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- January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
- Supplement
Caterpillar, Inc. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
Analyst must identify role of management and actuarial judgment in measuring corporate post employment benefit obligations and assets. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Caterpillar, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-032, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://hbr.org/product/AmazonFresh--Rekindling-t/an/615013-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-026 Asia Optical: The Myanmar Decision No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Asia-Optical--The-Myanmar/an/714026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
revisit the idea of investing in cleantech." Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811009-PDF-ENG Leadership in Corporate Reporting Policy at Tata Steel Karthik Ramanna and Rachna... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 1999
- Case
PDVSA & Citgo (A): Seeking Stability in an Uncertain World
By: Ashish Nanda
In order to secure demand for its heavy oil, PDVSA buys 50% of the U.S. refining and retail company Citgo. In 1990, it buys the remaining 50% ownership of Citgo. The case describes the challenges faced by PDVSA and Citgo managements as they try to make their... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business Subsidiaries; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Mining Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Leopoldo E. Lopez Mendoza. "PDVSA & Citgo (A): Seeking Stability in an Uncertain World." Harvard Business School Case 899-220, February 1999.
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
have to be, say, United Airlines to take advantage of these tools. Managers can now purchase off-the-shelf products that can mine Twitter or Yelp and develop a detailed analysis of how sentiment is changing... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
Provides a brief background on the history and structure of the steel industry in the United States. Focuses in some depth on the technological changes that have been difficult for the leading View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 1995
- Case
Phelps Dodge Corporation
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
A prolonged decline in copper prices prompts Phelps Dodge, one of the world's largest independent copper companies, to consider corporate diversification as a means of protecting itself from copper price volatility. View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Price; Volatility; Risk Management; Mining Industry; Arizona; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Phelps Dodge Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-132, April 1995.
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
Working PapersCollaborative Architectures for Innovation Authors:Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti Abstract Collaborative innovation has become a hot topic in innovation today. Scholars, consultants, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410042-PDF-ENG Steel Street Harvard Business School Case 210-010 The case involves repositioning an old 6-story warehouse in Pittsburgh and many of the issues of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 1979
- Case
Coal Strike of 1977-78 (B)
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Coal Strike of 1977-78 (B)." Harvard Business School Case 679-132, July 1979.
- July 1979 (Revised December 1981)
- Case
Coal Strike of 1977-78 (A)
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Coal Strike of 1977-78 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 679-131, July 1979. (Revised December 1981.)
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
industry moved from steel tubes to carbon fiber ones, the cluster took hold in Taiwan because that's where the expertise is in fabricating and molding carbon fiber. "If the prices go up there, it's not like... View Details
- 1978
- Chapter
Alternatives for Mineral Tax Reform
By: Malcolm Gillis, Louis T. Wells, Glenn Jenkins and Brian Wright
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:Journal of East Asian Studies (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 1993
- Teaching Note
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. TN
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Teaching Note for (9-293-051). View Details
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes That Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail and that he died there soon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer DataUse It
on," says Harvard Business School marketing professor Gerald Zaltman. A more strategic approach to data mining can provide the foundation for that decision-making architecture. Below, advice on how to use information about the... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
private donors, gain the cooperation of governments, and catalyze private markets to achieve its goals. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509007 Columbus Tubing: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
States on view, where are the most flagrant polluters? Well, the United States has a lot of red dots. Toffel mentions that power plants and metal mines are the 2 industries with the greatest amount of toxic... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
reactions, often unknown even to them, are "unlocked" through concepts based on neuroscience and psychology. That is one conclusion that can be drawn from Professor Gerald Zaltman's thought-provoking new book, How Customers... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett