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- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Bidding on Martha's Vineyard (A)
By: James Sebenius
To buy a desirable Martha's Vineyard property, Robert and Sally Franklin must craft a bidding strategy informed by their assessment of their competitor. The "A" case sets up the situation and bidding history to date, describes how they assessed their valuations and...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Preparation;
Negotiation Process;
Valuation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Property;
Bids and Bidding;
Real Estate Industry;
Martha's Vineyard
Sebenius, James. "Bidding on Martha's Vineyard (A)." Harvard Business School Case 908-044, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- December 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Levenger Company
By: Myra M. Hart, Kristin Lieb and Victoria Winston
The Leveens started a high-end catalog business as a small home-based venture in 1987. It grew into a nationally recognized, $60 million company, offering products that ranged from unique pens and pencils to leather briefcases and fully furnished offices. In 1999, it...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Financial Liquidity;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Expansion;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Value;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Globalization;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
United States
Hart, Myra M., Kristin Lieb, and Victoria Winston. "Levenger Company." Harvard Business School Case 805-004, December 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
risks and making bold investments based on anticipated industry trends and client demand. Now, despite slowing demand for CRO services, PAREXEL is betting that a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company
By: Ranjay Gulati, Rachna Tahilyani and Alicia DeSantola
It is January 2014 and Rahul Sharma, cofounder of Micromax Informatics (Micromax), the largest Indian mobile handset company, is preparing for an emergency conference call with his private equity investors. In the last six years, Micromax had grown its annual product...
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Keywords:
Mobile;
Scaling;
Indian Software Development;
Consumer Behavior;
Management Turnover;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Management;
E-commerce;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
India
Gulati, Ranjay, Rachna Tahilyani, and Alicia DeSantola. "Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company." Harvard Business School Case 415-034, November 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
- November 2005 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Trolltech (Norway) - Will Cenapio Steal Christmas?
Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States that lands a strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese manufacturer of embedded devices (PDAs in this instance). Details the evolution of the two companies'...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Conflict and Resolution;
Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Open Source Distribution;
Information Infrastructure;
Entrepreneurship;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Information Technology Industry;
Australia;
Japan;
Norway;
United States
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Trolltech (Norway) - Will Cenapio Steal Christmas?" Harvard Business School Case 806-090, November 2005. (Revised July 2009.)
- March 2003 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Sustainable Development at Shell (B)
The case describes the complex and challenging process by which social and environmental concerns are integrated into the existing strategy of a large, multinational firm. This case focuses on a specific business within Shell Chemicals, the Close Looped Cleaning...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Energy Industry
Wei-Skillern, Jane. "Sustainable Development at Shell (B)." Harvard Business School Case 303-072, March 2003. (Revised July 2004.)
- May 1986 (Revised August 1987)
- Supplement
Gillette Co.: Dry Idea Advertising (A), Video Introduction
Provides an overview of video contents and three attachments: 1) chart discussed at meeting shown in video, 2) historical Dry Idea copy strategies, and 3) graphic comparison of Dry Idea share trends and airing history.
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Bonoma, Thomas V. "Gillette Co.: Dry Idea Advertising (A), Video Introduction." Harvard Business School Supplement 586-145, May 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
- March 2011
- Article
Cheaper Patents
By: Tom Nicholas
The 1883 Patents Act in Britain provides perspective for modern patent policy reforms because it radically changed incentives for inventors by reducing filing fees by 84 percent. Patents increased 2.5 fold after the reform, which was evenly distributed across the...
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Keywords:
Patents;
Global Range;
Distribution;
Demand and Consumers;
Organizational Structure;
Business Processes;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Policy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Fluctuation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Distribution Industry;
United States;
Great Britain
Nicholas, Tom. "Cheaper Patents." Research Policy 40, no. 2 (March 2011).
- August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Helios Health (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Alfred Martin
Helios PC system provides personalized drug information to the patients in the doctor's waiting room. It has met with considerable consumer acceptance and a very high return for the drug companies that sponsor it. What price should it charge them for the service?
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Price;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information Publishing;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Marketing;
Demand and Consumers;
Health Industry;
Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Alfred Martin. "Helios Health (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-022, August 2001. (Revised March 2008.)
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
toothbrush, the marketing campaign for the Mach3Turbo, and the new-concept 2006 five-blade battery-powered Fusion shaving system—that raised revenues and profits. Managers at...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024
- Supplement
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)
By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Communication Strategy;
Decisions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Business Cycles;
Technological Innovation;
Sports;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Marketing;
Sales;
Business Strategy;
Expansion;
Valuation;
Sports Industry;
Sports Industry;
United States;
North Carolina
- September 2011
- Supplement
Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya
By: Tarun Khanna and Tanya Bijlani
Narayana Hrudayalaya has expanded into a multi-specialty health city in Bangalore, with a 25-acre campus that offers complex tertiary care procedures ranging from orthopedics to cancer care. In 2008, NH raised private equity from JP Morgan and Pinebridge Investments to...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Price;
Health Care and Treatment;
Emerging Markets;
Social Enterprise;
Expansion;
Health Industry;
Bangalore;
Cayman Islands;
Miami
Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 712-801, September 2011.
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
explanations of our findings. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1572699 August 2013 Journal of Finance Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo...
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Sean Silverthorne
- May 1986 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Gillette Co.: Dry Idea Advertising (B), The Bake-Off
Presents the second of two cases describing the struggle to find "the right advertising" for the Dry Idea antiperspirant brand introduced in 1978 by the Gillette Co. and its advertising agency, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne (BBDO). The case begins with Gillette's...
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Bonoma, Thomas V. "Gillette Co.: Dry Idea Advertising (B), The Bake-Off." Harvard Business School Case 586-043, May 1986. (Revised February 1989.)
- October 1982 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Johnson Wax: Enhance (A)
Johnson Wax has produced a new hair conditioner for problem hair. Before committing themselves to test market, they analyze the new product using a field based, pretest-market procedure called ASSESSOR. The testing reveals product positioning, advertising, and...
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Analysis;
Marketing Communications;
Advertising;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Clarke, Darral G. "Johnson Wax: Enhance (A)." Harvard Business School Case 583-046, October 1982. (Revised August 1999.)
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
outperform peer firms based on six-digit Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) groupings in explaining cross-sectional variations in base firms' stock returns, valuation multiples, forecasted View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Controlling Hot Money
By: Robert C. Pozen
The manager of the Japan Equities Fund is faced with an increase in "hot money" moving quickly in and out of the Fund. This short-term trading is an attempt to take advantage of the difference between the closing times of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. The CFO...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
International Finance;
Investment Funds;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Market Timing;
Market Transactions;
Financial Services Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Pozen, Robert C. "Controlling Hot Money." Harvard Business School Case 311-022, July 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Drilling South: Petrobras Evaluates Pecom
By: Mihir A. Desai and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
The Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, is evaluating the acquisition of an Argentine oil company, the Perez Companc Group (Pecom). The acquisition would increase Petrobras' oil reserves and expand its interests outside Brazil, a significant step for the largest company...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financial Crisis;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Corporate Governance;
Risk Management;
Emerging Markets;
State Ownership;
Performance Evaluation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Valuation;
Energy Industry;
Argentina;
Brazil
Desai, Mihir A., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Drilling South: Petrobras Evaluates Pecom." Harvard Business School Case 204-043, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)