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The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
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. -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
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. -
The CEO of ADM on Expanding Its Focus from Commodities to Consumers
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn the early 2010s ADM, a century-old agricultural products and services company, embarked on a big transformation. It streamlined and reorganized its... -
Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life-Science Revolution
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleAdvances in genetic research are setting off an industrial convergence that will have profound implications for the global economy. Farmers, computer companies, drugmakers, chemical processors, and health care providers will all be drawn into the new life-science industry. To make the transition successfully, they’ll have to change the way they think about their businesses… -
How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead
Managing people Magazine ArticleI wanted employees who would fly like geese. What I had was a company that wallowed like a herd of buffalo. -
How a Fast Casual Chain Shows Employees Their Work Matters
Employee retention Digital ArticleVisibility and values. -
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 Outstanding Outsider and the Fumbling Family
Succession planning Magazine ArticleIn 1945, after four years in the navy, Paul Ballisarian came home to a suburb of Chicago, married his childhood sweetheart, and joined his father in the family butcher shop. Paul was an energetic young man, and when his father retired several years later, he transformed the business from a retail shop into a meat […] -
Relentless Idealism for Tough Times
Recessions Magazine ArticleThe Idea in Brief It’s good that a recession forces businesses to operate more efficiently, but many panic and make damaging trade-offs. Alice Waters runs a thriftier kitchen these days at Chez Panisse, but she still gives top priority to quality and sustainability, both indispensable to the brand. In contrast to the many business owners […] -
The Chair of Illycaffè on Creating Virtuous Agricultural Ecosystems
Managing employees Magazine ArticleAdvancing the sustainability goals of the author’s grandfather, his company’s founder -
The Starbucks Effect
Innovation Magazine ArticleWhen a product suddenly becomes hip, the whole category can prosper. -
The CEO of Chipotle on Charting a Culinary and Digital Turnaround
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNiccol was the CEO of Taco Bell before he became the chief executive of Chipotle, in 2018. He had watched Chipotle's launch and rise with fascination... -
What’s Stifling the Creativity at CoolBurst?
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleWith the competition getting hot, a beverage company must learn how to fire up its creative juices. -
Encouraging Good Behavior from Your Customers
Sales & Marketing Big IdeaMost companies plan how they manage employees, but how many consider how to manage their customers? Given how important customer-employee relationships... -
How Diversity of Thought Can Fit into Your DEI Strategy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleInside the DEI journey of a Black-owned business, Uncle Nearest, which has become the fastest-growing whiskey brand in the United States. -
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson on Work, Joy, and, Yes, Coffee
Leadership & Managing People InterviewA conversation with editor in chief Adi Ignatius. -
The Forgotten Strategy
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost of modern global strategy focuses on minimizing differences between countries. Perhaps it’s time to dust off approaches that exploit those differences as well.
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Applegate Farms
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Mission Produce in 2022
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Founded by CEO Steve Barnard in 1983, California-based Mission Produce was a leading supplier of Hass avocados with a global sourcing, marketing, and... -
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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... -
Drinkworks: Home Bar by Keurig
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details In the summer of 2018, Drinkworks CEO Nathaniel Davis needed to make a number of go-to-market decisions ahead of his company's upcoming product launch.... -
Whole Foods: Digesting Amazon's Offer
Management Case Study8.95View 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... -
KINEER: A SOCIAL MARKETING CHALLENGE
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Kineer Services Limited (Kineer) was a social marketing startup set up in 2018 by Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, a prominent Indian transgender, and Manish... -
White Claw: Defending Market Share as Competition Encroaches
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details By the end of 2019, two brands accounted for 84% of hard seltzer sales, a segment that had recently taken the U.S. beer market by storm, growing from... -
Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details At the end of 2016, the leadership team of Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters-Robert Peck, Chase Damiano, and Jeremy Martin-had begun an ambitious retail... -
Lee Kum Kee: Female Succession in Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Elizabeth Mok was the second born and the only daughter in the fourth generation of the Lee family. She was also the only one of five siblings who did... -
Foodology: Creating a Virtual Restaurant Group in Latin America
Management Case Study8.95View Details In April 2020, Daniela Izquierdo (HBS, 2019) and Juan Guillermo Azuero (HBS, 2019), awaited the results of Harvard Business School's Alumni New Venture... -
Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza... -
Tyson Foods, Inc.
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Athletic Brewing Company: Crafting the U.S. Non-Alcoholic Beer Category
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Athletic Brewing Company ("Athletic," for short) was founded by Bill Shufelt and John Walker in 2017. In creating Athletic, Shufelt and Walker opened... -
Eatigo: Connecting Empty Dining Tables with Empty Stomachs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Eatigo is a restaurant reservation application (app) founded in 2013 which offered an alternative way of connecting diners to restaurants. The aim was... -
DR. WEHRHEIM WINERY: TO GROW OR NOT TO GROW?
Management Case Study8.95View Details Dr. Wehrheim Winery, a family business located in the Palatinate region of Germany faced a critical decision. While the business was controlled by the... -
Runa: Modeling a Sustainable Business in the Amazon
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2009 by Tyler Gage and Dan MacCombie, Runa was the result of their experience living with local communities. After six years of operation,... -
Big Chocolate: Child Slavery in the Cocoa Industry
Management Case Study8.95View 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... -
Truebird - An AlleyCorp Venture
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In December 2018, Kevin Ryan and Wendy Tsu faced an important decision - to finalize the CEO candidate for Truebird, an innovative, automated coffee café... -
FoodCloud: Tackling Food Insecurity and Climate Change in One Bite
Management Case Study8.95View Details In 2013, Aoibheann O'Brien and Iseult Ward founded FoodCloud, a non-profit social enterprise that aimed to address food waste and food insecurity issues.... -
Darden Restaurants: The Nine Square Feet
Organizational Development Case Study15.05View Details In June 2021, Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee contemplates how to position the world's biggest full-service restaurant more than one year into the COVID-19...
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The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
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. -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
Applegate Farms
Management Case Study8.95View Details -
Mission Produce in 2022
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Founded by CEO Steve Barnard in 1983, California-based Mission Produce was a leading supplier of Hass avocados with a global sourcing, marketing, and... -
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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... -
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. -
Drinkworks: Home Bar by Keurig
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details In the summer of 2018, Drinkworks CEO Nathaniel Davis needed to make a number of go-to-market decisions ahead of his company's upcoming product launch.... -
Whole Foods: Digesting Amazon's Offer
Management Case Study8.95View 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... -
The CEO of ADM on Expanding Its Focus from Commodities to Consumers
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn the early 2010s ADM, a century-old agricultural products and services company, embarked on a big transformation. It streamlined and reorganized its...