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- December 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Migros
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
In October 2005, Urs Riedener, head of marketing at Swiss retailer Migros, is contemplating the company's competitive position. Primarily a retailer for foods and near-foods products, the cooperative Migros, with close to 600 retail outlets in Switzerland (but only...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Strategy;
Cooperative Ownership;
Supply Chain Management;
Product Marketing;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Enterprise;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Switzerland
- June 2005
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (DVD)
By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane, Kelly Mulderry and Jay W. Lorsch
Davis, John A., Dwight B. Crane, Kelly Mulderry, and Jay W. Lorsch. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (DVD)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 805-704, June 2005.
- June 2005
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (VHS Video)
By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Jay W. Lorsch
Davis, John A., Dwight B. Crane, and Jay W. Lorsch. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (VHS Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 805-703, June 2005.
- May 2005 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Arctic Timber AB: Engineered Woods Division (B)
By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Forest Products Industry
Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Wendy Smith. "Arctic Timber AB: Engineered Woods Division (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-068, May 2005. (Revised April 2011.)
- May 2005 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Arctic Timber AB: Engineered Woods Division (C)
By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Forest Products Industry
Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Wendy Smith. "Arctic Timber AB: Engineered Woods Division (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-069, May 2005. (Revised April 2011.)
- February 2005 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Arauco (A): Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jorge Tarzijan and Jordan Mitchell
Celulosa Arauco is a major Chilean producer of market pulp and wood products. Owning over 1.2 million hectares of forest in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, the company's key advantage is the ideal growing conditions in which the company's forests are located. As of...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competitive Advantage;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Vertical Integration;
Forest Products Industry;
Chile
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Jorge Tarzijan, and Jordan Mitchell. "Arauco (A): Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?" Harvard Business School Case 705-474, February 2005. (Revised March 2009.)
- January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (C)
By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Kelly M. Mulderry
Supplements the (A) case.
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Davis, John A., Dwight B. Crane, and Kelly M. Mulderry. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 805-097, January 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (B)
By: John A. Davis and Dwight B. Crane
Supplements the (A) case.
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Davis, John A., and Dwight B. Crane. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 805-096, January 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Cartwright Lumber Company
By: Thomas R. Piper
The Cartwright Lumber Co. faces a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financing and Loans;
Corporate Finance;
Forest Products Industry;
Forest Products Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Cartwright Lumber Company." Harvard Business School Case 204-126, February 2004. (Revised March 2004.)
- June 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Plum Creek Timber (B)
By: Max H. Bazerman, Jack Troast, Hannah Bowles and Nicole Nasser
Plum Creek Timber Co. decides to go ahead with negotiations for a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) on its Pacific Northwest properties. HCP represents a new form of public-private-sector collaboration and innovation to improve upon command-and-control environmental...
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Keywords:
Conflict of Interests;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Participants;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business and Government Relations;
Forest Products Industry;
United States
Bazerman, Max H., Jack Troast, Hannah Bowles, and Nicole Nasser. "Plum Creek Timber (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-399, June 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- August 2000 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
Plum Creek Timber (A)
By: Max H. Bazerman, Hannah Bowles, Dov Brachfeld and Jack Troast
Plum Creek Timber Co., the nation's sixth largest private timberland owner and forest products company, must decide whether to enter negotiations with the U.S. government to establish a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) on its Pacific Northwest properties for a...
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Keywords:
Conflict of Interests;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Participants;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business and Government Relations;
Forest Products Industry;
United States
Bazerman, Max H., Hannah Bowles, Dov Brachfeld, and Jack Troast. "Plum Creek Timber (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-131, August 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
- March 1999 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corporation
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Monica M Mandelli and Jennifer Burns
Chevron Corp., headquartered in San Francisco, manages a worldwide, vertically integrated value chain from the oil well to the gasoline station. Mishandling of oil at any stage of production can damage the natural environment, human health, corporate profitability, or...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Generation;
Supply Chain Management;
Metals and Minerals;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Trade;
Vertical Integration;
Energy Industry;
Mining Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L., Monica M Mandelli, and Jennifer Burns. "Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 799-062, March 1999. (Revised April 1999.)
- January 1999
- Case
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Based on extensive interviews, this case discusses the environmental policies of a successful firm in the specialty chemicals business. Executives at Ciba have differentiated products along environmental lines and have used environmental scrutiny as a tool for cutting...
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Keywords:
Environmental Sustainability;
Business or Company Management;
Cost Management;
Risk Management;
Business Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Chemical Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Ciba Specialty Chemicals." Harvard Business School Case 799-086, January 1999.
- November 1998
- Teaching Note
Metsa-Serla: Environmental Labels in the European Forest Products Markets TN
- April 1995 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Metsa-Serla: Environmental Labels in the European Forest Products Markets
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Pat Markovich
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Pat Markovich. "Metsa-Serla: Environmental Labels in the European Forest Products Markets." Harvard Business School Case 795-148, April 1995. (Revised May 1995.)
- October 1994
- Teaching Note
Accounting for Productivity Growth TN
Teaching Note for (9-794-051).
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- April 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc.
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 794-099, April 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
Accounting for Productivity Growth
Introduces students to the arithmetic of the accounting for national productivity growth. It defines labor productivity, capital productivity, and total factor productivity, describes the relationships among them, and discusses the phenomena that cause them to change...
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Keywords:
Performance Productivity;
Macroeconomics;
Analytics and Data Science;
Government and Politics;
Mathematical Methods;
United States;
Singapore
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Accounting for Productivity Growth." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-051, October 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- September 1993 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
Du Pont Freon Products Division (A) and (B) TN
Teaching Note for (9-389-111) and (9-389-112).
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- September 1993 (Revised May 2005)
- Teaching Note
Forest Policy in Malaysia TN
Teaching Note for (9-792-099).
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