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  • 04 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

Presenting…an Alternative to Company Presentations: Evercore Grabs Attention with Interactive Events

company, Takeda acquiring Shire, a UK company. Why Takeda and Shire? “It was one of the most complex transaction we’ve worked on,” says Joseph. “As the third largest pharma M&A deal in history and the largest Japanese M&A deal in... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

Assistant Professor Zoë Cullen. After all, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create challenges for companies attempting to fill job openings as record numbers of people quit their jobs in search of new opportunities in a hot labor... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 07 May 2013
  • News

Microsoft’s mistake puts it in good company with other corporate failures

  • Summer 2023
  • Article

(Un)principled Agents: Monitoring Loyalty after the End of the Royal African Company Monopoly

By: Anne Ruderman and Marlous van Waijenburg
The revocation of the Royal African Company's monopoly in 1698 inaugurated a transformation of the transatlantic slave trade. While the RAC’s exit from the slave trade has received scholarly attention, little is known about the company’s response to the loss of its... View Details
Keywords: Slavery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business History; Monopoly; History; Business and Government Relations
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  • 16 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

international business history story that hasn’t previously been told in great detail, but should be explored, says Giacomin, particularly since internment has long-lasting effects. During their incarceration, the Germans struggled with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
  • Web

Daily History Record, October 16 and 17, 1929, First Relay Assembly Test Group – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Back to Exhibit Page Daily History Record, October 16 and 17, 1929, First Relay Assembly Test Group Western Electric Company Hawthorne Studies Collection © 2007 President and... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Two Kinds of Green

goals — and how it continues to do so even after Burt’s is acquired for $913 million by Clorox in 2007. The case, produced with assistance from HBS’s Educational Technology Group, takes full advantage of its medium, painting a colorful, condensed View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; natural products company; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Action Plan: Fired Up

“We’re not a brand; we’re a community,” says Traeger Grills President and CEO Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002). At his Salt Lake City–based barbecue equipment company, and throughout his career, Andrus has made developing company culture an... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; company culture; barbecue; entertaining; food; marketing; brand
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Entrepreneurs and the Co-Creation of Ecotourism in Costa Rica

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This working paper suggests that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more... View Details
Keywords: Tourism; Latin America; Business History; Sustainable Strategy; Sustainability; Nonprofit; Entrepreneurs; Environment; Entrepreneurship; History; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Costa Rica
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  • Web

Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies &... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters

channels at a lower cost—but the skinny bundle never seems to satisfy anyone because it doesn’t include customers’ “passion” channels. There’s no skinny bundle with the History Channel, for instance, or the Discovery Channel. Meanwhile,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Martin (MBA 1983) , entertainment and internet analyst, Needham & Company
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep

success. In Shaping the Waves: A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School (HBS Press, 2005), Cruikshank debunks the characterization of HBS as a “handmaiden to the Fortune 500,” churning out only top CEOs. In fact,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Shaping the Waves; A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

    Walter A. Friedman

    Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer.  He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; automobiles; automotive; electrical equipment; electronics; information technology industry; marketing industry; railroad; retailing; soft drink
    • March 2016
    • Case

    IC Group A/S

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on... View Details
    Keywords: IC Group; IC Companys; Carli Gry; InWear; Mads Ryder; Niels Martinsen; Premium Fashion; Fast Fashion; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Profit; Revenue; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Business or Company Management; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Distribution Channels; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Product Positioning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Web Sites; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Scandinavia; Denmark; Sweden; Norway
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    • August 1983 (Revised March 2011)
    • Case

    Honda (A)

    Describes the history of Honda Motor Company from its beginning through its entry into and subsequent dominance of the U.S. market. The history is explained primarily in terms of strategic factors and quoted from two sources: an earlier case and Boston Consulting Group... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
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    • April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
    • Case

    Oriental Land Co., Ltd.—Tokyo Disney Resort

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Kanno
    This case describes the history of Oriental Land Co. Ltd.’s (OLC's) Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR), its operations, the extent of vertical integration, and the challenges it faced in 2018 as OLC's chairman and CEO, Toshio Kagami, contemplated how best to deal with... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy For Multi-business Firm; Business Models; Growth; Theme Parks; Disney; Disney Parks; Licensing; Royalties; Two-part Tariffs; Oriental Land Co.; Tokyo Disneyland; Tokyo DisneySea; Tokyo Disney Resort; Tokyo Disney; Growth Strategy; Hotels; Hotel Industry; Partnership; Development; Attractions; Rides; Urayasu; Kagami; Congestion; Pricing; Amusement Parks; Amusement Park Industry; Brand; Branding; History; OLC; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business History; Price; Retention; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Agreements and Arrangements; Contracts; Operations; Vertical Integration; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Expansion; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; Asia; Japan; Tokyo; United States
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    • 04 Apr 2023
    • Book

    Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

    While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
    • February 2017
    • Supplement

    JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated by Clear Channel from the number-one spot that it had held for decades, and it was fighting for second place... View Details
    Keywords: JCDecaux; Clear Channel Outdoor; OUTFRONT Media; Lamar Advertising Company; Jean-François Decaux; Jean-Charles Decaux; Outdoor Advertising; Street Furniture; Airports; Billboards; Bicycles; Digital Devices; Digital Marketing; Bidding; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Design; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Business History; Human Resources; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Operations; Distribution; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product; Product Design; Production; Organizational Structure; Property; Public Ownership; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Sales; Situation or Environment; Luxury; Strategy; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Air Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Advertising Industry; France; Paris
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    • 09 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever—A Case Study

    States in the twentieth century. After 1945 Unilever's once successful business in the United States began to decline, yet the parent company maintained an arms-length relationship with its U.S. affiliates, refusing to intervene in their... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
    • 2015
    • Book

    MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads; shipping delays on clogged railways; and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer,... View Details
    Keywords: United States; Railroad History; Airlines; Airline Industry; Air Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Cities; Urban Planning; Freighting; Change; Leadership; Public Policy; Change Leadership; Public Finance; Infrastructure; Policy; Technological Innovation; Change Management; Leading Change; Urban Development; Project Finance; Entrepreneurship; City; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Rail Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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