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- January 2013 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (A)
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2011, Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley sat down with the chairman of Telecom New Zealand, Wayne Boyd. Telecom, a publicly listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom... View Details
- February 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
OpenIDEO
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Anne-Laure Fayard, Natalia Levina and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa
The case describes OpenIDEO, an online offshoot of IDEO, one of the world's leading product design firms. OpenIDEO leverages IDEO's innovative design process and an online community to create solutions for social issues. Emphasis is placed on comparing the IDEO and... View Details
- September 2008
- Case
Samoa Tala
By: Joshua D. Coval, Bhagwan Chowdhry and Konark Saxena
This case examines currency risks faced by Microfinance Institutions, and evaluates strategies to hedge them in countries with pegged currency regimes and no derivatives markets. An MFI based in Western Samoa borrows in different currencies like the US dollar and the... View Details
- April 2006
- Case
Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses
By: Boris Groysberg and Ingrid Vargas
Describes and contrasts the roles and challenges of three high-performing finance heads at Novartis Consumer Health businesses in Australia, Japan, and Venezuela. All three faced tremendous pressures in terms of managing time and limited resources, but the particular... View Details
- July 2005 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Icebreaker: The US Entry Decision
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Dan Heath
Jeremy Moon, CEO of Icebreaker, merino wool, outdoor apparel manufacturer, believed the company could be a big hit in the United States, despite the presence of entrenched rivals. But Icebreaker clearly needed a new distribution approach. One option was to position... View Details
- December 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Fonterra: Taking on the Dairy World
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jose M. M. Porraz
Fonterra was a cooperatively owned dairy company--New Zealand's largest company and the world's largest exporter of dairy products. To maintain its leadership, Fonterra had to respond to increased competition, new consumer tastes, consolidation of its customers, and... View Details
- 3 Aug 2001
- Other Presentation
New Zealand Competitiveness: The Next Agenda
Competitiveness presentation at the "Catching the Knowledge Wave Conference," Auckland, New Zealand. View Details
- July 2000 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Dawn Riley at America True (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Dawn Riley is the CEO/Captain of America True, the first coed syndicate to race for the America's Cup. Over three years, based on her vision for America True, she built the syndicate from scratch, bringing on investors and sponsors, designing and building a boat, and... View Details
- July 2000
- Case
Dawn Riley at America True (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- July 2000
- Case
Dawn Riley at America True (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Dawn Riley and America True are based in Auckland, New Zealand, where racing will begin in six weeks. The senior management team will be meeting in August 1999 to decide whether or not to make changes to Tag, the practice boat that they are using as a testing platform.... View Details
- July 2000
- Case
Dawn Riley at America True (C1)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
This version of the (C) case can be taught independently of the (A) and (B) cases. Dawn Riley, CEO/Captain of America True, the first coed syndicate to race for the America's Cup, is based in Auckland, New Zealand, where racing will begin in six weeks. Riley has built... View Details
- July 2000
- Case
Dawn Riley at America True (D)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (C) and (C1) cases. View Details
- July 2000
- Case
Dawn Riley at America True (E)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (C) and (C1) cases. View Details
- February 2000 (Revised August 2003)
- Teaching Note
Brierley Investments Limited TN
By: Paul M. Healy
Teaching Note for (9-100-014). View Details
- December 1999
- Case
Brierley Investments Limited
By: Paul M. Healy
Brierley's is an investment company that has performed poorly in the New Zealand market. Management has prepared a report of the intrinsic value of the company's investments. View Details
- September 1999
- Case
New Zealand: The Wonder Down Under
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Kevin W. W. Glasgow
Long regarded as the most extensive welfare state among the world's industrialized nations, New Zealand embarked on a strategy of radical economic reform/liberalization following a severe foreign exchange crisis in 1984. This case examines the initial reform strategy... View Details
- June 1998 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Clear Communications Ltd. vs. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (A)
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Martin Calles
Features the challenges facing an entrant in the New Zealand telecommunications market during the period 1989-1994. Clear Communications Ltd. (CCL), a joint venture owned by Bell Canada, MCI, New Zealand Television Corp., and Todd Companies, begins offering long... View Details
- April 1998 (Revised July 1998)
- Supplement
Clear Communications Ltd. vs. Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd. (B)
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Martin Calles
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- June 1997
- Teaching Note
Team New Zealand (A), (B), and (C) TN
By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
Teaching Note for (9-697-040), (9-697-041), and (9-697-042). View Details