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      • January 2008
      • Article

      Mastering the Management System

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
      Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the right strategic direction, and the best strategy in the world will get... View Details
      Keywords: Framework; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Operations; Performance Improvement; Strategy
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. "Mastering the Management System." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 62–77.
      • 2008
      • Simulation

      Pricing Simulation: Universal Car Rental

      By: John T. Gourville
      This web-based simulation presents an engaging context in which students develop their knowledge of pricing by managing a rental car operation (Universal) in Florida and improve regional performance by developing a pricing strategy. The simulation involves three... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Consumer Behavior; Price; Profit; Renting or Rental; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Miami; Orlando; Tampa
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      Gourville, John T. "Pricing Simulation: Universal Car Rental." Simulation and Teaching Note. Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Electronic.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry

      By: Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin

      Much academic work asserts a relationship between the design of a complex system and the manner in which this system evolves over time. In particular, designs which are modular in nature are argued to be more "evolvable," in that these designs facilitate making... View Details

      Keywords: Product Design; Adaptation; Software; Information Technology Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan, John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-038, December 2007.
      • November 2007 (Revised April 2008)
      • Case

      Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative

      By: David E. Bell, Nitin Sanghavi, Virginia Fuller and Mary L. Shelman
      In rural India, farmers historically had limited access to quality input items for both their fields and homes. Indian conglomerate DSCL has undertaken a Rural Business Initiative to address this issue, establishing a chain of retail outlets throughout rural India... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Business Conglomerates; Agribusiness; Rural Scope; Customer Relationship Management; Business Strategy; Service Operations; Networks; Alliances; Retail Industry; India
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      Bell, David E., Nitin Sanghavi, Virginia Fuller, and Mary L. Shelman. "Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 508-012, November 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
      • October 2007
      • Article

      Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate

      By: Michael E. Porter and Forest Reinhardt
      Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Climate Change; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy
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      Porter, Michael E., and Forest Reinhardt. "Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007): 22–26.
      • Sep 2007 - 2007
      • Conference Presentation

      Antecedents of Boundary Spanning in Cross-functional NPD Teams

      By: James R. Dillon, Shikhar Sarin and Amy C. Edmondson
      Boundary spanning has been shown in prior research to enhance innovativeness and performance of product development teams. In this study, we examine team conditions that foster boundary spanning behavior. We analyze survey data from 207 members of 54 cross-functional... View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Boundaries; Leadership Style; Product; Complexity; Integration; Power and Influence
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      Dillon, James R., Shikhar Sarin, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Antecedents of Boundary Spanning in Cross-functional NPD Teams." Paper presented at the Product Development and Management Association Annual Global Conference on Product Innovation Management, Orlando, FL, September 2007.
      • September 2007 (Revised October 2007)
      • Supplement

      Children's Hospital and Clinics (B)

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, Ingrid M. Nembhard and Kate Roloff
      Explores the numerous initiatives Children's Hospital and Clinics has undertaken to improve patient safety since the late 1990s--from the perspective of 2007. The case thus updates the A case by revisiting the hospital to find out what happened as a result of the... View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Legal Liability; Leadership; Management Teams; Health Industry
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      Edmondson, Amy C., Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Kate Roloff. "Children's Hospital and Clinics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-073, September 2007. (Revised October 2007.)
      • August 2007 (Revised April 2008)
      • Case

      Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew

      By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Lauren Barley
      Describes Texas Pacific Group's purchase and operation of J. Crew, the catalog and specialty clothing retailer. Highlights the issues involved in financing such a transaction, and then focuses on the operational challenges of turning around the business, and of TPG's... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment; Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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      Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Lauren Barley. "Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew." Harvard Business School Case 808-017, August 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
      • July 2007
      • Case

      Kristen's Cookie Company (A) (Abridged)

      By: Roger E. Bohn and Janice H. Hammond
      The student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of each operation are laid out and the student is asked to determine the consequences for the operating system. Serves as an exercise and review of concepts such as capacity,... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; SWOT Analysis; Operations; Outcome or Result; Performance Capacity
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      Bohn, Roger E., and Janice H. Hammond. "Kristen's Cookie Company (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 608-037, July 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage

      By: Alan MacCormack, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks and Patrick Kalaher
      Many recent studies highlight the need to rethink the way we manage innovation. Traditional approaches, based on the assumption that the creation and pursuit of new ideas is best accomplished by a centralized and collocated R&D team, are rapidly becoming outdated.... View Details
      Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Research and Development; Performance Improvement; Management Practices and Processes; Partners and Partnerships; Competency and Skills; Framework; Competitive Advantage; Global Strategy; Opportunities; Cost
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      MacCormack, Alan, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher. "Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-079, July 2007. (revised August 2007.)
      • June 2007
      • Article

      Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market

      By: A. E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Unver
      Patients needing kidney transplants may have donors who cannot donate to them because of blood or tissue incompatibility. Incompatible patient-donor pairs can exchange donor kidneys with other pairs only when there is a "double coincidence of wants." Developing... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Size; Emotions; Human Needs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Infrastructure; Supply Chain Management; Fairness; Performance Improvement; Health Industry
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      Roth, A. E., Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver. "Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market." American Economic Review 97, no. 3 (June 2007): 828–851.
      • May 2007 (Revised July 2011)
      • Case

      The West German Headache Center: Integrated Migraine Care

      By: Michael E. Porter, Clemens Guth and Elisa M. Dannemiller
      Describes the joint efforts of the German health plan KKH and Essen University Hospital to develop an integrated practice unit (IPU), and the West German Headache Center's efforts to improve the quality of migraine care. Provides an overview of the German health care... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Industry Structures; Service Delivery; Integration; Health Industry; Germany
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      Porter, Michael E., Clemens Guth, and Elisa M. Dannemiller. "The West German Headache Center: Integrated Migraine Care." Harvard Business School Case 707-559, May 2007. (Revised July 2011.)
      • March 2007 (Revised December 2007)
      • Supplement

      Parmalat Uruguay (B)

      By: Paul W. Marshall and Gustavo A. Herrero
      Three young MBAs create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must negotiate with... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Partners and Partnerships; Bids and Bidding; Borrowing and Debt; Performance Improvement; Planning; Uruguay
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      Marshall, Paul W., and Gustavo A. Herrero. "Parmalat Uruguay (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 807-119, March 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
      • March 2007 (Revised November 2012)
      • Case

      Parmalat Uruguay (A)

      By: Paul Marshall and Gustavo Herrero
      Three young MBAs create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must negotiate with... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Negotiation; Performance Improvement; Uruguay
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      Marshall, Paul, and Gustavo Herrero. "Parmalat Uruguay (A)." Harvard Business School Case 807-103, March 2007. (Revised November 2012.)
      • January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
      • Case

      Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
      Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Construction Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Latin America; Brazil
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-038, January 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
      • July 2006
      • Case

      Boeing's e-Enabled Advantage

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Joseph S. Valacich, Mara Vatz and Christoph Schneider
      Examines Boeing's new strategy of offering services to regain market dominance and help its struggling airline customers improve efficiency and profitability. View Details
      Keywords: Air Transportation; Business Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Service Operations; Air Transportation Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Joseph S. Valacich, Mara Vatz, and Christoph Schneider. "Boeing's e-Enabled Advantage." Harvard Business School Case 807-011, July 2006.
      • April 2006 (Revised June 2008)
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      New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok--a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Production; Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Competition; Consolidation; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Robert S. Huckman, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 606-094, April 2006. (Revised June 2008.)
      • April 2006 (Revised April 2008)
      • Course Overview Note

      Managing Service Operations: Understanding the Customer Operating Role

      By: Frances X. Frei
      Describes Managing Service Operations: Understanding the Customer Operating Role, a second-year MBA course that consists of three modules. The first module, Conceptualizing the Customer Operating, explores the operational challenges and opportunites of managing... View Details
      Keywords: Service Operations
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      Frei, Frances X. "Managing Service Operations: Understanding the Customer Operating Role." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 606-092, April 2006. (Revised April 2008.)​
      • March 2006 (Revised October 2007)
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      The Parisian Revival

      By: Rajiv Lal and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In mid-2005, George Jones had two jobs: head of Saks Inc.'s 41-store Parisian department store chain as well as president and CEO of the Saks Department Store Group (SDSG), an umbrella for seven chains with a total of 182 stores across the United States. In 2003 Jones... View Details
      Keywords: Profit; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Sales; Retail Industry; United States
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Parisian Revival." Harvard Business School Case 506-035, March 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
      • December 2005 (Revised March 2010)
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      William Levitt, Levittown and the Creation of American Suburbia

      By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
      Demand for low-cost housing after World War II far exceeded supply. Was this a profitable new market? New York developer William Levitt had to decide. During World War II, Levitt was eager to build basic housing for the working class—otherwise, Levitt & Sons would have... View Details
      Keywords: Demographics; Construction; Business History; Housing; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
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      Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Mark Benson. "William Levitt, Levittown and the Creation of American Suburbia." Harvard Business School Case 406-062, December 2005. (Revised March 2010.)
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