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      • January 1985
      • Background Note

      Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry

      By: Kim B. Clark
      Describes the situation facing the Japanese steel industry in 1984. Two strategies for coping with the world steel situation are presented: diversification and globalization. The actions of Nippon Steel and Nippon Kokan are used to illustrate these strategies. View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Situation or Environment; Business Strategy; Diversification; Steel Industry; Japan
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      Clark, Kim B. "Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 685-050, January 1985.
      • January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
      • Case

      Lotus Development Corp.

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Corporate Finance; Planning; Computer Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Lotus Development Corp." Harvard Business School Case 285-094, January 1985. (Revised February 1997.)
      • November 1984
      • Article

      Corporate Investments in Common Stock

      By: W. Mikkelson and R. S. Ruback
      Keywords: Investment; Stocks; Business Ventures
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      Mikkelson, W., and R. S. Ruback. "Corporate Investments in Common Stock." Seminar on the Analysis of Security Prices, Proceedings 29, no. 2 (November 1984): 179–209.
      • July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
      • Case

      CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
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      Swedish Entrepreneurs in Manufacturing Firms and Their Sources of Information

      By: D. A. Leonard
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Ventures; Information; Manufacturing Industry; Sweden
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      Leonard, D. A. "Swedish Entrepreneurs in Manufacturing Firms and Their Sources of Information." Research Policy 13, no. 2 (April 1984): 101–114.
      • December 1983 (Revised August 1988)
      • Background Note

      The Start-Up Process

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
      Describes the various stages in the start-up process and describes in detail the questions that can be asked and the analysis that can be performed to help deal with the issues that arise at each stage. View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "The Start-Up Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-179, December 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
      • November 1983 (Revised October 1989)
      • Case

      Procter & Gamble Europe: Vizir Launch

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes P&G's expansion in Europe, including the development of a strong country subsidiary management, responsive to local market differences. The launch of a new product presents strategic and organizational challenges as P&G considers making this their first... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Emerging Markets; Organizational Design; Problems and Challenges; Expansion; Europe
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Procter & Gamble Europe: Vizir Launch." Harvard Business School Case 384-139, November 1983. (Revised October 1989.)
      • November 1983 (Revised October 1988)
      • Case

      Canon Inc.: Worldwide Copier Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Describes Canon's worldwide strategy in the copier business. Designed to be used to explore strategy formulation in a worldwide industry, and the principles of international competition. View Details
      Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "Canon Inc.: Worldwide Copier Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 384-151, November 1983. (Revised October 1988.)
      • 1983
      • Book

      The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Keywords: Management; Leadership; Business Ventures; Government and Politics; United States
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      Bower, Joseph L. The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
      • July–August 1983
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      End-Game Strategies for Declining Industries

      By: Kathryn Rudie Harrigan and M. E. Porter
      Many companies are faced with declining product demand beyond their control. A study of the strategies of over 95 companies that confronted declining markets suggests that companies can often be very successful if they analyze all the characteristics that shape... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Business Ventures
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      Harrigan, Kathryn Rudie, and M. E. Porter. "End-Game Strategies for Declining Industries." Harvard Business Review 61, no. 4 (July–August 1983).
      • May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
      • Case

      Technical Data Corp.

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated... View Details
      Keywords: Stocks; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Information Industry; Service Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp." Harvard Business School Case 283-072, May 1983. (Revised December 1987.)
      • May 1983 (Revised November 1987)
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      Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains materials extracted from a business plan developed by the company in 1980. The purpose of the business plan was to raise $100,000 to finance the commencement of operations. The firm intended to provide analytical services to bond market traders. The product... View Details
      Keywords: Business Plan
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      Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan." Harvard Business School Case 283-073, May 1983. (Revised November 1987.)
      • April 1983
      • Article

      Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions

      By: R. S. Ruback
      Keywords: Competition; Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions
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      Ruback, R. S. "Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions." Journal of Financial Economics 11, nos. 1-4 (April 1983): 141–153.
      • March 1983 (Revised March 2008)
      • Case

      Benjamin Franklin and the Definition of American Values

      By: Richard S. Tedlow
      Discusses the value systems and their relationship to the conduct of business in 18th Century America. Also focuses on Benjamin Franklin, the preeminent colonial American, to examine how business was conducted in his era. Based on an earlier case by B.E. Supple. View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Values and Beliefs; Business History; Business and Government Relations; United States
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      Tedlow, Richard S. "Benjamin Franklin and the Definition of American Values." Harvard Business School Case 383-160, March 1983. (Revised March 2008.)
      • March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
      • Case

      Merloni Group

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      The general manager of the recently-established French subsidiary of an Italian appliance company is in conflict with headquarters about unexpectedly poor financial performance. Headquarters management believes it should be able to exert more control over the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Power and Influence; France; Italy
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Merloni Group." Harvard Business School Case 383-152, March 1983. (Revised January 1984.)
      • December 1982 (Revised September 2015)
      • Case

      Halloran Metals

      By: Roy Shapiro
      Two competitors in the Northeast steel service center industry have made very different choices with regards to logistics and operating strategy. One distributes from a large central location; the other operates seven widely scattered warehouses. Students can diagnose... View Details
      Keywords: Logistics; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business Cycles; Decision Choices and Conditions; Metals and Minerals; Supply Chain; Steel Industry; United States
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      Shapiro, Roy. "Halloran Metals." Harvard Business School Case 683-062, December 1982. (Revised September 2015.)
      • December 1982 (Revised April 1983)
      • Background Note

      Management Issues in State-Owned Enterprises

      By: James E. Austin
      Keywords: Business Ventures; State Ownership; Management
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      Austin, James E. "Management Issues in State-Owned Enterprises." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-103, December 1982. (Revised April 1983.)
      • October 1982 (Revised September 1988)
      • Case

      Steven B. Belkin

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Richard O. von Werssowetz
      Steven Belkin, 26 years old and 2 1/2 years out of HBS, has decided to leave a group travel company he has run for the last year to start his own similar business. In the course of several months he has written a business plan, attracted several partners and employees,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Decisions; Equity; Investment; Personal Finance; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; Failure; Partners and Partnerships
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Steven B. Belkin." Harvard Business School Case 383-042, October 1982. (Revised September 1988.)
      • 1982
      • Chapter

      Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Power and Influence; Business or Company Management
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      Kanter, R. M. "Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs." In Work and Occupations: Autonomy, Power and Control, edited by M. Cantor and P. Steward. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 1982.
      • September 1982 (Revised October 1988)
      • Background Note

      Note on Implementing Strategy

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh
      Presents a framework for thinking about problems of implementing strategy. Defines the tasks of implementation and the range of implementation situations, then develops four approaches to implementation and reviews a range of implementation skills. Intended for use in... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy
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      Hamermesh, Richard G. "Note on Implementing Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-015, September 1982. (Revised October 1988.)
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