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      • August 2000 (Revised December 2003)
      • Case

      Dell's Working Capital

      By: Richard S. Ruback and Aldo Sesia
      Dell Computer Corp. manufactures, sells, and services personal computers. The company markets its computers directly to its customers and builds computers after receiving a customer order. This build-to-order model enables Dell to have much smaller investment in... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Working Capital; Manufacturing Industry; Computer Industry
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      Ruback, Richard S., and Aldo Sesia. "Dell's Working Capital." Harvard Business School Case 201-029, August 2000. (Revised December 2003.)
      • 2000
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Career Concerns and Staged Investment: Evidence from the Venture Capital Industry

      By: Malcolm Baker
      I develop a model in which career concerns lead to inefficient reinvestment decisions. Managers have incentives to inflate interim returns by continuing bad projects and delaying write-offs. In the venture capital industry, the syndication of follow-on investments can... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Valuation; Venture Capital; Investment; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Quality
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      Baker, Malcolm. "Career Concerns and Staged Investment: Evidence from the Venture Capital Industry." 2000. (First draft in 2000.)
      • 2000
      • Chapter

      Inside the Black Box: What Makes a Bank Efficient

      By: F. Frei, P. Harker and L. Hunter
      Keywords: Banks and Banking; Performance Efficiency; Banking Industry
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      Frei, F., P. Harker, and L. Hunter. "Inside the Black Box: What Makes a Bank Efficient." In Financial Institutions: Efficiency, Innovation, Regulation, edited by P. Harker and S. Zenios. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
      • April 2000
      • Background Note

      Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman
      Introduces students to the basics of principal-agency theory as it applies to supply chains. Operational problems in supply chains can often be traced to incentive issues. Students and managers lack frameworks to analyze incentive problems in supply chains. This note... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Motivation and Incentives; Framework; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Agency Theory
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-110, April 2000.
      • March 2000 (Revised July 2000)
      • Case

      Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A) (Abridged)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
      Jeanne Lewis, after six years with Staples, Inc., is promoted to senior vice president of marketing. She is to work for fifteen months alongside her predecessor, a legacy in the organization, "learning the ropes" before he moves on. This case is set nine months after... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States
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      Hill, Linda A., and Jennifer Suesse. "Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 400-065, March 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
      • October 1999 (Revised January 2000)
      • Case

      W. R. Hambrecht & Co: OpenIPO

      By: Andre F. Perold and Gunjan D. Bhow
      OpenIPO is a new mechanism for pricing and distributing initial public offerings. The system, which is based on a Dutch auction, represents an attempt by the investment bank W.R. Hambrecht + Co. to change the manner in which IPOs are underwritten. The case provides a... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Banking; Debt Securities; Stocks; Initial Public Offering; Price; Information; Auctions; Agreements and Arrangements; Distribution; Internet; Netherlands
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      Perold, Andre F., and Gunjan D. Bhow. "W. R. Hambrecht & Co: OpenIPO." Harvard Business School Case 200-019, October 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
      • August 1999
      • Article

      Measuring the Efficiency of Service Delivery Processes: With Application to Retail Banking

      By: F. Frei and P. Harker
      Keywords: Business Processes; Measurement and Metrics; Banking Industry
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      Frei, F., and P. Harker. "Measuring the Efficiency of Service Delivery Processes: With Application to Retail Banking." Journal of Service Research 1, no. 4 (August 1999): 300–312.
      • June 1999
      • Article

      Projections onto Efficient Frontiers: Theoretical and Computational Extensions to DEA

      By: F. Frei and P. Harker
      Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Forecasting and Prediction; Theory
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      Frei, F., and P. Harker. "Projections onto Efficient Frontiers: Theoretical and Computational Extensions to DEA." Journal of Productivity Analysis 11, no. 3 (June 1999): 275–300.
      • May 1999
      • Teaching Note

      efficient market services: August 1993 Series TN

      By: Paul A. Gompers
      Teaching Note for (9-298-009), (9-298-010), and (9-298-011). View Details
      Keywords: Service Industry
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      Gompers, Paul A. "efficient market services: August 1993 Series TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 299-061, May 1999.
      • March 1999 (Revised March 2000)
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      Cross Country Group, The: A Piece of the Rock (A)

      By: Robert L. Simons and Indra Reinbergs
      A new MBA graduate joins a privately held family business and sets ambitious growth goals for the next five years. To enhance motivation, he proposes a new incentive plan that will grant him a share of the wealth he creates. However, the family owners have a more... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development; Planning; Accounting Industry; Employment Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Indra Reinbergs. "Cross Country Group, The: A Piece of the Rock (A)." Harvard Business School Case 199-044, March 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
      • November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
      • Case

      Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
      Jeanne Lewis, after six years with Staples, Inc., is promoted to senior vice president of marketing. She is to work for fifteen months alongside her predecessor, a legacy in the organization, "learning the ropes" before he moves on. This case is set nine months after... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States
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      Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 499-041, November 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
      • October 1998 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      Commercial Financial Services, Inc.: Securitization of Charged-off Credit Card Receivables

      By: Kenneth A. Froot and Ivan G. Farman
      Commercial Financial Services (CFS) is a company that buys charged-off credit card receivables, securitizes them, and then attempts to collect on the receivables. The case deals with how the firm makes money and the limits of securitization as an efficient financing... View Details
      Keywords: Financing; Asset-back Finance; Financial Policy; Securitization; Credit; Financial Strategy; Business Strategy; Policy; Financial Services Industry
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      Froot, Kenneth A., and Ivan G. Farman. "Commercial Financial Services, Inc.: Securitization of Charged-off Credit Card Receivables." Harvard Business School Case 299-023, October 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
      • 1998
      • Working Paper

      The Efficient Pyramid: John H. Patterson and the Sales and Competition Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884-1922

      By: Walter Friedman
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      Friedman, Walter. "The Efficient Pyramid: John H. Patterson and the Sales and Competition Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884-1922." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-015, August 1998.
      • February 1998 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      efficient market services: August 1993 (B-2), Comdisco Ventures

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Service Industry
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey A. Farrell. "efficient market services: August 1993 (B-2), Comdisco Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 298-011, February 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
      • February 1998
      • Article

      'A Matter of Trust': Effects of Communication on the Efficiency and Distribution of Outcomes

      By: K. L. McGinn, J. Moag and M. H. Bazerman
      Keywords: Trust; Communication; Outcome or Result; Distribution
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      McGinn, K. L., J. Moag, and M. H. Bazerman. "'A Matter of Trust': Effects of Communication on the Efficiency and Distribution of Outcomes." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 34, no. 2 (February 1998): 211–238.
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC), a 50-year-old spring manufacturing and metal stamping firm, is experiencing slow sales growth and feeling the impact of global competition. The company has over 800 customers but little understanding of those customers'... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Competency and Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Customer Relationship Management; Quality; Training; Performance Efficiency; Cost Management; Sales; System
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-038, January 1998.
      • December 1997
      • Case

      Wriston Manufacturing Corporation

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Wriston Manufacturing is a broad-line maker of components for the automotive industry. It has developed a network of nine plants as its product line has grown. Newer, higher-volume products tend to be made in newer, focused, high-volume plants, while older product... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Production; Performance Efficiency; Auto Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Wriston Manufacturing Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 698-049, December 1997.
      • September 1997 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      efficient market services: August 1993 (A)

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell
      Penny Baron, vice president of efficient market services, must decide how to finance rapid expansion for a young market research company. Venture leasing is a possibility and terms are explored. View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth Management; Research; Marketing; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Management Teams; Leasing; Service Industry; United States
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey A. Farrell. "efficient market services: August 1993 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-009, September 1997. (Revised October 2001.)
      • September 1997 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      efficient market services: August 1993 (B-1), ems Management

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Service Industry
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey A. Farrell. "efficient market services: August 1993 (B-1), ems Management." Harvard Business School Case 298-010, September 1997. (Revised October 2001.)
      • July 1997 (Revised August 1997)
      • Case

      numeric investors l.p.

      By: Andre F. Perold and Brian J. Tierney
      Numeric Investors manages equity portfolios with the use of a momentum model and a value model. The momentum model is based on earnings surprise and analysts' revisions of their earnings estimates. The firm offers long-short as well as long-only strategies, and its... View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Cost; Equity; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Management; Product Development; Performance Efficiency; Business Strategy
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      Perold, Andre F., and Brian J. Tierney. "numeric investors l.p." Harvard Business School Case 298-012, July 1997. (Revised August 1997.)
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