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- March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Hayman Capital Management
By: Robin Greenwood, Julie Messina and Jared Dourdeville
In late December 2011, Hayman Capital founder and portfolio manager Kyle Bass was reviewing Japanese government budget projections for 2012. The projections appeared contrary to Hayman Capital's views on Japan, where the fund had built a bearish position. Japan had the...
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Keywords:
Investment Management;
Speculative Bubbles;
Japan;
Government Policy;
Financial Management;
Price Bubble;
Credit;
Financial Strategy;
Behavioral Finance;
Government and Politics;
Macroeconomics;
Financial Services Industry;
Japan
Greenwood, Robin, Julie Messina, and Jared Dourdeville. "Hayman Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 212-091, March 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
- April 2008
- Case
TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial
By: Michael Beer and Sunru Yong
TerraCog, a successful privately held high-tech firm that develops GPS (global positioning system) and similar products for consumer markets, has recently been caught off-guard by a competitor's new product that makes novel use of satellite imagery. When TerraCog...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Meetings;
Decision Making;
Group Dynamics;
Human Resource Management;
Conflict;
Information Technology;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Competition;
Groups and Teams;
Organizational Culture;
Human Resources;
Communication;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Crisis Management;
Technology Industry
Beer, Michael, and Sunru Yong. "TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-184, April 2008.
- April 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Teaching Note
Teradyne: The Aurora Project & Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change, TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for two cases which may be taught in sequential class days or in a single extended class.
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- February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Supplement
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Analyzes the company’s decision on Project Cowboy following the events described in the B Case.
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Growth Management;
Demand and Consumers;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Supply and Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States;
North America
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 223-066, February 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Oklahoma VISION Project
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Susan Saltrick
Describes the two-year-old pilot phase of a public/private initiative in Oklahoma called the Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION) project. VISION was a first-of-its-kind, standards-based, vendor-neutral technology infrastructure developed to enable...
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Keywords:
Measurement and Metrics;
Internet and the Web;
Performance Evaluation;
Technological Innovation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Service Delivery;
Innovation and Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Information Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
Oklahoma;
Western United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and Susan Saltrick. "Oklahoma VISION Project." Harvard Business School Case 803-015, September 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, and On-Time Delivery: Evidence from Construction Services
By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradely R. Staats and Ananth Raman
Firms who want to compete in dynamic markets are finding that they must build more agile operations to ensure success. One way for a firm to increase organizational agility is to allocate employees to multiple project teams, simultaneously—a practice known as multiple...
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Keywords:
Multiple Team Membership;
Turnover;
Fluid Teams;
Project Management;
Groups and Teams;
Projects;
Management;
Performance
Gibson, Hise O., Bradely R. Staats, and Ananth Raman. "Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, and On-Time Delivery: Evidence from Construction Services." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-004, July 2021.
- June 2024
- Case
Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project
By: Richard S. Ruback, Matthew Preble, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb
Vinalhaven is an island community located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Maine. The island has a year-round population of about 1,300 people as of 2022, with an additional 3,000 people who reside on the island in the summer months. The two largest industries...
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Keywords:
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Natural Resources;
Natural Environment;
Weather;
Sustainable Cities;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Construction;
Property;
Infrastructure;
Capital Budgeting;
Projects;
Project Finance;
Negotiation;
United States;
Maine
Ruback, Richard S., Matthew Preble, Ruth Page, and Dave Habeeb. "Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 224-735, June 2024.
- September 2008
- Case
TCS: The MCA 21 Project
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading outsourced software services provider based in India, must decide whether to bid on a high-profile government project within India. The project, if completed successfully, would mark another step in TCS's progression from a...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Operations;
Projects;
India
Upton, David M., and Bradley R. Staats. "TCS: The MCA 21 Project." Harvard Business School Case 609-024, September 2008.
- September 2019
- Case
Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility
By: Ranjay Gulati, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
By 2018, Netflix had been credited for revolutionizing how viewers consumed entertainment—shifting from ad-fueled linear network programming to a highly personalized, on-demand, all-you-can-consume, ad-free model. The company was riding a long wave of revenue and...
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Keywords:
Digital Technologies;
Streaming;
Video On Demand;
International Expansion;
Leadership;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Entertainment;
Media;
Change Management;
Expansion;
Technology Industry;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Allison Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility." Harvard Business School Case 420-055, September 2019.
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Testimony on Evaluating the Management of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Project
By: J. Ronald Fox
- June 2023
- Supplement
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (D)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Scott Mayfield and Philipp Chvanov
Analyzes the company's decision on Project Cowboy following the events described in the C Case
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Growth Management;
Demand and Consumers;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Supply and Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States;
North America
Esty, Benjamin C., Scott Mayfield, and Philipp Chvanov. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 223-086, June 2023.
- February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Supplement
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Analyzes the company’s decision on Project Cowboy following the events described in the A Case.
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Growth Management;
Demand and Consumers;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Supply and Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States;
North America
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 223-068, February 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- November 2010 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
The Indego Africa Project
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Rachel Gordon
Two young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives to the international retail market for handmade artisan products, helps the cooperatives build their business...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Corporate Finance;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Rwanda
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Rachel Gordon. "The Indego Africa Project." Harvard Business School Case 911-011, November 2010. (Revised August 2012.)
- October 2006 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Vitreon Corporation: The Hyalite Project
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative, and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Production;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Productivity;
Groups and Teams;
Conflict Management;
Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Roy D. "Vitreon Corporation: The Hyalite Project." Harvard Business School Case 607-031, October 2006. (Revised January 2009.)
- October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Outotec (A): Project Capture
By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or...
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Keywords:
Value-based Pricing;
Bargaining Power Of Buyers;
Marketing;
Segmentation;
Price;
Policy;
Sales;
Management;
Value Creation;
Mining Industry
Dolan, Robert J., and Doug J. Chung. "Outotec (A): Project Capture." Harvard Business School Case 514-064, October 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- December 2012
- Course Overview Note
Making a Success of your EC Independent Project: Good Practices for Students
By: Ian W. Mackenzie
Independent project (IP) work in the EC poses challenges over and above those encountered in the project components of RC FIELD. Based on the belief that the success of IPs can be greatly influenced by how well students select and scope their projects and then go about...
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- November 1991 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Abridged)
Describes the development of a fully automated production line for manufacturing radio pagers. The company regarded the project as highly successful; it becomes clear in the case, however, that there were some shortcomings as well. Some marketing issues were not...
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Keywords:
Time Management;
Marketing;
Product Development;
Production;
Success;
Projects;
Technology;
Telecommunications Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 692-069, November 1991. (Revised January 1997.)
- November 1994 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
The Domik Project
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Cameron Sawyer, CEO of Sawyer and Co., seeks financing for an office building he is developing in Moscow. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of development in Russia. Also highlights entrepreneurial opportunities in a changing world.
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Opportunities;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Moscow
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Domik Project." Harvard Business School Case 395-104, November 1994. (Revised December 1995.)
- March 2012
- Article
New Project? Don't Analyze—Act
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
In a predictable world, getting a new initiative off the ground typically involves analyzing the market, creating a forecast, and writing a business plan. But what about in an unpredictable environment? The authors recommend looking to those who are experts in...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Managing Yourself;
Project Management;
Project Strategy;
Risk Management
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "New Project? Don't Analyze—Act." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 154–158.
- September 2016
- Supplement
Project Titan at Northrop Grumman (B): Managing for Performance at Northrop Grumman
By: Kevin Sharer and Channing Spencer
Sharer, Kevin, and Channing Spencer. "Project Titan at Northrop Grumman (B): Managing for Performance at Northrop Grumman." Harvard Business School Supplement 217-032, September 2016.