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      • September 1988 (Revised September 1993)
      • Case

      Mrs. Fields Cookies

      By: James I. Cash Jr.
      Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Information Management; Organizational Structure; Customer Relationship Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Networks; Internet and the Web; Food and Beverage Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      Cash, James I., Jr. "Mrs. Fields Cookies." Harvard Business School Case 189-056, September 1988. (Revised September 1993.)
      • September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
      • Case

      American Rice: A Farmers Cooperative Goes Public

      By: Ray A. Goldberg
      Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Restructuring; Competitive Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A. "American Rice: A Farmers Cooperative Goes Public." Harvard Business School Case 589-044, September 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
      • September 1988
      • Case

      Skil Corp.

      By: Michael E. Porter
      The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately $1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the U.S. market, of which five were U.S. companies. Skil was the third largest U.S. competitor. Skil was acquired by... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Emerging Markets; United States
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      Porter, Michael E. "Skil Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-005, September 1988.
      • September 1988 (Revised July 2000)
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      Alex Dean

      By: Shoshana Zuboff, Dave DeLong and Kathleen Scharf
      Traces the evolution of Alex Dean's internal and external careers, exploring his psychological and emotional development, as well as seemingly dramatic shifts in career direction from research scientist to venture capitalist. Designed to encourage students to reflect... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Emotions; Research and Development; Venture Capital
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      Zuboff, Shoshana, Dave DeLong, and Kathleen Scharf. "Alex Dean." Harvard Business School Case 489-039, September 1988. (Revised July 2000.)
      • August 1988 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic
      Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Production; Competition; Auto Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Japan; United Kingdom
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jon Skofic. "Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-013, August 1988. (Revised February 1992.)
      • August 1988 (Revised August 1989)
      • Case

      Poletown Dilemma, The

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      Senior management of General Motors must select a site for a new assembly plant to replace two plants located in Detroit. The economics strongly favor a site in an adjacent state. However, a relocation would have substantial, negative impact on the existing work force,... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Offices; Management Teams; Restructuring; Economics; Auto Industry; Michigan
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Poletown Dilemma, The." Harvard Business School Case 389-017, August 1988. (Revised August 1989.)
      • July 1988 (Revised October 1992)
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      CFS Site Selection at Shell Canada Ltd.

      By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Geographic Location; Canada
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      Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "CFS Site Selection at Shell Canada Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 189-026, July 1988. (Revised October 1992.)
      • summer 1988
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      Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Finance
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      Sahlman, William A. "Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 1, no. 2 (summer 1988): 23–36.
      • June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
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      An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      An Tai Bao is the world's largest open-pit coal mine and is located in China's Shanxi province. After eight years of planning and negotiating, Occidental Petroleum, the foreign partner in the deal, is about to sign an ownership and financing agreement for $475 million... View Details
      Keywords: Planning; Agreements and Arrangements; Non-Renewable Energy; Equity; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation Deal; Joint Ventures; Mining Industry; China
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project." Harvard Business School Case 288-041, June 1988. (Revised December 1991.)
      • 1988
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      Joint Ventures and Collaboration in the Biotechnology Industry

      By: Gary P. Pisano, W. Shan and David Teece
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cooperation; Biotechnology Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P., W. Shan, and David Teece. "Joint Ventures and Collaboration in the Biotechnology Industry." In International Collaborative Ventures in U.S. Manufacturing, edited by David Mowery. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988.
      • 1988
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      Joint Ventures and Collaborative Arrangements in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry

      By: Gary P. Pisano, Michael Russo and David Teece
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cooperation; Communication Technology; Telecommunications Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P., Michael Russo, and David Teece. "Joint Ventures and Collaborative Arrangements in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry." In International Collaborative Ventures in U.S. Manufacturing, edited by David Mowery. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988.
      • May 1988
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      Management Dilemmas in Securities Firms

      By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Dwight B. Crane
      Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Management; Business Ventures; Financial Instruments; Financial Services Industry
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      Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Dwight B. Crane. "Management Dilemmas in Securities Firms." Issue 726 International Financing Review (May 1988): 13–14.
      • April 1988
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      Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Update 1988

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; Europe
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Update 1988." Harvard Business School Case 388-142, April 1988.
      • March 1988
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      Tobin's q and the Importance of Focus in Firm Performance

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Birger Wernerfelt
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Performance
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Birger Wernerfelt. "Tobin's q and the Importance of Focus in Firm Performance." American Economic Review 78, no. 1 (March 1988).
      • 1988
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      An Overview of Takeover Defenses

      By: R. S. Ruback
      Keywords: Acquisition
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      Ruback, R. S. "An Overview of Takeover Defenses." In Mergers and Acquisitions, edited by A. J. Auerback. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.
      • 1988
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      Creative Human Resources in the R&D Laboratory: How Environment and Personality Impact Innovation

      By: T. M. Amabile and S. S. Gryskiewicz
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Creativity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Personal Characteristics
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      Amabile, T. M., and S. S. Gryskiewicz. "Creative Human Resources in the R&D Laboratory: How Environment and Personality Impact Innovation." In Handbook for Creative and Innovative Managers, edited by R. L. Kuhn. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
      • January 1988 (Revised May 1988)
      • Case

      General Motors' Asian Alliances

      By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
      Describes all of General Motors' major alliances with Asian firms. These include Toyota, Fanuc, Isuzu, Daewoo, Suzuki, Nissan, and Hitachi. Students can discuss the rationale of each alliance, their risks, their management problems, and their likely evolution. Also... View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cost Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Risk and Uncertainty; Adoption; Corporate Strategy
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      Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "General Motors' Asian Alliances." Harvard Business School Case 388-094, January 1988. (Revised May 1988.)
      • January 1988 (Revised May 1992)
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      Howard Head and Prince Manufacturing, Inc.

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Deals with the issue of an entrepreneur in a very successful company deciding whether to stay through a period of great growth or to sell. What are the entrepreneur's responsibilities to the organization, to his employees, to the public? As subtopics, the issues of... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Patents; Law; Markets; Production; Sales
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Howard Head and Prince Manufacturing, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 388-079, January 1988. (Revised May 1992.)
      • 1988
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      Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations

      By: W. Carl Kester
      Keywords: Capital Structure; Ownership; Organizational Structure; Business Ventures; United States; Japan
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations." Chap. 9 in International Competitiveness, edited by A. Michael Spence and Heather A Hazard, 263–287. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988.
      • December 1987
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      Zhonghua minguo shiqide hezi he jishu zhuanrang [Joint ventures and technological development under the Republic of China]

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Information Technology; Research and Development; China
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      Kirby, William C. "Zhonghua minguo shiqide hezi he jishu zhuanrang [Joint ventures and technological development under the Republic of China]." Zhongwai shehui kexue [Sino-Foreign Social Science] (December 1987).
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