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- March 3, 1985
- Article
Product Quality: Profitable at Any Cost?
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Product Quality: Profitable at Any Cost?" New York Times (March 3, 1985).
- February 2014 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? (A)
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Michael Cianellli
Taxing corporations is popular, but why? Corporations do not bear the burden of taxes, people do, and the incidence of the corporate income tax burden is likely to be far different from what many of its supporters assume.
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Keywords: Economic Versus Statutory Incidence; Basics Of Corporate Taxation; Business Ventures; Taxation; Profit
Weinzierl, Matthew, Katrina Flanagan, and Michael Cianellli. "Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 714-033, February 2014. (Revised October 2019.)
- January 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Teaching Note
Pilgrim Bank (A): Customer Profitability (TN)
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Teaching Note for 602104. View Details
- 2017
- Book
Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Green Business; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Business History; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Article
The Degradation of Reported Corporate Profits
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "The Degradation of Reported Corporate Profits." Journal of Economic Perspectives 19, no. 4 (Fall 2005): 171–192.
- December 20, 2007
- Article
Profit And Poverty: Why It Matters
By: Michael Chu
Commentary on investing in microfinance View Details
- March 2000
- Case
Merloni Elettrodomestici spa: Building for Profit
By: Joseph L. Bower, Bruce McKern and John L. Naman
In 1995, the Merloni management is faced with profitless prosperity. A rise in raw material prices in the face of ferocious competition in their markets hurts margins. At the same time, the company is trying to expand geographically in order to become Pan-European and... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Profit; Management; Problems and Challenges; Markets; Europe
Bower, Joseph L., Bruce McKern, and John L. Naman. "Merloni Elettrodomestici spa: Building for Profit." Harvard Business School Case 300-118, March 2000.
- Web
Driving Profitable Growth - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Driving Profitable Growth Course Number 2165 Professor Juan Alcacer Professor Raffaella Sadun Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Course Overview Virtually every organization considers growth a critical objective. But... View Details
- August 2018
- Case
Cannabis: Growing Profits for Real Estate
By: Charles F. Wu, Teddy Blank, Chris Grenga, Carlotta Weller and Curtis Wu
Wu, Charles F., Teddy Blank, Chris Grenga, Carlotta Weller, and Curtis Wu. "Cannabis: Growing Profits for Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 219-028, August 2018.
- 12 Jan 2009
- News
Business ideas don't all profit non-profits
- 13 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Market Competition, Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World
- March 2023
- Case
Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission
By: Ethan Rouen, Dennis Campbell and Andrew Robinson
Pete Stavros was on a high after his latest experiment with employee ownership. As the head of industrial investments for KKR, Stavros orchestrated the sale of CHI Overhead Doors, which turned into KKR’s best investment in more than two decades and created $360 million... View Details
Rouen, Ethan, Dennis Campbell, and Andrew Robinson. "Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission." Harvard Business School Case 123-079, March 2023.
- Article
Making Small Farms More Sustainable—and Profitable
By: Lino Dias, Robert S. Kaplan and Harmanpreet Singh
Smallholder farms provide a large proportion of food supply in developing economies, but 40% of these farmers live on less than U.S.$2/day and their deforestation produces environmental degradation. With a rapidly growing global population, it is imperative to improve... View Details
Keywords: Small Farms; Sustainable Agriculture; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Environmental Sustainability
Dias, Lino, Robert S. Kaplan, and Harmanpreet Singh. "Making Small Farms More Sustainable—and Profitable." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (August 24, 2021).
- February 2019
- Teaching Note
Zalora Philippines: From Growth to Profitability
By: Donald Ngwe
Teaching Note for HBS No. 517-009. View Details
- 05 Jun 2024
- News
Half the Firms, Twice the Profits
- 02 Dec 2022
- News
Purpose and Profit with George Serafeim
- October 2019
- Supplement
Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? (B)
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Michael Cianelli
Weinzierl, Matthew C., and Michael Cianelli. "Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-015, October 2019.
- May 1993
- Background Note
Note on Industry and Company Profitability
McGahan, Anita M. "Note on Industry and Company Profitability." Harvard Business School Background Note 793-139, May 1993.
- 19 May 2011
- News
Is Google profiting from illegal ads?
- May 2017 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Taj Hotels: Leading Change, Driving Profitability
By: Krishna Palepu, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Rakesh Sarna, MD and CEO of the Indian Hotels Company ltd (IHCL) was faced with the challenge of leading and embedding changes in IHCL to turnaround its trajectory. IHCL and its subsidiaries, headquartered in India, were a venerable hotel chain, collectively known as... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Hospitality Industry; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Strategy; Globalization; Leading Change; Accommodations Industry; India
Palepu, Krishna, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Taj Hotels: Leading Change, Driving Profitability." Harvard Business School Case 117-061, May 2017. (Revised September 2017.)