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      • August 2000
      • Case

      Alison Brown of Compass Records

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Amy Blitz
      Highly acclaimed recording artist, banjo player, and jazz/blue grass composer Alison Brown has used her artistic experience and MBA-based business savvy to found a successful independent record company with bassist/husband Garry West. Representing a stellar roster of... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Structures; Service Delivery; Business Strategy; Expansion; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and Amy Blitz. "Alison Brown of Compass Records." Harvard Business School Case 801-089, August 2000.
      • July 2000 (Revised October 2000)
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      Cisco Systems: Are You Ready? (A)

      By: James L. Heskett and John P. Morgridge
      An Internet service provider, INS, in which Cisco Systems has a minority ownership stake, receives an offer of $3.1 billion from Cisco's rival Lucent. Cisco's management has to decide whether to act on a request from INS management that Cisco make a counteroffer. The... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Innovation and Management; Technology; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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      Heskett, James L., and John P. Morgridge. "Cisco Systems: Are You Ready? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 901-002, July 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
      • July 2000 (Revised July 2001)
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      Sycamore Networks

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Daniel J. Green
      Founders Desh Deshpande and Dan Smith reflect on Sycamore's sales strategies and consider how going public might affect the morale of its key employees. In the optical networking sector, technological change and exploding demand has created a market for talent in which... View Details
      Keywords: Applied Optics; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Business Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Retention; Employees; Communication Technology; Technological Innovation; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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      Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Daniel J. Green. "Sycamore Networks." Harvard Business School Case 801-076, July 2000. (Revised July 2001.)
      • July 2000 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      AllHerb.com: Evolution of an E-tailer

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Christina L. Darwall
      Serial entrepreneur Ken Hakuta, in the second year of his latest venture, reconsiders his original strategy of maintaining an independent, self-funded, self-led company. His Internet herbal remedy company, AllHerb.com, has already enjoyed considerable success with its... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Web Services Industry
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and Christina L. Darwall. "AllHerb.com: Evolution of an E-tailer." Harvard Business School Case 801-099, July 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
      • July 2000
      • Background Note

      Industry Transformation

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
      One of the steepest challenges a strategist faces is to navigate his or her company through a period of industry transformation--an era of rapid and wholesale changes in industry structure. This note considers how periods of transformation typically unfold. It then... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Consulting Industry; Service Industry
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Industry Transformation." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-008, July 2000.
      • July 2000 (Revised September 2005)
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      BMG Entertainment

      By: Jan W. Rivkin and Gerrit Meier
      As dramatic changes in technology and customer tastes roil the music industry, the top executives of BMG Entertainment, one of the world's largest record companies, must decide how to organize for digital distribution of music. This case includes a brief history of the... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Strategy; Distribution Channels; Organizational Structure; Technological Innovation; Industry Structures; Customer Focus and Relationships; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Rivkin, Jan W., and Gerrit Meier. "BMG Entertainment." Harvard Business School Case 701-003, July 2000. (Revised September 2005.)
      • July 2000 (Revised April 2011)
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      Greeley Hard Copy, Portable Scanner Initiative (A)

      By: Michael L. Tushman and Daniel Radov
      Hewlett-Packard's Greeley Hard Copy Division is the market leader in the production of desktop flatbed scanners for personal computers. The division has been working to develop a portable scanner product for the past five years with mixed results. The new general... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Hardware; Technology Industry
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      Tushman, Michael L., and Daniel Radov. "Greeley Hard Copy, Portable Scanner Initiative (A)." Harvard Business School Case 401-003, July 2000. (Revised April 2011.)
      • June 2000 (Revised September 2000)
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      Amazon.com: Exploiting the Value of Digital Business Infrastructure

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura
      Enables a thorough analysis of Amazon.com and the company's value proposition, in terms of its business concept, digital business capabilities, and community and shareholder value. Examines the company's complex set of business models and web of business relationships,... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Asset Pricing; Capital; Financial Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Relationships; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Meredith Collura. "Amazon.com: Exploiting the Value of Digital Business Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 800-330, June 2000. (Revised September 2000.)
      • June 2000 (Revised October 2017)
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      IDEO

      By: Stefan Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
      Describes IDEO, the world's leading product design firm, and its innovation culture and process. Emphasis is placed on the important role of prototyping and experimentation in general, and in the design of the very successful Palm V handheld computer in particular. A... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Product Design; Product Development; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Creativity; Hardware
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      Thomke, Stefan, and Ashok Nimgade. "IDEO." Harvard Business School Case 600-143, June 2000. (Revised October 2017.)
      • June 2000 (Revised June 2000)
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      Microsoft Office 2000

      By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
      Describes the history of Microsoft's Office product suite. Discusses evolution of the Office 2000 project. Set at the end of the project when Steven Sinofsky, Office vice president, must decide upon the direction for the next version of Office, as well as make changes... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Change; Innovation and Management; Information Technology Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft Office 2000." Harvard Business School Case 600-097, June 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
      • 2000
      • Working Paper

      The Drivers of National Innovative Capacity: Implications for Spain and Latin America

      By: Michael E. Porter, Jeffrey L. Furman and Scott Stern
      In the past decade, both academic scholars and policymakers have focused increasing attention on the central role that technological innovation plays in economic growth. There are at least two distinct reasons for this increased interest. First, though economists have... View Details
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      Porter, Michael E., Jeffrey L. Furman, and Scott Stern. "The Drivers of National Innovative Capacity: Implications for Spain and Latin America." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-004, May 2000.
      • May 2000
      • Case

      CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner
      CMGI is considering acquiring yesmail, an e-mail marketing firm. In assessing the potential acquisition, it must assess the fit with its own organization, which consists of a unique blend of venture capital investments and publicly traded subsidiaries. View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Structure; Venture Capital; Business Subsidiaries
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      Lerner, Josh. "CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 200-064, May 2000.
      • May 2000 (Revised April 2003)
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      Contractual Innovation in the UK Energy Markets: Enron Europe, The Eastern Group, and the Sutton Bridge Project

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Peter Tufano
      In December 1996, Enron Europe and The Eastern Group were on the verge of signing an innovative transaction in the utility industry. Eastern was going to buy a long-term option to convert natural gas into electricity from Enron, thereby giving it the economic right to... View Details
      Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Supply and Industry; Corporate Finance; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Peter Tufano. "Contractual Innovation in the UK Energy Markets: Enron Europe, The Eastern Group, and the Sutton Bridge Project." Harvard Business School Case 200-051, May 2000. (Revised April 2003.)
      • April 2000 (Revised May 2000)
      • Case

      Capital One Financial Corporation

      By: Bharat N. Anand, Michael G. Rukstad and Christopher Paige
      Designed to explore the structure, implementation, and sustainability of an information-based strategy (IBS) undertaken by Capital One during the 1990s. Particular issues of interest are the impact of mass customization on industry structure, the ability to transfer... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Industry Structures; Internet and the Web; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Anand, Bharat N., Michael G. Rukstad, and Christopher Paige. "Capital One Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 700-124, April 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
      • March 2000 (Revised June 2000)
      • Case

      Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia

      By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
      Describes the history of Microsoft's Office product suite. Discusses evolution of the Office 2000 project. Set at the end of the project when Steven Sinofsky, Office vice president, must decide upon the direction for the next version of Office, as well as make changes... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Change; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)
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      MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 600-023, March 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
      • March 2000
      • Case

      Heartport, Inc.

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Shoshana Dobrow
      Heartport, an entrepreneurial medical device maker, has introduced several innovative systems for conducting less-invasive cardiac surgery. Despite initially high expectations, the company has struggled to get its technology adopted by cardiac surgeons. The company's... View Details
      Keywords: History; Product Positioning; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technology Adoption; Health Care and Treatment
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Shoshana Dobrow. "Heartport, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 600-020, March 2000.
      • February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
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      E-commerce at Williams-Sonoma

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Galvin
      Describes Williams-Sonoma's development of a third channel of business on the Internet. Describes the strategies for managing changes in the organizational, operational, and technological structure of the company. The new e-commerce division confronts challenges posed... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Internet and the Web; Trade; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Operations; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; California
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Galvin. "E-commerce at Williams-Sonoma." Harvard Business School Case 300-086, February 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
      • February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
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      Priceline WebHouse Club

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
      Priceline empowered consumers to "name their own price" for airline tickets and hotel rooms; then it shopped these offers to marketers. Priceline's founder Jay Walker described the resulting transactions as a new ecosystem, that helped consumers realize lower prices... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Retail Industry
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "Priceline WebHouse Club." Harvard Business School Case 800-287, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
      • February 2000 (Revised April 2000)
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      Microsoft, 2000

      By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie and Carl Johnston
      Surveys five threats to the sustainability of Microsoft's strategy (imitation, substitution, hold-up, slack, and saturation) and examines Microsoft's response to these threats. Teaching purpose: To evaluate the sustainability of Microsoft's competitive advantage. View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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      Rukstad, Michael G., David B. Yoffie, and Carl Johnston. "Microsoft, 2000." Harvard Business School Case 700-071, February 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
      • February 2000 (Revised February 2002)
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      Owens & Minor, Inc. (A)

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
      A forward-thinking manager at Owens & Minor (O&M), a large national medical and surgical distribution company, enlisted the help of both logistics and cost managers to develop an innovative pricing schedule based on the customer's activities instead of the price of the... View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Logistics; Distribution; Price; Supply Chain Management; Customer Relationship Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Distribution Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Owens & Minor, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 100-055, February 2000. (Revised February 2002.)
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