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      • August 1994
      • Case

      Southwest Airlines: 1993 (Abridged Update)

      By: James L. Heskett
      Southwest Airlines management is faced with increasing competition. It must decide which of several route extensions provide the appropriate competitive response while preserving the internal culture that has made the airline so successful. View Details
      Keywords: Air Transportation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Air Transportation Industry
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      Heskett, James L. "Southwest Airlines: 1993 (Abridged Update)." Harvard Business School Case 395-025, August 1994.
      • August 1994 (Revised May 1995)
      • Case

      Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company

      By: Robert H. Hayes
      Engineering Inspection & Insurance Co. (EIIC) is a small but highly successful company that offers machinery and boiler inspection and insurance services. After years of above-average growth and profits, both are retreating toward the industry average, policy delivery... View Details
      Keywords: Service Operations; Business Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Insurance; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Insurance Industry; United States
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      Hayes, Robert H. "Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 695-009, August 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
      • July 1994 (Revised March 1995)
      • Case

      Microsoft: Multimedia Publications (B)

      By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein
      Microsoft is about to release an apparently successful CD-ROM baseball product. The company is trying to determine what product(s) should be developed next, how it should organize itself, and what role it should play in the development of such products. View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Applications and Software; Product Design; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Ellen Stein. "Microsoft: Multimedia Publications (B)." Harvard Business School Case 695-006, July 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
      • May 1994
      • Case

      Laura Ashley (C): Rebuilding and Transforming a Global Brand

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      Over the course of two years a CEO executes a business transformation strategy and key decisions. View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Decisions; Performance Consistency; Performance Improvement; Business Strategy
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      Nolan, Richard L. "Laura Ashley (C): Rebuilding and Transforming a Global Brand." Harvard Business School Case 194-144, May 1994.
      • May 1994 (Revised May 1995)
      • Case

      Laura Ashley (B): Defining a Strategy

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      A turnaround CEO engineers a business transformation and formulates short-term and long-term strategy after assessing the business situation. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L. "Laura Ashley (B): Defining a Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 194-143, May 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
      • April 1994 (Revised May 1995)
      • Case

      Laura Ashley (A): A New CEO Takes Charge

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      In a turnaround situation, a new CEO must take actions in the short term to gain control and exercise executive leadership and lay groundwork to formulate a long-term strategy to rebuild a viable business. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L. "Laura Ashley (A): A New CEO Takes Charge." Harvard Business School Case 194-142, April 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
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      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the changes in structure, management systems, people, and processes instituted by the company. Provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature of "IT-enabled" organizational change and the process through which it is implemented. Also enables a... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)." Harvard Business School Case 194-109, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the actions taken by the new CEO to return the company to profitability, to clarify the vision, and then to build the infrastructure (human, capital, and information) needed to support the long-term change in strategy and organization. Ends with senior... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)." Harvard Business School Case 194-108, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition 1980-1986

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the environmental, organizational, and information technology context in the late 1970s that led to the development of the initial vision for change and the actions taken to implement that vision. The case ends with the abrupt departure of the CEO as profits... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Management Succession; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition 1980-1986." Harvard Business School Case 194-107, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2001)
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      Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1977 - 1987)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Keri O. Pearlson
      Describes a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage of MIS... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Organizations; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Keri O. Pearlson. "Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1977 - 1987)." Harvard Business School Case 194-064, April 1994. (Revised October 2001.)
      • March 1994 (Revised December 2014)
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      Humana, Inc.: Managing in a Changing Industry

      By: Stuart Gilson
      Intensifying competition and change in the U.S. health care industry force a large integrated health-care provider to reassess its strategy of operating both hospitals and health insurance plans (HMOs). In an attempt to increase its stock price and operating... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Restructuring; Change Management; Financial Management; Health Industry
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      Gilson, Stuart. "Humana, Inc.: Managing in a Changing Industry." Harvard Business School Case 294-062, March 1994. (Revised December 2014.)
      • March 1994 (Revised October 1994)
      • Case

      Reading Energy

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Reading Energy builds facilities that produce energy from nontraditional fuels. A privately held, entrepreneurial organization, it has spent six years developing a plan to build a waste-to-energy plant in the town of Robbins, Illinois. The plant would burn municipal... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Generation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Community Relations; Business Plan; Agreements and Arrangements; Contracts; Risk and Uncertainty; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Illinois
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Reading Energy." Harvard Business School Case 794-102, March 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
      • 1994
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      Adding Value: Brands and Marketing in Food and Drink

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Nicholas J. Morgan
      Branding is one of the most prominent topics in business today. This volume explores both the impact it has had on major products and the business strategies which have shaped the success, or failure, of these brands. Focusing on the history of marketing in the food... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product; Business Strategy; Value; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Nicholas J. Morgan, eds. Adding Value: Brands and Marketing in Food and Drink. London: Routledge, 1994.
      • January 1994 (Revised February 2001)
      • Case

      PepsiCo's Restaurants

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
      In 1992 PepsiCo is considering two opportunities to expand its restaurant business, Carts of Colorado, a $7 million manufacturer and merchandiser of mobile food carts, and California Pizza Kitchen, a $60 million chain in the casual dining segment. The discussion... View Details
      Keywords: Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Opportunities; Business Strategy; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A. "PepsiCo's Restaurants." Harvard Business School Case 794-078, January 1994. (Revised February 2001.)
      • January 1994 (Revised June 1996)
      • Case

      Problems at InSpeech

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      InSpeech, Inc., the largest U.S. provider of speech, occupational, and physical therapists to nursing homes and hospitals, is faltering badly. The company is having trouble retaining its frontline employees--the clinicians who deliver its services--and its customers.... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Health Care and Treatment; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Health Industry
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Problems at InSpeech." Harvard Business School Case 394-109, January 1994. (Revised June 1996.)
      • October 1993 (Revised October 1996)
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      Paragould City Cable

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Unhappy with the prices provided by the local, privately owned cable television operator, the city of Paragould, Arkansas constructs a competing municipally owned cable system. Once in operation, Paragould City Cable faces vigorous competition from the incumbent... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Television Entertainment; Competitive Strategy; Distribution Channels; Media; Public Sector; Programs; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost; Performance Improvement; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Arkansas
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Paragould City Cable." Harvard Business School Case 794-030, October 1993. (Revised October 1996.)
      • 1993
      • Chapter

      The Strategy of a Merger: Fleet and Bank of New England

      By: D. B. Crane and J.C. Linder
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; New England
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      Crane, D. B., and J.C. Linder. "The Strategy of a Merger: Fleet and Bank of New England." In Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition. Chicago, IL: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1993.
      • September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
      • Background Note

      Note on Pricing and Public Policy

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Surveys a number of essential issues related to pricing and public policy in market economies. Begins with a brief review of the price-determination process in competitive markets, then examines a range of topics involving pricing and public policy in monopoly and... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Business Strategy; Policy; Valuation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Competition; Economic Systems; Monopoly; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Cost
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Pricing and Public Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-027, September 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
      • September 1993
      • Supplement

      Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (C)

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      ALZA, a drug delivery company, considers marketing its own and other companies' products. The primary issue is whether to build an internal sales force focused on a few niche markets, to finance a sales force through alliances, or to acquire a marketing company. View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Marketing; Alliances; Research and Development; Salesforce Management; Business Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 694-021, September 1993.
      • September 1993 (Revised July 1995)
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      Public Policy and the Manager: Conceptual Framework

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Government intervention in markets may have significant effects--both positive and negative--on a firm's strategic options and its performance outcomes. Thus the ability to analyze the origins, implications, and dynamics of public policy is a critical managerial skill... View Details
      Keywords: Policy; Management Skills; Government and Politics; Adoption; Business Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Economic Systems
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Public Policy and the Manager: Conceptual Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-028, September 1993. (Revised July 1995.)
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