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What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
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. -
Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleYour organization can become more decisive—and can implement strategy more quickly—if you know where the bottlenecks are and who’s empowered to break through them. -
Oil and Troubled Waters
Power and influence Magazine ArticleWhen a crisis forces outside directors to navigate major changes, investors and directors must adopt new roles. The largest such case to date provides some useful lessons. The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was a 60/40 joint venture between Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading. It was run by a five-person committee of managing directors […] -
Beat the Odds in Cross-Border Joint Ventures
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThey may be back in vogue, but managing joint ventures remains just as tough. -
New Ventures for Corporate Growth
Innovation Magazine ArticleAs the traditional avenues of corporate growth become less attractive, many companies find the appeal of new venture strategies harder to resist. Though difficult to implement and often slow to repay investment, these strategies do offer the promise of facilitating entry into new business areas with innovative, usually technology-based products. And for large companies with […] -
How Parents Can Promote Resilience in the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus on providing learning experiences for the next generation - and room for them to make mistakes. -
Leadership Lessons from Great Family Businesses
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAccording to the Family Business Institute, only 30% of family businesses last into the second generation, 12% remain viable into the third, and 3% operate... -
How to Win with Machine Learning
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMany companies can dramatically improve their products and services by using machine learning-an application of artificial intelligence that involves... -
With Friends Like These: The Art of Managing Complementors
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleWhile in-depth analysis of competitors and suppliers is de rigueur in formulating strategy, surprisingly few companies pay much attention to firms that sell complementary products and services. -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
Career planning Best PracticeIt can be done. -
Connect and Develop: Inside Procter & Gamble's New Model for Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor generations, Procter & Gamble generated most of its phenomenal growth by innovating from within--building global research facilities and hiring the... -
Family Businesses Have a Talent-Acquisition Advantage
Organizational Development Digital ArticleHere's how to leverage it. -
Research: Only 10% of Joint Venture Board Members Are Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleJVs are subject to far less public exposure - and fewer quotas and disclosure requirements - than other businesses. -
Expand the Menu? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleYolk-ay, a United Arab Emirates restaurant chain specializing in traditional Indian egg dishes, recently opened its eighth location in 10 years--but turnover... -
The Founder of Qualtrics on Reinventing an Already Successful Business
Strategy & Execution Magazine Article"One of the hardest disciplines in business and in life is tearing down what you've built to build something better," writes the founder and former CEO... -
The Ex-CEO Contemplates a Coup (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA family business in Indonesia is hit hard by the economic downturn, and some family members want the former CEO--the founder's son--to retain the reins.... -
Open-Market Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCompanies in many industries are feeling immense pressure to improve their ability to innovate. But executives know that the best ideas aren't always... -
Don’t Give up On Russia
Global strategy Magazine ArticleIn the midst of hardship, the climate for foreign investment in Russia has never been better. But Westerners should learn from the mistakes of the first wave of joint ventures. -
Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?
Family businesses Digital ArticleFive critical decisions to set it up for long-term success.
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Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In February 2003, P&G hosted two meetings-one with its largest woman- and minority-owned suppliers and one with its largest non-minority-owned suppliers.... -
Iceverks (A): Ben & Jerry's in Russia
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details It has been four years since Jeff Furman had first travelled to Russia to find a partner so that Ben & Jerry's "finest quality, socially conscious, and... -
Milkpak Ltd.: International Joint Venture
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Considers a Pakistani company's decision to conduct a joint venture with a foreign multinational. In 1987, Milkpak Ltd. had successfully developed a market... -
Upjohn Co.: The Upjohn - Pharmacia Merger
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 1995, the Upjohn Co. and Pharmacia AB announced a "merger of equals." This case provides background information on the industry, the position... -
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Marfrig, one of the world's leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The... -
Mistry Architects (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up of "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability" (A) (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-086). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu... -
Bhiwar Enterprises
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A nephew in an Indian family business has prepared a consulting report advocating changes in organizational structure and practices. His North American... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Bob Ross Auto Group
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case details the challenges Jenell Ross faced at Bob Ross Auto Group, the car dealership in Dayton, Ohio, started by her father, Bob Ross. The case... -
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products)... -
Little Short Stop: Creating Strategy for a Shifting Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In early 2019, the general manager of Little Short Stop Stores, a chain of local, family-owned convenience stores in southwestern Ontario, Canada, was... -
Business Family Dynamics
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Reprinted from John Davis. -
The Sustainability Sweet Spot at Jiu Zhen Nan Taiwan Pastry
Management Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2022, the case follows the sustainability journey of Jiu Zhen Nan, a 133-year-old Taiwanese pastry brand headquartered in Kaohsiung, the southern... -
Medicine Hat Meat Traders: Beefing Up a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In March 2019, entrepreneur Greg Pahl was contemplating the next steps for Medicine Hat Meat Traders; the past year was the company's best in terms of... -
Kev McDonald Had Some Land...
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An Heir with No Spare: The Deitch Family Office
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Joe and Matt Deitch, father and son, knew it was time to start their own family office. Matthew had recently joined his father at the family's three enterprises,... -
Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details A gifted project leader lacks significant new product development experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project... -
A 30-Year Cross-Border Alliance in China-Chongqing Jianshe Motorcycle Co. and Yamaha Motor Co.
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case is a study of the transnational collaboration in China's motorcycle industry from the 1980s to 2010s between Chongqing Jianshe Motorcycle Co.... -
Robert Mondavi Corp.: Caliterra (A)
Communication Case Study8.95View Details The senior vice president of the Robert Mondavi Corp. (one of the world's leading producers of premium wine) and head of Mondavi's Chilean joint venture,... -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case RSM103
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What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
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. -
Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleYour organization can become more decisive—and can implement strategy more quickly—if you know where the bottlenecks are and who’s empowered to break through them. -
Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In February 2003, P&G hosted two meetings-one with its largest woman- and minority-owned suppliers and one with its largest non-minority-owned suppliers.... -
Iceverks (A): Ben & Jerry's in Russia
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details It has been four years since Jeff Furman had first travelled to Russia to find a partner so that Ben & Jerry's "finest quality, socially conscious, and... -
Milkpak Ltd.: International Joint Venture
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Considers a Pakistani company's decision to conduct a joint venture with a foreign multinational. In 1987, Milkpak Ltd. had successfully developed a market... -
Upjohn Co.: The Upjohn - Pharmacia Merger
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 1995, the Upjohn Co. and Pharmacia AB announced a "merger of equals." This case provides background information on the industry, the position... -
Closing the Governance Gap in Joint Ventures
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleJoint ventures make meaningful contributions to corporate revenue and can enable new growth strategies, but they increase their shareholders' risk exposure,... -
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Marfrig, one of the world's leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The... -
Mistry Architects (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up of "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability" (A) (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-086). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu...