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  • January 1988 (Revised May 1992)
  • Case

Howard Head and Prince Manufacturing, Inc.

By: Howard H. Stevenson
Deals with the issue of an entrepreneur in a very successful company deciding whether to stay through a period of great growth or to sell. What are the entrepreneur's responsibilities to the organization, to his employees, to the public? As subtopics, the issues of... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Patents; Law; Markets; Production; Sales
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Stevenson, Howard H. "Howard Head and Prince Manufacturing, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 388-079, January 1988. (Revised May 1992.)
  • 13 Aug 2018
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Following My Dream: Launching a Venture

solving last mile delivery to cryptocurrencies, but finally decided to make employees happier and healthier by creating the first fully-automated, free-standing smoothie machine for offices. It combines my passion with my skillset.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • September 2004
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Capital Controls: A Political Economy Approach

By: Laura Alfaro
This paper examines the economic consequences of political conflicts that arise when countries implement capital controls. In an overlapping-generations model, agents vote on whether to open or close an economy to capital flows. The young (workers) receive income from... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Voting; Conflict of Interests; Capital; Government and Politics; Wages; Saving; Forecasting and Prediction
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Alfaro, Laura. "Capital Controls: A Political Economy Approach." Review of International Economics 12, no. 4 (September 2004): 571–590.
  • April 1991 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A)

By: David J. Collis
Describes the pet food industry in the mid-eighties prior to the breakout of a major competitive battle as manufacturers fight for share. Illustrates how when there are benefits to play in multiple markets, competitors will take action in one market to preserve their... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Markets; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Ownership Stake; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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Collis, David J. "Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-189, April 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
  • April 2022 (Revised April 2023)
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Highland Park Wood Co. (Abridged)

By: David E. Bell
A major home builder wishes to purchase lumber (Southern pine). The builder wants delivery in six months but prefers to lock-in the price near current rates. The lumber wholesaler must decide on a pricing and sourcing strategy. Examples include: 1) buy & hold, 2) wait... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goods and Commodities; Futures and Commodity Futures; Price; Forest Products Industry; Construction Industry
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Bell, David E. "Highland Park Wood Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 122-098, April 2022. (Revised April 2023.)
  • October 2010
  • Supplement

Belco Global Foods: Spreadsheet Supplement (CW)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson
This case introduces students to the fundamental issues that managers face when deciding what international trade finance terms to use when transacting with other firms. In late 2009, Pam Arnold, the Head of Global Credit at Belco Global Foods must decide which trade... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Decisions; Trade; Financial Strategy; Governance Compliance; Managerial Roles; Market Transactions
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Matthew Johnson. "Belco Global Foods: Spreadsheet Supplement (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-703, October 2010.
  • September 2005 (Revised May 2007)
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OuterLink Corporation (A)

By: Josh Lerner and Brenda Chia
Zero Stage Capital is addressing a troubled investment in OuterLink Corp., which has a capital deficit of $30 million and was written off by all but one of its investors as a victim of the technology bubble. The venture organization must decide whether to shutter the... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Decisions; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Price Bubble; Investment; Financial Services Industry
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Lerner, Josh, and Brenda Chia. "OuterLink Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-059, September 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
  • February 2001
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Bang Networks, Inc.

By: Paul A. Gompers and Sergio Rattner
Bob Rosin, president and CEO of Bang Networks, must decide how much debt financing to take on. The company is a raw start-up and is considering taking on $10 million in debt. The firm has six offers and needs to identify the best one. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Restructuring; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital
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Gompers, Paul A., and Sergio Rattner. "Bang Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 201-074, February 2001.
  • 01 Mar 2008
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Negotiating with Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, sold $315.6 billion worth of goods in 2006. With its single-minded focus on “EDLP” (everyday low prices) and the power to make or break suppliers, a partnership with Wal-Mart is either the Holy... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

financial and strategic decision making. But along the way, I also noted another important aspect of this leadership task, a related line of effort that seemed to go largely unnoticed and unstudied by observers but that was just as vital... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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James Reinhart

and culture stay in place as we on-board these new people? How do you ensure the integrity of the hiring process, set the right bar, make the right decisions on people when you are hiring so quickly? And how... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2020
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The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19

hearing from leading investors on managing through these turbulent times. There is a lot of uncertainty, and sentiment will likely continue to evolve over the coming weeks and months. Hopefully, listeners will continue to come back for future episodes to hear best... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2007
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In Brief

counter basic assumptions. Several HBS professors consider the cost to organizations when dissent does not or cannot surface, and suggest ways to make sure it does. To the Rescue. In India, there’s no such thing as calling 911 in an... View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Small Club, Big Impact

Photo: Justin A. Knight Africa Business Conference cochairs George Osawaye and Ngassam Ngnoumen (both MBA '02) and a team of student organizers began planning for the March event last August. They couldn't be more pleased with the... View Details
  • February 2004 (Revised April 2005)
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Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky
Central to the work of leaders and professionals are tasks that entail harming one party to deliver benefits or advance valued and worthy goals. Sometimes a person must, as part of his or her job, perform an act that causes emotional, material, or physical harm to... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Management Skills
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Margolis, Joshua D., and Andrew Molinsky. "Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 404-027, February 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
  • 1983
  • Chapter

Analyzing Competitors: Predicting Competitor Behavior and Formulating Offensive and Defensive Strategy

By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Behavior
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Porter, M. E. "Analyzing Competitors: Predicting Competitor Behavior and Formulating Offensive and Defensive Strategy." In Policy, Strategy, and Implementation, edited by Milton Leontiades. Random House, 1983.
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Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Peter Maxted
Present bias causes procrastination, which leads households to stick with auto-enrollment defaults. However, present bias also engenders overconsumption. Separation from each employer generates a rollover of 401(k) balances to an individual retirement account (IRA)... View Details
Keywords: Present Bias; Procrastination; Personal Finance; Decision Making; Social Psychology; Retirement
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Peter Maxted. "Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects." AEA Papers and Proceedings 112 (May 2022): 136–141.
  • October 2013 (Revised May 2016)
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Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg, Vincent Dessain, Ottavia Pesce and Karol Misztal
Nearly 27,000 people depended on Ilva Steel Taranto, the largest steel-making plant in Europe, for their livelihoods, but the plant's pollution fouled the environment and increased the incidence of tumors, respiratory illnesses, and deaths. In July 2012, faced with a... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Pollutants; Business Exit or Shutdown; Health; Decision Making; Steel Industry; Europe
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Goldberg, Lena G., Vincent Dessain, Ottavia Pesce, and Karol Misztal. "Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)." Harvard Business School Case 314-045, October 2013. (Revised May 2016.)
  • 2009
  • Article

The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting

By: Walter Friedman
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Higher Education; Problems and Challenges; Economics
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Friedman, Walter. "The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting." History of Political Economy 41, no. 1 (2009).
  • January 2006
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Negotiating for the Motion Picture Association of America and the Motion Picture Association: Jack Valenti (A)

By: James K. Sebenius, Ellen Knebel and Erin Egan
Summarizes the background and career highlights of Jack Valenti, longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America and the Motion Picture Association. Sets up three difficult negotiation challenges facing Valenti over a rating system for movies, the financial... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Negotiation; Problems and Challenges; United States
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Sebenius, James K., Ellen Knebel, and Erin Egan. "Negotiating for the Motion Picture Association of America and the Motion Picture Association: Jack Valenti (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-025, January 2006.
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