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- 10 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It’s a Bad Idea to Ban Customers From Recording Videos
Now, the evidence is quickly posted to social media for the world to critique—potentially blown out of proportion. “If a customer feels strongly enough to make a recording and perhaps tell friends, that’s a problem a smart retailer would... View Details
- December 2011 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Marine Harvest: Leading Salmon Aquaculture
By: David E. Bell and Ryan Johnson
Marine Harvest has the leading position in salmon aquaculture. Aquaculture is very much a growth business, many believing it could play a major role in solving the world's growing need for protein. The CEO is considering three alternatives for taking advantage of his... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Bell, David E., and Ryan Johnson. "Marine Harvest: Leading Salmon Aquaculture." Harvard Business School Case 512-042, December 2011. (Revised May 2016.)
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
Reprinted with permission from CommonWealth Magazine, which first published this article. These are times that none of us have seen before. Amid the radical uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, fear has... View Details
- January 2023
- Case
Kavnia Coffee
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Kumba Sennaar, Sarah Mehta and Jiyoon Han
Case on a coffee hardware startup where a series of experiments and pivots led founder to conclude that the venture was no longer viable. View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
PublicationsCollective Memory Meets Organizational Identity: Remembering to Forget in a Firm's Rhetorical History Authors:Michel Anteby and Virag Molnar Publication:Academy of Management Journal (in press) Abstract Much organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
sales tax can be complicated: if a customer pays $20 to eat food that costs $35 at a restaurant's menu prices, should the customer pay sales tax on $20 or $35? (In Massachusetts, the Department of Revenue... View Details
- January 2023
- Case
Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare
By: Katherine Coffman and Tom Quinn
In 2020, the Mars Petcare Leadership Team found themselves dealing with critically important inclusion and diversity issues. Social unrest, including unprecedented protests for racial justice in the U.S. and across the globe, generated an urgency for substantive... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Race; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; North and Central America; Asia; South America; Oceania
Coffman, Katherine, and Tom Quinn. "Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare." Harvard Business School Case 923-005, January 2023.
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-036.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAcademia Barilla Harvard Business School Case 507-001 Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, has introduced a new high-quality, high-priced product line that features a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916414-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-007 The Hain Celestial Group Hain Celestial manufactured natural and organic food and personal care products to be sold to retailers View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- September 2024
- Case
Navigating Digital Transformation at Carrefour
By: Sunil Gupta and Emilie Billaud
In 2023, Elodie Perthuisot, Carrefour’s Executive Director for e-commerce and digital transformation, met with CEO Alexandre Bompard to discuss strategies for the company’s digital initiatives. Carrefour, a global retail giant with over 14,300 stores across 40... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Decisions; Digital Strategy; Technology Adoption; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Digital Marketing; E-commerce; Operations; Logistics; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Strategic Planning; Alliances; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe
Gupta, Sunil, and Emilie Billaud. "Navigating Digital Transformation at Carrefour." Harvard Business School Case 525-024, September 2024.
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (B)
This case is the second of two cases that describe the situation and poor performance at McDonald's Corp. in early 2003. This exercise directs students to employ a structured problem-solving process to evaluate the McDonald's strategy. View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
"McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 303-099, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- February 2003 (Revised February 2003)
- Exercise
McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (A)
This case is one of two cases that describe the situation and poor performance at McDonald's Corp. in early 2003. This exercise instructs students to employ an unstructured brainstorming process to develop strategic options for McDonald's. View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
"McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 303-098, February 2003. (Revised February 2003.)
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
case considers Nestlé’s creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Publications August 2013 American Journal of Managed Care The Impact of Electronic Health Record Use on Physician Productivity By: Adler-Milstein, Julia, and Robert S. Huckman Abstract—Objectives: To examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2020
- Teaching Note
Kraft Heinz: The $8 Billion Brand Write-Down
By: Jill Avery
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-076. On Friday, February 22, 2019, following an unexpected and disappointing earnings report, The Kraft Heinz Company’s stock price fell 27%, wiping out $16 billion in market value. CEO Bernardo Hees had announced that the company had... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
founded a world-renowned animation studio. What do all of these people have in common? They love their jobs, they break the rules, and the world is better off for it. They are rebels. From an early age, we are taught to be rule followers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
different sources (e.g., food versus fire safety). Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning Authors:Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
Corporate donations to political campaigns reveal a lot about mutual back-scratching in the political and business arenas. Now new research from Harvard Business School reveals that corporate giving may consist of more than monetary... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
eventual recovery? How far could Target go in emphasizing low price—the "pay less" side of its slogan—without eroding the company's core promise of offering unique and upscale products that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace