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- March 2021
- Case
Proteak: Valuing Forestry Assets
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Carla Larangeira
In early 2020, 414 Capital was hired by Proteak, Mexico´s largest forestry platform, to perform a valuation of its teak business, a high-grade hardwood commonly used to build boat decks, outdoor walls, furniture, doors and small objects. Teak plantations typically...
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Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo, and Carla Larangeira. "Proteak: Valuing Forestry Assets." Harvard Business School Case 121-077, March 2021.
- July 1989
- Case
F & W Forestry Services, Inc.
By: David E. Bell
Keywords:
Forestry Industry
Bell, David E. "F & W Forestry Services, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 190-006, July 1989.
- November 2023
- Case
Gabon Special Economic Zone
By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal
Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are...
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Keywords:
Africa;
Economic Development;
Forestry;
Wood;
Climate Change;
Carbon Credits;
Supply Chain;
Economic Growth;
Development Economics;
Forest Products Industry;
Africa;
Gabon
Macomber, John, and Wale Lawal. "Gabon Special Economic Zone." Harvard Business School Case 224-012, November 2023.
- December 2000
- Case
CellFor, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Frantz Edward Alphonse and Laure Mougeot Stroock
A new private company has developed a process to clone and multiply seeds for the forestry industry.
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- 1998
- Book
Global Climate Change: A Senior Level Dialogue at the Intersection of Economics, Strategy, Technology, Science, Politics and International Negotiation
Based on the 1997 conference organized by the Kellog Environmental Research Center and sponsored by the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Global Climate Change presents the views of key players in the debate over global climate change...
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Hoffman, Andrew J., ed. Global Climate Change: A Senior Level Dialogue at the Intersection of Economics, Strategy, Technology, Science, Politics and International Negotiation. San Francisco, CA: New Lexington Press, 1998.
- December 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Ponsse: From Finland to Global
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Finland-based Ponsse Oyj, with 2005 turnover of $250 million, is the only dedicated forest equipment company of size that remained in a consolidating industry. Competitors included global giants such as John Deere and Komatsu. Since his arrival at Ponsse in 2004, CEO...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance Capacity;
Expansion;
Forest Products Industry;
Forest Products Industry;
Russia;
Finland;
United States;
Brazil
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Ponsse: From Finland to Global." Harvard Business School Case 507-002, December 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Background Note
Leadership and Teaming
By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail...
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Keywords:
Teams;
Teaming;
Leadership And Managing People;
Leadership;
Team Effectiveness;
Team Performance;
Team Design;
Team Leadership;
Teamwork;
Team Process;
Team Function;
Team Launch;
60/30/10 Rule;
Team Boundary;
Distribution Of Leadership Authority;
Self-Managed Teams;
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Decision Making Teams;
Creativity Teams;
Team Size;
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Bernstein, Ethan. "Leadership and Teaming." Harvard Business School Background Note 414-033, September 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- September 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Teaching Note
Tree Values TN
By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Teaching Note for (9-201-031).
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Keywords:
Forestry Industry
- July 1992
- Case
Riverside and DEC: Riverside Lumber Confidential Instructions
By: Howard Raiffa and Thomas T. Weeks
A two-party, integrative, negotiation exercise involving several pre-specified issues to be resolved. Each party is given a pre-specified scoring system in monetary units. Side payments, within limits are possible. Face-to-face negotiations take place with no...
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Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Government and Politics;
Pollutants;
Negotiation Types;
Negotiation Process;
Forestry Industry
Raiffa, Howard, and Thomas T. Weeks. "Riverside and DEC: Riverside Lumber Confidential Instructions." Harvard Business School Case 893-001, July 1992.
- October 2000
- Case
Tree Values
By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Describes two alternative tree cutting strategies. The first is to cut all trees that are at least 12 inches in diameter at breast height. The second is to thin the forest by cutting less desirable trees immediately and harvesting the crop trees later. The case...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Decision Making;
Cash Flow;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Practices and Processes;
Value Creation;
Forestry Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Kathleen Luchs. "Tree Values." Harvard Business School Case 201-031, October 2000.
- May 2006
- Teaching Note
Forest Stewardship Council (TN)
By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
Keywords:
Forestry Industry
- September 1993 (Revised May 2005)
- Teaching Note
Forest Policy in Malaysia TN
Teaching Note for (9-792-099).
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- May 1992 (Revised August 1993)
- Case
Forest Policy in Malaysia
The governments of Malaysia and the Malaysian State of Sarawak need to assess possible changes in forest policy. Environmentalist pressure threatens traditional market relationships and patterns of business-government interaction. Harvest regulations, subsidies, trade...
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Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Environmental Sustainability;
Trade;
Business and Government Relations;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Forestry Industry;
Forestry Industry;
Malaysia
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Forest Policy in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 792-099, May 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
- May 2013
- Supplement
Keggfarms (India):Which Came First, the Kuroiler(TM) or the KEGG(TM)?
This is a spreadsheet supplement for HBS case #807089 (Keggfarms). Includes Exhibit 1, Exhibit 4, and Exhibit 5.
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- April 1990
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-104, April 1990.
- November 1976 (Revised April 1986)
- Case
Potter Lumber Co., Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Potter Lumber Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 177-094, November 1976. (Revised April 1986.)
- March 1981
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-019, March 1981.
- August 1981 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-018, August 1981. (Revised March 1987.)
- April 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc.
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 794-099, April 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
United States, and Georgia-Pacific Corporation, one of the world's largest forest products companies, had pursued competing agendas for common lands. The former wanted to preserve the land untouched, the latter to use it intensively. However, mounting environmental...
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by James Austin