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- February 2001 (Revised November 2019)
- Supplement
Delivery Problems at Arrow Electronics, Inc. (B)
By: Andrew P. McAfee, Frances X. Frei and Kerry Herman
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Processes;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., Frances X. Frei, and Kerry Herman. "Delivery Problems at Arrow Electronics, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 601-132, February 2001. (Revised November 2019.)
- June 1999
- Teaching Note
Hewlett-Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company TN
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Teaching Note for (9-698-052).
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- March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
- Teaching Note
Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-692-027).
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- November 1997 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
WESCO Distribution, Inc.
By: Das Narayandas
In 1996, WESCO, a national distributor of electrical equipment and supplies, charted out a growth of 6 to 8 percent in sales, and 12 to 16 percent in profitability over the next five years. The centerpiece of this growth strategy is the National Accounts (NA) program...
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Restructuring;
Customer Satisfaction;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Distribution;
Sales;
Balance and Stability;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry
Narayandas, Das. "WESCO Distribution, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-021, November 1997. (Revised February 1998.)
- June 1992 (Revised May 1996)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (B)
Provides an evaluation of the "Leadership Through Quality" effort at Xerox. The assessment includes both negative and positive factors based on extensive interviews and surveys. Based on this assessment, a plan of action is determined and presented which was endorsed...
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Jick, Todd D. "Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (B)." Harvard Business School Case 492-045, June 1992. (Revised May 1996.)
- January 2023
- Supplement
Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)
By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Christian Godwin
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Apple and Google partnered to develop a contact tracing application that would collect information about users infected with the disease and notify those who they had been in contact with. While Apple/Google’s...
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Iphone;
Encryption;
Data Privacy;
Customers;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Government and Politics;
Health;
Health Pandemics;
Leadership;
Markets;
Safety;
Social Issues;
Information Technology;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
United States;
Europe
McGee, Henry, Nien-hê Hsieh, and Christian Godwin. "Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 323-066, January 2023.
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208004 Gome: Bidding for China Paradise Harvard Business School Case 208-002 Gome, China's largest electronics retailer, has the opportunity to acquire China Paradise, the...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
did against precious metals? I argue that they do. By and large all cryptocurrencies possess all of our favorite qualities in an electronic currency: speed of transaction, ease of portability (compared to say a credit card or a phone app...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
legend in the newspaper community. The case describes the evolution of Schibsted's strategy from print media towards electronic media starting in 1995, including their choices around the internal structuring of new ventures. In September...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
done on managing the organizational and political dimensions of generating and improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply-chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating on...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
from ready for online voting. We can't even manage to cast and count votes accurately with the new electronic technologies. Q: In the United States it seems the public has a very low opinion of the federal government. Can government...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
include differences in objectives of various work groups, a concentration on short-term goals, and a leadership gap. "Unionization will be achieved from increased interaction due to the ease of communication through electronic means,...
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by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, a veteran of doing battle with much larger Microsoft, has some words of wisdom on competing against a market giant: "If you want to beat Bobby Fischer, don't play chess." Glaser, president and CEO of the streaming media...
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by Jim Aisner
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
looks like electrons or gas in the tank. The striking thing about these other sectors is that they invented new things that met new customer needs, or existing needs in different ways. Whereas with energy, what we're looking for is...
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- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
release date. Doing so, however, would negate cost savings achieved by reusing film copies across staggered release dates. Studios could also limit a film's distribution to digital, not analog, screens, the copies tagged with electronic...
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- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
Then, we saw the addition of a new dimension, interactivity—that is, the ability to take account of millions of individual consumer responses with the aid of electronic databases," he continues. "By using toll-free telephone...
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by Peter K. Jacobs
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
sense customers' needs (by electronically monitoring their purchasing decisions) and respond to them (by integrating that information with the supply chain). EE: Do participants in the DIS course tend to come to HBS with a specific...
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by Staff
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
(Editor's Note: In a recent issue, Economic Sociology: The European Electronic Newsletter tackled the controversial issue of "commodification of the body." Harvard Business School professor Michel Anteby contributed the...
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- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
says. In December, for example, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) issued an amicus brief related to a case in which telecom equipment giant Ericsson sued Dell and six other hardware companies for patent...
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