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      • November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
      • Case

      New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Nonprofit Organizations; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Service Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
      • December 1998 (Revised May 2003)
      • Case

      Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and John M. Turner
      Examines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed... View Details
      Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; France
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A., and John M. Turner. "Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate." Harvard Business School Case 799-019, December 1998. (Revised May 2003.)
      • June 1998 (Revised August 2001)
      • Case

      Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Nicole Tempest
      Wells Fargo, the industry leader in electronic banking, has implemented a Balanced Scorecard in its online financial services group (OFS) to track and measure performance. The OFS group develops and supports services that allow existing and future banking customers to... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Internet and the Web; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Finance; Change; Situation or Environment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Nicole Tempest. "Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-146, June 1998. (Revised August 2001.)
      • April 1998 (Revised May 2000)
      • Case

      Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems

      By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
      Guidant is a successful IPO start-up selling pacemakers and defibrillators. The case describes how managers install systems to balance innovation and control. Three parts of a shareholder value strategy are described. Controls include incentive systems, beliefs... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Planning; Risk Management; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Value Creation; System; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems." Harvard Business School Case 198-076, April 1998. (Revised May 2000.)
      • January 1998 (Revised February 2006)
      • Background Note

      Creating Competitive Advantage

      By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Jan W. Rivkin
      A firm such as Schering-Plough that earns superior, long-run financial returns within its industry is said to enjoy a competitive advantage over its rivals. This note examines the logic of how firms create competitive advantage. It emphasizes two themes: First, to... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Creating Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-062, January 1998. (Revised February 2006.)
      • October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
      • Supplement

      Asda (B)

      By: Michael Beer and James Weber
      Describes Archie Norman's efforts over a five-year period to turn around the company by regaining financial control, delivering management, creating experimental projects where individuals felt free to innovate, instituting a back-to-roots strategy that put customers... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Customer Relationship Management; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
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      Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 498-007, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
      • October 1997 (Revised September 2003)
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      Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)

      By: Stefan H. Thomke, Ashok Nimgade and Paul Pospisil
      Describes how Eli Lilly and Co. tries to accelerate its new drug development process with the aid of "combinatorial chemistry"--a rapidly emerging and revolutionary approach to preclinical drug discovery. The product manager of a potential blockbuster migraine drug... View Details
      Keywords: Chemicals; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Time Management; Markets; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competition; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Thomke, Stefan H., Ashok Nimgade, and Paul Pospisil. "Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-010, October 1997. (Revised September 2003.)
      • September 1997 (Revised August 1999)
      • Case

      Boston Chicken, Inc.

      By: Paul M. Healy
      This case examines Boston Chicken's franchise strategy for growing its innovative restaurant business, and the associated accounting reporting issues that arise. View Details
      Keywords: Financial Reporting; Franchise Ownership; Financial Strategy; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Healy, Paul M. "Boston Chicken, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 198-032, September 1997. (Revised August 1999.)
      • February 1997 (Revised April 1998)
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      first direct (A)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
      Describes the operations and strategy of the world's largest, fastest growing branchless bank. Using a person-to-person interface over conventional phone lines, First Direct provides standard banking and related financial products to nearly 700,000 customers throughout... View Details
      Keywords: Service Delivery; Customer Satisfaction; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Banking Industry; United Kingdom
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "first direct (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-079, February 1997. (Revised April 1998.)
      • 1996
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      Teacher's Manual for Cases in Financial Engineering: Applied Studies of Financial Innovation

      By: Scott P. Mason, Robert C. Merton, André Perold and Peter Tufano
      Keywords: Finance; Innovation and Invention; Cases
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      Mason, Scott P., Robert C. Merton, André Perold, and Peter Tufano. Teacher's Manual for Cases in Financial Engineering: Applied Studies of Financial Innovation. Prentice Hall, 1996.
      • February 1996
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      Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard (Abridged)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Research and Development; Product Launch; Commercialization; Consumer Behavior; Customer Focus and Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 196-124, February 1996.
      • September 1995 (Revised May 1998)
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      RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge

      By: Josh Lerner
      RogersCasey Alternative Investments faces the challenge of managing distributions of stock by the private equity investors in which their clients have invested. These distributed shares appear to behave in complex ways, apparently at odds with market efficiency. A... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment; Innovation Strategy; Management; Distribution; Performance; Behavior
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      Lerner, Josh. "RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-024, September 1995. (Revised May 1998.)
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      Financial Innovation and the Management and Regulation of Financial Institutions

      By: Robert C. Merton
      Keywords: Finance; Innovation and Invention; Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Institutions
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      Merton, Robert C. "Financial Innovation and the Management and Regulation of Financial Institutions." Journal of Banking & Finance 19, nos. 3-4 (June 1995): 461–481.
      • 1995
      • Book

      Cases in Financial Engineering: Applied Studies of Financial Innovation

      By: Scott P. Mason, Robert C. Merton, André Perold and Peter Tufano
      Keywords: Finance; Innovation and Invention; Cases
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      Mason, Scott P., Robert C. Merton, André Perold, and Peter Tufano. Cases in Financial Engineering: Applied Studies of Financial Innovation. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1995.
      • July 1994 (Revised October 1995)
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      Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants

      By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai
      Underscores the arbitrage implicit in the pricing of a complex unit of debt and warrants issued by the Coca-Cola Co. View Details
      Keywords: Bonds; Price; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Mason, Scott P., and Mihir A. Desai. "Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants." Harvard Business School Case 295-007, July 1994. (Revised October 1995.)
      • March 1994 (Revised September 1995)
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      Enron Gas Services

      By: Peter Tufano
      The CEO of Enron Gas Services (EGS), a subsidiary of the largest U.S. integrated natural gas firm, considers the risks and opportunities of selling a variety of natural gas derivatives, both embedded in gas delivery contracts and as free-standing financial contracts.... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Energy Sources; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Tufano, Peter, and Sanjay Bhatnagar. "Enron Gas Services." Harvard Business School Case 294-076, March 1994. (Revised September 1995.)
      • March 1994
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      Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights

      By: J. Anton and Dennis Yao
      We analyze the problem faced by a financially weak independent inventor when selling a valuable, but easily imitated, invention for which no property rights exist. The inventor can protect his or her intellectual property by negotiating a contingent contract (with a... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Sales; Contracts; Negotiation
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      Anton, J., and Dennis Yao. "Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights." American Economic Review 84, no. 1 (March 1994): 190–209. (reprinted in Z. Acs, ed., The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, Elgar, 2010). Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
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      ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
      To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • January 1993 (Revised April 1993)
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      Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation; Customer Relationship Management; Goals and Objectives; Customer Satisfaction; Research and Development; Marketplace Matching; Financial Condition; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 193-091, January 1993. (Revised April 1993.)
      • winter 1992
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      Financial Innovation and Economic Performance

      By: Robert C. Merton
      Keywords: Finance; Innovation and Invention; Economics; Performance
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      Merton, Robert C. "Financial Innovation and Economic Performance." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 4, no. 4 (winter 1992): 12–22.
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