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Patent search: The use of component in Espacenet and Patentscope databases

analysis and network analysis Description Targeted problem, prior art, inventive idea, and embodiments Obtaining technical disclosure, conducting a keyword search and/or text mining to determining semantic concepts and similarity... View Details

March 1997
Background Note

Copper and Zinc Markets 1996

By: Peter Tufano

Provides background information on copper and zinc markets as of mid-1996. Discusses supply and demand conditions, forecasts of the spot prices of the metals, and contracts for future delivery (forwards, futures, and options). View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Metals and Minerals; Supply and Industry; Mining Industry

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Evaluating the Management of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Project

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Management; Projects; Mining Industry; Alaska

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October 2001 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman

On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Negotiation; Ethics; Social Issues; Economic Sectors; Investment; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Finance; Mining Industry; Chad; Cameroon

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July 1998 (Revised April 2000)
Teaching Note

Freeport Indonesia TN

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-796-124). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Indonesia

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April 1998
Case

Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg

Jim Sharpe, president of Extrusion Technology, describes the first five years at the aluminum extrusion company he purchased. He begins with day one as he introduced himself to the employees in 1987 and assured them of the company's continuity. Over the next two years,... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Profit; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mining Industry

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April 1997 (Revised October 2005)
Teaching Note

Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A) (TN)

By: H. Kent Bowen

Teaching Note for (9-692-042). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry

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July 1979 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Coal Strike of 1977-78 (C)

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

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June 1990
Teaching Note

Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Mining Industry; Nigeria

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February 1998
Case

Lyondell Petrochemical Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson

In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Design; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Mining Industry

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February 1979
Supplement

Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (B)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Mining Industry

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Keywords: Infrastructure, Mining

Portrait Project

Abhi Sharma

privilege, not a right. I recognize that meaningful change will have to be organic, evolutionary. I came to HBS with the intent of creating for others the opportunities that were granted to me. I also know that this passion to shape a better future is not View Details

Portrait Project

Stephanie Parker

considerable power and influence? Apparently not, or at least not me. Mine will be a life of service. You won't find me padding around on the soft carpet, sipping coffee in an ivory tower, engaging with others in ways which are long on... View Details

Portrait Project

Monica Haugen

everyone is lucky enough to begin down such a path. I can only hope to change someone else's life in the way that mine was changed. Consequently, my master plan is to expose new options to all those around me. I will tell my children and... View Details

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

the things they cleverly do is ask users to sign in using their Google account (or by establishing a new account). When you use something like Google Maps, Google keeps records and can mine that data to see where you’ve been and what... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

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Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Company, 1899-1938). Note: issue from 1909 online with Google Copper Curb and Mining Outlook; the Truth Regarding Mining and Investments Throughout the World (New York: O.F. Jonassen & Co. [etc.],... View Details

Portrait Project

Martin Vasev

grew tired of protesting. I don’t blame her. She was the only one in my family to stay and fight. My mom’s desire to fight waned, but mine grew stronger. At twelve, I began following the news. At nineteen, I majored in Politics. At... View Details

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Tanveer Abbas

opportunities not open to the overwhelming majority of my countrymen. I also think about family and the impact I'll have on mine one day. In both areas, I want desperately to make a difference and be remembered for that. In short, I think... View Details