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  • July 2020
  • Background Note

Gender Diversity on Boards: Views from Norway

By: Aiyesha Dey
The issue of gender diversity on boards has received increased attention in U.S markets over the past few years. In 2018, California introduced a law which required boards of U.S-listed firms with headquarters in California to include at least one female director by... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Decisions; Gender; Diversity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Norway; United States
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Dey, Aiyesha. "Gender Diversity on Boards: Views from Norway." Harvard Business School Background Note 120-065, July 2020.
  • 13 Apr 2021

HBS Alumni Club Series: Norway

Join for a unique opportunity to hear straight from HBS alumni regarding their MBA experience. The HBS Club of Norway will host this virtual event and feature alumni who will share their background and talk about how they cultivated their... View Details
  • September 2007 (Revised April 2009)
  • Case

Norway Sells Wal-Mart

By: Robert C. Pozen and Aldo Sesia
In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest its position in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after an investigation by the Fund's Ethics Council. According to a spokesperson of Norway's Finance Ministry, "The recommendation to exclude Wal-Mart cites serious and... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Insurance; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Government and Politics; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Norway
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Pozen, Robert C., and Aldo Sesia. "Norway Sells Wal-Mart." Harvard Business School Case 308-019, September 2007. (Revised April 2009.)
  • June 2009 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Moods of Norway

Describes a young fashion company competing in a variety of unconventional ways, many "experience economy" related. Moods fronts their brand with the "boy band" images of its three founders and designs eccentric features into their clothes as a way of gaining mindshare... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Brands and Branding; Fashion Industry; Norway
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Austin, Robert D., Shannon O'Donnell, and Dorte Krogh. "Moods of Norway." Harvard Business School Case 609-106, June 2009. (Revised July 2009.)
  • April 2011 (Revised December 2013)
  • Case

Boardroom Change in Norway

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
In 2003, the Norwegian Parliament amended the Public Limited Companies Act in order to achieve greater representation of women on corporate boards. According to the amendment, all state-owned companies and public limited companies were required to have at least 40%... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Gender; Corporate Governance; Norway
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Melissa Barton. "Boardroom Change in Norway." Harvard Business School Case 411-089, April 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
  • April 1984 (Revised January 1985)
  • Background Note

Industrial Policy in Norway

By: Norman A. Berg
Keywords: Industrial Products Industry; Norway
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Berg, Norman A. "Industrial Policy in Norway." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-220, April 1984. (Revised January 1985.)
  • April 2008 (Revised January 2012)
  • Teaching Note

Norway Sells Wal-Mart (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen
Teaching Note for [308019]. View Details
Keywords: Retail Industry; Norway
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Pozen, Robert C. "Norway Sells Wal-Mart (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 308-109, April 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
  • January 2009
  • Case

VOSS Artesian Water from Norway

By: Youngme E. Moon, Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Marie Dessain
VOSS is a Norwegian bottled water company that produces one of the world's purest drinking waters, sold at an ultra-premium price in a sleek cylindrical glass bottle of minimalist design. In the U.S. (the company's primary market), VOSS's high-end brand presence is... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product; Luxury; Food and Beverage Industry; Norway; United States
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Moon, Youngme E., Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Vincent Marie Dessain. "VOSS Artesian Water from Norway." Harvard Business School Case 509-040, January 2009.
  • 1993
  • Chapter

Applying the Competitive Advantage of Nations Paradigm to Norway

By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Trade; Norway
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Porter, M. E. "Applying the Competitive Advantage of Nations Paradigm to Norway." In Praktisk okonomi & Ledelse: et Konsurransedyktig Norge. Oslo, Norway: Bedrifsøkonomens Forlag A/S, 1993.
  • 09 Apr 2015
  • News

Major economies trail Norway in social progress index - researchers

  • 2010
  • Thesis

Out of Norway falls aluminium: the Norwegian aluminium industry in the international economy, 1908-1940

Keywords: History; Metals and Minerals; Mining Industry; Norway
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Storli, Espen. "Out of Norway falls aluminium: the Norwegian aluminium industry in the international economy, 1908-1940." Ph.D. thesis, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU), February 2010.
  • July 2015
  • Case

Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics

By: Das Narayandas, Krishna Palepu and Kerry Herman
Vita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's... View Details
Keywords: E-Commerce Strategy; Norway; Cosmetics; Managing Under Private Equity Ownership; Strategy; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; E-commerce; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; Norway
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Narayandas, Das, Krishna Palepu, and Kerry Herman. "Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics." Harvard Business School Case 516-013, July 2015.
  • 03 Nov 2013
  • News

The (advisory) ties that bind executive pay

  • April 2013 (Revised February 2018)
  • Case

Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Forest Reinhardt and Senny Munthe-Kaas
In early 2013, Norway was by many accounts the world’s most developed country; it topped various indices for everything from democracy to happiness, had a comprehensive welfare state, and massive oil revenues endowed it with a substantial, and growing, Sovereign Wealth... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Welfare State; Natural Resources; Internationalization; Dutch Disease; Happiness; Macroeconomics; Energy Sources; Values and Beliefs; Sovereign Finance; Immigration; Welfare; Energy Industry; Norway
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Reinert, Sophus A., Forest Reinhardt, and Senny Munthe-Kaas. "Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches." Harvard Business School Case 713-061, April 2013. (Revised February 2018.)
  • October 2007 (Revised April 2009)
  • Case

TH!NK: The Norwegian Electric Car Company

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron
On August 1, 2007, 61-year-old Jan-Olaf Willums' plane was flying along the Greenland coastline on his way back to Norway after intense discussions with several prominent U.S. venture capital investors, among them Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital Partners, about... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Auto Industry; Green Technology Industry; Europe; Norway
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and David Kiron. "TH!NK: The Norwegian Electric Car Company." Harvard Business School Case 808-070, October 2007. (Revised April 2009.)
  • 16 Sep 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Benjamin F Jones, Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

  • January 2025
  • Supplement

A Winning Strategy (B): Innovation in Olympic Speed Skating

By: Rebecca Karp, Maria Roche, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and Tom Quinn
This case describes the aftermath of decisions made by two innovators in the Olympic sport of speed skating: the U.S. Men’s team, which devised a new approach to the team pursuit event; and Nils van der Poel, a Swedish skater who created a new training plan that defied... View Details
Keywords: Sports; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Knowledge Sharing; Performance Improvement; Sports Industry; United States; Sweden; Netherlands; Norway
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Karp, Rebecca, Maria Roche, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon, and Tom Quinn. "A Winning Strategy (B): Innovation in Olympic Speed Skating." Harvard Business School Supplement 725-413, January 2025.
  • 31 Oct 2020
  • News

When It’s Time to Pivot, What’s Your Story?

  • 09 Nov 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Paul Oyer, Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
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