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Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Trade; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; North America

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22 Aug 2011
News

US must learn from others' pension plans

November 1976
Case

Norton Co.: Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations (Abridged)

By: Francis Aguilar

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Diversification

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20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), to buy Section 1301 qualified health plans in the individual market. We advocate that the Trump rule be expanded to designate the Public Option as one of the insurance... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

January 1970 (Revised November 1970)
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Coca-Cola Co. (B): Formal Planning at the Corporate Level

By: Francis Aguilar

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry

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2006
Working Paper

Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning

In most organizations, supply chain planning is a cross-functional effort. Functional areas such as sales, marketing, finance, and operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Planning

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September 1996
Exercise

Project Management Exercise #2: Planning the Shad Factory Project

By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis

Keywords: Projects; Planning; Factories, Labs, and Plants

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13 Aug 2021
News

What a Harvard Business School Professor Thinks about Open Office Plans

December 1974 (Revised December 1983)
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France (B): Formulation of the Fourth National Plan

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Economy; Planning; France

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23 Sep 2022
News

Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with CDIO Terrill Drake

June 1987
Teaching Note

Sears Merchandise Group: 1987 Plan Process, Teaching Note

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Keywords: Planning; Retail Industry

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March 2014
Teaching Note

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: October 2012

By: Josh Lerner, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank

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12 Aug 2021
News

Delta Variant Hasn’t Yet Changed Many Return-to-Office Plans

August 1982 (Revised May 1986)
Case

Lowe Computer Services: Capacity and Service Level Planning

By: James I. Cash Jr.

Keywords: Performance Capacity; Service Delivery; Planning

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January 1975 (Revised December 1983)
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France (D): French Industry Faces the Sixth Plan

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Economy; Planning; France

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Jun 03 2016
Interview

A Tactical Game Plan for Making the Best M&A Deal

1989
Book

Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details