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- June 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Trinity College (D)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Nancy Bartlett
Supplements the (A) case.
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Nancy Bartlett. "Trinity College (D)." Harvard Business School Case 301-127, June 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and James Weber
Merrill Lynch, a full-service brokerage firm with $1.5 trillion in client assets, is under attack from both discount and electronic brokerage firms. It responds with Integrated Choice, a suite of products designed to capture clients, from the do-it-yourself investor...
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Keywords:
Investment Banking;
Marketing Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and James Weber. "Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 301-081, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Fred Young
This case looks at the issues facing a Hong Kong-based trading company, which links hundreds of factories in India and Asia with major customers like Gap and the Limited in Europe and in the United States. The company has recently launched a dot-com operation to allow...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Distribution Channels;
Logistics;
Networks;
Markets;
Supply Chain;
Retail Industry;
Hong Kong;
India;
Europe;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Fred Young. "Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues." Harvard Business School Case 301-009, October 2000. (Revised November 2005.)
- December 1997 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
www.springs.com
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Business Week's June 1997 "Rising Star" profile of Springs Industries' president and COO, Crandall Bowles, reported that she was poised to become one of the top two or three women executives in the country. In November 1997, the company announced Bowles' appointment to...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Operations;
Product Marketing;
Management;
Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
South Carolina
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "www.springs.com." Harvard Business School Case 398-091, December 1997. (Revised April 1998.)
- August 1997 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Supplements the (A) case.
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-035, August 1997. (Revised May 1999.)
- November 1996
- Case
Desktop Data, Inc. (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Keywords:
Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Desktop Data, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 397-055, November 1996.
- 12 May 2014
- News
The Alibaba Effect
- 2009
- Book
Chinese General Management: Tsinghua-Harvard Text and Cases
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Guoqing Chen
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Guoqing Chen. Chinese General Management: Tsinghua-Harvard Text and Cases. Tsinghua University Press, 2009, Chinese Mandarin ed. (Available in Mandarin only.)
- October 1998
- Supplement
Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project, Video
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Mark Keil
Keywords:
Software
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Mark Keil. "Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-510, October 1998.
- July 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Pfizer's Virtual CIO (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Discusses the IT organization and IT strategy issues facing Pfizer, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Managing over $1 billion of IT expense, the company has a committee approach for handling all critical IT decisions, an approach that is consistent...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Cost Management;
Organizational Culture;
Strategy;
Information Technology;
Pharmaceutical Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Pfizer's Virtual CIO (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 305-018, July 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- December 2001
- Case
Alibaba.com (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Fred Young
The challenges the largest Chinese electronic commerce company faces many challenges at the end of 2001. This case describes how it has completely reoriented its strategy in the past 12 months to become a B-to-B company. The key question is: Will it work and what...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Business Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Problems and Challenges;
Information Technology Industry;
China;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Fred Young. "Alibaba.com (B)." Harvard Business School Case 302-073, December 2001.
- December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
COSCO
By: F. Warren McFarlan and David Lane
Focuses on the IT challenges facing COSCO, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, as it deals with the Internet and modern information technology. The challenge is to understand what they are trying to do and understand the complexity of the task.
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Technological Innovation;
Complexity;
Problems and Challenges;
Shipping Industry;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, and David Lane. "COSCO." Harvard Business School Case 302-051, December 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- April 2001
- Supplement
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Supplement)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Christina Ruth
Supplements the case. Designed as an in-class handout.
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Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Christina Ruth. "Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Supplement)." Harvard Business School Supplement 301-082, April 2001.
- 2003
- Book
Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times
By: Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan
Benko, Cathleen, and F. Warren McFarlan. Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
- December 1996 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Trinity College (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias
Trinity College was an elite, private, liberal-arts college of some 1,800 students located in Hartford, CT. When Tom Gerety was chosen as Trinity's 17th president in 1989, he pledged to stay for ten years. Now less than five years at the job, Gerety announced he was...
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Keywords:
Higher Education;
Crisis Management;
Management Succession;
Planning;
Social Enterprise;
Education Industry;
Connecticut
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Trinity College (A)." Harvard Business School Case 397-068, December 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
- May 1978 (Revised February 1979)
- Supplement
B.F. Goodrich (C)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Ashis Gupta
Keywords:
Manufacturing Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Ashis Gupta. "B.F. Goodrich (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 178-222, May 1978. (Revised February 1979.)
- December 2006 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
China Merchants Bank: Here Just For You
By: F. Warren McFarlan, GuoQing Chen, HengYuan Zhu, Bin Yang, Michael Shih-ta Chen, G.A. Donovan, Waishun Lo and Yan Yang
Founded in 1987, China Merchants Bank (CMB) is a pioneer in the use of technical innovation and IT as a competitive tool in the rapidly evolving Chinese banking sector. With a relatively small branch network when compared to its larger competitors, CMB uses an...
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Keywords:
Credit Cards;
Information Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Leadership;
Competitive Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Emerging Markets;
Opportunities;
Banking Industry;
China;
Hong Kong
McFarlan, F. Warren, GuoQing Chen, HengYuan Zhu, Bin Yang, Michael Shih-ta Chen, G.A. Donovan, Waishun Lo, and Yan Yang. "China Merchants Bank: Here Just For You." Harvard Business School Case 307-081, December 2006. (Revised February 2009.)
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
One of the advantages of getting up before 4 a.m., F. Warren Hellman (MBA ’59) says with a smile, is that you aren’t expected to go to cocktail parties. Every day at that hour, Hellman can be found running...
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Keywords:
Susan Young
- January 5, 2015
- Article
China Still Isn't Ready to Be a True Global Leader
By: William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan
Kirby, William C., and F. Warren McFarlan. "China Still Isn't Ready to Be a True Global Leader." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 5, 2015).
- July 1993
- Case
Future of Distributed Systems at Aetna, The
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Chris L Marshall
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Chris L Marshall. "Future of Distributed Systems at Aetna, The." Harvard Business School Case 194-018, July 1993.