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- June 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Molded Dimensions, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Virginia Fuller and Doren Spinner
Mike Katz, an MBA with several years of manufacturing management experience, talks about purchasing Molded Dimensions, Inc. (MDI), a Wisconsin-based plastics manufacturer, with his wife Linda, who also has a manufacturing background. The case describes at length... View Details
- June 2003
- Module Note
Control in Inter-organizational Settings
By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes the main themes of the module on control in interorganizational settings, which instructors can teach as part of a second-year MBA course on control. Identifies the root causes of control problems in interorganizational settings and identifies principles for... View Details
- June 2003
- Module Note
Design and Implementation of Activity-Based Cost Systems
By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes the main themes of the module on the design and implementation of an activity-based costing (ABC) system. Instructors can teach this module to second-year MBA students who have been exposed to activity-based costing in their first-year core accounting... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting
- 2003
- Case
Lakhdar Brahimi / Negotiating a New Government for Afghanistan
By: James K. Sebenius and Kristin Schneeman
Part of the PON Great Negotiator Case Study Series, this factual case study examines former UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's involvement in negotiating an interim Afghani government after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. As a result of these efforts, Brahimi... View Details
- November 2002 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Intel Corporation: 1968-2003
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David B. Yoffie and Sasha Mattu
Describes three stages in Intel's history: the initial success and then collapse in DRAMs and EPROMs, its transition to and dominance in microprocessors, and its move to become the main supplier of the building blocks for the Internet economy. Allows a rich discussion... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Laure Mougeot Stroock
In 2002, Environmental Power Corp. (EPC), a small company developing renewable energy projects, was attempting to commercialize its "digester," a facility that extracted methane from manure, reduced manure's environmental impact, and generated electricity. The company... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Orient-Express Hotels
By: Frances X. Frei and Corey B. Hajim
Describes how a hotel and leisure company provides high-end service through its distinctive hotels and trains. Provides an opportunity to learn about the company's unusual quality practices and puts into doubt the unquestioned use of well-known practices, such as... View Details
- April 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Nghe An Tate & Lyle Sugar Company (Vietnam)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Frank J. Lysy and Carrie Ferman
In September 1998, Paul Cooper, Tate & Lyle's finance director for international investments, asked the International Finance Corp. (IFC) to consider lending up to $45 million to finance a $90 million sugar mill in northern Vietnam. Ewen Cobban, an IFC agricultural... View Details
- 2000
- Chapter
Main Banks, Creditor Concentration, and the Resolution of Financial Distress in Japan
By: Brian J. Hall and David E. Weinstein
- 1999
- Other Unpublished Work
Taxes and Retirement in the State of Maine
By: Dutch Leonard and John D. Donahue
- 1999
- Article
Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity
By: A. M. Ruscio and T. M. Amabile
This study sought to determine the impact of 2 differing instructional approaches on creative problem-solving performance. Eighty-two college students completed a novel structure-building task after receiving algorithmic instruction (providing a rote, step-by-step... View Details
- August 1998
- Background Note
Selling Books Online in Mid-1998
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Provides an overview of the trends and predictions for the online book retail industry as of August 1998 and the current status of Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and other main players' online ventures. View Details
- April 1998 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
CBS Evening News
The CBS Evening News looks for options for growth of the franchise. This case discusses CBS's main competitors and their positioning in the evening news market, as well as the history and operations of the CBS Evening News. View Details
- January 1998
- Case
From Wall Street to Main Street: Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Designed as a follow-up to Morgan Stanley and S.G. Warburg: Investment Bank of the Future (A). View Details
- 1998
- Journal Article
Ford's Model-T: Pricing over the Product Life Cycle
The pricing decisions monopolistic firms make over time are determined to a large extent by the complex interplay of two distinct sets of elements: demand- and supply-based considerations. Demand factors include the possibilities of (a) exercising dynamic price... View Details
- December 1996 (Revised December 2006)
- Background Note
Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering
By: Peter Tufano
Describes the content of the Corporate Financial Engineering (CFE) course at HBS. Used on the first day of class to let students know what the course will cover and the main ideas to be developed in CFE. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance
- April 1996 (Revised May 2008)
- Exercise
Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1978 Negotiation, Baxter Management Confidential Information
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Victoria Medvec
Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned business, had prided itself on its cooperative relationship with its union, Local 190. With the skyrocketing... View Details
- April 1996 (Revised May 2008)
- Exercise
Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1978 Negotiation, Local 190 Confidential Information
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Victoria Medvec
Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned business, had prided itself on its cooperative relationship with its union, Local 190. With the skyrocketing... View Details
- April 1996 (Revised May 2008)
- Exercise
Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1983 Negotiation, Baxter Management Confidential Information
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Victoria Medvec
Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned business, had prided itself on its cooperative relationship with its union, Local 190. With the skyrocketing... View Details
- April 1996 (Revised May 2008)
- Exercise
Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1983 Negotiation, Local 190 Confidential Information
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Victoria Medvec
Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned business, had prided itself on its cooperative relationship with its union, Local 190. With the skyrocketing... View Details