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      The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Requiring manufacturers to manage the their products when they become waste is an innovative form of regulation, one that has been adopted by countries in Asia, Europe, and North America on a variety of products that range from vehicles to appliances to batteries.... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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      Toffel, Michael W. "The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management." California Management Review 45, no. 3 (Spring 2003): 102–129.
      • February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
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      Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)

      By: Michael E. Porter, Willis M. Emmons III and Christian Fenner
      Le Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A. (CSEM)--the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology--was a major nonprofit research institution located in Neuchatel, Switzerland, with roots in the Swiss watch industry. CSEM maintained close links to... View Details
      Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Performance Productivity; Innovation and Invention; Nonprofit Organizations; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
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      Porter, Michael E., Willis M. Emmons III, and Christian Fenner. "Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)." Harvard Business School Case 703-438, February 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
      • February 2003 (Revised November 2006)
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      Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A)

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
      A young Italian MBA working for a Swiss multinational is sent to India to establish a subsidiary and implement the strategy he prepared at headquarters as a strategic planner. This case focuses on three core strategic decisions he must make as his plan is challenged by... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decisions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Employees; Management Teams; Strategic Planning; India; Switzerland
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., Michael Y. Yoshino, and Perry Fagan. "Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-086, February 2003. (Revised November 2006.)
      • February 2003 (Revised September 2009)
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      Nonverbal Communication in Negotiation

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Dana Nelson
      This case distills the practical implications of current research on nonverbal communication. The first section sketches different kinds of nonverbal behavior: facial expressions, eye movements, physical gestures, paraverbal cues, posture, and "personal space." The... View Details
      Keywords: Nonverbal Communication; Negotiation Participants; Situation or Environment; Behavior; Power and Influence
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Dana Nelson. "Nonverbal Communication in Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-081, February 2003. (Revised September 2009.)
      • February 2003 (Revised May 2008)
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      AFP Provida

      By: Michael E. Porter, Arturo L. Condo and Andrea Prado
      Describes the evolution of AFP Provida, one of the early entrants into the Chilean pension fund system established in 1981. By 1999, AFP Provida was not only the largest pension fund administrator in Chile, but also the largest in Latin America in terms of number of... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Industry Clusters; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Chile
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      Porter, Michael E., Arturo L. Condo, and Andrea Prado. "AFP Provida." Harvard Business School Case 703-424, February 2003. (Revised May 2008.)
      • February 2003
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      The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits

      By: Michael E. Porter and Anita M. McGahan
      In this paper, we examine the emergence and the sustainability of abnormal profits among businesses that were part of U.S. public corporations between 1981 and 1994 and that reported financial results for at least six years. Our results reveal strong asymmetries... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; United States
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      Porter, Michael E., and Anita M. McGahan. "The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits." Strategic Organization 1, no. 1 (February 2003): 79–108.
      • 2003
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      BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
      This article describes preliminary results and ongoing challenges faced by Designworks/USA, an industrial design subsidiary of BMW Group, in its sustainability management efforts since it implemented the world's first certified Sustainability Management System (SMS).... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Standards; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Auto Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 3 (2003).
      • 2003
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      Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging... View Details
      Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Energy Conservation; Product Development; Strategy; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 9 (2003).
      • 2003
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      Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
      This article describes how Designworks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social, and traditional business issues. After several months of deploying the SMS throughout its... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Standards; Operations; Auto Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 2 (2003).
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      Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities

      By: Michael Beer and Edwin Locke
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      Beer, Michael, and Edwin Locke. "Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities." Chap. 26 in The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior, edited by Edwin A. Locke. Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
      • August 2002
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      The Determinants of National Innovative Capacity

      By: Jeffrey L. Furman, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
      Motivated by differences in innovation intensity across advanced economies, this paper presents an empirical examination of the determinants of country-level production of international patents. We introduce a novel framework based on the concept of national innovative... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development
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      Furman, Jeffrey L., Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "The Determinants of National Innovative Capacity." Research Policy 31, no. 6 (August 2002): 899–933.
      • July 2002 (Revised December 2002)
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      Mercer Management Consulting (A)

      By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Echenberg
      Insurance giant Marsh & McLennan acquires management consulting firms Temple, Barker & Sloane (TBS) in 1987 and Strategic Planning Associates (SPA) in 1990 and sets out to merge the two. The merger proceeds slowly and painfully. Following the February 1990 merger,... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Horizontal Integration; Consulting Industry
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      DeLong, Thomas J., and Michael Echenberg. "Mercer Management Consulting (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-009, July 2002. (Revised December 2002.)
      • July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
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      Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
      Preston Resources, a small Australian gold mining company, bought the Bulong nickel mine for A$319 million in November 1998 and financed the acquisition by issuing a US$185 million (A$294 million) project bond. At the time, mining had been underway for several months,... View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Projects; Restructuring; Bonds; Borrowing and Debt; Business Startups; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Valuation; Mining Industry; Australia
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt." Harvard Business School Case 203-027, July 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
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      What Do We Know About Variance in Accounting Profitability?

      By: Anita M. McGahan and Michael E. Porter
      In this paper, we analyze the variance of accounting profitability among a broad cross-section of firms in the American economy from 1981 to 1994. The purpose of the analysis is to identify the importance of year, industry, corporate-parent, and business-specific... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; United States
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      McGahan, Anita M., and Michael E. Porter. "What Do We Know About Variance in Accounting Profitability?" Management Science 48, no. 7 (July 2002): 834–851.
      • June 2002
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      Complexity Theory and Negotiation

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
      This case highlights an application of current thoughts in complexity science to negotiation theory. It emphasizes a provocative approach that questions much of traditional negotiation research thus far. The case explains the roots of complexity science and some broad... View Details
      Keywords: Complexity; Negotiation Tactics; Outcome or Result; Interpersonal Communication
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Complexity Theory and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-230, June 2002.
      • February 2002
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      States vs. Microsoft, The

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
      Although the federal Justice Department managed to settle its massive antitrust litigation against Microsoft in 2001, the state suit against the company continued. State attorney generals, perhaps emboldened by their recent victory over the Big Five tobacco companies,... View Details
      Keywords: Service Operations; Public Ownership; Private Ownership; Negotiation Deal; Goals and Objectives; Lawsuits and Litigation; Decision Making; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "States vs. Microsoft, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-177, February 2002.
      • January 2002 (Revised March 2011)
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      Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy

      By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
      Finland, with a special language and culture, has developed as a country in between the west (the Nordic region and Europe) and the east (especially its neighbor Russia). In the 1980s, a process started of moving out of an investment-driven economy into an... View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Finland
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      Porter, Michael E., and Orjan Solvell. "Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy." Harvard Business School Case 702-427, January 2002. (Revised March 2011.)
      • January 2002 (Revised January 2004)
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      Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century

      By: David B. Yoffie and Yusi Wang
      Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. New challenges of the 21st century included boosting flagging domestic cola sales and finding new revenue streams. Both firms also began to modify their bottling,... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Performance; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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      Yoffie, David B., and Yusi Wang. "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century." Harvard Business School Case 702-442, January 2002. (Revised January 2004.)
      • December 2001
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      A Note on Critical Moments in Negotiation

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
      This case provides an introduction to the wide field of literature that addresses the presence of critical moments--moments that fundamentally can change the negotiation. Critical moments have been examined by a range of theorists and scientists, from mathematicians to... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Change; Negotiation Process; Body of Literature
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "A Note on Critical Moments in Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-163, December 2001.
      • November 2001 (Revised April 2005)
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      Lonestar

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson
      Explores the legal and ethical responsibilities of a manager who believes that he has heard of a serious instance of sexual harassment, but who has been implored by the victim not to report it. Discussion can focus on the immediate problem or be expanded to a broader... View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Crisis Management; Legal Liability
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Georgia Levenson. "Lonestar." Harvard Business School Case 902-006, November 2001. (Revised April 2005.)
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