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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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    Savannah Maziya

    Keywords: Infrastructure, Mining
    • Web

    ProQuest TDM Studio | Baker Library

    repositories or journal archives. Text and data mining environment includes programming libraries and scripts Leverages Harvard licensed ProQuest content (200+ sources) and researcher-provided content Research collaborators can share... View Details
    • Web

    Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Oil and Gas and Mining Sectors’ Companies and Communities On Investors’ Role: “Directing capital to companies that can use it productively is ultimately the most profound benefit investors can have on society.” -Michael E. Porter View Details

      John D. Ryan

      Ryan’s negotiation skills helped put an end to bitter competition among Montana copper moguls in the early 1900s. When he assumed control of Anaconda, he capitalized on the increasing importance of copper in electricity production, growing Anaconda into the largest... View Details
      Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

        Joseph P. Routh

        When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight financial controls, Routh created a... View Details
        Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

          Stephen Birch

          Under Birch’s direction, Kennecott Copper experienced impressive growth. In 1915, the firm had 450 employees and $11 million in sales. By the time of Birch’s death in 1940, Kennecott Copper had nearly 29,000 employees and sales in excess of $177 million. Kennecott... View Details
          Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

            Fred M. Nelson

            Nelson presided over Texas Gulf Sulphur’s most dramatic period of expansion and profitability. He initiated international expansion and began to diversify the company’s operations. Under his leadership, Texas Gulf became the largest producer of sulphur in the United... View Details
            Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

              Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr.

              McCormick was responsible for International Harvester’s successful consolidation. During his tenure, the firm developed more efficient types of machines, research departments were greatly expanded with “model farms” set up throughout the country, and employee benefit... View Details
              Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

                Hans W. Becherer

                Becherer rebuilt Deere & Company, following the financial farm crisis of the 1980s, into a diverse, global competitor. In 1998, revenues from outside the United States accounted for approximately 25% of Deere & Company sales. Becherer so successfully... View Details
                Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
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                Ben Seipel

                industry you can think of, everything from finance and consulting to mining in Africa or pursuing a social enterprise." The combination of personal and professional insight has been exceptionally useful. "I came to HBS with the... View Details
                Keywords: Tech
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                Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

                1920s to the early 1940s—from hardhats operating rail trucks in the depths of the International Salt Company mines to uniformed women of the California Fruit Growers Exchange packing produce in cavernous factory spaces. Detroit, Michigan... View Details
                • 01 Dec 2014
                • News

                Making Big Data Fashionable

                get designs to consumers in as little as four weeks—and at an affordable price. In 2012, Moon—who has a background in fashion design, investment banking, corporate strategy, and social commerce startups—launched Trendalytics, a visual analytics platform that View Details
                Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services