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  • March 2015 (Revised December 2016)
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Evans Food

By: Sunil Gupta
In April 2014, Hector Guerra (GMP 16) was discussing his company's dilemma with his living group of the General Management Program (GMP) at the Harvard Business School. Guerra was Vice President of Operations at Evans Food, a $100 million company, which produced pork... View Details
Keywords: Food; Production; Cost Management; Supply Chain; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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Gupta, Sunil. "Evans Food." Harvard Business School Case 515-095, March 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
  • February 2005 (Revised January 2012)
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Liston Mechanics Corporation

By: Marc L. Bertoneche
Reviews, through a rather simple and straightforward situation, the various methods of valuation--free cash flow, weighted average cost of capital, equity cash flow, adjusted present value, multiples, etc. View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Cost of Capital; Equity; Cash Flow; Value; Financial Management
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Bertoneche, Marc L. "Liston Mechanics Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 205-070, February 2005. (Revised January 2012.)
  • 27 Jun 2016
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Net Neutrality Rules Will Make Winners and Losers Out of Businesses

  • 02 Nov 2017
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Florian Ederer, Yale University

  • July 2019
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Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure

By: Jody Grewal, Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim
We examine the equity market reaction to events associated with the passage of a directive in the European Union (EU) mandating increased nonfinancial disclosure. These disclosures relate to firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and would be... View Details
Keywords: Nonfinancial Information; Nonfinancial Performance; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investor Behavior; Disclosure; Disclosure Regulation; Regulation; Sustainability; Corporate Performance; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance; Outcome or Result
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Grewal, Jody, Edward J. Riedl, and George Serafeim. "Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure." Management Science 65, no. 7 (July 2019): 3061–3084.
  • January 2001 (Revised August 2003)
  • Case

Diageo plc

A major U.K.-based multinational is reevaluating its leverage policy as it restructures its business. The treasury team models the tradeoffs between the benefits and costs of debt financing, using Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the savings from the interest tax... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Multinational Firms and Management; Capital Structure; Restructuring; United Kingdom
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Chacko, George C., Peter Tufano, and Joshua Musher. "Diageo plc." Harvard Business School Case 201-033, January 2001. (Revised August 2003.)
  • January 2014
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CleanSpritz

By: John A. Quelch and Alisa Zalosh
Sales of CleanSpritz all-purpose cleaning spray have been steadily declining for the past five years, and management believes the decline correlates to a growing environmental concern among U.S. consumers. CleanSpritz's management is considering several options to... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Competition; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry
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Quelch, John A., and Alisa Zalosh. "CleanSpritz." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-537, January 2014.
  • March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
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Lehigh Steel

By: V.G. Narayanan and Laura Donohue
Lehigh Steel is a specialty steel manufacturer that plummeted from record profits to record losses in less than three years, driven by an inability to distinguish between profitable and unprofitable business. The scale and growth of service activities and overhead... View Details
Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Product; Cost; Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Accounting; Corporate Finance; Steel Industry
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Narayanan, V.G., and Laura Donohue. "Lehigh Steel." Harvard Business School Case 198-085, March 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
  • November–December 2014
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Fairness and Efficiency in Multiportfolio Optimization

By: Dan A. Iancu and Nikolaos Trichakis
We deal with the problem faced by a portfolio manager in charge of multiple accounts. We argue that because of market impact costs, this setting differs in several subtle ways from the classical (single account) case, with the key distinction being that the performance... View Details
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Iancu, Dan A., and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Fairness and Efficiency in Multiportfolio Optimization." Operations Research 62, no. 6 (November–December 2014): 1283–1301.
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2021
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What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

relationships associated with remote work made the middle manager’s role less necessary? Can much of what middle managers do be replaced by artificial intelligence? Can companies that compete based on cost... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2011
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Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange

By: Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth
As multi-hospital kidney exchange clearinghouses have grown, the set of players has grown from patients and surgeons to include hospitals. Hospitals have the option of enrolling only their hard-to-match patient-donor pairs, while conducting easily arranged exchanges... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Market Participation; Marketplace Matching; Organizations; Networks; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry
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Ashlagi, Itai, and Alvin E. Roth. "Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16720, January 2011.
  • April 1998
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C&S Wholesale Grocers

Discusses an aggressive team that has been successful in assimilating manufacturers' and chains' distribution role on the basis of cost and performance. View Details
Keywords: Competition; Distribution; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry
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McKenney, James L. "C&S Wholesale Grocers." Harvard Business School Case 398-108, April 1998.
  • February 2000 (Revised February 2001)
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Ecotourism: A Brief Introduction

Introduces the concept of ecotourism, discusses consumptive and non-consumptive programs, and reviews the benefits and costs of this approach to development. View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry
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Kennedy, Robert E., and Brian Irwin. "Ecotourism: A Brief Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-099, February 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
  • 04 Oct 2004
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Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

observations of the practices of Japanese manufacturers, concluded that increased speed from product conception to market not only reduced cost but increased quality, variety, and productivity; reduced rework, waiting, and duplicated... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

[PDF]. To start, responding strategically to these changes requires a reconceptualization of what a corporate home is, says Desai. "Managers need to make conscious choices about how to unbundle the activities that have traditionally been centered in a home country... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • March 2006 (Revised November 2007)
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Manchester Bidwell Corporation (A)

By: James L. Heskett
The head of Manchester Bidwell Corp. ponders what it will take to replicate its social services in 100 cities across North America and internationally--an effort that ultimately would cost several hundred million dollars. View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Growth Management; Welfare; North and Central America
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Heskett, James L. "Manchester Bidwell Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-111, March 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
  • January 1990 (Revised September 1994)
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Cray Research, Inc.: Preparing for the 1990s

By: Francis Aguilar
Describes the major changes Cray Research faced from 1985 (the time of the original case) to 1990. The dramatic decision to divide the company into two separate firms sets the stage for an analysis of the major strategic and organizational challenges facing senior... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Management Systems; Change Management; Technology Adoption; Business Units; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology
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Aguilar, Francis. "Cray Research, Inc.: Preparing for the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 390-066, January 1990. (Revised September 1994.)
  • July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
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CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

By: William A. Sahlman
Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
  • March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
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Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Reinventing Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 716-455, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
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