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- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
year) offers optimism. If individuals in rich countries contribute USD 700 each, we could potentially meet the funding needs. 2) Where is the Current Funding Going? 80% of the allocated funds are directed towards energy and mobility, accounting for 40% of emissions.... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
when I saw this role so squarely positioned at the intersection of my interests, I had to jump at the opportunity! This year I’m working on a wide range of projects, including developing a strategic approach to digital content, re-envisioning aspects of our onsite... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?
By: Dante Roscini and Gamze Yucaoglu
In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing in the local beverage, raki, Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, was concerned about new... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Government Legislation; Taxation; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Turkey
Roscini, Dante, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?" Harvard Business School Case 717-005, August 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- September 2023
- Case
Trilling Foods: Managing People with Data
Trilling Foods, a regional bricks-and-mortar grocery chain, has recently provided its frontline managers with new tools for using data. Allison Andersen, Trilling’s VP of Data Science, has spearheaded these efforts. Yet, as she works with Kent Wade, the general manager... View Details
Keywords: Digital Transformation; Management Practices and Processes; Training; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Feldberg, Alexandra C., and Jeffrey T. Polzer. "Trilling Foods: Managing People with Data." Harvard Business School Case 424-025, September 2023.
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
years later another colleague relies on Amazon for delivery of dog food to a remote location in Maine at a price comparable to the local supermarket.) There is no question that Bezos has built a retailing juggernaut, one that is capturing... View Details
- June 2012
- Class Lecture
Why You're Not Buying Venezuelan Chocolate: The Provenance Paradox
By: Rohit Deshpandé
A product's country of origin establishes its authenticity. This is the provenance paradox. Consumers associate certain geographies with the best products: French wine, Italian sports cars, Swiss watches. Competing products from other countries - especially developing... View Details
Keywords: Global Business; Branding; Strategic Planning; Strategic Positioning; Emergent Countries; Consumer Perception; Developing Markets; Brands and Branding; Geographic Location; Globalized Markets and Industries; Perception; Emerging Markets; Product Positioning; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Why You're Not Buying Venezuelan Chocolate: The Provenance Paradox ." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 512-703, June 2012.
- September 1988 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Information Management; Organizational Structure; Customer Relationship Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Networks; Internet and the Web; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Cash, James I., Jr. "Mrs. Fields Cookies." Harvard Business School Case 189-056, September 1988. (Revised September 1993.)
- June 2018 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser
By: Jill Avery
Brian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Global Brands; Brand Positioning; Brand Extension; Brand Storytelling; Brand Equity; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Advertising; Global Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Communications; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa; China; United States; North America; South Africa; Nigeria; Kenya; Cameroon; Canada
Avery, Jill. "Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser." Harvard Business School Case 518-105, June 2018. (Revised October 2020.)
- October 2018 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
The Boston Beer Company (A): New CEO
By: Christina R. Wing and Marco Iansiti
In 1984, when the Boston Beer Company’s Samuel Adams Boston Lager was first sold, founder Jim Koch had helped ignite a craft beer movement by making small-batch premium beers in an era of industry consolidation. By 2018, Boston Beer was a publicly traded company that... View Details
Keywords: Beer/brewing Industry; Succession; Leadership; Change; Supply Chain; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Supply Chain Management; Management Succession; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Boston
Wing, Christina R., and Marco Iansiti. "The Boston Beer Company (A): New CEO." Harvard Business School Case 619-021, October 2018. (Revised July 2023.)
- 05 Nov 2019
- News
Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO
Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997) has been named the new CEO of McDonald’s. Previously serving as McDonald's USA President, Kempczinski was instrumental in the recent turnaround of the iconic burger chain, a process which was detailed at length in a 2017 HBS Alumni Bulletin... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
Dakar, Senegal, and Giza, Egypt, and observing the impact inside and outside the stadiums. “Just this season, we have engaged more than a hundred local vendors, entrepreneurs, and freelancers,” covering everything from uniform production to View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- September 1983 (Revised December 1985)
- Case
Dunkin' Donuts (C): Growth Strategy
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Dunkin' Donuts franchises and operates retail donut shops for take-home and in-shop consumption. Looks at three growth alternatives: 1) More shops (owned or franchised); 2) A broader product line; and 3) More advertising. Raises important issues related to franchise... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Logistics; Franchise Ownership; Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Dunkin' Donuts (C): Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 584-041, September 1983. (Revised December 1985.)
- September 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Pepsi-Lipton Brisk
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Alison Caverly
This case showcases key decisions in promoting the re-launch of Brisk, a ready-to-drink iced tea by Pepsi-Lipton. The decisions are: creative, media and metrics selection. It also deals with budget allocation to traditional (Super Bowl, television) and new (viral ads... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Advertising Campaigns; Decision Making; Media; Product Launch; Resource Allocation; Performance Effectiveness; Budgets and Budgeting; Food and Beverage Industry
Teixeira, Thales S., and Alison Caverly. "Pepsi-Lipton Brisk." Harvard Business School Case 512-011, September 2011. (Revised December 2012.)
- December 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José Alvarez, Tonia Junker and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The Dutch company HEINEKEN, one of the leading global brewers known for its brands like Heineken, Amstel, and Desperados and for its award-winning marketing campaigns, seeks to closely integrate its long-term sustainability "Brewing a Better World" approach into its... View Details
Keywords: Beer/brewing Industry; Sustainability; Local Sourcing; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L., José Alvarez, Tonia Junker, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World." Harvard Business School Case 715-022, December 2014. (Revised July 2016.)
- Web
On Campus Logistics - Recruiting
the room when you arrive. Interviews: A CPD staff member will meet you outside of your room 10 minutes before your first interview with your interview schedule, applicant materials, and food vouchers. Room Availability: Your assigned room... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
When Rory M. McDonald was working on his PhD at Stanford University in 2007, it was the heyday of the lean startup in Silicon Valley. “It seemed like pretty much every week there was some new market category being touted as the next big thing,” says McDonald, an... View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
in the food and beverages industry. He began his career as product manager responsible for marketing at General Mills, and then went on to become marketing director at PepsiCo-Frito Lay, vice president of Marketing at Taco Bell, and vice... View Details
- January 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
CloudEats: Revolutionizing the Cloud Kitchen in Southeast Asia
By: Paul A. Gompers and Adina Wong
Philippines-headquartered cloud kitchen CloudEats harbored the ambition of becoming the largest cloud kitchen in Southeast Asia, but it was considering several strategic paths forward. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; E-commerce; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; Philippines; Southeast Asia
Gompers, Paul A., and Adina Wong. "CloudEats: Revolutionizing the Cloud Kitchen in Southeast Asia." Harvard Business School Case 824-146, January 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- May 2013
- Case
Launching Krispy Natural: Cracking the Product Management Code
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Heather Beckham
Pemberton Products is a U.S. market leader in the cookie and bakery snacks segment of the sweet snack market. Looking to expand into the salty snack market, the company acquires Krispy Inc., a maker of salty snack crackers located in the southeastern U.S. To compete... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Competition; Organizational Culture; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Expansion; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Acquisition; Food and Beverage Industry; Ohio; United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Heather Beckham. "Launching Krispy Natural: Cracking the Product Management Code." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-574, May 2013.