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- 2020
- Working Paper
Digitization and the Demand for Physical Works: Evidence from the Google Books Project
By: Abhishek Nagaraj and Imke Reimers
The digital era promised to deliver a centralized repository of all pre-existing knowledge through mass digitization. However, concerns about cannibalizing demand for physical works have led publishers and authors to block the realization of this vision. We investigate... View Details
Nagaraj, Abhishek, and Imke Reimers. "Digitization and the Demand for Physical Works: Evidence from the Google Books Project." Working Paper, June 2020.
- July 1992 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A) and Project ICON (A), Abridged
Describes the reorganization of the Systems Development resource from Central MIS to the divisions. Whereas this had been planned for October 1990, unexpected senior management changes precipitated a request to reorganize 12 to 18 months ahead of schedule. Also... View Details
Stoddard, Donna B. "Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A) and Project ICON (A), Abridged." Harvard Business School Case 193-008, July 1992. (Revised June 1994.)
- 14 Jun 2014
- Conference Presentation
When Does Turnover Impact Project Outcomes: When You Do Not Know It's Coming?
By: Hise O. Gibson, B. Staats and Ananth Raman
- September 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Teaching Note
Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever's Project Shakti--Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer (TN)
- 2002
- Working Paper
Legal Risk as a Determinant of Syndicate Structure in the Project Finance Loan Market
By: Benjamin C. Esty and William L. Megginson
- 2007
- Chapter
The Complete Business of Serving the Poor: Insights from Unilever's Project Shakti in India
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Dalip Sehgal and Rohithari Rajan
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; India
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Dalip Sehgal, and Rohithari Rajan. "The Complete Business of Serving the Poor: Insights from Unilever's Project Shakti in India." Chap. 13 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton, 144–154. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- September 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Qalaa Holdings and the Egyptian Refining Company
By: Victoria Ivashina and Marc Homsy
This case follows Qalaa Holdings, a successful Egypt-based private equity firm, and gives insight into the types of investments it pursued, its growth over time, and the limited partner base it had at hand. It also allows students to consider and debate whether the... View Details
Keywords: Africa; Structuring And Financing Large Projects; Private Equity; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Financial Services Industry; Egypt; Africa
Ivashina, Victoria, and Marc Homsy. "Qalaa Holdings and the Egyptian Refining Company." Harvard Business School Case 217-011, September 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- June 1998 (Revised July 1998)
- Teaching Note
Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A,B,& C) TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for (9-596-099), (9-596-100), and (9-596-101). View Details
- May 2013 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
The Kashagan Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Florian Bitsch
When discovered in the 1990s, the Kashagan oil field was the second largest oil field in the world. The project sponsors (equity investors) signed a 40-year production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Kazakh government in 1997, with the expectation the field would... View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Oil & Gas; Project Finance; Kazakhstan; Asia; ENI; Risk Management; Economic Development; Project Management; Expropriation; Product Sharing Agreement; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Development Economics; Energy Sources; Capital Budgeting; International Finance; Valuation; Joint Ventures; Energy Industry; Asia; Kazakhstan; Italy
Esty, Benjamin C., and Florian Bitsch. "The Kashagan Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)." Harvard Business School Case 213-082, May 2013. (Revised September 2013.)
- January 2011
- Case
Clean Edge Razor: Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning
By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
After three years of development, Paramount Health and Beauty Company is preparing to launch a new technologically advanced vibrating razor called Clean Edge. The innovative new design of Clean Edge provides superior performance by stimulating the hair follicles to... View Details
Keywords: Project Management; Interdepartmental Relations; Organizational Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Conflict Management; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Relationships; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Quelch, John A., and Heather Beckham. "Clean Edge Razor: Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-249, January 2011.
- Aug 2016
- Conference Presentation
Deep Help: The Benefits and Perils of Intensive Collaborative Assistance in Creative Project Work
By: Teresa M. Amabile, Colin M. Fisher and Julianna Pillemer
- Spring 2016
- Article
The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Inflation Measurement and Research
By: Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon
New data-gathering techniques, often referred to as “Big Data” have the potential to improve statistics and empirical research in economics. In this paper we describe our work with online data at the Billion Prices Project at MIT and discuss key lessons for both... View Details
Keywords: Billion Prices Project; Online Scraped Data; Online Price Index; Economics; Research; Price; Analytics and Data Science
Cavallo, Alberto, and Roberto Rigobon. "The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Inflation Measurement and Research." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 2 (Spring 2016): 151–178.
- 1987
- Book
Changing Alliances: The Harvard Business School Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy
By: Davis Dyer, Malcolm S. Salter and Alan M. Weber
Dyer, Davis, Malcolm S. Salter, and Alan M. Weber. Changing Alliances: The Harvard Business School Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy . Harvard Business School Press, 1987.
- September 2014 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
The Road to Kolkata: NH-34 and PPP in India
By: Sid Yog and Ben Eppler
In 2014, Arjun Dhawan (MBA 2004), President of HCC Concessions, is working toward the completion of his largest road development project yet. The route, a 250-km stretch leading from the critical eastern Indian port of Kolkata into the interior of the province of West... View Details
Keywords: India; Real Estate; Roads; Transportation; Project Finance; Property; Infrastructure; Finance; Partners and Partnerships; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; India
Yog, Sid, and Ben Eppler. "The Road to Kolkata: NH-34 and PPP in India." Harvard Business School Case 215-007, September 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
- 1980
- Article
The Usefulness of Marketing Information in Decision Making: An Empirical Study of Market Research Projects
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "The Usefulness of Marketing Information in Decision Making: An Empirical Study of Market Research Projects." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Southern Marketing Association (1980): 482–485.
- 01 Aug 1979
- Conference Presentation
Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory
By: R. M. Kanter, B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff and Daniel J. Isenberg
Kanter, R. M., B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 01, 1979. (Published as "Building Participatory Democracy within a Conventional Corporation." In Workplace Democracy, edited by J. Rothschild-Whitt and F. Lindenfield, Boston: Porter Sargent, 1982.)
- October 2021
- Case
Negotiating Unplanned Developments: The Battle Over a Massive Redevelopment Project on Chicago’s North Side
By: Nour Kteily, Jennifer Whitson, Cynthia Wang and Denise Akason
Kteily, Nour, Jennifer Whitson, Cynthia Wang, and Denise Akason. "Negotiating Unplanned Developments: The Battle Over a Massive Redevelopment Project on Chicago’s North Side." Harvard Business School Case 922-001, October 2021.
- July 1995
- Teaching Note
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A) and Project ICON (A), (Abridged) TN
Teaching Note for (9-193-008). View Details
- September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Compilation
Time Distribution and Interaction Patterns for PEARL Project Team: Work Patterns at Ditto (D)
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Provides data to enable students to analyze how software engineers spend their time. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Perlow, Leslie A. "Time Distribution and Interaction Patterns for PEARL Project Team: Work Patterns at Ditto (D)." Harvard Business School Compilation 404-058, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- February 2015 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream
By: Rory McDonald and Suresh Kotha
This case traces the design and development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Emphasis is on executive leadership and firm strategy in coordinating across a global network of partners in the production of a new aircraft. View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Operations Strategy; Project Management; Coordination; Product Development; Operations; Production; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Aerospace Industry; United States
McDonald, Rory, and Suresh Kotha. "Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream." Harvard Business School Case 615-048, February 2015. (Revised May 2015.)