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      • September 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Consumer Bank pondered the possibilities of launching a credit card in the Asia Pacific region. The bank's New York headquarters, and several of its country managers in the region, were not enthusiastic. But others were supportive because of the opportunity to expand... View Details
      Keywords: Product Launch; Service Operations; Value Creation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Trade; Business Strategy; Expansion; Laws and Statutes; Banking Industry; Asia; New York (city, NY)
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A)." Harvard Business School Case 595-026, September 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised September 1994)
      • Case

      KENETECH Corporation

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Involves a strategic decision about how fast to ramp up sales. Improvements in technology have driven down the cost of electric power generated from wind turbines to the point where they are competitive with fossil-fuel plants. KENETECH needs to raise equity capital to... View Details
      Keywords: Renewable Energy; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Initial Public Offering; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Going Public; Sales; Competition; Energy Industry
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "KENETECH Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 294-111, April 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
      • January 1994 (Revised April 2011)
      • Background Note

      Note on Private Equity Partnership Agreements

      By: Josh Lerner
      Venture capital by necessity is a long-run investment. Consequently, since the mid-1960s virtually all venture financing has been raised through private partnerships with a ten-year or longer life span. To govern these investments, complex contracts have sprung up... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Investment; Governance; Contracts; Partners and Partnerships
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      Lerner, Josh. "Note on Private Equity Partnership Agreements." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-084, January 1994. (Revised April 2011.)
      • December 1992 (Revised June 1996)
      • Case

      Siemens Corporation (A): Corporate Advertising for 1992

      By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
      Describes the approach of the German-based multinational company, Siemens Corp., to establishing an identity in the United States. The specific goals for the 1991-92 corporate advertising campaign are described. Examples of print and television messages are included,... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Trade; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Performance Evaluation; Germany; United States
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      Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Siemens Corporation (A): Corporate Advertising for 1992." Harvard Business School Case 593-022, December 1992. (Revised June 1996.)
      • October 1992 (Revised September 1996)
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      McDonald's Corporation

      By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
      McDonald's has over many years built an operating strategy based on consistency and quality through a limited product range. Competitive forces have drawn the company into a much wider variety of foods and services in order to maintain growth. Now, new competitors... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Problems and Challenges; Environmental Sustainability; Quality; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Integration; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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      Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "McDonald's Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 693-028, October 1992. (Revised September 1996.)
      • June 1992 (Revised June 1995)
      • Case

      RJR Nabisco Holdings Capital Corp.--1991

      By: Peter Tufano
      An investment manager notices a large apparent discrepancy in the prices of two nearly-identical bonds issued in conjunction with a major leveraged buyout. The manager must figure out whether the instruments are mispriced relative to one another, and if so, how to... View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Financial Instruments
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      Tufano, Peter. "RJR Nabisco Holdings Capital Corp.--1991." Harvard Business School Case 292-129, June 1992. (Revised June 1995.)
      • May 1992 (Revised June 1993)
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      Jan Carlzon: CEO at SAS (A)

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes Jan Carlzon's actions on assuming the CEO's responsibility at SAS in a time of financial and organizational difficulty. After tracing Carlzon's development as a manager, it focuses on the way in which he developed, then communicated a clear and motivating... View Details
      Keywords: Communication; Financial Crisis; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Aerospace Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Jan Carlzon: CEO at SAS (A)." Harvard Business School Case 392-149, May 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
      • 1991
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      The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation

      By: James K. Sebenius and David Lax
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation
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      Sebenius, James K., and David Lax. "The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation." In Negotiation Theory and Practice, edited by J. Rubin and W. Breslin. Cambridge, MA: PON Books, 1991.
      • March 1991 (Revised August 1994)
      • Case

      Berkshire Partners

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
      Berkshire Partners is a limited partnership engaged in the acquisition of companies valued between $25 million and $250 million. The purpose of the case is to examine the resources of the firm and discuss the firm's competitive advantage vis-a-vis other types of... View Details
      Keywords: Working Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Acquisition; Corporate Finance
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Berkshire Partners." Harvard Business School Case 391-091, March 1991. (Revised August 1994.)
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      Measuring the Effectiveness of Competition in Defense Procurement: A Survey of the Empirical Literature

      By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
      This article surveys the literature that has attempted to measure competition's effects on defense procurement. The focus is on conceptual underpinnings of models rather than technical aspects of estimation procedures. While providing valuable insight, the models are... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Effectiveness; Competition; Surveys; Value; Economics; Forecasting and Prediction; Programs; Power and Influence; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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      Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Measuring the Effectiveness of Competition in Defense Procurement: A Survey of the Empirical Literature." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 9, no. 1 (Winter 1990): 60–79. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • July 1988 (Revised October 1992)
      • Exercise

      Sellars' Market

      By: David E. Bell
      A shop owner has limited shelf space for display of impulse purchase products near the cash register. He must select only nine to display. Exercise shows the relevance of opportunity cost or resource pricing. By setting an appropriate charge for the shelf space the... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing
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      Bell, David E. "Sellars' Market." Harvard Business School Exercise 189-001, July 1988. (Revised October 1992.)
      • June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
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      An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      An Tai Bao is the world's largest open-pit coal mine and is located in China's Shanxi province. After eight years of planning and negotiating, Occidental Petroleum, the foreign partner in the deal, is about to sign an ownership and financing agreement for $475 million... View Details
      Keywords: Planning; Agreements and Arrangements; Non-Renewable Energy; Equity; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation Deal; Joint Ventures; Mining Industry; China
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project." Harvard Business School Case 288-041, June 1988. (Revised December 1991.)
      • September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
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      Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
      As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Bids and Bidding; Opportunities; Business Subsidiaries; Strategy; Valuation; Equity; Electronics Industry
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Harry Gruner. "Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 287-023, September 1986. (Revised July 2001.)
      • January 1986 (Revised March 1997)
      • Case

      Horizon Group

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of a situation confronting the co-founder of a company planning to produce software for microcomputers. The company has just completed raising money from some wealthy investors by forming an R&D Limited Partnership. Development of the program (an... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Business Plan; Outcome or Result; Research and Development; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Horizon Group." Harvard Business School Case 286-058, January 1986. (Revised March 1997.)
      • April 1985
      • Article

      The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation

      By: James K. Sebenius and David Lax
      Keywords: Negotiation; Power and Influence
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      Sebenius, James K., and David Lax. "The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation." Negotiation Journal 1, no. 2 (April 1985): 77–95. (Reprinted in:
        Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy, Charles B. Wiggins, ed. West Publishing Company, 1997.
        Negotiation Theory and Practice, Rubin & Breslin, eds. Cambridge, Mass.: PON Books, 1991.)
      • January 1984
      • Article

      A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Researchers of the strategic implications of the well-known demand (e.g., adoption and diffusion) and supply (e.g., experience effects) dynamics have typically sought analytical solutions. Their success in this has been achieved partly by limiting the richness of the... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Price; Mathematical Methods; Supply and Industry
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      Dolan, Robert J. "A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments." Journal of Business 57, no. 1 (January 1984).
      • April 1983 (Revised June 2003)
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      Shouldice Hospital Limited

      By: James L. Heskett
      Various proposals are set forth for expanding the capacity of the hospital. In assessing them, serious consideration has to be given to the culture of the organization and the importance of preserving it in a service delivery system. In addition to issues of capacity... View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Capacity; Organizational Culture; Service Delivery; Growth Management; Strategic Planning; Quality; Social Enterprise; Health Industry; Canada
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      Heskett, James L. "Shouldice Hospital Limited." Harvard Business School Case 683-068, April 1983. (Revised June 2003.)
      • November 1982
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      The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Consensual Assessment Technique

      By: T. M. Amabile
      States that both the popular creativity tests, such as the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, and the subjective assessment techniques used in some previous creativity studies are ill-suited to social psychological studies of creativity. A consensual definition of... View Details
      Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Measurement and Metrics; Research; Perception; Theory
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      Amabile, T. M. "The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Consensual Assessment Technique." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 43, no. 5 (November 1982): 997–1013.
      • February 1980 (Revised April 1981)
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      Poland Spring Bottling Corp.

      By: Benson P. Shapiro
      Poland Spring is a small domestic bottler of mineral water trying to compete in a rapidly expanding market against Perrier, the dominant brand, and 20 other foreign and domestic waters. Company management must decide how to position and promote its product with limited... View Details
      Keywords: Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry; United States
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      Shapiro, Benson P. "Poland Spring Bottling Corp." Harvard Business School Case 580-108, February 1980. (Revised April 1981.)
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      Optimal Capital-Gains Taxation under Limited Information

      By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
      Taxation of capital gains at realization may distort individuals' decisions regarding holding or selling during an asset's lifetime. This creates the problem of designing a tax structure for capital gains so as to induce efficient patterns of holding and selling.... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Gains; Optimal Taxation; Taxation
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      Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "Optimal Capital-Gains Taxation under Limited Information." Journal of Political Economy 86, no. 6 (December 1978): 1143–1158.
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