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- September 1999 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Charles Schwab Corporation (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Nicole Tempest
Catches the situation facing Charles Schwab Corp. in late August 1999 in the dramatically changing brokerage industry. Their bold moves in January 1998 have created a new industry competitive pattern and provoked aggressive response by companies like Merrill Lynch. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Strategy; Situation or Environment; Competition; Financial Services Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Nicole Tempest. "Charles Schwab Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 300-025, September 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
- December 1998
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
The agricultural sector is among the preeminent information technology users in our economy," exclaimed an August 1998 Forbes ASAP survey of the U.S. economy's best and worst users of information technology (IT). The survey designated Pioneer Hi-Bred International,... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Management; Infrastructure; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Iowa
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories." Harvard Business School Case 399-095, December 1998.
- May 1978
- Case
B.F. Goodrich (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Ashis Gupta
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Ashis Gupta. "B.F. Goodrich (A)." Harvard Business School Case 178-220, May 1978.
- 05 Jan 2015
- News
China Still Isn't Ready to be a True Global Leader
- 25 Mar 2014
- News
Can China’s Economic System Overcome its Political System?
- 19 Feb 2014
- News
Why China Can't Innovate
- February 1974 (Revised November 1977)
- Case
Perkins Engines (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and John Raticheck
Keywords: Industrial Products Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and John Raticheck. "Perkins Engines (A)." Harvard Business School Case 174-119, February 1974. (Revised November 1977.)
- April 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Supplement
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to be handed out after discussion of the (C) case. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 193-147, April 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- April 1991 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
Royal Trust
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Krista McQuade
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Krista McQuade. "Royal Trust." Harvard Business School Case 191-116, April 1991. (Revised September 1991.)
- January 1991
- Teaching Note
CIBA Vision Canada--1990, Teaching Note
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jiro Kokuryo
Keywords: Canada
- September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Background Note
The History of Credit Agencies in the United States
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Manty
Provides a brief background on the history of credit agencies in the United States. Focuses on the mature process of data collection on an American consumer and how credit agencies share the information to determine proper credit risk and worthiness of a consumer. The... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Tracy Manty. "The History of Credit Agencies in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 307-057, September 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- May 2005
- Supplement
Otis Elevator: An Interview with Ari Bousbib (video)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
CEO Ari Bousbib talks about how IT is transforming Otis and the practical challenges they are overcoming. Visibly demonstrates what appropriate CEO involvement is in an IT-enabled business transformation. View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Otis Elevator: An Interview with Ari Bousbib (video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 305-706, May 2005.
- September 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Focuses on a major transformation of Otis Elevator's infrastructure. Led by the CEO, this transformation represents a remarkable long-term reengineering of all the processes of the firm to drive its operating costs down and service image up. The transformation is the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT." Harvard Business School Case 305-048, September 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- October 2005
- Article
Information Technology and the Board of Directors
By: Richard Nolan and F. Warren McFarlan
Nolan, Richard, and F. Warren McFarlan. "Information Technology and the Board of Directors." Harvard Business Review 83, no. 10 (October 2005).
- December 1996 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Trinity College (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Trinity College (B)." Harvard Business School Case 397-069, December 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
information technology can lead to more flexible organizational structures and innovative management control systems. These ideas appear in her recent casebook Managing in an Information Age. Professor F. View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- July 1997 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
H.E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation (B) (Abridged)
By: Robert D. Austin and F. Warren McFarlan
H.E. Butt Grocery Co. led the grocery industry in adopting many innovations, including category management, electronic data interchange, and continuous replenishment. They have also moved aggressively and profitably into newer applications such as Scanner-based payment... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Business Organization; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Electronics Industry; Computer Industry
Austin, Robert D., and F. Warren McFarlan. "H.E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 198-016, July 1997. (Revised June 2001.)
- September 1995
- Teaching Note
FMC Corporation: Ground Systems Division TN
By: Donna B. Stoddard and F. Warren McFarlan
- December 1993
- Case
Severn Trent Water (A): A Change of IMAGE
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Chris L Marshall
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Chris L Marshall. "Severn Trent Water (A): A Change of IMAGE." Harvard Business School Case 194-060, December 1993.
- June 1993
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A) and (B) (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine N. Seger
Describes the largest information systems outsourcing agreement in the industry from the perspectives of both companies involved in the deal. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Transition; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Strategy; Information Technology
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine N. Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A) and (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 193-178, June 1993.