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- November 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Whirlpool Europe
By: Richard S. Ruback, Sudhakar Balachandran and Aldo Sesia
This case presents a capital budgeting problem. Whirlpool Europe is evaluating an investment in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that would reorganize the information flow throughout the company. Students derive the cash flows from working capital, sales,...
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Keywords:
Working Capital;
Cash Flow;
Investment;
Capital Budgeting;
Consumer Products Industry;
Europe
Ruback, Richard S., Sudhakar Balachandran, and Aldo Sesia. "Whirlpool Europe." Harvard Business School Case 202-017, November 2001. (Revised December 2003.)
- March 2013
- Case
Robin Ash and Printzhof Press
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Lynda St. Clair
Robin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Her first objective is to create an action plan that will achieve two seemingly contradictory corporate...
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Keywords:
United States;
Organizational Change;
Management Styles;
General Management;
Change Management;
Morale;
Communication;
Human Resource Management;
Book Publishing;
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Conflict Management;
Leading Change;
Competitive Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Planning;
Education Industry;
Publishing Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and Lynda St. Clair. "Robin Ash and Printzhof Press." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-554, March 2013.
- November 2018
- Case
Attijariwafa Bank: Egypt Expansion
By: Victoria Ivashina and Alpana Thapar
This case follows Attijariwafa Bank, a leading Morocco-based commercial bank, giving insight into its risk management practices and its international expansion over time. In particular, the case focuses on its planned acquisition of Barclays Bank Egypt in 2017. At this...
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Keywords:
Commercial Banking;
Risk Management;
Small And Medium Enterprises;
Acquisitions;
International Expansion;
Emerging Markets;
Africa;
SMEs
Ivashina, Victoria, and Alpana Thapar. "Attijariwafa Bank: Egypt Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 219-008, November 2018.
- Article
Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies
By: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy
The globalization of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) has become an important phenomenon in international business (IB), yet it has received scant attention in the literature. We explain how the analysis of SOMNCs can help advance the literature by...
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporation;
State-owned Enterprises;
State Capitalism;
FDI;
Internationalization;
Government And Business;
National Oil Companies;
State Ownership;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Acquisition;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Energy Industry;
China;
India;
Europe
Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio, and Kannan Ramaswamy. "Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies." Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises edited by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy. Journal of International Business Studies 45, no. 8 (October–November 2014): 919–942.
- September 2016
- Case
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
A nonprofit in the healthcare arena explores strategies to achieve system-level impact. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical Center connecting low-income patients with basic resources like heating assistance, job training, and childcare...
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Keywords:
Scaling Social Enterprise;
Scaling Social Impact;
Health Care Delivery;
Health Care Outcomes;
Health Care Reform;
Nonprofit;
Nonprofit Scaling;
Social Enterprise;
Health Care and Treatment;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sarah Appleby. "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 517-024, September 2016.
- November 2013 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Endeavor: Miami Heats Up
By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda, David Lane and Lisa Mazzanti
Endeavor Global was a nonprofit that for 15 years had worked to nurture entrepreneurship in emerging markets by selecting local high-impact entrepreneurs for mentoring and aid in scaling up their businesses from committed local business leaders. In summer 2012,...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Entrepreneurs;
Scaling;
Emerging Market Entrepreneurship;
Not For Profit;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Mentoring;
Business Networks;
Hybrid Nonprofit Funding;
Mission and Purpose;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Emerging Markets;
Problems and Challenges;
Finance;
Miami
Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, David Lane, and Lisa Mazzanti. "Endeavor: Miami Heats Up." Harvard Business School Case 814-043, November 2013. (Revised December 2013.)
- March–April 2017
- Article
Advancing Conservation by Understanding and Influencing Human Behavior
By: Sheila M. Reddy, Jensen Montambault, Yuta J. Masuda, Ayelet Gneezy, Elizabeth Keenan, William Butler, Jonathan R. Fisher and Stanley T. Asah
Behavioral sciences can advance conservation by systematically identifying behavioral barriers to conservation and how to best overcome them. Behavioral sciences have informed policy in many other realms (e.g., health, savings), but they are a largely untapped resource...
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Keywords:
Adaptive Management;
Awareness;
Behavioral Economics;
Behavioral Science;
Conservation Intervention;
Conservation Planning;
Decision-making;
Incentives;
Nudge;
Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Behavior;
Marketing;
Decision Making;
Environmental Sustainability;
Economics
Reddy, Sheila M., Jensen Montambault, Yuta J. Masuda, Ayelet Gneezy, Elizabeth Keenan, William Butler, Jonathan R. Fisher, and Stanley T. Asah. "Advancing Conservation by Understanding and Influencing Human Behavior." Conservation Letters 10, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 248–256. (doi:10.1111/conl.12252.)
- 01 Nov 2010
- News
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
- February 1999
- Case
Tektronix, Inc.: Global ERP Implementation
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, George Francis Westerman III and Mark J. Cotteleer
Reviews Tektronix's implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution in all three of its global business divisions. This case tells the story of three implementations, each with its own character and requirements. Tektronix managers needed to...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Transformation;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Information Management;
Management Skills;
Management Style;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Electronics Industry
Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, George Francis Westerman III, and Mark J. Cotteleer. "Tektronix, Inc.: Global ERP Implementation." Harvard Business School Case 699-043, February 1999.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: John D. Macomber
Teaching and research interests center around the matching of private and instituional capital into large public infrastructure and resilience projects that shape the future of cities and urban environments around the world. The world's population is increaslingly...
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The Second Face of Appropriability: Generative Appropriability and Its Determinants
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Elena Novelli
We distinguish between two forms of appropriability: primary appropriability—effectiveness in exploiting inventions as problem-solving mechanisms and capturing a share of their profits—and generative appropriability—effectiveness in exploiting inventions as concepts...
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Keywords:
Innovation Management;
Profit Management;
Product Management;
Resource Management;
Strategic Alliances (Business);
Strategic Planning;
Innovation and Management
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Elena Novelli. "The Second Face of Appropriability: Generative Appropriability and Its Determinants." Academy of Management Review 38, no. 2 (April 2013): 248–269.
- December 2014
- Case
DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections
By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
In 2011, DaVita HealthCare Partners (DaVita)—a Fortune 500 healthcare services company specializing in kidney dialysis services—and the Denver Public Schools (DPS)—the largest school district in Colorado—forged a plan to incorporate greater intentional focus on culture...
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Keywords:
Corporate-community Partnerships;
K-12;
School Districts;
DaVita;
Kent Thiry;
Tom Boasberg;
Denver Public Schools;
Wisdom Team;
DaVita Way;
Creating Connections;
Social Enterprise;
Community Impact;
Education Reform;
Public Schools;
Leadership Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Culture;
Education Industry;
Health Industry;
Colorado
Kim, John J-H, and Christine S. An. "DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections." Harvard Business School Case 315-047, December 2014.
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A4): Sun Peak: Helen Yang and Mark Walden on "Running Sun on Sun"
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
SunPeak was the largest project Sun Microsystems, Inc. had ever undertaken: shifting Sun's entire business transaction system from a mainframe-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to a Sun-based system. Making the shift would be complicated and financially...
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- December 2017
- Supplement
CEO Succession at Cisco: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
Excerpts of videotaped class visits and an interview with former Cisco CEO John Chambers about Cisco’s CEO succession planning process. Topics include Chambers’ reflections on the process; the roles of the incumbent CEO, board of directors, executive search, and the...
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Keywords:
CEO Succession;
CEO Turnover;
Top Management Teams;
Board Of Directors;
Organizational Change;
Strategic Human Resource Management;
Strategy;
High Technology;
Management Succession;
Managerial Roles;
Corporate Governance;
Organizational Culture;
Change
Groysberg, Boris, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "CEO Succession at Cisco: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-705, December 2017.
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
come out on top—if you have a strategy. A well thought out plan for managing yourself, your team, and even your boss through these tough times will not only help you address the new demands being heaped upon you, it will also help you...
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by Paul Michelman
- February 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Teaching Note
Making stickK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics
By: Leslie K. John and Michael Norton
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Making sticK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics (514019). The case focuses on a... View Details
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Making sticK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics (514019). The case focuses on a... View Details
Keywords:
Behavioral Economics;
Behavior Change;
B2B Vs. B2C;
Human Resource Management;
Marketing Of Innovations;
Health & Wellness;
Weight Loss;
Charitable Giving;
Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Health;
Business Model;
Sales;
Human Resources;
Health Industry;
United States
John, Leslie K., and Michael Norton. "Making stickK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-088, February 2015. (Revised September 2016.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Bulb 2017: Launch
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
On August 21, 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb Ltd. (Bulb) launched a new business to supply energy to the United Kingdom’s 27 million residential homes with a promise of 100% renewable electricity at affordable prices. By the end of March 2017,...
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Keywords:
Green Energy;
Start-up;
Launch;
Customer Acquisition;
Customer Churn;
Customer Engagement;
Electricity;
Resources;
Growth Strategy;
B-Corp;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurial Journey;
Entrepreneurial Financing;
Renewable Energy;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Model;
Working Capital;
Product Launch;
Customers;
Growth Management;
Business Plan;
Decision Making;
United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Bulb 2017: Launch." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-441, December 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- March 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Corposol (Abridged Version)
By: James E. Austin
The social enterprise Corposol has become the largest lender to microentrepreneurs in Colombia. Its rapid growth and diversification into other services and geographical areas has created organizational and resource strains.
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Growth Management;
Diversification;
Microfinance;
Financial Services Industry;
Colombia
Austin, James E. "Corposol (Abridged Version)." Harvard Business School Case 398-123, March 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- October 2015 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision
By: Jan Hammond, Paul Kalmbach and Eric Bernstein
This case describes a medium-sized business that manufactures animal feed for commercial and companion animals. The company has been growing rapidly and is considering whether or not to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Ozark currently uses an IT...
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Keywords:
ERP Systems;
Information Technology;
Supply Chain Management;
Growth Management;
Performance Improvement;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Missouri;
Oklahoma;
Texas;
Arkansas
Hammond, Jan, Paul Kalmbach, and Eric Bernstein. "Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision." Harvard Business School Case 616-019, October 2015. (Revised August 2018.)
- March 2011 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Arck Systems
By: Ian Larkin
The Arck Systems series of cases describes the dilemmas faced by a senior sales manager in determining a sales compensation plan at an enterprise software company. The existing compensation plan is aggressive and highly rewards "star" performers. The cases track a...
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Performance Effectiveness;
Salesforce Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Software;
Information Technology Industry
Larkin, Ian. "Arck Systems." Harvard Business School Case 911-056, March 2011. (Revised March 2012.)