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- February 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Nuritas
By: Mitchell Weiss, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Nora Khaldi had built a technology “to unlock the power of nature” in the service of extending human lifespan and improving health, and now in April 2020 was debating telling her Board of Directors she wanted to put on ice some of her discoveries. Nuritas, the company...
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Keywords:
Cash Burn;
Cash Flow Analysis;
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Founder;
Artificial Intelligence;
AI;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Testing and Trials;
Health Care and Treatment;
Decision Making;
Market Entry and Exit;
AI and Machine Learning;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Weiss, Mitchell, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Dessain, and Emer Moloney. "Nuritas." Harvard Business School Case 822-080, February 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- January 2018
- Supplement
OldTown Berhad
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares and...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Malaysia;
Coffee;
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG);
Free Cash Flow (FCF);
Multiples;
Bidding Premia;
Netherlands;
Tender Offer;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Food;
Investment Return;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Malaysia;
Netherlands;
Singapore;
Asia
- January 2018
- Case
OldTown Berhad
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares, and...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Malaysia;
Coffee;
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG);
Free Cash Flow (FCF);
Multiples;
Bidding Premia;
Netherlands;
Tender Offer;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Food;
Investment Return;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Malaysia;
Netherlands;
Singapore;
Asia
Esty, Benjamin C., and Greg Saldutte. "OldTown Berhad." Harvard Business School Case 218-058, January 2018.
- August 1974 (Revised November 1983)
- Case
National Cranberry Cooperative
Requires an analysis of both the process flows and the production control system used in a cranberry receiving plant. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Miller, Jeffrey G. "National Cranberry Cooperative." Harvard Business School Case 675-014, August 1974. (Revised November 1983.)
- October 1994 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Sport Obermeyer Ltd.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Ananth Raman
The case describes operations at a skiwear design and merchandising company and its supply partner. Introduces production planning for short-life-cycle products with uncertain demand and allows students to analyze a reduced version of the company's production planning...
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Keywords:
Product;
Supply Chain;
Demand and Consumers;
Production;
Planning;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Industry Growth;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry;
United States;
Hong Kong
Hammond, Janice H., and Ananth Raman. "Sport Obermeyer Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 695-022, October 1994. (Revised August 2006.)
- January 2017
- Case
Bayer AG: Bidding to Win Merck's OTC Business
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Marc Baaij and Arjen Mulder
Shortly after submitting their best and final offer to acquire Merck's Consumer Care Division (a collection of "over-the-counter" (OTC) products with sales totaling $2 billion), the Bayer M&A team was given a chance to revise their bid because another potential...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Bidding Strategy;
Valuing Synergies;
Negotiations;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Unit Strategy;
Bidding Process;
Discounted Cash Flow;
Cross-border M&A;
Tax Shields;
Valuation;
Competitive Strategy;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Germany;
United States;
United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Marc Baaij, and Arjen Mulder. "Bayer AG: Bidding to Win Merck's OTC Business." Harvard Business School Case 217-021, January 2017.
- September 1988 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Process Analysis (Abridged)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Provides an introductory note to production processes and the use of flow diagrams.
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Keywords:
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Practices and Processes;
Production
Shapiro, Roy D. "Note on Process Analysis (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Background Note 689-032, September 1988. (Revised September 1994.)
- 2010
- Case
New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting: Brief Case No. 4212.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Diener Abelli
A manufacturer and retailer of specialty doll products must decide which of two projects to fund. The decision requires the student to compute cash flows for the 2 projects, discount values to the present and compare and contrast different project performance measures.
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- September 1974 (Revised July 1979)
- Background Note
A Note on Process Analysis
By: Paul W. Marshall
Provides an introductory note to production processes and the use of flow diagram.
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Marshall, Paul W. "A Note on Process Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 675-038, September 1974. (Revised July 1979.)
- September 2010
- Case
New Heritage Doll Company
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Abelli
A manufacturer and retailer of specialty doll products must decide which of two projects to fund. The decision requires the student to compute cash flows for the 2 projects, discount values to the present and compare and contrast different project performance measures.
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Keywords:
Forecasting;
Resource Management;
Resource Allocation;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Capital Budgeting;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Heide Abelli. "New Heritage Doll Company." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-212, September 2010.
- August 1985
- Supplement
Benetton Factory Tour--Ponzano, Italy, Video
By: James L. Heskett
Shows the flow of products through Benetton's Ponzano factory, including its use of subcontractors. Includes information about Benetton's manufacturing, logistics, and retailing strategies.
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Heskett, James L. "Benetton Factory Tour--Ponzano, Italy, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 886-510, August 1985.
- August 1997
- Case
Natural Blends, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Ramchandran Jaikumar and Karen Krause
Describes the continuous flow process used to generate orange juice concentrate. Production involves several tightly coupled process steps with varying production rates and setup times. Given production constraints and customer requirements, management choices must be...
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Productivity
Bowen, H. Kent, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and Karen Krause. "Natural Blends, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-012, August 1997.
- August 2001 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Operations at the Donner Company
By: H. Kent Bowen
A small manufacturer of circuit boards faces product and operations-management problems. This case analyzes the production capacity at various stages and examines bottlenecks and product flow decisions. A detailed look at the problems and a discussion of the tools and...
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- July 1999
- Background Note
Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor
By: Roy D. Shapiro
A brief note on the origins and uses of standard times in production process flow diagrams and on the benefits and drawbacks of division of labor. A rewritten version of two earlier notes.
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Shapiro, Roy D. "Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-013, July 1999.
- December 2017 (Revised January 2022)
- Supplement
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands including Vegemite, the iconic Australian...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Value Drivers;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Dairy Industry;
Corporate Scope;
Consumer Goods;
Iconic Brands;
Bidding Strategy;
Cross Border;
Financing;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Business Divisions;
Capital Structure;
Food;
Bids and Bidding;
Diversification;
Brands and Branding;
Corporate Finance;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Australia;
United States
- December 2017 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business, which included several leading consumer brands such as Vegemite, the iconic Australian...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Value Drivers;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Dairy Industry;
Corporate Scope;
Consumer Goods;
Iconic Brands;
Bidding Strategy;
Cross Border;
Financing;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Diversification;
Business Divisions;
Corporate Finance;
Capital Structure;
Food;
Bids and Bidding;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Australia;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Lauren G. Pickle. "Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home." Harvard Business School Case 218-001, December 2017. (Revised February 2021.)
- September 1988 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Donner Co.
By: Roy D. Shapiro
The management of a small manufacturer of circuit boards faces a number of production and operations management problems. The first day on this case is used to analyze the production capacity of various stages in the process and to examine bottlenecks and key...
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Keywords:
Information Management;
Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Production;
Performance Capacity;
Problems and Challenges;
Semiconductor Industry
Shapiro, Roy D. "Donner Co." Harvard Business School Case 689-030, September 1988. (Revised December 1998.)
- August 1997
- Background Note
Accounting for Manufacturing Companies
By: Srikant M. Datar
The accounting for a manufacturing company is examined, including the flow of costs from raw materials to work in process to finished goods and the distribution between an inventoriable or product cost and a noninventoriable or period cost.
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Product;
Cost;
Distribution;
Accrual Accounting;
Accounting;
Manufacturing Industry
Datar, Srikant M. "Accounting for Manufacturing Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 198-019, August 1997.
- May 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan
The case describes Harvard University’s consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®. Developed and produced by Urban Mining Industries, Pozzotive® is a ground-glass material made with post-consumer...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Blockchain;
Supply Chain;
Green Technology;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability
Lu, Shirley, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 123-076, May 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- July 1990 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Symantec--1982-90
By: Nitin Nohria
As Symantec grew from a small, upstart software development company to a major player in the software development industry, the channels of information flow and the internal communication needs of the company became more complex. The geographically-dispersed structure...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Communication Technology;
Communication;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Employee Relationship Management;
Growth and Development;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Knowledge Sharing;
Knowledge Management;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Symantec--1982-90." Harvard Business School Case 491-010, July 1990. (Revised August 1995.)