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- February 2023
- Supplement
Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (B)
By: Jorge Tamayo, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In 2021, Alejandro Simón, CEO of Sancor Seguros Group, had to reassess the Group’s digital transformation strategy.
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Cooperative Ownership;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adaptation;
Technology Adoption;
Insurance Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Argentina
Tamayo, Jorge, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-423, February 2023.
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
"stewardship ... a more realistic term today (with regard to IP) ... (in contrast to) Ownership ... a term from the days of the 'industrial revolution'"? Do you agree that in his words, "... in the multiverse, the more we...
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by Jim Heskett
- January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
South Dakota Wheat Growers
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
As a farmer-owned cooperative, South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) serves the needs of its 3,600 active farmer-members by supplying farm inputs and organizing the marketing and transportation of grain produced in the co-op's service territory. For almost 80 years, the...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Production;
Rail Transportation;
Marketing Strategy;
Expansion;
Economic Growth;
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
South Dakota
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "South Dakota Wheat Growers." Harvard Business School Case 508-034, January 2008. (Revised February 2008.)
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
appear to be both more fragile and less rewarding. Q: What did you observe on the evolution of financial and ownership arrangements of transnational corporations in recent years? A: The quest for control of their subsidiaries reflects the...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
privatize certain state concerns while maintaining efficiency in management. Another session brought together leaders of state-owned enterprises. Several Asian countries offer varied models of state ownership of businesses. Although their...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
to build shared value over the long term. AACE provides groups like the Jaba Ginger Farmers Cooperative Society—which is made up of 3,000 smallholders, more than half of them women—with a trustworthy customer. In return, by sourcing...
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- Article
Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai
By: Ramya Ramanath and Alnoor Ebrahim
Relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government relationships emerge...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
Housing;
Corporate Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Change Management;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Accommodations Industry;
Mumbai
Ramanath, Ramya, and Alnoor Ebrahim. "Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 21, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 21–42.
- July 2008 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Affinity Plus (A)
By: Dennis Campbell and Peter Tufano
The executive team at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has pushed the concept of members first deeply throughout the organization, empowering employees to put member-owners' interests ahead of either the organization's interests or their own interests. As a result of...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Financial Institutions;
Financing and Loans;
Profit;
Cooperative Ownership;
Conflict of Interests;
Strategy
Campbell, Dennis, and Peter Tufano. "Affinity Plus (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-026, July 2008. (Revised October 2012.)
- June 2010 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research
By: Robert Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
Teaching Note for 109017.
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Keywords:
Strategy And Execution;
Management Control Systems;
Levers Of Control;
Strategy;
Risk Management;
Decisions;
Cooperative Ownership;
Product Development;
Moral Sensibility;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Expansion;
Science-Based Business;
Research;
Management Practices and Processes;
Business Subsidiaries;
Biotechnology Industry;
Sydney
- February 2010
- Teaching Note
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool (TN)
By: Mukti Khaire
Teaching Note for [810044].
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business holdings. The traditional Argentine newspaper La Nación provides an example of such a shift, when in 1996 a change in ownership of the controlling stake led to the appointment of Julio Saguier as board chairman. Saguier was...
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- February 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
By: Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinn
The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
For-Profit Firms;
Gender;
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Arts;
Entrepreneurship;
Economic Growth;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
India
Khaire, Mukti, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool." Harvard Business School Case 810-044, February 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
amplify pressures to improve. Examining organizational responses to a change in a prominent information disclosure program, we provide some of the first empirical evidence characterizing organizations' heterogeneous responses to information disclosure regulations. We...
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Carmen Nobel
- July 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
ABRY Fund V
By: Nabil N. El-Hage, Richard S. Ruback and Leslie Pierson
In January 2006, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the media industry and...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
Venture Capital;
Customer Relationship Management;
Asset Management;
Private Equity;
Judgments;
Competitive Strategy;
Media;
Corporate Finance;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Financial Services Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., Richard S. Ruback, and Leslie Pierson. "ABRY Fund V." Harvard Business School Case 208-027, July 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
“chicken-and-egg” problem: Every energy producer needs off-takers (buyers) and the cooperative strategy between HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy reduces the first-mover risk in order to spur investment from both parties. Additionally, our...
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- August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Amram Migdal and Susan Pinckney
Arla implemented a data-based price incentive system to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world’s fourth largest dairy cooperative.
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Keywords:
Dairy Industry;
Business Earnings;
Earnings Management;
Environmental Accounting;
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Making;
Decisions;
Voting;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Global Strategy;
Ownership Type;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Germany;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
press Journal of Applied Psychology Cooperation in Multicultural Negotiations: How the Cultures of People with Low and High Power Interact By: Kopelman, Shirli, Ashley E. Hardin, Christopher G. Myers, and Leigh Plunkett Tost Abstract—This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
Author:Louis T. Wells Publication:AIB Insights 10, no. 1 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lwells/Insights.pdf Working PapersAgency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
maximize their people's performance. Publisher's Link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=79788&R=10106-HBK-ENG&conversationId=323988 Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The...
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Keywords:
Dairy Industry;
Business Earnings;
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Making;
Decisions;
Voting;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Global Strategy;
Ownership Type;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Germany;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney, and Amram Migdal. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 624-003, August 2023. (Revised March 2024.)