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  • 2001
  • Case

Analog Devices (A)

By: Vijay Govindarajan
Analog Devices, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, designed performance measurement systems that provided far more than just a financial view. As their system evolved, it incorporated more measures designed to reflect growth, rather than just operational efficiency.... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Semiconductor Industry
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  • May 2013
  • Supplement

To JV or Not To JV? That Is the Question (for XTech in China)

This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for To JV or Not To JV? That is the Question (for XTech in China) HBS Case 807118. Includes Exhibit 1. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Growth Planning And Management; Partnerships; Supply Chain Management; Succession; Private Equity; International; International Business; International Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Joint Ventures; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Singapore
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  • April 2003 (Revised December 2003)
  • Background Note

Intervention Strategy

Develops a framework linking the diagnosis of conflict dynamics to the design of intervention strategies. To intervene effectively, managers must determine whether they are dealing with an acute or chronic conflict. Using this analysis as a foundation, they can define... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Managerial Roles
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  • 2008
  • Book

Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area--not with formulating strategy but with executing it, or putting their strategy into action. Owing to execution failures, companies realize... View Details
Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Operations; Performance; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy
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  • January 2003 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
Sun Hydraulics, 32-year-old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, confronts tough choices due to the economic downturn in 2001. The company leadership debates how to maintain profitability and reduce labor costs... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; Florida
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  • January 1988 (Revised March 1995)
  • Supplement

Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (C1)

By: David A. Garvin
To follow Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B2). The division has just received a request for dramatically increased production. If it complies with the request, it will have to expedite production, override the MRP II system and the planned schedule. Should... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Markets; Production; Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Situation or Environment; System
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  • August 2012 (Revised November 2012)
  • Case

Colorscope, Inc. (Abridged)

By: V.G. Narayanan
A small company in the graphic design business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Price; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Competition; Fine Arts Industry
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    Robin J. Ely

    Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change.... View Details

    • March 2015
    • Case

    BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

    By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
    BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

    In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
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    • April 2009
    • Case

    Young Presidents' Organization

    By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, John D. Macomber and David Chen
    The board of Young Presidents' Organization needs to decide on the future of its Networks Initiative, designed to connect its geographically dispersed membership base through 60 different interest-based networks. So far, one half of these networks have been considered... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • July–August 2016
    • Article

    Minimum Advertised Pricing: Patterns of Violation in Competitive Retail Markets

    By: Ayelet Israeli, Eric Anderson and Anne Coughlan
    Manufacturers in many industries frequently use vertical price policies, such as minimum advertised price (MAP), to influence prices set by downstream retailers. Although manufacturers expect retail partners to comply with MAP policies, violations of MAP are common in... View Details
    Keywords: Pricing Policies; Pricing; Channel Management; Legal Aspects Of Business; Price; Governance Compliance; Marketing Channels; Retail Industry
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    • August 2019 (Revised August 2024)
    • Case

    The Walt Disney Company: Theme Parks

    By: Rory McDonald, Allison Mnookin and Iuliana Mogosanu
    As he seeks to place the division he leads on a firm footing for the future, Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, is considering a range of investments designed either to upgrade the guest experience in the company’s existing parks or to expand access... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment; Investment; Expansion; Decision Making; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • April 1987 (Revised October 1989)
    • Case

    Winchell Lighting, Inc. (A)

    By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
    Designed to teach students how to trace marketing costs to products. View Details
    Keywords: Cost Accounting; Marketing; Consumer Products Industry
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    • February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
    • Case

    InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (A)

    By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin
    Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details
    Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa
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    • June 2014
    • Case

    Making Progress at IDEO

    By: Teresa M. Amabile and Katrina Flanagan
    This case focuses on different types of client relationships at IDEO, the value of these relationships for IDEO and clients, and the implications for IDEO designers' everyday experience of work. As new types of client work have shifted away from the more classic design... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Motivation and Incentives; Employees; Customer Focus and Relationships; Service Industry
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    • August 1993 (Revised April 1994)
    • Case

    Flanders of Springfield

    By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
    Flanders is a catalog merchandiser. Various decisions on catalog distribution policy, ordering and inventory policy, and catalog format design are considered. This was a final examination, and serves as a review for a number of topics in the course. View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Policy; Distribution; Product Design; Supply Chain; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Products Industry
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    • December 2001
    • Compilation

    "Doer's Profile" Jimmy Carter (James Earl, Jr.)

    By: Howard H. Stevenson and Laura L. Nash
    Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Success; Public Administration Industry
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    • April 6, 2022
    • Article

    In Uncertain Times, Big Companies Need to Take Care of Their Suppliers

    By: Willy C. Shih
    Many large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have long been ruthless with their suppliers, demanding extremely low prices and loading them up with risks. Given that the current turmoil buffeting global supply chains is unlikely to end anytime soon, OEMs should... View Details
    Keywords: Supplier Relationship; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Relationships; Risk and Uncertainty; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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    • December 1993 (Revised March 1994)
    • Supplement

    Fusion Systems Corp. in Japan (B)

    Describes how the dispute was settled. Designed as a class hand-out. View Details
    Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Japan
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    • June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
    • Supplement

    Becton Dickinson (B1): Global Management, Update

    By: Michael Beer
    Designed to bring closure to the discussion of the (B) case. View Details
    Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management
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