Publications

2002
Book

Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenge of Doing Business in a Network Economy

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin and F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Information; Strategy; Management; Problems and Challenges; Economy; Technology

January 2008 (Revised December 2011)
Case

Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty

Setting up the goal to become one of the top 20 enterprises in the world dairy industry by 2010, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group had ambitious plans. As one of China's biggest national dairy companies, its main challenge was competing as a local company against... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Competition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China

January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Supplement

China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty

Supplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman,... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Corporate Governance; State Ownership; Standards; Globalized Markets and Industries; Telecommunications Industry; China

January 5, 2015
Article

China Still Isn't Ready to Be a True Global Leader

By: William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan

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July 1993
Case

Future of Distributed Systems at Aetna, The

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Chris L Marshall

Keywords: Information Technology; Strategy; Insurance Industry

September 1989
Case

National Credit Information Network

By: F. Warren McFarlan and H. Jeff Smith

March 1989
Background Note

Industry Note: In-Car Entertainment

By: F. Warren McFarlan and H. Jeff Smith

Keywords: Media

March 1989
Case

Philips In-Car Entertainment (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and H. Jeff Smith

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

October 1988
Background Note

Note on Airline Reservations Systems (Revised), Part II

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Duncan G. Copeland

Keywords: Air Transportation; System

January 2003 (Revised August 2005)
Case

CareGroup

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Robert D. Austin

Describes the circumstances leading to the three-and-a-half-day collapse of a major hospital group's IS capabilities. Identifies the technical reasons for the failure, management steps in dealing with the problem short term, and the long-term lessons they believe they... View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Information Technology; Safety; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Health Industry

April 1982
Supplement

Mark Twain Bancshares, Inc.--1980 (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Gregory L. Parsons

January 1978
Case

Studsel Automotive Co.

By: Robert G. Gilbertson and F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Auto Industry

June 1998
Background Note

The Indian Software Industry

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Avnish S. Bajaj, Michael V. Kadyan, Devtosh K Khare and Suvir S Sujan

The increasing focus in the Western World on outsourcing has fueled the growth of the Indian software export industry. This note gives background on this phenomenen. View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth and Development; India

December 2008 (Revised June 2010)
Background Note

Political and Economic History of the People's Republic of China: An Annotated Timeline

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, Elisabeth Koll and F. Warren McFarlan

Brief political, economic, and social timeline of China from 1949 to present to give context on and provide overview of modern Chinese history. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Government and Politics; History; Society; China

15 Feb 2022
News

Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method

Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus; and F. Warren McFarlan, Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, who have produced hundreds of cases over their long careers at HBS.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

July 2007 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Secom: Managing Information Security in a Risky World

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Robert D. Austin, Junko Usuba and Masako Egawa

Examines the type of security that is appropriate for an Internet company to have on its site. Focuses on a 20-person electronic e-commerce company trying to decide what parts of the information security product line they should acquire from the largest security... View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Safety; Operations; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; Japan

01 Mar 2022
News

The Importance of the Governance Committee to a Successful Development Program

Keywords: fundraising

December 2007 (Revised December 2008)
Case

China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A)

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Xiangdong and Tracy Manty

With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York Stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; State Ownership; Public Ownership; Financial Markets; Capital Markets; Telecommunications Industry; China