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  • May 2016
  • Case

The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company’s stock price... View Details
Keywords: Asda; Costco; David Glass; Convenience Stores; Discount Retailing; Dollar Stores; Doug McMillon; E-commerce; Online Retail; General Merchandise; Grocery; Lee Scott; Mike Duke; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Neighborhood Market; Sam Walton; Sam's Club; Store Formats; Supercenter; Supermarket; Warehouse Clubs; Merchandising; Walmart; Wal-Mart; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Banks and Banking; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Global Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Human Capital; Labor Unions; Wages; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Web; Web Sites; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Arkansas; Bentonville
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  • 15 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

While attention to business environment issues is important for all automakers, GM is more likely than most of its rivals to feel strong pressure to pursue public policy goals such as domestic employment... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
  • Supplement

Keroche (C): The Excise Tax Increase

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the Kenyan government’s decision to increase excise taxes on wines in 2007. The tax increase would cause an average increase in price of 367% on Keroche’s fortified wines. Meanwhile, Keroche’s competitor EABL had effectively lobbied the government... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Drinks; Alcoholic Beverages; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; 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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  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after graduation. However, the bubble burst got me, and I was laid off for a short... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 17 Jan 2023
  • Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

procedures, foreign corrupt practices, and virtual currency. The book speaks to “how organizations are actually held criminally accountable,” says co-author Eugene F. Soltes, the McLean Family Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

again? Should companies do away with Zoom and return the workplace to its pre-COVID ways? The answer, in a word: No. At least that’s not the future of work envisioned by several members of the Harvard Business School faculty—all of whom... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 27 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

believed I was best positioned to drive innovations in business models and strategies, and bring new, world-changing technologies to market. I came to HBS to get exposure to people from different backgrounds and have time and space to... View Details
  • 18 May 2023
  • News

India's New Money Managers

experiences came together for Gupta. A project for her business strategy class asked her to select a business and create a go-to-market strategy for it. Gupta and her team presented an investment platform... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 14 Dec 2016
  • Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

Business school was my escape. I saw it as a way out of a career in finance that I could no longer envision myself in. It was an opportunity to open the door to social enterprise, what I saw as the nexus of my interests in the private... View Details
  • Web

Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

Matthew C. Weinzierl Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program Unit Business, Government and the International Economy Contact Phone Bio Matt Weinzierl is Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program at Harvard Business School,... View Details
  • Web

Strategy for Universities & Nonprofits - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Related Topics Related Topics Strategy & IT Strategy for Universities & Nonprofits... View Details
  • 03 Jan 2023
  • What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

of General Motors because of her skills at turning around a large organization. My colleague Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, knowing... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • August 2021 (Revised February 2022)
  • Case

Northvolt: Making the World's Greenest Battery

By: Jurgen R. Weiss and Emilie Billaud
In 2021, the demand for lithium-ion batteries increased rapidly, particularly for electric vehicles. Anxious not to be reliant on Asian players, Europe was keen on developing its own home-grown capacity to control the value chain, maintain employment in Europe, and get... View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Lithium-ion Batteries; Business Ventures; Energy; Green Technology; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Transportation; Supply Chain; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goals and Objectives; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Battery Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; Sweden; Germany; Poland
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  • 26 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Baker Library's Latest Collection: Little Black Library

When Cathy Chukwulebe (MBA 2021) set up a plastic bin with books about antiracism and the Black experience in the Harvard Business School Schwartz Pavilion in the summer of 2020, she never imagined that the collection would grow to sites... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech... View Details
  • 20 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program? A Q&A with Bill Anderson, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

leadership at Harvard Business School, the university is in a unique position to take the lead in this training. What types of individuals are you looking for? We are looking for the next leaders who wish to think deeply about challenges... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

co-developed with the Business and Environment Initiative. SIPs are an important way for faculty to build out and test new materials and themes. As Professor Macomber said at the outset, “we don’t yet know the answers to many of the... View Details
  • 18 Jan 2023
  • Blog Post

Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

on-campus recruiting for Google from 2014 until she left Google to join a startup in 2020. What is an HBS career coach? An HBS career coach is an experienced business professional trained to guide students and alumni through their career... View Details
  • Web

Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

future financial decisions that serve your clients’ or organization’s goals and objectives. “I think it's the best online course on Sustainable Investing.” Andrew Buks Instructor of Management & Business... View Details