Filter Results
:
(45)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(68)
- News (18)
- Research (45)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (26)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(68)
- News (18)
- Research (45)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (26)
Sort by
- May 2001 (Revised November 2014)
- Background Note
The Income Statement
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Includes a description of the common components of the income statement. Includes examples of the income statements of Home Depot, Inc., Lucent Technology, Inc., Gap, Inc., and McDonald's Corp. and lends itself to a brief discussion regarding these companies.
View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "The Income Statement." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-109, May 2001. (Revised November 2014.)
- February 2003 (Revised February 2003)
- Exercise
McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (A)
This case is one of two cases that describe the situation and poor performance at McDonald's Corp. in early 2003. This exercise instructs students to employ an unstructured brainstorming process to develop strategic options for McDonald's.
View Details
"McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 303-098, February 2003. (Revised February 2003.)
- January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
OSI in China
By: David E. Bell and Mary Shelman
OSI, one of the world's largest suppliers of processed meats to McDonald's and other QSRs, was in the middle of a $400M expansion in China that included backward integration into poultry production. However, its current customers took only a portion of each bird...
View Details
Keywords:
China;
Corporate Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Competitive Positioning;
Organizational Design;
Channels Of Distribution;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
China
Bell, David E., and Mary Shelman. "OSI in China." Harvard Business School Case 513-045, January 2013. (Revised April 2013.)
- June 2013 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Procter & Gamble
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
On July 12, 2012, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management announced publicly that it had purchased about $2 billion of Procter and Gamble (P&G) stock. Shares in the company closed up 3.75% the day the disclosure was made public. Ackman told the New York... View Details
Keywords:
Ackman;
P&G;
Pershing Square Capital Managment;
Disruption;
Management Succession;
Crisis Management;
Acquisition;
Consumer Products Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Procter & Gamble." Harvard Business School Case 413-127, June 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
different, not by being the same. In the Harvard Business School case "Yum! China," professor David E. Bell and Agribusiness Program director and senior researcher Mary Shelman examine how Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut, outperformed...
View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
Starbucks Reinvented
employees), deliver personalized customer service, and maintain a close connection to the local community. In addition, McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts had emerged as serious competitors, offering their own lines of specialty coffee...
View Details
- 20 Feb 2020
- Op-Ed
Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.
other complaints about the company’s culture. "It's clear McDonald's culture is rotten from top to bottom,” she said. Perhaps the height of lack of disclosure was reached by a nonprofit CEO in Massachusetts, who boasted of his...
View Details
Keywords:
by Regina Herzlinger
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
passion for coffee, no longer had time to dialogue with customers. The brand experience declined as waiting times increased. Moreover, the price premium for a Starbucks coffee seemed less justifiable for grab and go customers as View Details
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
ourselves). Happy Money provides valuable information not only for pleasure-seeking consumers, but also for companies looking to increase the happiness of both employees and customers. The following excerpt describes how the power of limited access led to fanatical...
View Details
Keywords:
Re: Michael I. Norton
- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
Food used to be just sustenance, but now it's news. The president of the United States falls for McDonald's and KFC. In Portland, resentment is growing over white street vendors who sell ethnic foods. Ikea is starting a food incubator for...
View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
a path. Take the case of Tricon, the owner-franchiser of the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell fast-food chains. Tricon's international strategy explicitly targets markets in which McDonald's has already established a significant presence,...
View Details
Keywords:
by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
structures in the European Union and Japan. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707471 McDonald's Corp.: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain Harvard Business School Case 907-414 View Details
Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
Rings'—capital T, capital R—are arguably one of the most recognized brand symbols in the world. By definition, companies want to cobrand with the Olympics, at least when they aren't laden with problems. Big names such as Coca-Cola (an Olympic sponsor since 1928) and...
View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
industry, finding that 17 percent were funding direct competitors in the same portfolio. One result: 30 percent fewer product introductions. McDonald's advice: Make sure your investment partner is acting in the best interests of your...
View Details
Keywords:
by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
theme. Silverthorne: In general, what effect will the war and the perceived unilateral tactics of the president have on the reception of American brands overseas? Quelch: During the 1990s, American brands such as Coca-Cola, Marlboro, and View Details
Keywords:
by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
accountability vary by level in most organizations—in general, they are wider at the top of a company and narrower at the bottom. The CEO of McDonald's has a wide span of accountability that encompasses stock price, earnings per share,...
View Details
Keywords:
by Robert Simons
- 16 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee
service-level strategy better than one that varies by market? There is something to be said for and against both approaches. While there are certainly cost benefits to service standardization (Buell cites McDonald's as an example), the...
View Details
Keywords:
by Julia Hanna
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
industries, including timber, oil, gold, silver, and titanium. [ ] Under the widely practiced international sales system, a corporation in a developed nation sells finished goods to a consumer in a less-developed nation; this is View Details
Keywords:
by Paul R. Lawrence
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
players—for example, McDonald's in fast food—have the resources that allow them to exhaustively study locations and build at only the most sure-fire of them. Other fast-food outlets and retailers seeking roughly the same customers may...
View Details
Keywords:
by David Stauffer
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
Wall Street's expectations. Shares fell 5% based on this outlook. P&G results were lagging its peers by 4% in 2012 and 2% in the first quarter of 2013. Then, abruptly in late May, CEO Robert A. McDonald, who was 59, resigned. The board selected A.J. Lafley (65),...
View Details
Keywords:
Anna Secino