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- January 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (A)
The setting is a food manufacturing company which has stumbled in terms of its historic growth and profit achievements. In trying to recapture its momentum, the president has used information technology as one element in his program of transition. The case focuses on...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Mead, Melissa J., and Jane C. Linder. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-065, January 1987. (Revised January 1988.)
- March 1995 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Smashing the Cube: Corporate Transformation at CIBA-GEIGY Ltd.
By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
CIBA-GEIGY is a large, diversified multinational corporation that transforms itself in the 1990s through a massive structural and cultural change. The case describes the changes implemented and the processes used to effect change in portfolio, people, and structures....
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Restructuring;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Investment Portfolio;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Strategy
Collis, David J., and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson. "Smashing the Cube: Corporate Transformation at CIBA-GEIGY Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 795-041, March 1995. (Revised March 1995.)
- November 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
ASIMCO: The Alliance Brewing Group
ASIMCO is a direct investment fund with $350 million invested in 17 Chinese joint ventures in the brewing and auto components industries. The CEO must decide whether to invest in distribution to grow the brewing business or to invest in additional manufacturing joint...
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Production;
Distribution;
Joint Ventures;
Decision Making;
Investment Funds;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China
Gray, Ann E., and Jennifer Gui. "ASIMCO: The Alliance Brewing Group." Harvard Business School Case 698-011, November 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
The American Basketball League: The Last Chapter
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth
Provides information on the demise of the American Basketball League (ABL) in December 1998. Reviews the League's attendance, television activity, and competitive positioning versus the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In conjunction with earlier cases...
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth. "The American Basketball League: The Last Chapter." Harvard Business School Case 599-109, June 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- December 1993 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
Wetherill Associates, Inc.
By: Lynn S. Paine
Top managers of Wetherill Associates, Inc., a small, privately held distributor of electrical parts to the automotive aftermarket, are considering whether to modify the company's compensation system for its salesforce. The management wants a compensation system that...
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Ethics;
Business or Company Management;
Organizational Structure;
Compensation and Benefits;
Salesforce Management
Paine, Lynn S. "Wetherill Associates, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 394-113, December 1993. (Revised November 1995.)
- 10 Jul 2020
- News
Sutter Health’s Request to Delay $575 Million Settlement Is Denied
- 03 Nov 2018
- News
Facing iPhone Troubles, Apple Tries to Change the Story
- 03 Feb 2016
- Video
The Space Shuttle Columbia’s Final Mission
- 19 Nov 2020
- Video
Music, Medicine, and Happiness
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
actionable advice on more robust policies that drive both structural change and competitiveness upgrading. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53152 Harvard Business School Case 615-022 IDEO:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2020
- Book
Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire
By: Thomas J. DeLong
The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than 40 years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes...
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DeLong, Thomas J. Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
investors with longer-term horizons and incentives that are more consistent with the long-term strategy of the company. The managers of most companies take their investor base as a "given" that cannot be changed through their actions or words. Using the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Leading in the Classroom - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching by the Case Method Leading in the Classroom Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation...
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- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
Jiyoon Han (MBA 2021) is getting a taste of what it’s like to be a case protagonist—learning how to pivot while measuring unforeseen challenges against new opportunities. When news broke in March about how COVID-19 would affect the...
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Providing Assessment & Feedback - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching by the Case Method Providing Assessment & Feedback Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Providing Assessment & Feedback Judging Success Student Performance Instructor Performance Sample Class Assessing learning and...
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- 28 Nov 2023
- Book
Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?
case of China, businesspeople outside of China have found the regime’s efficiency and the country’s market size and innovation ecosystem attractive, and with good reason. But many people misunderstand how power is practiced in China. The...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
PRIMO News Stories - Doctoral
and HBS faculty. Their work consists of research projects, presentations on pathways to academia by current faculty and doctoral students, and in-class case discussions; this helps them hone their research, writing, and data-analysis...
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- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54145 Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores By: Dai, Weijia (Daisy), and Michael Luca Abstract—Collaborating with Yelp and the City of San...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
deferred acceptance algorithm can have these properties, and this has sometimes allowed failed markets to be reorganized. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13225 Cases & Course MaterialsAARP Foundation (A) Harvard...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
technique, but that extends to a lot of other parts of the investing world. The human-plus-machine idea is making a big impact in how things are being done. There are things that machines can do that humans don’t have to do. But at the end of the day, in many View Details