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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. -
Does Your Family Business Encourage Dissent?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCompanies that have diversity of thought are higher performing - and more resilient. -
How Family Businesses Can Compete for Talent
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe global workforce is transforming. Family firms are uniquely positioned to beat out the competition. -
Transforming a Family Business in Turbulent Times
Organizational Development Digital ArticleSurviving, let alone succeeding, requires constant adaptation. -
Wrestling with Legacy in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStrong traditions can provide a sense of identity, inspiration, and direction - but they can also hold your company back. -
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 […] -
Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleDebunking the oft-cited "three generation" myth. -
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 […] -
3 Hurdles that Trip Up Younger Generations in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleGrowing up in your family's shadow can leave you with big shoes to fill. -
Culture Clash in the Boardroom (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLiu Peijin is the president of Almond China, a subsidiary of the German company Almond Chemical. Almond China's joint venture with Chongqing No. 2 Chemical... -
Is the Next Generation of Your Family Business Entrepreneurial Enough?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTraditions don't have to be constricting. -
Trouble in Paradise (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Global Business Magazine ArticleMike Graves, the general manager of a U.S. apparel company's 50/50 joint venture with a Chinese manufacturer, has made the joint venture into a big success,... -
When the Boss Won't Budge (Commentary on HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAllerGen, a young biotechnology firm, is heading for trouble, possibly even bankruptcy. The company's one product--a vaccine for people allergic to cats--may... -
Use Joint Ventures to Ease the Pain of Restructuring
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleFor large corporations that are refocusing their portfolios, the problem of how best to dispose of basically sound but underperforming businesses remains.... -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
Career planning Best PracticeIt can be done. -
Your Alliances Are Too Stable
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA 2004 McKinsey survey of more than 30 companies reveals that at least 70% of them have major alliances that are underperforming and in need of restructuring.... -
Moving a Family Business Beyond the Founder's Vision
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow the next generation can embrace the future - while respecting the past. -
Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFive critical decisions to set it up for long-term success.
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Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
India's Mewar Dynasty: Upholding 76 Generations of Service and Custodianship
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details There are not many families in the world that can claim continuity of existence for over 76 generations in either business or otherwise. Families that... -
Scale and Scope at Drake Real Estate Partners
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Realizing in early 2021 that their pending real estate investment fund would likely be oversubscribed, Drake Real Estate Partners co-founders Nicolás... -
Rawayeti Foods: Performance Management in a Family-Owned Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2017, the chief executive officer of Rawayeti Foods, a Pakistani company dedicated to ensuring the purity and quality of its spices and pulses, was... -
Airbus vs. Boeing (K): New Partnerships (2018)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case describes Airbus's partnership with the Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer Bombardier beginning in 2017. The two companies partnered on the... -
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Alessio Alessi, head of distribution at family-run Alessi S.p.A., is facing price and brand confusion among customers and is considering reorganizing... -
Wooden Bakery: Should It Enter the U.S. Market?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A leading family-owned Lebanese bakery-convenience store chain, Wooden Bakery, was in the process of deciding the company's next options for growth in... -
Pennycook Power Boats: Considering an Offer to Sell the Firm (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In early 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Pennycook Power Boats was approached by the CEO of a competitor, who was interested in purchasing... -
Herschend Enterprises: Unifying and Communicating the Voice of Ownership
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case features a family business working to better integrate the voice of the whole family into corporate governance. In November 2019, the Herschend... -
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... -
Sanquan Food: Closed-loop Management of a Family Business Undergoing Strategic Transformation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Case (B) discusses the implementation of closed-loop management at a family business that underwent a strategic transformation, and explores mechanisms... -
An NHL/Ridefilm Attraction
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The National Hockey League (NHL) was battling within a competitive market to increase the exposure of hockey throughout the United States. Many new franchises... -
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... -
Kohler Co. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
VC Decision-Making in India: Aavishkaar and Milk Mantra (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The case profiles the protagonist, Vineet Rai, managing partner of Aavishkaar Venture Management Services (an Indian, early stage VC firm with a focus... -
Buck Auto Care Products: Selling a Private Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The chief financial officer (CFO) of Buck Auto Care Products (Buck's), a Toronto-based manufacturer and distributor of premium car care products, had... -
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... -
Vipp A/S
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Rapidly growing Vipp sells highly differentiated (and expensive) "designer" versions of a product that most buyers think about in purely functional terms:... -
Liu Bai: A Chinese Successor's Dilemma
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Succession patterns in Asia are heavily influenced by Confucian values and traditions. Liu Bai's father's authoritarian style of management was typical... -
Commercial Fixtures, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two equal partners arrange a sealed bid auction to decide which one buys out the other's interest in a lighting fixture company started by their fathers....
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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. -
The Deutsch-Casella Joint Venture and [Yellow Tail]® Wines: Trading Up or Trading Down?, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for NA0302. -
Does Your Family Business Encourage Dissent?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCompanies that have diversity of thought are higher performing - and more resilient. -
How Family Businesses Can Compete for Talent
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe global workforce is transforming. Family firms are uniquely positioned to beat out the competition. -
Transforming a Family Business in Turbulent Times
Organizational Development Digital ArticleSurviving, let alone succeeding, requires constant adaptation. -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case ISB123. -
Wrestling with Legacy in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStrong traditions can provide a sense of identity, inspiration, and direction - but they can also hold your company back.