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      • March 1996 (Revised July 1996)
      • Case

      Service Corporation International

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
      The CFO of a high-growth company in the low-growth and fragmented funeral services industry must decide how to optimize capital structure and earnings growth while maximizing the company's market value. View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Value Creation; Business Growth and Maturation; Consolidation; Industry Growth; Capital Structure; Expansion; Service Industry; United States; North and Central America
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Craig F Schreiber. "Service Corporation International." Harvard Business School Case 296-080, March 1996. (Revised July 1996.)
      • January 1996 (Revised September 1997)
      • Case

      Scott Paper Company

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
      A professional turnaround manager attempts to implement a massive global downsizing program at the world's largest producer of consumer tissue products. The plan involves laying off almost one third of the company's 34,000 hourly and salaried employees and dramatically... View Details
      Keywords: Assets; Global Strategy; Resignation and Termination; Goals and Objectives; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Sales; Value Creation; Pulp and Paper Industry
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "Scott Paper Company." Harvard Business School Case 296-048, January 1996. (Revised September 1997.)
      • October 1995
      • Teaching Note

      Procter & Gamble: Improving Consumer Value Through Process Design TN

      By: F. Warren McFarlan
      Teaching Note for (9-195-126). View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Distribution Channels; Information Technology; Value Creation; Logistics; Management Practices and Processes; Consumer Products Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren. "Procter & Gamble: Improving Consumer Value Through Process Design TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 396-083, October 1995.
      • October 1994
      • Case

      Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank

      By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
      In October 1992, Eugene Shanks, president of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and Brian Walsh, head of the Global Investment Bank (GIB) business unit, are considering a proposal for a large and complex financing involving the North Sea Oil Co. (NSOC). The financing... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Risk Management; Value Creation; Business History; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Energy Industry
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      Perold, Andre F., and Kuljot Singh. "Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank." Harvard Business School Case 295-010, October 1994.
      • September 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Consumer Bank pondered the possibilities of launching a credit card in the Asia Pacific region. The bank's New York headquarters, and several of its country managers in the region, were not enthusiastic. But others were supportive because of the opportunity to expand... View Details
      Keywords: Product Launch; Service Operations; Value Creation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Trade; Business Strategy; Expansion; Laws and Statutes; Banking Industry; Asia; New York (city, NY)
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A)." Harvard Business School Case 595-026, September 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • June 1993 (Revised November 2007)
      • Case

      Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      A private company is considering an introduction of a long-run incentive compensation system in which payoffs to managers are determined by the economic value added for shareholders by their individual business units. The proposed new system is compared to a number of... View Details
      Keywords: Executive Compensation; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Value Creation
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs." Harvard Business School Case 293-091, June 1993. (Revised November 2007.)
      • 21 May 1993
      • Lecture

      Shareholder Value Creation: Solely a U.S. Concept?

      By: W. Carl Kester
      Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Shareholder Value Creation: Solely a U.S. Concept?" Lecture at the Frederick B. Whittemore Conference on the International Capital Acquisition Process, Tuck School of Business Administration, Woodstock, VT, May 21, 1993. (Discussant.)
      • March 1993
      • Case

      Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. (Abridged)

      By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
      Details the evolution of a value-creating supplier-buyer partnership. Describes the buyer's (Liz Claiborne) manufacturing and marketing strategy, and details the workings of the firm's relationship with an important Taiwanese supplier of piece goods (Ruentex Industries... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Supply Chain Management; Alliances; Value Creation; Manufacturing Industry
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      Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 693-098, March 1993.
      • February 1992
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      Resources: The Essence of Corporate Advantage

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
      Introduces the idea that a firm's resources are at the heart of corporate advantage. Identifies six characteristics of a resource that together describe its potential for creating value for the firm. View Details
      Keywords: Resource Allocation; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Resources: The Essence of Corporate Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-064, February 1992.
      • October 1991 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Becton Dickinson & Company: VACUTAINER Systems Division (Condensed)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Frank V. Cespedes
      Becton Dickinson, a phenomenally successful company with an 80% market share in the blood collection needles and syringes market faces a change in the customer buying environment (cost containment pressures at hospitals). This forces a reevaluation of the company's... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Customer Satisfaction; Demand and Consumers; Market Participation; Distribution Channels; Success; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Health Industry
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Frank V. Cespedes. "Becton Dickinson & Company: VACUTAINER Systems Division (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 592-037, October 1991. (Revised August 2000.)
      • January 1989 (Revised December 1991)
      • Case

      British Airways: ""Go for It, America!"" Promotion (A)

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Senior marketing executives of a major international airline are deciding on a strategy to address a crisis situation precipitated by a series of terrorist acts. The company is experiencing the worst downturn ever in its U.S.-U.K. travel business due to media reports... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Crime and Corruption; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Time Management; Marketing Strategy; Perception; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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      Greyser, Stephen A. British Airways: ""Go for It, America!"" Promotion (A). Harvard Business School Case 589-089, January 1989. (Revised December 1991.)
      • 1987
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Creating Stakeholder Value: NCR Annual Report

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Value Creation; Ownership Stake
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      Kanter, R. M. "Creating Stakeholder Value: NCR Annual Report." January 1987. (Reprinted in The Corporate Social Challenge, edited by J.E. Stacey & F. Sturdivant Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1989.)
      • August 1983
      • Background Note

      Value Creation and General Management

      By: Malcolm S. Salter
      Keywords: Value Creation
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      Salter, Malcolm S. "Value Creation and General Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-080, August 1983.
      • March 1982 (Revised June 1986)
      • Background Note

      Note on Diversification as a Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter and Malcolm S. Salter
      Presents a discussion of corporate diversification. Covers historical background, the concept of strategy for a diversified company, and concepts of value creation. View Details
      Keywords: Diversification; Strategy; Value Creation
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      Porter, Michael E., and Malcolm S. Salter. "Note on Diversification as a Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 382-129, March 1982. (Revised June 1986.)
      • Article

      Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

      By: Ryan Raffaelli and Ryann Noe
      This study reveals how incumbent actors leverage physical place as source of differentiation in response to the threat of digital commoditization. Through a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of the U.S. independent bookselling industry from 1995 to 2019, we outline... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Place Making; Bookstores; Industry Evolution; Digital; Commoditization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Digital Transformation; E-commerce; Distribution Channels; Civil Society or Community; Value Creation; Retail Industry
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      Raffaelli, Ryan, and Ryann Noe. "Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores." Administrative Science Quarterly (in press). (Pre-published online May 3, 2025.)
      • Teaching Interest

      Overview

      By: Benjamin C. Esty
      I created and teach a course called Strategies for Value Creation (SVC). It is designed to be a capstone course in the Elective Curriculum (EC or second year of the MBA program) that integrates and further develops concepts developed in several Required Curriculum (RC... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Finance; Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Financial Management
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