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- March 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Teaching Note
BP Amoco (A) & (B)TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-201-054) and (9-201-067). View Details
- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
CDC Capital Partners
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
In 2001, CDC Capital Partners is facing the greatest challenge in its 53-year history. Founded as part of the U.K. government's post-war colonial reconstruction, it had operated as a developmental finance institution, largely issuing debt to the world's poorest... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Cost vs Benefits; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "CDC Capital Partners." Harvard Business School Case 801-333, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- 1990
- Chapter
The British Government and Foreign Multinationals before 1970
By: G. Jones
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; United Kingdom
Jones, G. "The British Government and Foreign Multinationals before 1970." In Governments, Industries and Markets: Aspects of Government-Industry Relations in Great Britain, Japan, West Germany and the United States of America since 1945, edited by M. Chick. Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1990.
- October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Asda (A1)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 498-006, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- May 1992 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Richardson Sheffield
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
The case traces Bryan Upton’s 20-plus years as managing director of a Sheffield-based cutlery company and describes the strategic and organizational actions he took to raise sales and earnings at more than 25% annually, even as the local industry was in steep... View Details
Keywords: Human Resource Management; Human Resource Practices; General Management; Human Resources; Management; Leadership; Strategy; United Kingdom
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Richardson Sheffield." Harvard Business School Case 392-089, May 1992. (Revised September 2019.)
- December 2011 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Aviva Investors
By: George Serafeim
The Aviva Investors case describes the challenge of integrating sustainability considerations into the strategy and business practices of companies and into the decision making process of the investment community. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at... View Details
Keywords: Investing; Investment Management; Shareholder Activism; Disclosure; Stock Exchanges; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Sustainability Reporting; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Social Impact; Activism; Investment; Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; United Kingdom
Serafeim, George, Robert G. Eccles, and Kyle Armbrester. "Aviva Investors." Harvard Business School Case 112-047, December 2011. (Revised May 2015.)
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which social networks operate as tools of political influence through affective mechanisms. In Search of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 1993
- Book
British Multinational Banking 1830-1990
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides the first modern history of British multinational banking. It analyses their emergence, growth and performance from their origins in the 1830s until the present day. It is based on a wide range of confidential banking records, which are placed in the... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Information Management; Performance; Great Britain; United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey. British Multinational Banking 1830-1990. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
- January 2025
- Case
Negotiating with Data: Analytics FC (A)
By: Jillian Jordan and Livia Alfonsi
Analytics FC was a UK-based sports consultancy that focused on international football (soccer), leveraging cutting-edge data-analytic techniques to support clubs, federations, and players. In 2022, Alex Greenwood, an elite female defender, approached the company for... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Negotiation Preparation; Gender; Analytics and Data Science; Sports; Reputation; Value Creation; Consulting Industry; Sports Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
Jordan, Jillian, and Livia Alfonsi. "Negotiating with Data: Analytics FC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 925-014, January 2025.
- 20 Jun 2011
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Health Care Delivery Welcome and Introduction
This presentation draws on Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results (with Elizabeth O. Teisberg), Harvard Business School Press, May 2006; ―A Strategy for Health Care Reform—Toward a Value-Based System, New England Journal of Medicine, June... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Health Care Delivery Welcome and Introduction." Value Based UK Health Care Conference, London, England, June 20, 2011.
- December 2012
- Article
Inducement Prizes and Innovation
By: Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner and Tom Nicholas
We examine the effect of prizes on innovation using data on awards for technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Growth and Development; England
Brunt, Liam, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas. "Inducement Prizes and Innovation." Journal of Industrial Economics 60, no. 4 (December 2012): 657–696.
- November 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Richmond Events
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kristin Lieb
The managers of British business forum planner, Richmond Events, are struggling to expand their conference offerings into new territories. At the same time, they are trying to decide how product managers, who are critical to event success, should be hired, trained,... View Details
Keywords: Conferences; Innovation and Management; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Conflict Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Service Industry; United Kingdom; Asia
Edmondson, Amy C., and Kristin Lieb. "Richmond Events." Harvard Business School Case 604-055, November 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- August 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Royal Bank of Scotland, The: Masters of Integration
By: Nitin Nohria and James Weber
Describes the acquisition of Nat West by Royal Bank of Scotland. Describes the strategic rationale for the acquisition and the process by which the integration of the two banks was accomplished. The acquisition is remarkable for how successful it was, given the typical... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Banks and Banking; Success; Banking Industry; Scotland
Nohria, Nitin, and James Weber. "Royal Bank of Scotland, The: Masters of Integration." Harvard Business School Case 404-026, August 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- June 1995 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (E): General Information and Confidential Instructions for Pat Cooper, Lead Negotiator for NUPE
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (E): General Information and Confidential Instructions for Pat Cooper, Lead Negotiator for NUPE." Harvard Business School Case 895-044, June 1995. (Revised August 1998.)
- June 1995 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (D): General Information and Confidential Instructions for Sam Johnson, Lead Negotiator for SWAB
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (D): General Information and Confidential Instructions for Sam Johnson, Lead Negotiator for SWAB." Harvard Business School Case 895-043, June 1995. (Revised August 1998.)
- June 1995 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (C): General Information and Confidential Instructions for Chris Smith, Lead Negotiator for NALGO
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (C): General Information and Confidential Instructions for Chris Smith, Lead Negotiator for NALGO." Harvard Business School Case 895-042, June 1995. (Revised August 1998.)
- June 1995 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (B): General Information and Confidential Instructions for M. Harrington, Lead Negotiator for Welsh Water
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (B): General Information and Confidential Instructions for M. Harrington, Lead Negotiator for Welsh Water." Harvard Business School Case 895-041, June 1995. (Revised August 1998.)