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      • 1996
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      Antagonism or Equanimity: U.S. Multinationals and Regional Trading Blocs

      By: L. T. Wells Jr.
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Economies and Regions; Trade
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      Wells, L. T., Jr. "Antagonism or Equanimity: U.S. Multinationals and Regional Trading Blocs." In The World Economy: Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization, edited by Marjan Svetlicic and H. W. Singer, pp. 165–186. London: Macmillan Press, 1996.
      • June 1996 (Revised January 2000)
      • Case

      McKinsey & Co.: Managing Knowledge and Learning

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes the development of McKinsey & Co. as a worldwide management consulting firm from 1926 to 1996. In particular, it focuses on the way in which McKinsey has developed structures, systems, processes, and practices to help it develop, transfer, and disseminate... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Competitive Advantage; Global Range; Knowledge Dissemination; Business Processes; Consulting Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "McKinsey & Co.: Managing Knowledge and Learning." Harvard Business School Case 396-357, June 1996. (Revised January 2000.)
      • June 1996 (Revised March 1998)
      • Case

      Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
      Focuses on the measurement and management of organizational knowledge as a strategic asset, and on the deployment of information technology, organizational structure, and processes in leveraging that asset. View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alliances; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally." Harvard Business School Case 396-412, June 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
      • May 1996
      • Background Note

      The GM's Operational Challenge: Managing Through People

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
      Highlights and explores how a general manager adds value to the firm at the operational level by managing through people. Discusses how assumptions about human motivation influence the employment contract that the general manager implicitly enters into with the workers... View Details
      Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Contracts; Managerial Roles; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Value
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "The GM's Operational Challenge: Managing Through People." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-400, May 1996.
      • May 1996
      • Case

      First Capital Holdings Corp.

      By: Stuart C. Gilson, Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo
      The manager of a money-management firm considers whether to invest in the securities of a large, financially troubled, California-based life insurance holding company that holds 40% of its assets in high-yield junk bonds. Over the past year, the value of its portfolio... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Debt Securities; Bonds; Valuation; Investment Return; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Institutions; Insurance Industry
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      Gilson, Stuart C., Harry DeAngelo, and Linda DeAngelo. "First Capital Holdings Corp." Harvard Business School Case 296-032, May 1996.
      • May 1996 (Revised December 1996)
      • Case

      Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B)

      By: Krishna G. Palepu, V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarayu Srinivasan
      A new administration/government takes power in a state in India and cancels a power project agreed upon/created by the previous state government and an American-based energy company. The project cancellation is based on allegations of irregularities, exorbitant costs,... View Details
      Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Conflict Management; Energy Industry; India; United States
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      Palepu, Krishna G., V. Kasturi Rangan, and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B)." Harvard Business School Case 596-100, May 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
      • May 1996 (Revised July 1998)
      • Case

      Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Krishna G. Palepu, Ahu Bhasin, Mihir A. Desai and Sarayu Srinivasan
      A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector. The process of incorporating the project is captured in this case. The American company will own and operate the plant in... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Private Sector; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Agreements and Arrangements; Private Ownership; Projects; Energy Industry; India; United States
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, Krishna G. Palepu, Ahu Bhasin, Mihir A. Desai, and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 596-099, May 1996. (Revised July 1998.)
      • May 1996 (Revised May 1997)
      • Case

      Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In less than 20 years, the real estate firm Colliers International expanded into a federation of 180 offices with close to 4,500 professionals in over 30 countries. Because Colliers expanded by signing up existing firms strong in their local markets, its leaders had to... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Real Estate Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization." Harvard Business School Case 396-080, May 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
      • April 1996 (Revised September 2003)
      • Case

      Crown Cork & Seal/CarnaudMetalbox

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and William DeWitt
      A U.S. packaging firm acquires a French packaging firm with the objective of creating the largest global packaging firm in the world. View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Service Industry; France; United States
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr., and William DeWitt. "Crown Cork & Seal/CarnaudMetalbox." Harvard Business School Case 296-019, April 1996. (Revised September 2003.)
      • March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
      • Case

      CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)

      By: Gary P. Pisano
      Examines CIBA Vision's decision on whether to launch a major new R&D initiative to develop a low-cost, daily disposable contact lens, and how to organize such a project should it proceed. One group of executives favors setting up a small, autonomous project team... View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Operations; Research and Development; Decision Making; Production; Strategy; Management; Organizational Design; Globalization; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P. "CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-100, March 1996. (Revised January 2002.)
      • March 1996 (Revised August 1996)
      • Case

      Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
      Presents the story of Open Market, Inc., one of numerous companies formed in 1994 to engage in electronic commerce over the Internet. This case examines the company's development--its business strategy and organization evolution--as the company increased in size and... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Web Services Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Janis Lee Gogan. "Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment." Harvard Business School Case 196-097, March 1996. (Revised August 1996.)
      • March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
      • Case

      Andy Chew at Siemens Nixdorf: Change from the Middle

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and John F. McGuire
      Andy Chew, a British manager reassigned to Germany by a large German computer company, is in the middle of carrying out a project as a designated "change agent" in a program to reshape the culture toward one that is more entrepreneurial for success as a nimble global... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Culture; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Projects; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Germany
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and John F. McGuire. "Andy Chew at Siemens Nixdorf: Change from the Middle." Harvard Business School Case 396-204, March 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
      • February 1996
      • Case

      USX Corporation

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
      A large diversified steel and energy firm is pressured by a corporate raider to spin off its steel business in order to increase its stock price. As an alternative to the spinoff, management proposes replacing the company's common stock with two new classes of... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Stocks; Valuation; Financial Institutions; Cash Flow
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "USX Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 296-050, February 1996.
      • February 1996 (Revised November 1996)
      • Case

      Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem

      By: Joseph L. Bower and Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Viacom has reached a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and very bold acquisitions. Now its further expansion is challenged by the moves of Rupert Murdock's News Corp. Different businesses within Viacom have contradictory positions... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Entertainment; Global Strategy; Management; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L., and Thomas R. Eisenmann. "Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem." Harvard Business School Case 396-250, February 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
      • February 1996 (Revised May 2002)
      • Teaching Note

      Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

      By: F. Warren McFarlan
      Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details
      Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren. "Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 196-086, February 1996. (Revised May 2002.)
      • January 1996 (Revised September 1997)
      • Case

      Scott Paper Company

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
      A professional turnaround manager attempts to implement a massive global downsizing program at the world's largest producer of consumer tissue products. The plan involves laying off almost one third of the company's 34,000 hourly and salaried employees and dramatically... View Details
      Keywords: Assets; Global Strategy; Resignation and Termination; Goals and Objectives; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Sales; Value Creation; Pulp and Paper Industry
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "Scott Paper Company." Harvard Business School Case 296-048, January 1996. (Revised September 1997.)
      • January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      Japan's Automakers Face Endaka

      By: Debora L. Spar
      In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
      Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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      Spar, Debora L., Julia Kou, Elizabeth B. Stein, and Karen Gordon. "Japan's Automakers Face Endaka." Harvard Business School Case 796-030, January 1996. (Revised February 1998.)
      • January 1996
      • Background Note

      Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

      By: Teresa M. Amabile
      Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kinds--from entrepreneurial start-ups to well-established enterprises. This note describes the varieties of creativity in... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Creativity
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      Amabile, Teresa M. "Creativity and Innovation in Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-239, January 1996.
      • December 1995
      • Case

      Layton Canada

      By: Debora L. Spar
      In 1993, Layton Canada finds itself caught in an intractable political situation. As part of a global reorganization process, the firm has been transformed from a subsidiary of a Dutch parent corporation to a subsidiary of a U.S. parent. Now, if it continues with its... View Details
      Keywords: Trade; Government and Politics
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      Spar, Debora L., Lygeia Ricciardi, and Laura Bures. "Layton Canada." Harvard Business School Case 796-108, December 1995.
      • December 1995
      • Case

      Assessing Foreign Business Practices

      By: Debora L. Spar
      As businesses expand worldwide, corporations are increasingly being forced to grapple with definitions of "acceptable" foreign conduct. What differentiates a "bribe" from a "commission"? Should managers abroad refer to local custom or their own national laws in... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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      Spar, Debora L., and Zanley Galton. "Assessing Foreign Business Practices." Harvard Business School Case 796-105, December 1995.
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