Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

Now the largest beer company in the world, AB InBev reported a double digit EBITDA growth rate and almost 30% growth in earnings per share. The Brazilian company AmBev, already at 20% EBITDA in 2000, increased its margins to a whopping 36% in 2003. Anheuser's EBITDA in 2007, prior to its acquisition, was 23%.

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EBITDA Globalization Depreciation Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

At the same time, the New York company launched a Silicon Valley start-up with a separate mission, management team, and business model while leveraging vital assets of the parent. By 2010, it would have been too late to act, as we saw with the Border's bankruptcy. Consider how narrow B&N's window was.

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EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Another telltale sign of category creation is that it comes with a distinctive business model and profit model. Our analysis showed the top 20 firms in Fortune 's 2010 list of fastest-growing companies received $3.40 coffee sector revenue grew from $28 billion in the late 1990s to $47 billion in 2010.

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B2C Strategy B2B Waterman 13