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      • March 2014
      • Article

      Choosing the Right Customer

      By: Robert Simons
      Companies that win in competitive markets identify a primary customer and dedicate maximum resources to meeting that customer's needs. This article will show you how to identify the best primary customer for your business by analyzing perspective, capabilities, and... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy Execution; Customer Focus; Organization Design; Accountability; Management Control Systems; Customer Relationship Management; Organizational Design
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      Simons, Robert. "Choosing the Right Customer." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 3 (March 2014): 48–55.
      • March 2014
      • Article

      Private Interaction Between Firm Management and Sell-Side Analysts

      By: Eugene F. Soltes
      Although sell-side analysts often privately interact with managers of publicly traded firms, the private nature of this contact has historically obscured direction examination. By examining a set of proprietary records compiled by a large-cap NYSE traded firm, I offer... View Details
      Keywords: Sell-side Analysts; Management; Interpersonal Communication
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      Soltes, Eugene F. "Private Interaction Between Firm Management and Sell-Side Analysts." Journal of Accounting Research 52, no. 1 (March 2014): 245–272.
      • February 2014 (Revised June 2014)
      • Case

      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health

      By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
      In January 2014, Gary Bald, senior vice president of Safety, Environment and Health at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL), prepared for a review meeting with the company's chief executive, Adam Goldstein, and chairman, Richard Fain. Prior to joining RCL in 2006, Bald... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Market Segmentation; Operations; Shipbuilding; Cruising; Cruise Lines; Royal Caribbean; Carnival; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environment; Security; Health; Public Health; Environmental Protection; Health Care; International; Safety; Environmental Sustainability; Travel Industry; Health Industry; Europe; West Indies; Mexico; United States; United Kingdom
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      Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health." Harvard Business School Case 514-069, February 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
      • February 2014 (Revised June 2014)
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      The Information Superhighway Meets the Highway: Technology and Mobility Trends and Opportunities

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Kevin Rosier
      Technological innovation is considered a competitive strength for America, but the nation does not score as high in deploying its technology. U.S. transportation systems are in need of repair and renewal, and the sector is at the cusp of a technological revolution. The... View Details
      Keywords: Technology; Information Technology; Infrastructure; Transportation; Information Infrastructure
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Kevin Rosier. "The Information Superhighway Meets the Highway: Technology and Mobility Trends and Opportunities." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-093, February 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
      • January 2014
      • Case

      Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth

      By: William A. Sahlman, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Joseph B. Fuller and Shikhar Ghosh

      The founders of Maricopa, Inc., a startup that sold proprietary hair-care products directly to salons, were preparing a board presentation to address the young company's inability to meet financial projections. While the products had caught on with customers, the... View Details

      Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa
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      Sahlman, William A., Thomas R. Eisenmann, Joseph B. Fuller, and Shikhar Ghosh. "Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 314-065, January 2014.
      • January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
      • Case

      Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers (A)

      By: Srikant M. Datar, Anjali Raina and Namrata Arora
      Set in 2008, the case details Tech Mahindra, an information technology (IT) company within the Mahindra Group, an Indian multi-industry company with a diverse stable of businesses including automotives, farm equipment, and financial services, and its decision to... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Computer Industry; India
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      Datar, Srikant M., Anjali Raina, and Namrata Arora. "Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-049, January 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
      • 2014
      • Case

      Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Siqun Yang and Meihua Shen
      Microfinance is introduced into China in the 1990s. It had gone through 3 phases since the beginning, namely the pilot phase when all Microfinance practices are sponsored by charity funds based on projects, the promotion phase when the government subsidized some... View Details
      Keywords: Rural Entrepreneurship; Value Added; China; Risk Management; Microfinance; China
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, Siqun Yang, and Meihua Shen. "Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County." 2014.
      • 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County (TN)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Yang Siqun and Shen Meihua
      Microfinance is introduced into China in the 1990s. It had gone through 3 phases since the beginning, namely the pilot phase when all Microfinance practices are sponsored by charity funds based on projects, the promotion phase when the government subsidized some... View Details
      Keywords: Microfinance; Rural Entrepreneurship; Value Added; China; China
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, Yang Siqun, and Shen Meihua. "Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2014.
      • December 2013 (Revised November 2015)
      • Case

      (Re)Building a Global Team: Tariq Khan at Tek

      By: Tsedal Neeley
      Tariq Khan arrived home after a nearly 16-hour meeting. He was grappling with whether to take the global sales and marketing team manager position that had been offered to him, and had spent the entire day with the senior leadership of his potential new team. He wanted... View Details
      Keywords: Global Teams; Language; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Problems and Challenges
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      Neeley, Tsedal. "(Re)Building a Global Team: Tariq Khan at Tek." Harvard Business School Case 414-059, December 2013. (Revised November 2015.)
      • December 2013
      • Case

      Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)

      By: James K. Sebenius
      Isolated by the KGB in Moscow, Harvard graduate student Bruce Allyn faces high-pressure negotiation tactics to recruit him for the Soviet spy agency. At the tense height of the Cold War, with CIA agents systematically being exposed and executed in Russia, Allyn was... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
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      Sebenius, James K. "Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)." Harvard Business School Case 914-027, December 2013.
      • December 2013
      • Supplement

      Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)

      By: James K. Sebenius
      This case picks up (from the end of the "A" case) the detailed story of the KGB's high-pressure negotiations with Harvard doctoral student Bruce Allyn to recruit him as a secret asset for the Soviet spy agency. The "A" case describes how, at the tense height of the... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
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      Sebenius, James K. "Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-028, December 2013.
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      Five Challenges China Must Meet by 2034

      By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Regina M. Abrami
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      Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Regina M. Abrami. "Five Challenges China Must Meet by 2034." Harvard Business Review Blogs (November 27, 2013). http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/11/five-challenges-china-must-meet-by-2034/.
      • November 2013 (Revised December 2013)
      • Case

      Endeavor: Miami Heats Up

      By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda, David Lane and Lisa Mazzanti
      Endeavor Global was a nonprofit that for 15 years had worked to nurture entrepreneurship in emerging markets by selecting local high-impact entrepreneurs for mentoring and aid in scaling up their businesses from committed local business leaders. In summer 2012,... View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurs; Scaling; Emerging Market Entrepreneurship; Not For Profit; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mentoring; Business Networks; Hybrid Nonprofit Funding; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Finance; Miami
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      Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, David Lane, and Lisa Mazzanti. "Endeavor: Miami Heats Up." Harvard Business School Case 814-043, November 2013. (Revised December 2013.)
      • October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
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      The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

      By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
      On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis & Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
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      White, Lucy, Benjamin C. Esty, and Lisa Mazzanti. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 214-001, October 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
      • October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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      Outotec (A): Project Capture

      By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
      Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or... View Details
      Keywords: Value-based Pricing; Bargaining Power Of Buyers; Marketing; Segmentation; Price; Policy; Sales; Management; Value Creation; Mining Industry
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      Dolan, Robert J., and Doug J. Chung. "Outotec (A): Project Capture." Harvard Business School Case 514-064, October 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
      • October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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      Outotec (B): Action Plan

      By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
      Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or... View Details
      Keywords: Value-based Pricing; Bargaining Power Of Buyers; Marketing; Segmentation; Price; Policy; Sales; Management; Value Creation; Mining Industry
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      Dolan, Robert J., and Doug J. Chung. "Outotec (B): Action Plan." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-065, October 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
      • September 2013
      • Case

      SafeBlend Fracturing

      By: Benson P. Shapiro, Frank V. Cespedes and Alisa Zalosh
      The CEO of SafeBlend Technologies must set a price for the company's environmentally friendly fracturing fluid additive. The firm is negotiating a new contract with its biggest client, Bristol Natural Gas. For the last two years, SafeBlend has been the sole provider of... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Customer Relationship Management; Price; Negotiation; Competitive Advantage; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sources; Sales; Energy Industry
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      Shapiro, Benson P., Frank V. Cespedes, and Alisa Zalosh. "SafeBlend Fracturing." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-513, September 2013.
      • 2013
      • Article

      Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose

      By: Nien-he Hsieh
      Do multinational corporations (MNCs) have a responsibility to address unjust conditions—not simply by refraining from contributing to injustice, but also by actively working to bring about a just state of affairs? This paper examines whether this question can be... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Corporations; Global Justice; Corporate Purpose; Corporate Responsibility; Human Needs; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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      Hsieh, Nien-he. "Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose." Notizie di Politeia 29, no. 111 (2013).
      • 2013
      • Working Paper

      Where do the Most Active Customers Originate and How Can Firms Keep Them Engaged?

      By: Clarence Lee, E. Ofek and Thomas Steenburgh
      In this paper, we study how firms offering Web services can acquire and develop an active customer base. We focus on two basic questions. First, how does the method of customer acquisition affect the way customers use the service to meet their own needs and to interact... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Engagement; Adoption Routes; Hidden Markov Models; Search; Word-of-Mouth; Digital Media; Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Reference Programs; Web Services Industry
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      Lee, Clarence, E. Ofek, and Thomas Steenburgh. "Where do the Most Active Customers Originate and How Can Firms Keep Them Engaged?" Working Paper, 2013. (Revise and Resubmit at Management Science.)
      • July 2013 (Revised May 2017)
      • Case

      European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge

      By: Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels
      The case discusses the origins and development of the European Integration process from the post-war period up to 2007, focusing particularly on the efforts of the Lisbon-agenda under way since 2000 to enhance Europe's competitiveness. It discusses the different policy... View Details
      Keywords: Integration; Globalized Economies and Regions; Competition; Development Economics; Global Range; Policy; Failure; European Union; Europe
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      Porter, Michael E., and Christian Ketels. "European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 714-405, July 2013. (Revised May 2017.)
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