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- April 2024
- Case
New Belgium Brewing and Climate Change
By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Michael Norris
In 2023, Colorado-based craft brewery New Belgium Brewing was considering how best to meet its emissions reduction targets. After decades of growth, the beermaker had grown to become one of the largest craft brewers in the U.S., and was purchased in 2019 by Japanese...
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- 2007
- Chapter
The Rationales and Performance of Public Venturing: Survey Evidence from Belgium and Finland
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "The Rationales and Performance of Public Venturing: Survey Evidence from Belgium and Finland." In Essays in Entrepreneurial Finance, by Ant Bozkaya, 95–139. Université libre de Bruxelles, 2007. (Reprinted in Entrepreneurial Finance: Financing of Young, Innovative Ventures (Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009), 95-139.)
- December 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Bananas (A)
As owner and CEO, Wim Van der Borght had grown Bananas in 8 years from a 4.5 million euro company into a 40 million euro group of companies with a range of field marketing activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. The core of the group consisted of two companies —...
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Keywords:
Sustainable Competitive Advantage;
Growth Strategy;
Strategic Analysis;
PVA;
Culture As Commitment;
Competitive Advantage;
Organizational Culture;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Belgium
Van den Steen, Eric. "Bananas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 712-451, December 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- December 2010
- Article
Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate
By: Rohit Deshpandé
The article discusses the "provenance paradox," wherein consumers are unwilling to buy high-quality products from regions not commonly associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Emerging Markets;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
- December 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Supplement
Bananas (B)
As owner and CEO, Wim Van der Borght had grown Bananas in 8 years from a 4.5 million euro company into a 40 million euro group of companies with a range of field marketing activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. The core of the group consisted of two companies —...
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Van den Steen, Eric. "Bananas (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-452, December 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- November 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Collibra
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2008 at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Collibra was a data intelligence company that found product-market fit in the years after the global financial crisis when many companies were under pressure from consumers and governments to improve their data management...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Markets;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Expansion;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Europe;
Belgium;
Brussels;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
New York (state, US)
Applegate, Lynda M., Jeffrey F. Rayport, and Julia Kelley. "Collibra." Harvard Business School Case 820-013, November 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
By: Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Jordi Quoidbach
In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier...
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Keywords:
Satisfaction;
Groups and Teams;
Performance;
Compensation and Benefits;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Banking Industry;
Sports Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Canada;
Belgium;
Australia
Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach. "Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-095, May 2013.
- December 2017 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advise King and Parliament to declare war on Germany in the wake of the country’s invasion of Belgium or to stay out of what quickly was becoming a world war triggered...
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Keywords:
The World;
The Rise And Fall Of Globalization;
World War;
Globalization;
War;
Economics;
Trade;
Business Cycles;
Economic Growth;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Society;
History;
Values and Beliefs;
Macroeconomics
Reinert, Sophus A., and Federica Gabrieli. "Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-023, December 2017. (Revised January 2024.)
- 04 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
disturbances [to those Britain encountered], other imperial powers responded much more harshly than the British did . This does not excuse British abuses but it provides some comparative context.” In the twentieth century, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and View Details
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by Avery Forman
- 21 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?
seem to make more informed, calculated purchase decisions. A patchwork of regulation Loot boxes—and whether they may simply constitute an addictive form of gambling for some players—are now being debated by regulators across the world. View Details
- 23 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Could Bring Globalization Down?
avert the danger of a clash with China over the future of Taiwan. There is a real danger that Taiwan could be what Belgium was in 1914: the small state over which two great powers went to war without either quite meaning to. Q: Do you...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 09 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?
Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the...
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- February 2020 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Sustainable Product Management at Solvay
By: George Serafeim, Vincent Dessain and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
In November 2019, Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay, a Belgian specialty chemicals and advanced materials group, with annual revenues of more than €10 billion in 2018, announced the group’s mid-term strategy, eight months after she took the helm as Solvay’s 11th CEO. The case...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainable Development;
Management Accounting;
Innovation;
Carbon Emissions;
Sustainability Reporting;
Sustainability Targets;
Target-setting;
Product;
Management;
Transformation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Chemical Industry;
Europe;
Belgium
Serafeim, George, Vincent Dessain, and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. "Sustainable Product Management at Solvay." Harvard Business School Case 120-081, February 2020. (Revised February 2022.)
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
multinational chemical and materials company based in Belgium with 24,500 employees. While the company kept most plants operating during the COVID-19 crisis, it also started reflecting early on about the importance of supporting the...
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- January 1981 (Revised June 1982)
- Case
Badger (Belgium) N.V. (B)
By: John J. Gabarro
Keywords:
Belgium
Gabarro, John J. "Badger (Belgium) N.V. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 481-128, January 1981. (Revised June 1982.)
- September 2019
- Case
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem
By: Willy C. Shih
Vaccines for children has been a long-standing focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and its critical role in public health made its production an important economic and political issue. This case describes the Foundation's investment in a breakthrough vaccine...
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Keywords:
Vaccine;
Production;
Supply Chain;
Product;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Belgium
Shih, Willy C. "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 620-021, September 2019.
- January 1981 (Revised February 1982)
- Case
Badger (Belgium) N.V. (C)
By: John J. Gabarro
Keywords:
Belgium
Gabarro, John J. "Badger (Belgium) N.V. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 481-129, January 1981. (Revised February 1982.)
- February 2015 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Delhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Organizational Alignment;
Talent Management;
Leadership Development;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Human Capital;
Talent and Talent Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Belgium
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders." Harvard Business School Case 415-019, February 2015. (Revised May 2017.)
- July 2005
- Teaching Note
UCB: Managing Information for Globalization and Innovation (A)(TN)
Teaching Note to (9-303-091).
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