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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
microorganisms use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to photosynthesize sugar, proteins, and fat—the latter in the form of an oil that can replace fossil fuels in applications where batteries either can’t... View Details
- December 1996 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
General Mills, Inc.: Appendix of Comparable Company Data
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Financial ratios for comparable companies to be used in conjunction with an analysis of the General Mills Annual Report. View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "General Mills, Inc.: Appendix of Comparable Company Data." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-037, December 1996. (Revised November 2006.)
- June 1995 (Revised July 2006)
- Supplement
Barilla SpA (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Production; Distribution; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Programs; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy
Hammond, Janice H. "Barilla SpA (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 695-064, June 1995. (Revised July 2006.)
- December 2010
- Article
Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate
By: Rohit Deshpandé
The article discusses the "provenance paradox," wherein consumers are unwilling to buy high-quality products from regions not commonly associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Emerging Markets; Food and Beverage Industry; Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
- June 1993 (Revised April 1994)
- Supplement
Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Richard O. Mason and Melinda Conrad
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., Richard O. Mason, and Melinda Conrad. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 193-085, June 1993. (Revised April 1994.)
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
being only one of three retailers to outperform Wal-Mart in both revenue and profit growth in that time. Life in a Dollar General store paints a vivid picture of the roots and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- June 1994
- Background Note
Note on Onega Candy Co.: Entrepreneurship in Russia Case
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Sergey B. Andreyev and Dmitri N. Rylko
Goldberg, Ray A., Sergey B. Andreyev, and Dmitri N. Rylko. "Note on Onega Candy Co.: Entrepreneurship in Russia Case." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-115, June 1994.
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
simulations, but Strategic Brew stands alone in scope. All 940 first-year students play the game simultaneously as part of the required Strategy course. Roughly 40 faculty and project members manage and... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
century Britain; Henry Heinz and Marshall Field building strong brands and companies in the nascent food-processing and department store sectors;... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
Ben Cohen
non-profit organizations. What began as a small ice cream stand in Burlington, Vermont in 1978 became a $100 million operation with national distribution and franchise stores in 20 states. View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
unmatched and unchecked culture of engineering ambition, of rote learning and educational experimentation, of sophisticated tastes along with basic concerns with food safety.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
thought about this. For the asynchronous work, we’ve used our own SaaS product, Stack Overflow for Teams, which allows us to break down silos, store evergreen knowledge internally and share information on... View Details
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
RJR Nabisco - 1990 TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-290-021). View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
period. The business could wait; the people could not. The Long Beach plant’s parking lot was turned into what we called Oreckville. We very quickly purchased trailer homes from all over the country and brought them in. We delivered View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
conditions under which such systems were or were not beneficial to the manufacturer.” Interviewing leading VMI-experienced manufacturers and retailers, Kulp identified information transfer as a potential trouble spot. Her insights were... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- July–August 2018
- Article
From Niche to Mainstream (HBR Case Study)
By: Elie Ofek
A large Japanese snack maker faces challenges in marketing products in the US. Several options for jumpstarting sales are presented. View Details
Keywords: New Product Marketing; Retail Trade; Private Label; International Expansion; Cultural Branding; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Product Marketing; Expansion; Global Range; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Ofek, Elie. "From Niche to Mainstream (HBR Case Study)." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 4 (July–August 2018).
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Feedback
Apple's app store (search for HBS Alumni Bulletin). This interactive edition offers readers a multimedia experience, with digital extras that include video of an HBS grad's orchestral training app in action View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
infrastructure may be an unexpected burden, but it represents a strong opportunity to build entry barriers for future competitors. This is the story of Sabritas (Frito-Lay Mexico), Bimbo, and other power brands View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
traction the business got in the market but by the number of people we were able to employ. In 2009, while I was working in Senegal with a private equity firm, Ndidi and I noticed that a huge amount of the packaged View Details