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      • October 1997 (Revised September 2003)
      • Case

      Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)

      By: Stefan H. Thomke, Ashok Nimgade and Paul Pospisil
      Describes how Eli Lilly and Co. tries to accelerate its new drug development process with the aid of "combinatorial chemistry"--a rapidly emerging and revolutionary approach to preclinical drug discovery. The product manager of a potential blockbuster migraine drug... View Details
      Keywords: Chemicals; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Time Management; Markets; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competition; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Thomke, Stefan H., Ashok Nimgade, and Paul Pospisil. "Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-010, October 1997. (Revised September 2003.)
      • January 1997 (Revised June 1997)
      • Case

      Southwire: Beyond 2000

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
      Southwire, based in Carrollton, GA, was the leading producer of aluminum and copper rod, wire, and cable for the transmission and distribution of electricity. In one decade, CEO Roy Richards, Jr. grew annual sales from $500 million in 1985 to $1.9 billion in 1995, an... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Growth Management; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Southwire: Beyond 2000." Harvard Business School Case 397-074, January 1997. (Revised June 1997.)
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      Entrepreneurial Creativity Through Motivational Synergy

      By: T. M. Amabile
      This paper defines and describes entrepreneurial creativity, which is the generation and implementation of novel, appropriate ideas to establish a new venture. Entrepreneurial creativity can be exhibited in established organizations as well as in start-up firms. The... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
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      Amabile, T. M. "Entrepreneurial Creativity Through Motivational Synergy." Journal of Creative Behavior 31, no. 1 (March 1997): 18–26.
      • May–June 1996
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      Ruling the Net

      By: D. L. Spar and Jeffrey J. Bussgang
      The Internet promises a radical new world of business. But for many companies, it has yet to deliver. Although doing business in cyberspace may be novel and exhilarating, it can also be frustrating, confusing, and even unprofitable. Debora Spar and Jeffrey Bussgang... View Details
      Keywords: Information Services; Online Technology
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      Spar, D. L., and Jeffrey J. Bussgang. "Ruling the Net." Harvard Business Review 74, no. 3 (May–June 1996): 125–133.
      • November 1994
      • Case

      Navistar International

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
      As a consequence of laying off half its workforce in a massive downsizing program, the company--a large manufacturer of medium and heavy trucks--struggles with a huge ($2.6 billion) liability for retiree medical costs. Although the company has promised its retirees... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Process; Wages; Labor Unions; Legal Liability; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "Navistar International." Harvard Business School Case 295-030, November 1994.
      • November 1994 (Revised November 1995)
      • Case

      SweetWater

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Thomas D. Everett
      Focuses on developing a promising idea into a viable product design by considering customer needs early in the design process. Following an Alaskan fishing trip, Sandy Platter, a computer peripherals engineer, has a new idea for a portable water-filter device for use... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Independent Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Customers; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Colorado
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Thomas D. Everett. "SweetWater." Harvard Business School Case 695-026, November 1994. (Revised November 1995.)
      • August 1994
      • Case

      Intuit, Inc.

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      The merger of two computer software firms with very rapidly growing non-overlapping products makes great strategic sense, but presents difficult valuation and accounting problems. How can a firm pay $225 million to acquire another firm with negligible current earnings,... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Applications and Software; Accounting; Financial Strategy; Goodwill Accounting; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry; United States
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Intuit, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-028, August 1994.
      • October 1993
      • Case

      Analyst's Dilemma (A), The

      By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
      A young investment banker returns home one night to find that her roommate and best friend has been laid off from Universal Bank because Universal is shutting down its capital finance group. Her roommate makes her promise to keep this information confidential because... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Leveraged Buyouts; Conflict of Interests; Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "Analyst's Dilemma (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 394-056, October 1993.
      • April 1993 (Revised November 1994)
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      Chiron Corp.

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Pablo Valenzuela, vice president of R&D at Chiron Corp., faces several choices for how to allocate scarce resources across several promising projects. These choices will determine Chiron's position in several emerging biotechnology and diagnostic markets, including... View Details
      Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Research and Development; Failure; Business Strategy; Joint Ventures; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Product Development; Biotechnology Industry; California
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Chiron Corp." Harvard Business School Case 693-052, April 1993. (Revised November 1994.)
      • November 1991 (Revised December 1996)
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      Pressco, Inc.--1985

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      A capital budgeting problem is viewed from the context of a marketing representative attempting to make a sale of energy saving heavy industrial equipment. Tax law changes promise to have a significant impact on the customer's decision process. Teaching purpose: To... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Machinery and Machining; Valuation; Taxation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Cost vs Benefits; Inflation and Deflation; Cost Management; Product Marketing; North and Central America
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1985." Harvard Business School Case 292-085, November 1991. (Revised December 1996.)
      • 1988
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      Creating the Future: The Massachusetts Comeback and Its Promise for America

      By: M. S. Dukakis and Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Keywords: Economics; Massachusetts
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      Dukakis, M. S., and Rosabeth M. Kanter. Creating the Future: The Massachusetts Comeback and Its Promise for America. New York: Summit Books, 1988.
      • 1986
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      Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans

      By: Dutch Leonard
      Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Local Range; Motivation and Incentives
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      Leonard, Dutch. "Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans." In Public Sector Payrolls, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
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      The Contributions of Industrial Organization to Strategic Management: A Promise Beginning to Be Realized

      By: M. E. Porter
      Keywords: Strategy; Management
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      Porter, M. E. "The Contributions of Industrial Organization to Strategic Management: A Promise Beginning to Be Realized." Academy of Management Review 6, no. 4 (October 1981).
      • 1975
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      Negotiating Third World Mineral Agreements: Promises as Prologue

      By: David N. Smith and L. T. Wells Jr.
      Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Agreements and Arrangements; Developing Countries and Economies
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      Smith, David N., and L. T. Wells Jr. Negotiating Third World Mineral Agreements: Promises as Prologue. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1975. (Wells also wrote or was co-author of chapters 5, 7, 8, and 9.)
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      3D Negotiaton

      By: James K. Sebenius

      In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details

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      A Critical Examination of Corporate Environmental and Social Impact Measurement and Valuation

      By: Judith Stroehle, Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Amyn Vogel, Alnoor Ebrahim, Andreas Rasche, Andrew King, Ken Pucker, Richard Barker, Juliane Reinecke, Giovanna Michelon, Stuart Cooper, Dror Etzion, Karim Harji, Marya Besharov, Colin Mayer, Nien-hê Hsieh and Emma van den Terrell
      The assignment of monetary values to a company's impact on society and the natural environment promises much. At the same time, this endeavor would benefit from addressing three prior ethical considerations: 1) determining responsibility to clarify attribution of... View Details
      Keywords: ESG; Social Impact; Impact Accounting; Corporate Responsibility; Impact Measurement; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Valuation; Corporate Accountability
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      Stroehle, Judith, Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Amyn Vogel, Alnoor Ebrahim, Andreas Rasche, Andrew King, Ken Pucker, Richard Barker, Juliane Reinecke, Giovanna Michelon, Stuart Cooper, Dror Etzion, Karim Harji, Marya Besharov, Colin Mayer, Nien-hê Hsieh, and Emma van den Terrell. "A Critical Examination of Corporate Environmental and Social Impact Measurement and Valuation." Journal of Management Inquiry (in press). (Curated dialog contribution by Nien-hê Hsieh and Emma van den Terrell titled “Ethical Issues for Impact Measurement and Valuation: Responsibility, Relevance, and Reform,” pp. 12–13.)
      • July 3, 2025
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      A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities

      By: Susanna Gallani, Mary L. Witkowski, Lidia M. V. R. Moura and Katie Sonnefeldt
      Despite decades of initiatives to address healthcare inequities in the U.S., disparities across race, gender, geography, and income remain stubbornly persistent. This article introduces the Strategic Fingerprint Framework for Health Equity, a practical, principle-based... View Details
      Keywords: Health Industry
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      Gallani, Susanna, Mary L. Witkowski, Lidia M. V. R. Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt. "A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (July 3, 2025).
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      Impact of Technology on Industry Structure and Competitive Strategy

      By: Stephen P. Bradley
      Stephen Bradley’s research has focused for several years on the impact of technology on industry structure and competitive strategy. In particular he has been studying the convergence of information technology and telecommunications and how this convergence is... View Details
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      Managing sustainability in supply chains

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      I am examining codes of conduct, management process standards, and government voluntary programs that address environmental and labor issues, seeking to understand what enables some of these programs to actually deliver on their promise of distinguishing organizations... View Details
      Keywords: Environment; Environmental Performance; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Strategy; Regulation; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Construction Industry; United States; California
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      Moral Muscle

      By: Sandra J. Sucher

      Can we get better at moral decision making? How is the capacity to exercise moral leadership developed? One answer to these questions is the notion of “moral muscle,” which is a combination of moral awareness (the ability to recognize situations that can be... View Details

      Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Decision Making
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