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October 1996
Teaching Note

International Sourcing at Intercon TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Teaching Note for (9-688-055). View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Selection and Staffing; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

Career penalties for failing to meet the analyst consensus estimate are no different for firms where forecasting earnings is harder. Moreover, such penalties have increased in the post-SOX period. Our evidence suggests that incentives of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 May 2015
News

Helping people get jobs

Ava Seave’s (MBA 1982) early career in publishing prepared her to launch Quantum Media, a consulting firm where she now helps grow the economy and create jobs. (Published May 2015) View Details

02 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision

implications. In this excerpt, they discuss how corporate managers should consider the interaction of open source and proprietary on software they develop and use. Implications For Corporate Managers Be sensitive to the lack of a ''right'' answer. There is no reason to... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Mark Schankerman; Technology

June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Hennes & Mauritz, 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999,... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Strategy Alignment; Strategic Planning; Fashion; Risk Management; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Globalized Firms and Management; Expansion; Distribution Channels; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Sweden

November 2009 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Miles Everson at PricewaterhouseCoopers

By: Robert G. Eccles and David Lane

Miles Everson, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is the Global Engagement Partner (GEP) for a large U.S. financial institution and about to take over this role for a much larger global financial institution. The GEP role is a critical one at PwC. GEPs have... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Customer Relationship Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Managerial Roles; Consulting Industry

January 2009 (Revised June 2009)
Case

Distribution at American Airlines (A)

By: Benjamin Edelman

American Airlines sought to reduce the fees it pays to global distribution services (GDSs)—such as SABRE—to reach travel agents. But GDSs held significant tactical advantages. For example, GDSs had signed long-term exclusive contracts with the corporate customers who... View Details

Keywords: Price; Globalized Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Distribution; Service Operations; Competition; Air Transportation Industry; Travel Industry

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

four firms account for 75 percent of the Australian market. Research by my colleagues Jan Rivkin and Tarun Khanna suggests that industry structure can be quite different around the world. The wine industry is a great example of this... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

fundamental firm value, which is gradually revealed into prices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51971 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Health Care Needs Real Competition By: Dafny, Leemore S., and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Dec 2014
News

Helping businesses understand consumers

Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) helped launch the digital marketing firm Communispace in 2000 to give clients a way to integrate the perspective of their consumers into everything they do. (Published December 2014) View Details

February 1992 (Revised March 1993)
Case

Intel Corp.--1992

By: Kenneth A. Froot

Intel Corp., the world's dominant designer and manufacturer of microprocessors (the "brains" of the personal computer), has accumulated a large amount of cash (net of debt). Furthermore, it expects to continue to accumulate cash at an unprecedented rate. Has the... View Details

Keywords: Dividends; Financial Management; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Cash; Technological Innovation; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Equity; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Semiconductor Industry; United States

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Returns Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand by issuing equity. We use time-series... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Robert Wessman and Actavis' "Winning Formula"

Robert Wessman took over Actavis in 1999 when it was a failing 90-person domestic generic pharmaceutical maker in Iceland. Within 7 years he had brought Actavis to number 5 worldwide, with 11,000 people, active in 40 countries, global manufacturing, and $1.6 billion.... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Success; Transformation; Business Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Iceland

January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Citigroup 2003: Testing the Limits of Convergence (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Examines Citigroup's strategic transition and highlights issues that its newly announced CEO Charles Prince will face as he assumes leadership of this global financial corporation upon the retirement of its charismatic CEO, Sandy Weill. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Succession; Transformation; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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November 1993 (Revised November 1994)
Supplement

OfficePro (B)

By: John A. Quelch

Supplements OfficePro (A). View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Supply Chain Management; Retail Industry; France