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- July 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Catalyst Medical Solutions
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins
Faced with a drop in the NASDAQ, four eHealth entrepreneurs must decide between two distribution strategies for their new company's technology. The team, comprised of three full-time resident physicians and an MBA, has developed software to enable electronic...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Health Care and Treatment;
Distribution;
Strategy;
Venture Capital;
Applications and Software;
Partners and Partnerships;
Borrowing and Debt;
Information Technology Industry;
Service Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Richard M.J. Bohmer, and Naomi Atkins. "Catalyst Medical Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 601-014, July 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Do Executive Stock Options Encourage Risk-Taking?
Executive stock options create incentives for executives to manage firms in ways that maximize firm market value. Since options increase in value with the volatility of the underlying stock, executive stock options provide managers with incentives to take actions that...
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Cohen, Randolph B., Brian J. Hall, and Luis M. Viceira. "Do Executive Stock Options Encourage Risk-Taking?" 2000.
- April 1999
- Case
Inktomi: Scaling the Internet
By: Marco Iansiti, Myra M. Hart and Richard Bergin
Presents the early months of Inktomi, a company that invented the world's first truly scalable architecture for the Internet. This core technology provides a platform for a variety of innovative applications. The company must decide the direction it wants to take.
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Iansiti, Marco, Myra M. Hart, and Richard Bergin. "Inktomi: Scaling the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 699-156, April 1999.
- January 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
MindSpring
In a business environment where Internet Service Providers (ISP) has become increasingly commodity-like, Charles Brewer, founder and CEO of MindSpring, the nation's sixth largest ISP and the recognized leader in customer satisfaction, ponders a proposed merger with...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Customer Satisfaction;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Web Services Industry;
United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Joseph Keough, and Cathy Olofson. "MindSpring." Harvard Business School Case 899-178, January 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
- 1999
- Report
The Economics of Variety
By: Walter J. Salmon, Robert S. Kaplan and Marci K. Dew
Keywords:
Economics
- Article
Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance
By: Tom Nicholas
This paper refutes the hypothesis put forward by W.D. Rubinstein that a disproportionately large share of Britain's wealth makers were active in commercial and financial trades in London. We use a data set of businessmen active in nineteenth- and early...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Finance;
Commercialization;
Mathematical Methods;
Wealth and Poverty;
Great Britain;
London
Nicholas, Tom. "Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance." Business History 41, no. 1 (January 1999).
- December 1998
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
The agricultural sector is among the preeminent information technology users in our economy," exclaimed an August 1998 Forbes ASAP survey of the U.S. economy's best and worst users of information technology (IT). The survey designated Pioneer Hi-Bred International,...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Information Management;
Infrastructure;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Iowa
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories." Harvard Business School Case 399-095, December 1998.
- November 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Collateralized Loan Obligations and the Bistro Trust
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Ivan G. Farman
This case examines a large bank trying to protect itself from the risks and capital requirement created by its loan portfolio. Considers a variety of ways available to the firm to offload the risks.
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Keywords:
Banking;
Loan Evaluation;
Financing Strategy;
Credit;
Risk Management;
Banks and Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Strategy;
Banking Industry
Froot, Kenneth A., and Ivan G. Farman. "Collateralized Loan Obligations and the Bistro Trust." Harvard Business School Case 299-016, November 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Integral Capital Partners
By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
Integral Capital Partners is a small firm with a very distinctive approach to investing in high-technology stocks. The firm invests privately in small start-ups as well as in publicly traded companies, and it develops important financial and advisory relationships with...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Value Creation;
Venture Capital;
Asset Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Public Sector;
Private Sector;
Business Startups;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Integral Capital Partners." Harvard Business School Case 299-019, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- May 1998 (Revised February 2007)
- Background Note
Measuring Mutual Fund Performance
By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
Examines various approaches to measuring mutual fund performance. The approaches include the use of risk exposure and the Sharpe Ratio, as well as the Morningstar star system for rating mutual funds. Applies the approaches to a variety of mutual funds to demonstrate...
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Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Measuring Mutual Fund Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-139, May 1998. (Revised February 2007.)
- May 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dave DeLong
Details the actions of John Martin, newly named CEO, as he leads Taco Bell through a decade of incremental and radical changes. By the end of the case, total system sales within Taco Bell, a Mexican style fast-food restaurant chain and a division of PepsiCo, have grown...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Transformation;
Economic Growth;
Food;
Leadership Style;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Performance Effectiveness;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Service Industry;
Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Dave DeLong. "Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)." Harvard Business School Case 398-129, May 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- April 1998
- Case
Cephalon, Inc.
By: Peter Tufano
In early 1997, Cephalon, awaited an FDA panel's decision on whether its drug, Myotrophin, would be approved. If the drug was approved, the firm might need substantial additional funds to commercialize as well as to buy back rights to it (which had been sold earlier to...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Financing and Loans;
Health Care and Treatment;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Tufano, Peter, Geoffrey Verter, and Markus Mullarkey. "Cephalon, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 298-116, April 1998.
- April 1998
- Case
Katie Burke (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Follows the career of Katie Burke, HBS MBA 1995. Offers the opportunity to discuss a variety of issues, including innovation, software development, entrepreneurship, new venture design, and career choices.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Business Startups;
Innovation and Invention
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Katie Burke (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-092, April 1998.
- April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
CitySoft, Inc.
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti, Andrea H. Chermayeff and Diana S. Gardner
Two entrepreneurs are discussing how to scale-up their new company. They face a variety of issues, ranging from hiring and training to strategy and focus.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Selection and Staffing;
Internet;
Web Services Industry
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, Andrea H. Chermayeff, and Diana S. Gardner. "CitySoft, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-080, April 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- January 1998 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Staples (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Chronicles development of a new business concept. Starts with Stemberg's search for a new employment opportunity, then provides details of his decision to launch a new venture concept through careful matching of personal capabilities and experience against a variety of...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Personal Development and Career;
Entrepreneurship;
Management Skills;
Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Staples (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-157, January 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
- December 1997
- Case
Wriston Manufacturing Corporation
Wriston Manufacturing is a broad-line maker of components for the automotive industry. It has developed a network of nine plants as its product line has grown. Newer, higher-volume products tend to be made in newer, focused, high-volume plants, while older product...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Cost Management;
Business or Company Management;
Production;
Performance Efficiency;
Auto Industry
Hammond, Janice H. "Wriston Manufacturing Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 698-049, December 1997.
- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Managing Product Development: Matching Technology with Context, Instructor's Note
By: Marco Iansiti
This overview to Managing Product Development (MPD) both previews course material, cases, exercises, and lectures--and provides its conceptual and academic underpinnings. Additionally, this note links these materials to the activities students will be undertaking in...
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- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Product Development Foundations, Instructor's Note
By: Marco Iansiti
As emphasized in the course overview, excellence in product development is built on three foundations: the activities aimed at generating, retaining, and integrating knowledge. They form the critical building blocks for the conceptualization and implementation of any...
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- 1997
- Chapter
Discussion of "Microeconomic Policy, Technological Change, and Small Business" by Edwin Mansfield
By: Joshua Lerner
Edwin Mansfield’s thoughtful review of the literature on the economics of technological change raises a variety of interesting issues, far too many to address in a few pages. Consequently I will focus my discussion on the section that I found most challenging and...
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Lerner, Joshua. Discussion of "Microeconomic Policy, Technological Change, and Small Business" by Edwin Mansfield. In Technology and Growth: Proceedings of the 40th Economic Conference, edited by Jeffrey C. Fuhrer and Jane Sneddon Little, 208–213. Boston: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1997.
- December 1996
- Supplement
Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action
By: James E. Austin, Jaan Elias and Andrea L Strimling
Consists of three separate parts. Part 1, The Cleveland Turnaround, describes Cleveland's decline until its bankruptcy in 1978. This is followed by the remedial actions taken by community leaders, starting with the election of a new mayor, the formation of new...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Business Cycles;
Development Economics;
Urban Development;
Social Issues;
Business and Community Relations;
Cleveland
Austin, James E., Jaan Elias, and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 797-501, December 1996.