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- September 1974 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Midwest Ice Cream Co.
Midwest Ice Cream (a disguised name) serves as an example to examine a planning and control system. Useful management information, which otherwise would not be apparent, is derived by preparing a basic profit variance analysis. This illustrates how the company is doing... View Details
Shank, John K., and Wm J. Rauwerdink. "Midwest Ice Cream Co." Harvard Business School Case 175-070, September 1974. (Revised January 1988.)
- March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Midwest Office Products
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Presents an easy introduction to time-driven activity-based costing (ABC) that allows students to build a simple ABC model of order profitability. Midwest's time-driven ABC approach is based on two categories of parameter estimates. The first is the cost per hour of... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Price; Activity Based Costing and Management; Time Management; Financial Reporting; Profit; Performance Improvement; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Performance Evaluation
Kaplan, Robert S. "Midwest Office Products." Harvard Business School Case 104-073, March 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- February 1992 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Midwest Corporate Fund
Poorvu, William J. "Midwest Corporate Fund." Harvard Business School Case 392-070, February 1992. (Revised March 1992.)
- June 2005
- Teaching Note
Midwest Office Products (TN)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note to (9-104-073). View Details
- February 1992
- Teaching Note
Midwest Corporate Fund, The TN
By: William J. Poorvu and Elizabeth McLoughlin
- December 1980 (Revised June 1981)
- Case
Day at Midwest Equipment Corp.
By: Robert H. Hayes
Hayes, Robert H. "Day at Midwest Equipment Corp." Harvard Business School Case 681-041, December 1980. (Revised June 1981.)
- April 1990 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Design for Manufacturability at Midwest Industries
Chew, W. Bruce, and Sherri L. Goodman. "Design for Manufacturability at Midwest Industries." Harvard Business School Case 690-066, April 1990. (Revised February 1992.)
- September 1991
- Supplement
Migrant Farmworkers in the Midwest (B)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A. "Migrant Farmworkers in the Midwest (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 592-031, September 1991.
- November 1985 (Revised October 1991)
- Background Note
Migrant Farmworkers in the Midwest (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Michael Joseph Kennedy
Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Michael Joseph Kennedy. "Migrant Farmworkers in the Midwest (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 586-073, November 1985. (Revised October 1991.)
- January 1991
- Teaching Note
Day at Midwest Equipment Corp., Teaching Note
By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein
- March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII’s future in the spring of 2021. Two years earlier, the board had appointed Juster as the new CEO of KII, a publicly traded,... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; CEO Compensation; CEO Succession; Compensation Committee; Compensation Consultants; Compensation Design; Compensation Mix; Corporate Purpose; COVID-19; ESG; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Manufacturing; Midwest; Pandemic; Purpose; Spin Off; Strategic Change; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; Target-setting; Executive Compensation; Family Ownership; Governance; Restructuring; Strategy; Transformation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 322-083, March 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- November 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. (A): The Marsh Super Study
In response to recent trends in grocery retailing, Marsh Supermarkets has completed an intensive 65-week study of the activity at 5 superstores in the midwest United States. The study tracked the sales, profits, space, and promotion dynamics of the entire store: dry... View Details
Burke, Raymond R. "Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. (A): The Marsh Super Study." Harvard Business School Case 594-042, November 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- March 2022
- Supplement
Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; CEO Compensation; CEO Succession; Compensation Committee; Compensation Consultants; Compensation Design; Compensation Mix; Corporate Purpose; COVID-19; ESG; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Manufacturing; Midwest; Pandemic; Purpose; Spin-off; Strategic Change; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; Target-setting; Executive Compensation; Family Ownership; Governance; Restructuring; Strategy; Transformation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 322-084, March 2022.
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Florida after serving his time would likely land him back in jail. Rekindled relationships with an aunt and grandmother in Ohio inspired him to turn his life around and move to the Midwest after his release instead. He spent his remaining... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
significantly higher Chinese contributions to world-wide CO2 emissions” My big concern with fracking is that coal-to-natural gas fuel switching can be short-lived if $/BTU flips back in coal's favor. I am told that this "flip" has already happened at some dual-fuel... View Details