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      • February 1995 (Revised August 1995)
      • Case

      Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993

      By: Tarun Khanna
      Explores some of the economic and political tradeoffs that need to be negotiated by a firm seeking to influence industry structure. The setting is the nascent personal computer software industry in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1993. Microsoft has to localize... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Product Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Market Transactions; Industry Structures; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Software; Information Technology Industry; China
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      Khanna, Tarun. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993." Harvard Business School Case 795-115, February 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
      • October 1994 (Revised March 1999)
      • Case

      Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer

      By: W. Earl Sasser, Thomas O. Jones and Norman Klein
      Explores the interface of an information system that keeps track of guests and their preferences, and the people systems that deliver multiple services at Ritz-Carlton hotels. The luxury hotel chain's unique service credo and commitment to quality principles are... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Satisfaction; Training; Recruitment; Service Delivery; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Balance and Stability; Information Technology
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      Sasser, W. Earl, Thomas O. Jones, and Norman Klein. "Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 395-064, October 1994. (Revised March 1999.)
      • October 1994 (Revised August 2006)
      • Case

      Sport Obermeyer Ltd.

      By: Janice H. Hammond and Ananth Raman
      The case describes operations at a skiwear design and merchandising company and its supply partner. Introduces production planning for short-life-cycle products with uncertain demand and allows students to analyze a reduced version of the company's production planning... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Supply Chain; Demand and Consumers; Production; Planning; Globalized Markets and Industries; Forecasting and Prediction; Industry Growth; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; United States; Hong Kong
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      Hammond, Janice H., and Ananth Raman. "Sport Obermeyer Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 695-022, October 1994. (Revised August 2006.)
      • October 1994
      • Case

      H.E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation

      By: James L. McKenney, Richard L. Nolan, Theodore H. Clark and David Croson
      Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Strategy
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      McKenney, James L., Richard L. Nolan, Theodore H. Clark, and David Croson. "H.E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation." Harvard Business School Case 195-125, October 1994.
      • June 1994 (Revised October 1999)
      • Background Note

      Beer Game, The: Board Version

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      The beer game is an exercise that demonstrates supply channel dynamics. Simulates the flow of material and information in a simplified channel of beer production and distribution, focusing on the linkages among a beer manufacturer, its distributors, a wholesaler, and a... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Information; Distribution Channels; Production; Supply Chain Management; Problems and Challenges
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Beer Game, The: Board Version." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-104, June 1994. (Revised October 1999.)
      • May 1994 (Revised March 2008)
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      Barilla SpA (A)

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing... View Details
      Keywords: Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Supply Chain; Technology; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Barilla SpA (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-046, May 1994. (Revised March 2008.)
      • March 1994
      • Case

      Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (A)

      By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson
      Bose Corp. is evaluating an unusual plan to manage relationships with vendors that supply components for Bose speakers. The company must decide: 1) which planning and ordering activities should be performed by Bose and which can be performed by vendors, 2) how much... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Planning; Production; Alliances; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Electronics Industry
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      Shapiro, Roy D., and Bruce Isaacson. "Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-001, March 1994.
      • November 1993 (Revised July 1995)
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      OfficePro (A)

      By: John A. Quelch
      The international procurement manager of an off-price office supply retail chain has to recommend which of several bids to accept for the right to supply computer diskettes to OfficePro's new French subsidiary. View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Supply Chain Management; Retail Industry; France
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      Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (A)." Harvard Business School Case 594-053, November 1993. (Revised July 1995.)
      • November 1993 (Revised November 1994)
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      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
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      Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 594-054, November 1993. (Revised November 1994.)
      • November 1993
      • Supplement

      OfficePro (C)

      By: John A. Quelch
      Supplements OfficePro (A). View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Supply Chain Management; Retail Industry; France
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      Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 594-055, November 1993.
      • October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
      • Case

      Catalina Marketing Corp.

      By: David E. Bell, Walter J. Salmon and Dinny Starr
      Catalina Marketing is a very successful marketing service firm. Their current customers include major supermarket retailers and consumer products manufacturers nation-wide. Catalina provides a unique way for these clients to distribute coupons for their products via... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Information Management; Expansion; Product; Salesforce Management; Information Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Value and Value Chain; Advertising Industry
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      Bell, David E., Walter J. Salmon, and Dinny Starr. "Catalina Marketing Corp." Harvard Business School Case 594-026, October 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
      • September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
      • Case

      Cott Corp.: Private Label in the 1990s

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Robert S. Kaplan
      Private label cola, Cott, gets 30% of the market in Canada. How does it move into the U.S. market? How do retailers evaluate its benefit costs? Does Cott use an existing structure or build new ones? Does Cott diversify from drink to snack foods? View Details
      Keywords: Private Sector; Cost Management; Labels; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Structures; Diversification; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Cott Corp.: Private Label in the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 594-031, September 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
      • August 1993 (Revised April 1994)
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      Flanders of Springfield

      By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
      Flanders is a catalog merchandiser. Various decisions on catalog distribution policy, ordering and inventory policy, and catalog format design are considered. This was a final examination, and serves as a review for a number of topics in the course. View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Policy; Distribution; Product Design; Supply Chain; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Products Industry
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      Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Flanders of Springfield." Harvard Business School Case 894-005, August 1993. (Revised April 1994.)
      • March 1993
      • Case

      Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. (Abridged)

      By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
      Details the evolution of a value-creating supplier-buyer partnership. Describes the buyer's (Liz Claiborne) manufacturing and marketing strategy, and details the workings of the firm's relationship with an important Taiwanese supplier of piece goods (Ruentex Industries... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Supply Chain Management; Alliances; Value Creation; Manufacturing Industry
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      Shapiro, Roy D., and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty. "Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 693-098, March 1993.
      • March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
      • Case

      IBM After-Sales Service

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      IBM has established a service delivery system to provide service and maintenance parts for its installed base of computers. The case outlines the competitive pressures IBM faces from alternative providers of maintenance services (e.g. other OEMs, third-party... View Details
      Keywords: Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Logistics; Operations; Distribution; Customer Focus and Relationships; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H. "IBM After-Sales Service." Harvard Business School Case 693-001, March 1993. (Revised April 1995.)
      • October 1992
      • Teaching Note

      Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Teaching Note for (9-188-080). View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Competitive Advantage; Information Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 193-057, October 1992.
      • September 1992
      • Case

      Kodak Business Imaging Systems Division

      By: Marie-Therese M. Flaherty and Steven C. Wheelwright
      Describes Kodak's decision regarding a manufacturing site for some of its products. Compares several types of products (with different cost structures) and several worldwide locations (with different characteristics). Provides a framework (model) for comparing and... View Details
      Keywords: Framework; Production; Product; Global Range; Supply Chain Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Electronics Industry
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      Flaherty, Marie-Therese M., and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Kodak Business Imaging Systems Division." Harvard Business School Case 693-043, September 1992.
      • September 1992 (Revised July 1993)
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      Staples, Inc.

      By: David E. Bell
      Staples is dissatisfied with the merchandising of its office furniture. The case reviews the situation, allowing students to consider whether the category should be dropped or changed. Permits consideration of the portfolio of products a positioning implies, and... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Product Positioning; Supply Chain; Salesforce Management; Manufacturing Industry
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      Bell, David E. "Staples, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 593-034, September 1992. (Revised July 1993.)
      • June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
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      Concordia Casting Company

      By: F. Warren McFarlan
      Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details
      Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren. "Concordia Casting Company." Harvard Business School Case 192-151, June 1992. (Revised March 2006.)
      • May 1992
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      Coordination in Split-Award Auctions

      By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
      We analyze split award procurement auctions in which a buyer divides full production between two suppliers or awards all production to a single supplier, and suppliers have private cost information. An intriguing feature of split awards is that the equilibrium bids are... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Balance and Stability; Cost; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Production; Five Forces Framework; Supply and Industry; Situation or Environment; Information; Manufacturing Industry
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      Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Coordination in Split-Award Auctions." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107, no. 2 (May 1992): 681–707. (Reprinted in P. Klemperer, ed., The Economic Theory of Auctions, Elgar, 2000.) Harvard users click here for full text.)
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