growth, annual return on invested capital, and annual growth of stock price. We found that strong cultures can have either significantly positive... View Details
    Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
    • 15 Nov 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: November 15

    Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2007
    • Book

    When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance

    By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees
    For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy
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    • April 2005 (Revised September 2005)
    • Case

    Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision

    By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
    The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the largest entertainment retailers in Argentina. Just four days before the planned closing of the sale, Pegasus' 50%... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Music Entertainment; Investment; Business or Company Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Argentina
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    • January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
    • Case

    Restructuring at Nova Chemical Corporation

    Management of a diversified chemicals company faces two financial decisions: whether to finance a major investment in new production facilities for its rapidly expanding Environmental Products Division, and whether to sell a more slowly growing non-specialty chemicals... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Finance; Chemical Industry
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    • November 2012 (Revised September 2013)
    • Case

    Restructuring at Nova Chemical Corporation (Abridged)

    By: Scott P. Mason
    Management of a diversified chemicals company faces two financial decisions: whether to finance a major investment in new production facilities for its rapidly expanding Environmental Products Division, and whether to sell a more slowly growing non-specialty chemicals... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Finance; Chemical Industry
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    • 05 Mar 2008
    • News

    Harvard Business School Joins 10,000 Women