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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
the top 200 businesses worldwide have adopted business codes, fewer than half indicate that they monitor compliance. And gray areas will persist. Notes Wells: “It’s not clear that View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
Yu has only a tiny stake in Goldbank — “too embarrassingly small to mention,” he jokes. He is selling off most of the company’s 25 subsidiaries to leave just 3 business units. “We were a first-generation...
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- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty (TN)
Teaching Note for [808133].
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- December 1980 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Hudepohl Brewing Co.
Presents the problem of how an established regional brewer can survive the onslaught of national breweries, some of which are being cross-subsidized by diversified parent companies. Requires detailed analysis of what operations are profitable and unprofitable for...
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Business Subsidiaries;
Profit;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Industry Growth;
Private Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Competition;
Diversification
Salter, Malcolm S. "Hudepohl Brewing Co." Harvard Business School Case 381-092, December 1980. (Revised December 1984.)
- June 2001
- Supplement
GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) has proved successful at GE. Yet, when Michael McIlwrath, new counsel at an Italian subsidiary, attempted to translate it to his company, problems arose. He had to gain internal acceptance, and explain the concept of early mediation to a...
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Business Subsidiaries;
Globalization;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Effectiveness;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict of Interests;
Complexity;
Italy;
New York (state, US)
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-453, June 2001.
- April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
StarKist (A)
Set in April 1990, this case focuses on H.J. Heinz and its subsidiary, StarKist, the largest producer of canned tuna in the United States. During the 1980s, the public became increasingly concerned about tuna fishing practices that killed dolphins. StarKist was the...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Laws and Statutes;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Environmental Sustainability;
Competition;
Mexico;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Forest L. Reinhardt. "StarKist (A)." Harvard Business School Case 794-128, April 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
alleged, had led to the site hosting inappropriate material. Employees believed that their proposals had been ignored in management’s quest for higher revenues and profits. YouTube is the video website and Google subsidiary on which...
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- May 2000
- Case
CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation
By: Josh Lerner
CMGI is considering acquiring yesmail, an e-mail marketing firm. In assessing the potential acquisition, it must assess the fit with its own organization, which consists of a unique blend of venture capital investments and publicly traded subsidiaries.
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Organizational Structure;
Venture Capital;
Business Subsidiaries
Lerner, Josh. "CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 200-064, May 2000.
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
PublicationsThe New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance Authors:Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2010 Abstract Retailers today are...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate...
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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
as a ship engineer. In time, she moved into business to, as she puts it, “understand how the world worked,” even as her passion for the environment continued. After two decades in the for-profit sector, including consulting work and...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
manager, for example, is the son of his father’s first employee. “It used to be a true family business,” Hsu says, “and now it’s a business family.” Hsu returned to the farm in 2011, at first taking a leave from General Mills to help out...
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Francis Storrs
- 27 May 2014
- News
How Separate Should a Corporate Spin-Off Be?
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
sources of support, both financial and nonfinancial, for such institutions? And aren't these some of the very dilemmas faced by organizations encountering the "innovator's dilemma"? What do you think? Original Article There are few thought leaders in View Details
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by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
Creating an autonomous, entrepreneurial subsidiary may often be the best solution to this dilemma. Are there implications for entrepreneurial organizations, as well? Yes, very clear implications. If your View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
protect local businesses from the crushing competition of "big-box" stores. But it turns out such rules often backfire, according to research by Raffaella Sadun, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit at Harvard View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Allston
Dean Nitin Nohria. “This generous gift will support future leaders who will bridge the worlds of business and engineering, spurring innovation and the commercialization of new discoveries to address many of society’s most exciting...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
"How about 'No new taxes after these new taxes'?" © James Stevenson/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com As Congress starts the next round of debt ceiling negotiations, the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are...
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- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
Clubs News Clubs News Toronto Alumni Explore Shift in Talent Markets On February 9, the HBS Club of Toronto held an in-person fireside chat and Q&A with Ethan Bernstein, Edward W. Conrad Association Professor of Business Administration, to explore the post-pandemic...
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Margie Kelley
- August 2001
- Case
Strategic Capital Management, LLC (C)
By: Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford and Todd Pulvino
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Subsidiaries;
Internet and the Web;
Investment Funds;
Price;
Performance Efficiency;
Capital Markets;
Auctions;
Investment Return;
Equity;
Planning;
Financial Services Industry
Mitchell, Mark L., Erik Stafford, and Todd Pulvino. "Strategic Capital Management, LLC (C)." Harvard Business School Case 202-026, August 2001.