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April 2006
Case

Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (C) (Abridged)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Projects; Energy Industry; Chad; Cameroon

September 18, 2002
Article

Recent Trends in Project Finance: A 5-Year Perspective

By: B. C. Esty and Irina L. Christov

Keywords: Project Finance; Trends

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February 1997
Case

Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (C) (Abridged)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Discusses the resolution of the canceled power project in Maharashtra. The contract between the American gas giant and Indian state government is renegotiated. View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution

August 2022 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Sweet Teez Bakery: Projecting the Dough’s Rise

By: Emily R. McComb, Mel Martin and Amy Klopfenstein

In 2021, the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team met with entrepreneur Teresa Maynard, who had applied for a $25,000 impact investment loan. The students thought the former Harvard Data Scientist’s bakery business, Sweet Teez Bakery, showed promise. Maynard had... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investment; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Goods and Commodities; Financial Reporting; Small Business; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Massachusetts

August 2019
Teaching Note

Roadmap to Solving the Project Deutschland Case

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz

Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-055. View Details

March 2008 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for [907048]. View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Creativity; Consumer Products Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

March–April 1992
Article

Creating Project Plans to Focus Product Development

By: S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark

Keywords: Planning; Product; Research and Development

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September 1985
Supplement

Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (B), Video

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

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November 1998 (Revised November 2001)
Case

BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project (B)

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

October 1981 (Revised June 1985)
Case

Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (A)

The Vicks Health Care Division lacks a solid form entry in the OTC colds care category and has developed a "me-too" product. The main issues are whether there is an opportunity for the product, and, if so, how it should be positioned. Main teaching objectives are to... View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Health Care and Treatment; Product Launch; Market Participation; Health Industry