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      • November – December 1996
      • Article

      What Is Strategy?

      By: M. E. Porter
      Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools such as TQM, benchmarking, and reengineering. Dramatic operational... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy
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      Porter, M. E. "What Is Strategy?" Harvard Business Review 74, no. 6 (November–December 1996): 61–78.
      • October 1996 (Revised April 2004)
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      Eric Wood (B)

      By: Myra M. Hart
      Describes Eric's purchase of the much larger Shaw Co. Describes the operating and financial problems that ensue, leaving Eric considering the option of bankruptcy. Issues include the overlap of business and personal finances, as well as the mechanics and implications... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Operations; Entrepreneurship; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition
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      Hart, Myra M. "Eric Wood (B)." Harvard Business School Case 897-075, October 1996. (Revised April 2004.)
      • October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
      • Teaching Note

      Intercon Japan TN

      By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
      Teaching Note for (9-688-056). View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Production; Business Subsidiaries; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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      Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "Intercon Japan TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-011, October 1996. (Revised March 2000.)
      • October 1996
      • Teaching Note

      International Sourcing at Intercon TN

      By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
      Teaching Note for (9-688-055). View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Selection and Staffing; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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      Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "International Sourcing at Intercon TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-010, October 1996.
      • October 1996
      • Teaching Note

      Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. Case Series TN

      By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
      Teaching Note for (9-690-048), (9-690-049), and (9-690-050). View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Production; Cooperation; Supply Chain; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. Case Series TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-014, October 1996.
      • October 1996 (Revised April 1997)
      • Case

      Tweeter etc.

      By: John T. Gourville and George Wu
      In the early 1990s, Tweeter etc., a small regional retailer of higher-end audio and video equipment, faced increasing competitive pricing pressures from several large regional and national consumer electronics chains. In response, in 1993, they introduced "Automatic... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Customer Focus and Relationships; Price; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Competition; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry
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      Gourville, John T., and George Wu. "Tweeter etc." Harvard Business School Case 597-028, October 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
      • October 1996 (Revised April 1997)
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      Northco (A)

      By: Ananth Raman and Bowon Kim
      A small school-uniform manufacturer wrestles with seasonal demand. The company is saddled with excess inventory when it is bought by a leveraged buyout firm. Students are required to identify ways to analyze and solve the problem. View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Leveraged Buyouts; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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      Raman, Ananth, and Bowon Kim. "Northco (A)." Harvard Business School Case 697-017, October 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
      • October 1996 (Revised November 1996)
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      Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mollie H. Carter
      Boston Beer Co. revolutionized the beer industry by identifying and responding to a new consumer segment. Using the excess capacity in the brewing industry to establish contract brewing arrangements and an extremely capable sales force, the company opened the... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Product Marketing; Product Development; Production; Quality; Salesforce Management; Segmentation; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Mollie H. Carter. "Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 597-040, October 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
      • October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
      • Case

      Mt. Auburn Hospital

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias
      In December of 1993, two of Boston's largest and best known hospitals, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's, announced that they were setting aside their historic rivalry to form an alliance and build a regional health network. The announcement set off a wave... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Negotiation Offer; Alliances; Networks; Social Enterprise; Horizontal Integration; Health Industry; Boston
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Mt. Auburn Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 397-083, October 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
      • October 1996 (Revised December 1996)
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      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.)
      • October 1996 (Revised April 1997)
      • Case

      Team New Zealand (A)

      By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
      The case describes the development process used by Team New Zealand to design their two yachts for the 1995 America's Cup. During development, the team makes extensive use of simulation and physical prototyping to improve the initial design concept. As they approach... View Details
      Keywords: Product Design; Design; Product Development; Sports; Ship Transportation; Research and Development; Situation or Environment; Decisions; Sports Industry; New Zealand
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Team New Zealand (A)." Harvard Business School Case 697-040, October 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
      • 1996
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      External Integration in Product Development

      By: T. Fujimoto, M. Iansiti and K. B. Clark
      Keywords: Integration; Product Development
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      Fujimoto, T., M. Iansiti, and K. B. Clark. "External Integration in Product Development." In Managing Product Development, edited by T. Nishiguchi. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
      • September 1996
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      Silicon Graphics, Inc. (B)

      By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
      After the release of the "Challenge" computer in 1993, Silicon Graphics executives meet to discuss the follow-up project. Should they pursue an incremental improvement to the Challenge, or opt for a radically new design recently demonstrated at Stanford University? View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Technological Innovation; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Hardware; Computer Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Silicon Graphics, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 697-038, September 1996.
      • September 1996 (Revised April 1997)
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      GO Corporation

      By: Josh Lerner, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad and Paul C. Yang
      GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must work with its venture financers, Kleiner Perkins, to redesign its financing, alliance, and product development... View Details
      Keywords: Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Competition; Private Equity; Adaptation; Crisis Management; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad, and Paul C. Yang. "GO Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-021, September 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
      • September 1996 (Revised July 1997)
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      Grupo Sidek (A)

      By: Kenneth A. Froot and Alberto Moel
      A large Mexican conglomerate, active in tourism, real estate, and steel, is faced with difficult macroeconomic conditions beginning with the Peso crisis of December 1994. The conglomerate had extensive dollar-indexed liabilities and was caught in a crunch when the... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Exchange; Real Estate; Debt Policy; Tourism; Steel; Business Conglomerates; Macroeconomics; Currency Exchange Rate; Crisis Management; Valuation; Mexico
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      Froot, Kenneth A., and Alberto Moel. "Grupo Sidek (A)." Harvard Business School Case 297-022, September 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
      • September 1996 (Revised June 1997)
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      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 May 1997)
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      Mobil USM&R (C): Lubricants Business Unit

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The general manager of a Lubricants Business Unit in Mobil's U.S. Marketing and Refining division launched a project to develop a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) for his unit. The purpose was to provide focus for all employees of the unit, enabling it to operate on an... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Employees; Customization and Personalization; Performance Evaluation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Teams; Projects; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (C): Lubricants Business Unit." Harvard Business School Case 197-027, September 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
      • August 1996 (Revised October 2003)
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      NutraSweet in China (A)

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Eve Stacey, a recent Harvard MBA, has the challenging task of evaluating the market opportunity for NutraSweet in China. She must decide how best to develop the market for the product in China. May be used with NutraSweet in China (B). View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product; Familiarity; Commercialization; China
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      Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "NutraSweet in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 397-029, August 1996. (Revised October 2003.)
      • August 1996 (Revised May 1997)
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      Delta & Pine Land: Measuring the Value of Transgenic Cotton

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Charlotte A. Tasker
      Discusses the joint venture between two companies with different capabilities: 1) technology provider and 2) transportation agent. Discusses how to capture value from joint venture and biotechnology: 1) who are winners and who are losers; 2) how much value can/should... View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Joint Ventures; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Performance Consistency; Information Technology; Transportation; Valuation; Biotechnology Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Charlotte A. Tasker. "Delta & Pine Land: Measuring the Value of Transgenic Cotton." Harvard Business School Case 597-005, August 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
      • August 1996 (Revised August 1997)
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      TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (A): The Strategy

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Meredith Hellicar's mission as general manager of corporate development is to make TNT Ltd. one of the biggest and most diverse transport and logistic companies in the world, with approximately $5 billion in turnover in 1993, a leading provider of logistics services in... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Distribution; Logistics; Mission and Purpose; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Diversification; Transportation Industry; Asia; China; Indonesia; Thailand
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      Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (A): The Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 397-017, August 1996. (Revised August 1997.)
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