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      • January 1998 (Revised January 2001)
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      Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck
      Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Leadership; United States; Europe; Asia
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Karen Wruck. "Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-096, January 1998. (Revised January 2001.)
      • January 1998 (Revised April 1998)
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      Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (B)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck
      Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Leadership; United States; Europe; Asia
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Karen Wruck. "Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-097, January 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
      • 1998
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      Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work

      By: D. A. Leonard
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Competency and Skills; Business or Company Management
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      Leonard, D. A. "Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work." In Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
      • January 1998 (Revised February 2002)
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      Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura
      In the summer of 1997, a consultant at Japan's Funai Consulting Co. Ltd., must decide how to respond to a client's proposal to offer "open pricing" (based on willingness to pay) to customers unable to pay the standard price for the client's product. The client, Akita... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Price; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decisions; Agribusiness; Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Consulting Industry; Japan
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Tomoya Nakamura. "Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-017, January 1998. (Revised February 2002.)
      • January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
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      Sideco Americana S.A. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
      This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Transformation; Business or Company Management; Values and Beliefs; Argentina
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-081, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
      • December 1997 (Revised February 2000)
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      Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
      Traces the development of Hewlett-Packard Co. from a small start-up company in 1938 to a world-class manufacturer of electronic instruments and computer products. Examines the challenges of starting and running a small company, including financing, human resources... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product Positioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company." Harvard Business School Case 698-052, December 1997. (Revised February 2000.)
      • December 1997 (Revised October 2006)
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      Merck Sharp & Dohme Argentina, Inc. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
      Describes the efforts of the new managing director of Merck's subsidiary for Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay to transform the organization and its culture. Focuses on a critical decision: whether to offer the son of a high-ranking official in the government's national... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Ethics; Decision Making; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Conflict of Interests; Argentina; Uruguay; Paraguay
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Merck Sharp & Dohme Argentina, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-033, December 1997. (Revised October 2006.)
      • December 1997
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      NutraSweet in China (B)

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; China
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      Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Anthony St. George. "NutraSweet in China (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-087, December 1997.
      • December 1997
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      Wriston Manufacturing Corporation

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Wriston Manufacturing is a broad-line maker of components for the automotive industry. It has developed a network of nine plants as its product line has grown. Newer, higher-volume products tend to be made in newer, focused, high-volume plants, while older product... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Production; Performance Efficiency; Auto Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Wriston Manufacturing Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 698-049, December 1997.
      • November 1997 (Revised July 1999)
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      Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (A)

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Mikelle Eastley
      Examines the choices Guidant must make in research and development spending and new product development. More specifically, CEO Jay Graf considers the payoffs and tradeoffs of using product development skills that he learned in CPI's core business when applied to a... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Development; Business or Company Management; Management Skills; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Communication; Product Design; Market Design; Organizational Design; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C., and Mikelle Eastley. "Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-021, November 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
      • November 1997 (Revised May 1999)
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      Medical Foods, Inc.

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
      Dr. Franklin Lowe is CEO of a new kind of company in a new kind of industry--medical foods. He must select a business model and partners that will help make this a viable business. View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Partners and Partnerships; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Food; Innovation and Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Medical Foods, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-048, November 1997. (Revised May 1999.)
      • October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
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      Busang (A): River of Gold

      By: Debora L. Spar
      In 1995, Bre-X Minerals, a tiny Canadian mining firm, struck gold. Deep in the heart of the Borneo jungle, it discovered what appeared to be one of the world's largest and most cost-effective gold deposits. Almost immediately, the firm's stock price shot upwards and... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Mining; Mining Industry; Canada; Indonesia
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      Spar, Debora L., Jeffrey Bell, Christine Dinh-Tan, and Phillip Purnama. "Busang (A): River of Gold." Harvard Business School Case 798-002, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
      • October 1997 (Revised June 1998)
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      Woolworths South Africa

      By: David B. Yoffie and Anthony St. George
      Woolworths South Africa is one of the most successful retail chains in the country, modeled on Marks and Spencer of the United Kingdom. This case focuses on the sources of Woolworth's competitive advantage within South Africa and the challenges of growth in the wake of... View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Industry Structures; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Retail Industry; South Africa
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      Yoffie, David B., and Anthony St. George. "Woolworths South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 798-026, October 1997. (Revised June 1998.)
      • September 1997 (Revised November 1997)
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      Siam Cement Group,The: Corporate Philosophy (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
      In the face of Thailand's 1990 cement shortage, managers at Siam Cement Co., Thailand's largest cement provider, must decide how to allocate available supply and whether to attempt to uphold government-controlled prices among the company's agents. At issue is the... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Resource Allocation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Construction Industry; Thailand
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Prompilai Khunaphante. "Siam Cement Group,The: Corporate Philosophy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-018, September 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
      • September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
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      Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur

      By: Ashish Nanda
      Profiles the career of a Emmet Stephenson, the founder of over a dozen successful companies, as a model of entrepreneurship and management. View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career
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      Nanda, Ashish, Ed Zschau, and Georgia Levenson. "Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 898-049, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
      • July 1997
      • Case

      Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations

      By: Ashish Nanda
      The case describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. It focuses on how he has gone about establishing a regional office and knitting local operations closer together, the... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Middle East; Europe
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations." Harvard Business School Case 898-026, July 1997.
      • July 1997 (Revised December 1997)
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      Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (A)

      By: Michael Beer
      A division of Allentown Materials Corp. has financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction, and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Employees; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry
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      Beer, Michael. "Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-023, July 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
      • June 1997
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      Olympic Financial Ltd.

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
      Olympic Financial is a sub-prime lender in the auto financing industry. Several other financing companies have been wrought with accounting fraud and business mismanagement. Olympic's debt has been downgraded, and its stock has been denigrated although the company is... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Crime and Corruption; Valuation; Financial Reporting; Credit; Financial Services Industry
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      Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Olympic Financial Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 197-081, June 1997.
      • May 1997 (Revised May 1998)
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      Progressive Corporation

      By: Michael E. Porter and Nicolaj Siggelkow
      Progressive is a leader in providing nonstandard (high-risk) automobile insurance to drivers across America, with a long record of extraordinary profitability. Progressive is facing a challenge in its segment from Allstate, the industry leader, and must decide how to... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Planning; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Auto Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
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      Porter, Michael E., and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Progressive Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 797-109, May 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
      • May 1997 (Revised March 1998)
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      Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. Teradyne: The Aurora Project deals with the problems facing the head of a... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Change Management; Business or Company Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change." Harvard Business School Case 397-113, May 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
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