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      • January 2001 (Revised March 2002)
      • Case

      Ford Motor Company's Value Enhancement Plan

      By: Andre F. Perold
      In April 2000, Ford Motor Co. announced a shareholder Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) to significantly recapitalize the firm's ownership structure. Ford had accumulated $23 billion in cash reserves and under the VEP would return as much as $10 billion of this cash to... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Structure; Cash; Financial Liquidity; Policy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value; Auto Industry
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      Perold, Andre F. "Ford Motor Company's Value Enhancement Plan." Harvard Business School Case 201-079, January 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
      • November 2000 (Revised February 2002)
      • Case

      Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
      A recent MBA graduate heads international marketing for his family's Mexico-based rosin supply business, he must decide how to respond to the aggressive tactics of his much larger American competitor. Among other things, the U.S. competitor is spreading false rumors... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; Marketing Strategy; Business Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Trade; Chemical Industry; Mexico; United States; Europe
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Greg Rogers. "Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-070, November 2000. (Revised February 2002.)
      • November 2000 (Revised March 2001)
      • Case

      Iggy's Bread of the World

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Alexis Lefort
      In January 1994, Igor and Ludmilla Ivanovic opened the doors of their bakery, Iggy's Bread of the World. This case describes their unusual mission statement and the way in which they try to bring a social consciousness mentality to a for-profit business. Six years... View Details
      Keywords: Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Restructuring; Family Business; Power and Influence; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Massachusetts
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      McGinn, Kathleen L., and Alexis Lefort. "Iggy's Bread of the World." Harvard Business School Case 801-282, November 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
      • October 2000
      • Case

      Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business

      By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
      In January 1999, Francisco de Narvaez sold Tia, his family's retail business in Argentina. De Narvaez reflects on the decision to sell and the selling process. View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Decisions; Argentina
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      Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business." Harvard Business School Case 401-017, October 2000.
      • April 2000 (Revised July 2000)
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      Family Feud (B): Andersen versus Andersen

      By: Ashish Nanda
      Arbitration proceedings have been initiated between Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen. The case details developments during 1999 and 2000, as the arbitration nears a decision. View Details
      Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Scott D Landry. "Family Feud (B): Andersen versus Andersen." Harvard Business School Case 800-210, April 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
      • March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
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      U.S. Gas Transportation, Inc.

      By: John A. Davis, Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
      Presents a career dilemma for a husband/wife owner-manager team. Nanci and Len Mackenzie have received an offer for their highly successful entrepreneurial business, U.S. Gas Transportation, Inc. The Mackenzies are concerned about what the sale might do to their... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Family Ownership; Family Business; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Exit or Shutdown; Planning; Transportation Industry
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      Davis, John A., Myra M. Hart, and Sharon Peyus. "U.S. Gas Transportation, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 800-049, March 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
      • December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Prime Designs

      By: Paul W. Marshall
      A student takes the role of the father who is the CEO of a family business. A non-family manager has asked for a meeting. Agenda topics are: your son's latest proposal and managers' desire to own equity. View Details
      Keywords: Labor and Management Relations; Family Ownership; Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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      Marshall, Paul W. "Prime Designs." Harvard Business School Case 800-198, December 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
      • December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
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      Superior Printing

      By: Paul W. Marshall
      Students must take the role of a family member who is the CEO of a commercial printing business. Discusses how you will finance growth and still maintain dividends for other family members. View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Investment Return; Corporate Finance
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      Marshall, Paul W. "Superior Printing." Harvard Business School Case 800-197, December 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
      • November 1999 (Revised February 2002)
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      Family Feud (A): Andersen v. Andersen

      By: Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      Traces the history and development of consulting within Andersen and the history of the schism between Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting. Ends with the two units seeking external arbitration of their dispute. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Corporate Governance; Conflict and Resolution; Consulting Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Scot H. Landry. "Family Feud (A): Andersen v. Andersen." Harvard Business School Case 800-064, November 1999. (Revised February 2002.)
      • May 1999 (Revised August 1999)
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      Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?

      By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
      Jay DiGeronimo, president of a 16-store supermarket chain, is trying to decide the timing and method for expanding his chain. The family-owned company could continue in a maintenance mode, with each family member running one store. It could expand slowly using a new... View Details
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Investment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Private Ownership; Competition; Expansion; Retail Industry
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      Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?" Harvard Business School Case 599-054, May 1999. (Revised August 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.)
      • December 1998 (Revised March 1999)
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      Guangdong Nowada Group, The

      By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
      In late 1998, 38-year-old He Boquan, CEO of the Guangdong Nowada Group, a health beverage producer, needs to decide how to fund his company's growth and ambition to become China's number one domestic health beverage producer by 2002. A consultants study revealed that... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Capital; Foreign Direct Investment; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Management Skills; Negotiation Offer; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; China
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      Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Anthony St. George. "Guangdong Nowada Group, The." Harvard Business School Case 599-064, December 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
      • December 1998
      • Case

      Marchesi De'Frescobaldi: Integrating Tradition and Change in One of Italy's Oldest Industries

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Don Daniels
      Keywords: Change Management; Family Business
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Don Daniels. "Marchesi De'Frescobaldi: Integrating Tradition and Change in One of Italy's Oldest Industries." Harvard Business School Case 599-074, December 1998.
      • December 1998
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      Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France

      By: Tom Nicholas, Elisa Boccaletti and James Foreman-Peck
      A popular explanation for the supposed "delayed industrialisation" of the nineteenth century French economy has been the inappropriate attitudes and actions of the managerial classes and family firms. To address these claims we model the supply and demand for... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Performance; Economy; Management; Success; Opportunities; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Saving; Higher Education; Training; Demand and Consumers; France
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      Nicholas, Tom, Elisa Boccaletti, and James Foreman-Peck. "Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France." European Review of Economic History (December 1998).
      • November 1998
      • Case

      Holts (A), The

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Focuses on the decision of whether to sell a business or to continue it. Issues regarding the family's roles, the replacement of the business's earning power, and the owner's future roles are discussed. Among the issues raised are the values being transmitted. View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Financial Management; Business or Company Management; Value
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Holts (A), The ." Harvard Business School Case 899-109, November 1998.
      • June 1998
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      Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation

      By: Leslie Perlow
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Information Technology; Business Ventures
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      Perlow, Leslie. "Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, no. 2 (June 1998): 328–357.
      • November 1997
      • Case

      Royal Ahold NV: Shopkeeper to the Global Village

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
      Royal Ahold has become one of the top U.S. food retailers in the United States and Europe, with a family firm that began in the Netherlands and grew to a listing on the U.S. Stock Exchange. It wants to be a global player and is trying to develop a global strategy. View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Public Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Royal Ahold NV: Shopkeeper to the Global Village." Harvard Business School Case 598-055, November 1997.
      • 1997
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      Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices

      By: Leslie Perlow
      Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended... View Details
      Keywords: Time Management; Working Conditions; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity
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      Perlow, Leslie. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.
      • June 1997 (Revised February 2000)
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      Walker and Company: Profit Plan Decisions

      By: Robert L. Simons and Ramsey Walker
      Ramsey Walker, a second-year MBA student, must decide how to control a family business as an absentee owner. After providing background details on the publishing industry, the case requires the reader to: 1) make a product segmentation decision; 2) prepare a profit... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Family and Family Relationships; Market Design; Management Systems; Planning; Profit; Performance Evaluation; Segmentation; Corporate Strategy; Investment Return; Publishing Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Ramsey Walker. "Walker and Company: Profit Plan Decisions." Harvard Business School Case 197-084, June 1997. (Revised February 2000.)
      • May 1997
      • Supplement

      Francisco de Narvaez at Tia

      By: Linda A. Hill and Mara Willard
      Harvard Business School students question Francisco de Narvaez about his family store, Tia, from the late 1980s to the present, as he attempts to transform it from a family-owned business into a market-driven, professionally-run global company. View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Family Business; Transformation
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      Hill, Linda A., and Mara Willard. "Francisco de Narvaez at Tia." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 497-503, May 1997.
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