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      • June 1997 (Revised September 2000)
      • Teaching Note

      Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A), (B) TN

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson
      Teaching Note for (9-897-143) and (9-897-144). View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Contracts; Profit Sharing; Risk and Uncertainty; Negotiation Participants; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Australia; New York (city, NY)
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Georgia Levenson. Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A), (B) TN. Harvard Business School Teaching Note 897-197, June 1997. (Revised September 2000.)
      • Article

      How Much Does Industry Matter, Really?

      By: A. M. McGahan and M. E. Porter
      In this paper, we examine the importance of year, industry, corporate-parent, and business-specific effects on the profitability of U.S. public corporations within specific 4-digit SIC categories. Our results indicate that year, industry, corporate-parent, and... View Details
      Keywords: Supply and Industry; Strategy
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      McGahan, A. M., and M. E. Porter. "How Much Does Industry Matter, Really?" Special Issue on Organizational and Competitive Influences on Strategy and Performance. Strategic Management Journal 18, no. S1 (July 1997): 15–30.
      • May 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Product Development Performance, Instructor's Note

      By: Marco Iansiti
      Focuses on what constitutes product development performance and how it is assessed. Performance, as explained in both the note and in the materials for this three-session module, refers to the performance of both the product and the organizational process producing it.... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Infrastructure; Product Development; Production; Performance Evaluation
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Product Development Performance, Instructor's Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-108, May 1997.
      • May 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Product Development Process, Organization and Improvement, Instructor's Note

      By: Marco Iansiti
      Explores how development projects fit (or do not fit) within a firm's development strategy and its wider competitive goals. Module materials, and this note, focus on two broad approaches to process design (sequential and flexible) that were originally introduced in the... View Details
      Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Competition
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Product Development Process, Organization and Improvement, Instructor's Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-106, May 1997.
      • April 1997
      • Background Note

      Note on Value Drivers

      By: Benjamin C. Esty
      Presents a framework for analyzing strategic decisions. Takes as given the practice of value-based management whereby managers use value as a primary criterion when making financial, strategic, or investment decisions. Through a simple valuation model, it shows how... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Equity; Financial Strategy; Investment; Profit; Framework; Growth Management; Value Creation
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      Esty, Benjamin C. "Note on Value Drivers." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-082, April 1997.
      • April 1997 (Revised May 1997)
      • Case

      Mercer Management Consulting's "Grow to Be Great" (A): The Growth Initiative

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In late 1994, James Down, member of Mercer's Executive Committee, has to decide whether or not he should push ahead with the writing and publication of a book on growth--at a time when the more successful business publications focus on reengineering and cost cutting.... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Culture; Business Growth and Maturation; Knowledge Management; Product Development; Information Publishing; Books; Consulting Industry; Publishing Industry
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      Leonard, Dorothy A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. Mercer Management Consulting's "Grow to Be Great" (A): The Growth Initiative. Harvard Business School Case 697-084, April 1997. (Revised May 1997.)
      • March 1997 (Revised March 1997)
      • Case

      Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc.

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Dean Whitney
      Rubbermaid, a consumer-products company widely praised for its innovation, has instituted a company-wide experiment to stimulate innovation even further. The experiment consists of creating small cross-functional business teams within each division, with each team... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation Strategy; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and Dean Whitney. "Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 897-165, March 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
      • February 1997 (Revised June 1999)
      • Background Note

      Committed and Flexible Resources

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Stresses the difference between costs committed in advance of knowing actual demand (committed costs) and cost incurred proportional to demand. Committed costs appear fixed since their supply is independent of the amount actually used. Flexible resources are supplied... View Details
      Keywords: Cost
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Committed and Flexible Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-078, February 1997. (Revised June 1999.)
      • February 1997 (Revised April 1997)
      • Case

      Harrington Financial Group

      By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
      In early 1997, Harrington Bank, a small Indiana savings and loan (thrift) wondered what its next move should be. Harrington was acquired in 1988 by the principals of Smith Breeden Associates, a money-management and consulting firm specializing in the application of... View Details
      Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Price; Risk Management; Mortgages; Contracts; Asset Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry
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      Merton, Robert C., and Alberto Moel. "Harrington Financial Group." Harvard Business School Case 297-088, February 1997. (Revised April 1997.)
      • January 1997
      • Background Note

      Buy Low, Sell High: Creating and Extracting Customer Value by Enhancing Organizational Performance

      By: Benson P. Shapiro
      Provides an integrated framework for creating customer value and managing the firm profitably. Focuses on the use of product/service line management and effective customer service to achieve customer satisfaction and high profitability. View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Framework; Performance Efficiency; Sales; Business Strategy; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Product Marketing; Business or Company Management
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      Shapiro, Benson P. "Buy Low, Sell High: Creating and Extracting Customer Value by Enhancing Organizational Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 597-071, January 1997.
      • January 1997 (Revised October 2000)
      • Case

      Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A)

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Guhan Subramanian
      A young entrepreneur, Lynton V. Harris, who successfully staged family-oriented shows in his native Australia and who had several entertainment ventures in the United States, is on the verge of signing an agreement with Madison Square Garden to jointly produce a new... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; New York (city, NY)
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Guhan Subramanian. Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A). Harvard Business School Case 897-143, January 1997. (Revised October 2000.)
      • 1997
      • Simulation

      Managing Customers For Profits - Interactive CD-ROM Simulation

      By: N. Narayandas and Steve Peterson
      Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Profit
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      Narayandas, N., and Steve Peterson. "Managing Customers For Profits - Interactive CD-ROM Simulation." Simulation and Teaching Note. 1997. (Winner of Gold CINDY (Cinema in Industry) Award presented by International Association of Audio Visual Communicators.)
      • December 1996 (Revised June 1997)
      • Case

      Trinity College (A)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias
      Trinity College was an elite, private, liberal-arts college of some 1,800 students located in Hartford, CT. When Tom Gerety was chosen as Trinity's 17th president in 1989, he pledged to stay for ten years. Now less than five years at the job, Gerety announced he was... View Details
      Keywords: Higher Education; Crisis Management; Management Succession; Planning; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Connecticut
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Trinity College (A)." Harvard Business School Case 397-068, December 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
      • October 1996 (Revised December 1996)
      • Case

      United Electric Controls

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Jody H. Gittell and Sylvie Ryckebusch
      United Electric Controls (UE) was a small, traditional family-owned manufacturing company when Dave Reis, the youngest member of the Reis family, took over the business. This case describes Reis's efforts to change UE's traditional work practices in order to make the... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Family Business; Production; Business Strategy; Human Resources; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Decisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Jody H. Gittell, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "United Electric Controls." Harvard Business School Case 697-006, October 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
      • September 1996 (Revised June 1997)
      • Case

      QVC, Inc.

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
      Illustrates the "Service Profit Chain" in action. QVC, whose initials stand for Quality, Value,, and Convenience, demonstrates clearly how a strong customer focus can lead to establishing a strong franchise in the retail sector and a highly profitable business whose... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Service Delivery; Retail Industry; United States
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "QVC, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 897-050, September 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
      • September 1996 (Revised September 1999)
      • Case

      Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turnaround. He transforms the strongly centralized, functionally-organized division into 17 independent business units and 14 internal service companies. The... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 197-025, September 1996. (Revised September 1999.)
      • September 1996
      • Case

      Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision (Abridged)

      By: Robert L. Simons
      The managing director of one of ADP's divisions must recommend whether to divest, harvest, or grow the division. Recent performance has been excellent and the near-term outlook for profitability is very promising. Despite some strategic concerns, the strong financial... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Success; Performance Expectations; Strategic Planning; Strategy
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      Simons, Robert L. "Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 197-018, September 1996.
      • August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
      • Case

      Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Jaan Elias
      Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their... View Details
      Keywords: Management Style; Race; Organizational Culture; Success; Leadership Style; Gender; Management Teams; Change Management; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Relationships; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Hill, Linda A., and Jaan Elias. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 497-015, August 1996. (Revised October 1996.)
      • April 1996 (Revised May 1997)
      • Case

      Netscape's Initial Public Offering

      By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
      In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering (IPO). Preliminary demand for shares was high, but the company had not generated any positive earnings at the time... View Details
      Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Valuation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Information Technology Industry
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Netscape's Initial Public Offering." Harvard Business School Case 296-088, April 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
      • November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
      • Case

      National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

      By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
      The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry
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      Emmons, Willis M., III, and Ed Simnett. "National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry." Harvard Business School Case 796-066, November 1995. (Revised November 1999.)
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