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The Founders of Bitty & Beau’s Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleA thriving business demonstrates how dedicated and enthusiastic employees with disabilities can be. -
Banana War Maneuvers
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleCompanies often resort to lobbyists and lawyers to fight unfair trade policies. But sometimes there are easier alternatives. Consider the case of Chiquita and Dole, organizations that faced restrictive new trade policies in the early 1990s that limited banana exports into Europe. Following World War II, Chiquita became Europe’s main banana provider, exporting to Germany […] -
Sexual Harassment Is Pervasive in the Restaurant Industry. Here's What Needs to Change
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleNo U.S. industry has more sexual harassment claims filed. -
Stop Making Plans; Start Making Decisions
Analytics and data science Magazine ArticleIn most companies, strategic planning isn’t about making decisions. It’s about documenting choices that have already been made, often haphazardly. Leading firms are rethinking their approach to strategy development so they can make more, better, and faster decisions. -
The CEO of Sodexo on Building More-Sustainable Food Systems
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticlePart of the work involves making planet-friendly menu choices more desirable. -
Managing Authenticity: The Paradox of Great Leadership
Business communication Magazine ArticleTo attract followers, a leader has to be many things to many people. The trick is to pull that off while remaining true to yourself. -
The Climate Movement Needs More Corporate Lobbyists
Government Digital ArticleThe fossil fuel industry has too much influence. -
Why More M&As Is a Sign That Scale Is No Longer an Advantage
Business and society Digital ArticleSmall companies are competing with big businesses in whole new ways. -
What’s He Waiting For?
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleEveryone’s wondering what the new COO’s been doing for the last 12 months. He wonders why he can’t get his foot in the door. -
Decisions Without Blinders
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe “bounded awareness” phenomenon causes people to ignore critical information when making decisions. Learning to expand the limits of your awareness before you make an important choice will save you from asking “How did I miss that?” after the fact. -
The Grocery Industry Confronts a New Problem: Only 10% of Americans Love Cooking
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleMaking meals is becoming a niche hobby. -
How Data-Driven Decisions Help Restaurants Stay Competitive
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSix strategies to guide strategic and operational decisions. -
Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case... -
The Unexpected Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA few smart companies have stopped complaining about Sarbanes-Oxley, the investor-protection law, and turned it to their advantage—bringing operations under better control while driving down compliance costs. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Jacques Pépin
Career transitions Magazine ArticleThe renowned chef and cookbook author talks about his career arc. -
The Starbucks Effect
Innovation Magazine ArticleWhen a product suddenly becomes hip, the whole category can prosper. -
The CEO of Popeyes on Treating Franchisees as the Most Important Customers
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleBehind the Popeyes turnaround was a conscious decision to treat leadership as stewardship—and to put the interests of franchisees above those of every other stakeholder group. -
Why Good Projects Fail Anyway
Leading teams Magazine ArticleWhen a promising project doesn’t deliver, chances are the problem wasn’t the idea but how it was carried out. Here’s a way to design projects that guards against unnecessary failure. -
7 Principles to Attract and Retain Older Frontline Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTakeaways from interviews and a survey of 35,000 older U.S. employees. -
The CEO of Hershey on Turning a Candy Company into a Snacks Empire
Corporate strategy Magazine ArticleHershey executed a bold new strategy by learning to be more entrepreneurial, adaptable, and agile.
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Bain Capital: Outback Steakhouse
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Bain Capital had purchased Outback Steakhouse in 2007 and despite the myriad initiatives to improve operations, the financial collapse in 2008 threatened... -
MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is an abridged version of "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?" HBS Case No. 416-004. Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a... -
Intercontinental Breweries (Abridged)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A senior executive of a U.S. multinational is attempting to develop a set of financial, operating, and ownership arrangements that will be acceptable... -
Trader Joe's: At a crossroads?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Covid-19 hit the US in 2020, the grocery retail industry underwent a greatly accelerated digital transformation as consumers' habits changed drastically... -
Bay State Milling
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Ferris Valley Foods Company: Corporate Social Responsibility and Reentry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ned Larsen, the CEO of Ferris Valley Foods Company (FVF), located in westernMichigan, was focusing on the issue of hiring ex-felons. He planned to ask... -
TATA Salt - What to Do When a Flanker Brand Grows Up? (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case is a two-part case series. Part A of the case study is set in early 2011, and begins with Parag Gadre, the assistant vice president of marketing... -
Big Chocolate: Child Slavery in the Cocoa Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details Dick Marty was a Swiss Parliamentarian and former state prosecutor. In 2015, Marty led the Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice (SCCJ), an alliance of... -
DO & CO: Gourmet Entertainment
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case is about a global catering, restaurant, and hospitality company, DO & CO, growing geographically with its existing businesses while also adding... -
Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations During COVID-19 (C)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details The case opens in August 2020 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros),... -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Mãe Terra and Unilever (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Unilever is making strides to integrate the operations of Mae Terra-one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods-into its own structures,... -
Alcaguete: The Challenge of Sustainable Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The Alcagüete case is an example of a market-focused social initiative (B Corporation) that encountered serious doubts regarding its mission while it... -
Whole Foods: Digesting Amazon's Offer
Management Case Study11.95View Details As the cofounder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey had spent the better portion of his life rapidly growing the company from a niche natural grocery... -
SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details As of 12/31/21, Amazon held $22 billion of equity and warrants in related companies. In fact, it often requests a free grant of warrants when it enters... -
Plenty: Transforming Food for the Future of Our Planet
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Matt Barnard, CEO of the indoor vertical farming company Plenty, analyzed the agricultural supply chain in the United States and determined it had a four-pronged... -
Coffee Wars in India: Starbucks 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Starbucks entered India in late 2012. This case explores Starbucks' globalization strategy, its success in China, and its vision for India. The case asks... -
Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations
30.00View Details Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread, shares the lessons he learned from a lifetime of asking what really matters and then making the transformations... -
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal... -
Ron de Venezuela
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case study depicts the cooperation process undertaken by several companies in Venezuela's rum industry to add value to their products through securing...
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The Founders of Bitty & Beau’s Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleA thriving business demonstrates how dedicated and enthusiastic employees with disabilities can be. -
Bain Capital: Outback Steakhouse
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Bain Capital had purchased Outback Steakhouse in 2007 and despite the myriad initiatives to improve operations, the financial collapse in 2008 threatened... -
Vertical Farming and the Future of Food (with ZERO Farms’ Daniele Modesto)
Innovation AudioZERO Farms CEO Daniele Modesto speaks to Azeem Azhar about the role of vertical farming in the future of food. -
MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is an abridged version of "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?" HBS Case No. 416-004. Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a... -
Intercontinental Breweries (Abridged)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A senior executive of a U.S. multinational is attempting to develop a set of financial, operating, and ownership arrangements that will be acceptable... -
Trader Joe's: At a crossroads?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Covid-19 hit the US in 2020, the grocery retail industry underwent a greatly accelerated digital transformation as consumers' habits changed drastically... -
Bay State Milling
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details -
Banana War Maneuvers
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleCompanies often resort to lobbyists and lawyers to fight unfair trade policies. But sometimes there are easier alternatives. Consider the case of Chiquita and Dole, organizations that faced restrictive new trade policies in the early 1990s that limited banana exports into Europe. Following World War II, Chiquita became Europe’s main banana provider, exporting to Germany […] -
Sexual Harassment Is Pervasive in the Restaurant Industry. Here's What Needs to Change
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleNo U.S. industry has more sexual harassment claims filed. -
Ferris Valley Foods Company: Corporate Social Responsibility and Reentry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ned Larsen, the CEO of Ferris Valley Foods Company (FVF), located in westernMichigan, was focusing on the issue of hiring ex-felons. He planned to ask...