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  • November 1995
  • Background Note

Business Process Reengineering: Its Past, Present, and Possible Future

Explores the origins of reengineering; its evolution during the 1980s and 1990s; the current state of reengineering, which is prevalent in business today; and several possible futures of reengineering, specifically in relation to process management, knowledge work, and... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Business Processes
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Davenport, Thomas H. "Business Process Reengineering: Its Past, Present, and Possible Future." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-082, November 1995.
  • June 2010
  • Case

The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Edward Watson
The case describes the founding and evolution of the Shaw Group through acquisition. The case is set at the time that the company is redesigning its business processes, organization, and information technology infrastructure to support aggressive growth and increased... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Information Technology
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Edward Watson. "The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 810-135, June 2010.
  • June 2001
  • Background Note

Information Technology Management from 1960-2000

By: Richard L. Nolan
Covers the history of IT management from 1960 to the present. Applies the Stages Theory as a basis to trace the evolution of the three dominant IT designs (mainframes, microcomputers, networks) and how companies used and managed IT in each era. View Details
Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Industry Growth
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Nolan, Richard L. "Information Technology Management from 1960-2000." Harvard Business School Background Note 301-147, June 2001.
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Class Day: Narakesari Narayandas

  • March 1998 (Revised December 2000)
  • Case

Siebel Systems (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Nicole Tempest
The case describes the early evolution of Siebel Systems, a sales force automation software company, focusing on issues surrounding Siebel's use of systems integrators as implementation partners and the relationship between implementation and the selling function. View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Sales; Information Technology Industry
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Roberts, Michael J., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Nicole Tempest. "Siebel Systems (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-210, March 1998. (Revised December 2000.)
  • 09 Jun 2020
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It won’t be business as usual in the post-COVID world

  • March 1993
  • Case

Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. (Abridged)

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Details the evolution of a value-creating supplier-buyer partnership. Describes the buyer's (Liz Claiborne) manufacturing and marketing strategy, and details the workings of the firm's relationship with an important Taiwanese supplier of piece goods (Ruentex Industries... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Supply Chain Management; Alliances; Value Creation; Manufacturing Industry
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Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 693-098, March 1993.

    Charlotte L. Robertson

    Charlotte Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches BGIE in the MBA required curriculum.

    Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial... View Details

    • November 2008
    • Background Note

    Welcome to a Wireless World

    By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
    Wireless technologies and mobile devices have played crucial roles in the evolution of the digital ecosystem. This note looks at cell phones, smartphones, mobile technologies, and popular applications noting companies that are positioned to capture the value engendered... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Product; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry
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    Bradley, Stephen P., and Nancy Bartlett. "Welcome to a Wireless World." Harvard Business School Background Note 709-445, November 2008.
    • December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
    • Case

    Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (B)

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    Presents a brief historical overview of Enron's rise, its strategic successes and failures, the evolution of its business model, and the organizational processes relied upon by Enron's management to drive and monitor the business. A rewritten version of an earlier... View Details
    Keywords: Transition; Risk Management; Management Practices and Processes; Success; Business Model; Strategy; Business History; Governance Controls; Innovation and Management; Failure; Business Processes; Energy Industry; United States
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    Salter, Malcolm S. "Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (B)." Harvard Business School Case 905-049, December 2004. (Revised October 2005.)
    • January 2003 (Revised November 2003)
    • Case

    Merloni Elettrodomestici: The New Century Begins

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    Merloni Elettrodomestici was founded in 1975. This case traces the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and management as it becomes the #3 player in Europe (the #1 in Eastern Europe). Issues involve questions of geographic expansion, resource allocation,... View Details
    Keywords: Management; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Expansion
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    Bower, Joseph L. "Merloni Elettrodomestici: The New Century Begins." Harvard Business School Case 303-062, January 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
    • February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
    • Case

    CVS Health: Prescription for Transformation

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Tuna Cem Hayirli
    In 2021, new CEO Karen Lynch (named the most powerful woman in business) considered the next transformation phase for CVS Health (a Fortune 5 corporate giant. The 2018 acquisition of Aetna insurance brought her to the company as part of its long evolution from a... View Details
    Keywords: COVID; Caregiving; Healthcare; Access; Change; Retail; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Health Industry; Retail Industry
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    Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Tuna Cem Hayirli. "CVS Health: Prescription for Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 322-091, February 2022. (Revised April 2022.)
    • July 2014 (Revised August 2014)
    • Case

    AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market

    By: Rory McDonald, Clayton Christensen, Robin Yang and Ty Hollingsworth
    More than a decade after the high-profile failures of several early online grocers, grocery remains the largest single U.S. retail category and one of the few that has not yet migrated online. Amazon began testing its grocery-delivery service, AmazonFresh, in Seattle,... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; New Markets; Grocery; Operations Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Emerging Markets; Learning; Service Operations; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    McDonald, Rory, Clayton Christensen, Robin Yang, and Ty Hollingsworth. "AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market." Harvard Business School Case 615-013, July 2014. (Revised August 2014.)
    • March 1999 (Revised March 2001)
    • Case

    Nike, Inc.--Entering the Millennium

    By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
    Traces the evolution of Nike from 1987 through 1998. Through a series of eight assignment questions, it examines how the company has created and sustained a competitive advantage, and how that competitive advantage is reflected in growth, profitability, and share price... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Profit; Corporate Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Sports Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Nike, Inc.--Entering the Millennium." Harvard Business School Case 299-084, March 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
    • June 2020 (Revised October 2020)
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    What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?

    By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
    This case describes the development of the Boeing 737 Max airplane model and the events leading up to two tragic plane crashes, in which a total of 346 people died: the crash of Lion Air flight 610 on October 29, 2018, in Indonesia, and the crash of Ethiopian Airlines... View Details
    Keywords: Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Forms of Communication; Announcements; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Globalization; Global Strategy; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Systems; Risk Management; Time Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Digital Platforms; Supply and Industry; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Industry Structures; Operations; Product Development; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Failure; Success; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Strategy; Transportation; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Africa; Ethiopia; Asia; Indonesia; North and Central America; United States; Seattle; Chicago
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    George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?" Harvard Business School Case 320-104, June 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
    • December 2023
    • Case

    Three Decades of Cluster Policy in Catalonia: What's Next?

    By: Christian H.M. Ketels
    The case profiles the development of cluster-based economic development activities in Catalonia, one of Spain's most prosperous regions, over the last thirty years. It describes the evolution of these activities between 1990 and 2022 and puts these changes into the... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Sectors; Economy; Geographic Location; Policy; Development Economics; Spain
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    Ketels, Christian H.M. "Three Decades of Cluster Policy in Catalonia: What's Next?" Harvard Business School Case 724-404, December 2023.
    • August 2012 (Revised March 2015)
    • Case

    Egypt: Turbulence, and Transition?

    By: Diego Comin, Mohamed Heikal and Adam Said
    The case goes over the evolution of politics and institutions in Egypt over the last 50 years. The case provides new insights on the reasons for violent political transitions and also explores the effects of political instability on productivity and competitiveness. View Details
    Keywords: Institutional Change; Military; Competitiveness; Democracy; Revolution; Productivity; History; Transition; Economic Systems; Competition; War; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Government and Politics; Volatility; Egypt
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    Comin, Diego, Mohamed Heikal, and Adam Said. "Egypt: Turbulence, and Transition?" Harvard Business School Case 713-014, August 2012. (Revised March 2015.)
    • March 2003
    • Case

    Investing in Japan

    By: Peter A. Hecht and Luis M. Viceira
    The evolution of the macroeconomic environment, capital markets, financial institutions (including banks, public and private pension funds, and mutual funds), and financial regulation in Japan during the period 1980 to 2002, are examined long-term demographic... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Markets; Investment; Financial Institutions; Macroeconomics; Japan
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    Hecht, Peter A., and Luis M. Viceira. "Investing in Japan." Harvard Business School Case 203-036, March 2003.
    • November 2001
    • Supplement

    Interview with Philip Casey at AmeriSteel

    By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingston Hout
    Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Philip Casey describes the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and financial and management issues as the company has grown to be the #2 steel producer in... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Production; Organizations; Family Ownership; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Brazil
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    Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingston Hout. "Interview with Philip Casey at AmeriSteel." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 302-809, November 2001.
    • August 1995 (Revised March 1998)
    • Background Note

    Competition Policy in the European Union in 1995

    Describes the history of the competition policy in the European Union, and focuses on the evolution of pan-European and member-state statutes. The tension between policy and enforcement at various levels draws attention to issues of market definition, especially in... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Policy; European Union
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    McGahan, Anita M., and Geoffrey Verter. "Competition Policy in the European Union in 1995." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-038, August 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
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