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      • July 2020
      • Background Note

      Gender Diversity on Boards: Views from Norway

      By: Aiyesha Dey
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      Dey, Aiyesha. "Gender Diversity on Boards: Views from Norway." Harvard Business School Background Note 120-065, July 2020.
      • January 2020
      • Case

      Hurtigruten: Sailing into Warm Water?

      By: Jan W. Rivkin and Kerry Herman
      As this case opens in 2019, CEO Daniel Skjeldam and his team have successfully reinvigorated Hurtigruten, a storied but struggling Norwegian ferry and cruise operator, and have established it as the leading provider of polar expedition cruises. They now face a critical...  View Details
      Keywords: Relative Cost Analysis; Market Attractiveness; Diversification; Decision Making; Expansion; Tourism Industry; norway
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      Rivkin, Jan W., and Kerry Herman. "Hurtigruten: Sailing into Warm Water?" Harvard Business School Case 720-410, January 2020.
      • Summer 2019
      • Article

      Breaking Even: Political Economy and Private Enterprise in the Norwegian Glass Industry, 1739-1803

      By: Rolv Petter Amdam, Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
      Using internal debates and surviving account books, this article traces the 18th-century history of the Norwegian glass industry, created to exploit Norway's immense natural resource wealth, and of the chartered company that would later become Norway's iconic...  View Details
      Keywords: Glass Industry; Natural Resources; Profitability; Political Economy; Cameralism; Liberalization; Patriotism; Profit; Natural Environment; Business History; norway
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      Amdam, Rolv Petter, Robert Fredona, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Breaking Even: Political Economy and Private Enterprise in the Norwegian Glass Industry, 1739-1803." Business History Review 93, no. 2 (Summer 2019): 275–317.
      • June 2018
      • Supplement

      Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (B)

      By: Tatiana Sandino and Olivia Hull
      Supplement to HBS No. 118-007, "Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (A)." Chief Human Resources Officer Tore Høylie was proud of REMA 1000 (REMA)’s strong employee engagement with Workplace, Facebook’s corporate social media platform; however, some users complained that the...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Network; Social Media; Enterprise Social Media; Facebook; Workplace; Social And Collaborative Networks; Communication Technology; Problems And Challenges; Retail Industry; norway
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      Sandino, Tatiana, and Olivia Hull. "Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-072, June 2018.
      • March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
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      Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (A)

      By: Tatiana Sandino and Olivia Hull
      A year after Norwegian grocery chain REMA 1000 adopted Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise social network, Chief Human Resource Officer Tore Høylie is asked to evaluate its impact on company culture and communication. Almost 90% of the workforce is engaged with the...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Network; Social Media; Enterprise Social Media; Facebook; Workplace; Social And Collaborative Networks; Communication Technology; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Knowledge Sharing; Retail Industry; norway
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      Sandino, Tatiana, and Olivia Hull. "Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 118-007, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
      • January 2018
      • Supplement

      Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches (B)

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      Supplements the (A) case.  View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Welfare State; Natural Resources; Internationalization; norway
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      Reinert, Sophus A. "Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 718-026, January 2018.
      • November 2017 (Revised April 2019)
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      Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations

      By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
      In 2015, Reynir Indahl left top Nordic private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to found Summa Equity (Summa). After long contemplation following the financial crisis, Indahl was convinced the financial system was producing negative externalities and that the current...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Esg; Esg (environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Social Impact; Social Enterprise; Private Equity; Investment Management; Finance; Capital Markets; Management Practices; Leadership; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Voice; Environmental Impact; Value Creation; Private Equity; Social Enterprise; Finance; Capital Markets; Management Practices And Processes; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Innovation And Management; Entrepreneurship; Mission And Purpose; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; norway; Sweden; Scandinavia
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      Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations." Harvard Business School Case 118-028, November 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
      • October 2017
      • Supplement

      Turnaround at Norsk Gjenvinning (B)

      By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
      The case describes the impact of Norsk Gjenvinning's (NG) transformation efforts on reducing corruption and non-compliance within the Norwegian waste management industry.  View Details
      Keywords: Change Leadership; Governance; Compliance; Waste Management; Environmental Impact; Social Responsibility; Industry Regulation; Regulatory Enforcement; Change Management; Crime And Corruption; Governance Compliance; Wastes And Waste Processing; norway
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      Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Turnaround at Norsk Gjenvinning (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-033, October 2017.
      • March 2016
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      IC Group A/S

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on...  View Details
      Keywords: Ic Group; Ic Companys; Carli Gry; Inwear; Mads Ryder; Niels Martinsen; Premium Fashion; Fast Fashion; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-profit Firms; Profit; Revenue; Multinational Firms And Management; Business History; Business Or Company Management; Acquisition; Growth And Development Strategy; Brands And Branding; Distribution Channels; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Problems And Challenges; Strategy; Product Positioning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Web Sites; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Scandinavia; Denmark; Sweden; norway
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "IC Group A/S." Harvard Business School Case 716-446, March 2016.
      • August 2015 (Revised October 2017)
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      Turnaround at Norsk Gjenvinning (A)

      By: George Serafeim and Shannon Gombos
      Erik Osmundsen, CEO of Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), had initiated a program to strenghten corporate governance, eliminate corruption and improve compliance, and as a result the company had experienced a turnover of almost half of its top 70 line managers and strained...  View Details
      Keywords: Change Leadership; Governance; Compliance; Waste Management; Environmental Impact; Social Responsibility; Industry Regulation; Regulatory Enforcement; Turnaround; Turn Around Management; Corruption; Leading Change; Change Management; Crime And Corruption; Governance Compliance; Wastes And Waste Processing; Industrial Products Industry; norway; Scandinavia; Europe
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      Serafeim, George, and Shannon Gombos. "Turnaround at Norsk Gjenvinning (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-012, August 2015. (Revised October 2017.)
      • August 2015
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      Kjell & Company: Electronics Accessories Retail in the Nordics

      By: Krishna Palepu, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
      Swedish electronics accessories retailer Kjell is considering several issues as it plots its next stage of growth. How should it balance opportunities to expand retail stores into a new market (Oslo, Norway) with additional growth in its home market—Sweden—with...  View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Electronics Accessories; Online Channel; Omni-channel; Private Equity; Sales; Retail; Salesforce Management; Performance Management; Marketing; Sales; Strategy; Scandinavia; Sweden; norway
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      Palepu, Krishna, Das Narayandas, and Kerry Herman. "Kjell & Company: Electronics Accessories Retail in the Nordics." Harvard Business School Case 116-009, August 2015.
      • July 2015
      • Case

      Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics

      By: Das Narayandas, Krishna Palepu and Kerry Herman
      Vita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's...  View Details
      Keywords: E-commerce Strategy; norway; Cosmetics; Managing Under Private Equity Ownership; Strategy; Private Equity; Internet; Growth And Development Strategy; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; norway
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      Narayandas, Das, Krishna Palepu, and Kerry Herman. "Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics." Harvard Business School Case 516-013, July 2015.
      • March 2015 (Revised March 2018)
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      Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      Keywords: norway
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      Reinert, Sophus A. "Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 715-037, March 2015. (Revised March 2018.)
      • February 2015 (Revised September 2016)
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      Hövding: The Airbag for Cyclists

      By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emilie Billaud
      In 2012, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, co¬founders of the Hövding company, reflect on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. Since 2005, Haupt and Alstin had been working on a new type of bicycle helmet—an "airbag for cyclists." What had begun as a thesis...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Transition; Leadership; Conflict Management; Bicycle Industry; Sweden; Europe
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      Fuller, Joseph B., and Emilie Billaud. "Hövding: The Airbag for Cyclists." Harvard Business School Case 315-056, February 2015. (Revised September 2016.)
      • August 2013
      • Case

      HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A)

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Karol Misztal and Joris Van Gool
      This case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it wants to bid and how to outbid...  View Details
      Keywords: Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Negotiations; Private Equity; Finance; Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation; Strategy; Europe
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      Gompers, Paul A., Karol Misztal, and Joris Van Gool. "HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A)." Harvard Business School Case 214-018, August 2013.
      • April 2013 (Revised February 2018)
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      Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      In early 2013, Norway was by many accounts the world’s most developed country; it topped various indices for everything from democracy to happiness, had a comprehensive welfare state, and massive oil revenues endowed it with a substantial, and growing, Sovereign Wealth...  View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Welfare State; Natural Resources; Internationalization; Dutch Disease; Happiness; Macroeconomics; Energy Sources; Values And Beliefs; Sovereign Finance; Immigration; Welfare; Energy Industry; norway
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      Reinert, Sophus A. "Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches." Harvard Business School Case 713-061, April 2013. (Revised February 2018.)
      • 2011
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      Another Grand Tour: Cameralism and Antiphysiocracy in Tuscany, Baden, and Denmark-Norway

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      Keywords: History; Economic Systems; Italy; Germany; norway; Denmark
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      Reinert, Sophus A. "Another Grand Tour: Cameralism and Antiphysiocracy in Tuscany, Baden, and Denmark-Norway." In Physiocrats, Antiphysiocracy and Pfeiffer, edited by Jurgen Backhaus, 39–69. Springer, 2011.
      • April 2011 (Revised December 2013)
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      Boardroom Change in Norway

      By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
      In 2003, the Norwegian Parliament amended the Public Limited Companies Act in order to achieve greater representation of women on corporate boards. According to the amendment, all state-owned companies and public limited companies were required to have at least 40%...  View Details
      Keywords: Laws And Statutes; Gender; Corporate Governance; norway
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      Lorsch, Jay W., and Melissa Barton. "Boardroom Change in Norway." Harvard Business School Case 411-089, April 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
      • May 2010
      • Teaching Note

      Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company (TN)

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter III
      Teaching Note for [810105].  View Details
      Keywords: Production; Product Launch; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Brands And Branding; Distribution; Factories, Labs, And Plants; Auto Industry; Indiana; norway
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      Lassiter, Joseph B., III. "Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-133, May 2010.
      • February 2010 (Revised October 2010)
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      Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron
      On January 5, 2010, 48-year-old Richard Canny was on his way to meet the governor of Indiana. He was reading his newly issued press release announcing that THINK planned to start automobile production in Elkhart County, Indiana to launch its THINK City battery-operated...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Global Strategy; Market Entry And Exit; Product Development; Production; Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; norway; Indiana
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      Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and David Kiron. "Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company." Harvard Business School Case 810-105, February 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
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