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- March 2020
- Case
Minneapolis Star Tribune
By: Joseph L. Bower, Elizabeth Hansen and Michael Norris
In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region’s largest newspaper, reviewed subscription trends and plans for future experimentation. The newspaper industry across the U.S. had suffered a steep decline for...
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Keywords:
Financial Performance;
Industry Evolution;
Business Earnings;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Journalism and News Industry;
Minnesota
Bower, Joseph L., Elizabeth Hansen, and Michael Norris. "Minneapolis Star Tribune." Harvard Business School Case 920-302, March 2020.
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
the top treatment facility for cystic fibrosis in the country, with a median patient survival age of forty-six years compared with the U.S. average of thirty-two.3,4 The Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center has developed age-specific programs...
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- November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul: Building on a Diversified Base (Abridged)
By: William W. George
George, William W. "Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul: Building on a Diversified Base (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 412-088, November 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- July 2022
- Supplement
General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (B)
By: Debora L. Spar and Alicia Dadlani
Jeff Harmening, CEO of General Mills, one of the world's largest manufacturers of breakfast cereals and packaged foods, was deeply disturbed and instantly aware that he and General Mills would need to respond. George Floyd, an African-American man who had been accused...
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Keywords:
Race;
Decisions;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Consumer Products Industry;
Minneapolis;
Minnesota;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Alicia Dadlani. "General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 323-020, July 2022.
- November 2022
- Case
Hiring with the Community in Saint Paul
By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sarah Mehta
This case reviews Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s decision to involve the community in the process of hiring his cabinet members. Rather than relying on an executive recruiting firm or choosing cabinet heads from his own network, Carter recruited 100 community members...
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Keywords:
Community Engagement;
Competency and Skills;
Government and Politics;
Human Resources;
Government Administration;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Decision Making;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
Minnesota;
Saint Paul
Weiss, Mitchell B., and Sarah Mehta. "Hiring with the Community in Saint Paul." Harvard Business School Case 823-074, November 2022.
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Musing of Gilmore Tostengard by Gilmore Tostengard (MBA 1953) (Outskirts Press) This book tracks Tostengard's lifelong journey from small-town Minnesota to Arizona with a couple of oceans and numerous stops on the way. Great Inventions...
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- January 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)
Examines the role of General Mills in the formation and leadership of the Hawthorne Huddle. The Huddle was in the Hawthorne neighborhood in Northern Minneapolis, which in 1997 was plagued with high crime and poverty. The Huddle served as a forum, held the first...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Management Succession;
Social Issues;
Consumer Products Industry;
Minneapolis
Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-067, January 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- July 2022
- Case
General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (A)
By: Debora L. Spar and Alicia Dadlani
Jeff Harmening, CEO of General Mills, one of the world's largest manufacturers of breakfast cereals and packaged foods, was deeply disturbed and instantly aware that he and General Mills would need to respond. George Floyd, an African-American man who had been accused...
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Keywords:
Race;
Decisions;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Minneapolis;
Minnesota;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Alicia Dadlani. "General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (A)." Harvard Business School Case 323-019, July 2022.
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
Minnesota Orchestral Association as vice president of marketing. Her passion for the music matched her enthusiasm for the job, and she enjoyed applying all the lessons she’d learned in business school to the arts world. “Hardly a month...
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Jill Radsken
- April 2024
- Case
Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on...
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Keywords:
Change;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Transition;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Communication Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customers;
Health;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Strategy;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Labor;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Outcome or Result;
Failure;
Success;
Personal Development and Career;
Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Adaptation;
Competition;
Retail Industry;
Minneapolis;
Minnesota;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Sunil Gupta, and Amram Migdal. "Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 524-072, April 2024.
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
Mrs. April Estes is the widow of Richard Estes. He started his business to serve and counsel African American families who had been turned away from white funeral parlors and needed help burying their dead. AE: We’ve been the only Black funeral chapel in Minneapolis,...
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- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
120 to 150 small stores that the company had issued last October. This July, Target is launching a new store format called TargetExpress in Minneapolis, near the University of Minnesota campus. "Our smallest location ever, the store...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company. When George joined Medtronic in...
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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
undermined the company's performance. For all its strengths, it was my impression that Medtronic's culture was too Minnesota Nice. I realized that these aspects of Medtronic's culture had to change if we were going to be an effective...
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by Bill George
- January 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Second Harvest Heartland: Ending Hunger Together
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
In March 2020, Second Harvest Heartland, one of six Foodbanks serving Minnesota, was caught in the COVID-19 emergency with considerably more people exposed to hunger and food insecurity. Its management team led by CEO Allison O’Toole and COO Thierry Ibri alertly...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Food Insecurity;
Social Enterprise;
Food;
Health Pandemics;
Crisis Management;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Social Issues;
Mission and Purpose;
Decision Making;
United States;
Minnesota
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "Second Harvest Heartland: Ending Hunger Together." Harvard Business School Case 522-062, January 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- November 2007 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis
By: Tom Nicholas and Laura Gaie Singleton
Control Data Corporation is considering its response to the assassination of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Four months prior, William Norris, president of the Minneapolis-based computer firm had already committed to building a plant in a low-income...
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Keywords:
Urban Development;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Urban Scope;
Computer Industry;
District of Columbia;
Minneapolis
Nicholas, Tom, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 808-096, November 2007. (Revised April 2022.)
- November 1991
- Case
Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)
Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST...
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Keywords:
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Safety;
Food;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Law Enforcement;
Conflict and Resolution;
Research and Development;
Technology;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Minnesota;
Wisconsin
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 692-066, November 1991.
- January 2017
- Supplement
Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (B)
By: William W. George and Monica Baraldi
On December 1, 2014, Medtronic announced that it had completed a $17 billion bond sale to finance the Covidien acquisition, officially completed on January 26, 2015. Medtronic’s legal headquarters moved to Ireland, while its operational headquarters remained in...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Medtronic;
Covidien;
Mission;
Tax Inversion;
Business Strategy;
Leadership;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Republic of Ireland;
Europe;
Minnesota;
United States
George, William W., and Monica Baraldi. "Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-074, January 2017.
- September 2015
- Case
GovDelivery
By: Mitchell Weiss
Is government the biggest, worst customer in the world? And is that a reason for venture investors to back companies that sell to government or to stay away? It had been seven years since Scott Burns joined his friend Zach Stabenow to get a company called GovDocs off...
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Keywords:
GovDelivery;
Public Entrepreneurship;
B2G;
Business-to-Government;
Scott Burns;
Entrepreneurship;
Government Administration;
Venture Capital;
Information Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Minnesota;
United States
Weiss, Mitchell. "GovDelivery." Harvard Business School Case 816-020, September 2015.
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF), formed in 2005, invested in two projects designed to test the economists' recommendations. The St. Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program (SPECSP) provided up to $13,000 a year per child...
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Keywords:
Martha Lagace