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March 1989
Case

Technology Collaboration in Europe

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August 1973 (Revised September 1986)
Case

Company must decide whether to raise prices and tighten consumer credit in light of its strategy to rationalize production, introduce a new line of model elevators and increase its market share. Points up the interrelationships of the different functional areas within... View Details

Keywords: Change; Credit; Price; Policy; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Business Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Europe

12 Oct 2023

The MBA Tour: Europe

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on October 12th at The MBA Tour: Europe hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great opportunity to learn more about the Harvard MBA and hear from members of the HBS community. View Details

24 Apr 2017

Europe Prospective Student Webinar

Join current students from Europe for an online discussion and get to know the community of students at HBS. Learn more about life at HBS, the MBA Admissions process, and career opportunities available to HBS students and alumni from... View Details

23 Mar 2021

External Partner Event: MBA Tour Europe

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to meeting you to discuss our MBA... View Details

September 2004 (Revised January 2005)
Case

IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe

IBM Europe is trying to expand business-to-business (B2B) efforts with its large distributors of midrange systems. These efforts aim to automate many transactions and business processes, removing the need for human involvement. IBM has completed an initial project with... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Germany; United States

April 12, 2012
Editorial

Debt Reckoning for Europe

By: Amar Bhidé

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28 Mar 2023

The MBA Tour: Europe

Connect virtually with top business schools from around the world. This event is hosted by GMAC Tours, and HBS is a participating business school. View Details

June 2006
Teaching Note

Wal-Mart in Europe (TN)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Keywords: Retail Industry; Europe

09 Apr 2015

Western Europe Prospective Student Webinar

This webinar will feature a brief presentation from MBA Admissions and the Career & Professional Development Office targeted to prospective students from Western Europe. It will also include a conversation with current students from Western View Details

March 2002
Teaching Note

Europe in 1996 TN

By: Huw Pill

Teaching Note for (9-797-047). View Details

Research Summary

Research: Shareholder Value in Europe

Marc L. Bertoneches research involves a series of empirical studies on value creation among Europes leading companies and the role of different models of corporate governance. He is also developing cases on European companies (Jazztel, Allianz, etc.). View Details

June 23, 2016
Article

We Need a Europe 2.0

By: Dante Roscini

15 Oct 2013

Western Europe Prospective Student Webinar

This online information session is designed for prospective students from Western European countries to learn more about HBS and the community of students from that region. The session will include a Q&A with a panel of current students. Registration is required. View Details

February 2010
Case

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Growth and Maturation; Multinational Firms and Management; Logistics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Trade; Equity; Corporate Finance; United States; Europe

November 2004 (Revised May 2010)
Teaching Note

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe and Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged) (TN)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Indra Reinbergs

Keywords: Europe

November 2000
Case

Hewlett-Packard's Home Products Division in Europe (1996-2000)

By: David J. Arnold and Carin-Isabel Knoop

By November 2000, Hewlett-Packard's Home Products Division (HPD) had been selling its Pavilion line of personal computers in Europe for almost five years. During that time, HPD had entered and exited Germany, struggled in France and the United Kingdom, and... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Information Infrastructure; Transformation; Performance Evaluation; Computer Industry; France; Germany; United Kingdom