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  • July 2024
  • Case

Living up to Purpose and Performance at Parker Hannifin

By: Hubert Joly, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter
In 2019, Parker Hannifin, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of motion and control technologies, did something unusual for an industrial company: it created a purpose statement. Even though it already had a clear business strategy and longstanding culture of... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Business Strategy; Communication Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Cleveland; Ohio; United States
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Joly, Hubert, Alicia Dadlani, and Martha Hostetter. "Living up to Purpose and Performance at Parker Hannifin." Harvard Business School Case 525-015, July 2024.
  • August 1985
  • Case

CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (C)

By: William A. Sahlman
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group. They have decided to go public, have selected an underwriting team, and must make final decisions about the size, composition and pricing of the issue. Because stock prices have fallen since the... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Going Public; Problems and Challenges; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (C)." Harvard Business School Case 286-009, August 1985.
  • October 2021
  • Case

Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (A)

By: Kris Ferreira, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Sarah Mehta
In February 2003, P&G hosted two meetings—one with its largest woman- and minority-owned suppliers and one with its largest non-minority-owned suppliers. Attendees in each meeting heard the same message: P&G was keen to grow its commitment to inclusive supply chains,... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; Joint Ventures; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Ethics; Fairness; Ownership; Supply Chain Management; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Ohio
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Ferreira, Kris, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Sarah Mehta. "Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (A)." Harvard Business School Case 622-008, October 2021.
  • January 2021
  • Supplement

E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (B): Optimizing Assortment for a New Retailer

By: Ayelet Israeli and Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn
The E-Commerce Analytics group at the traditional CPG firm was in charge of compiling various online sales reports, as well as making data-driven recommendations for sales and marketing tactics. In a series of exercises, students address different data challenges for... View Details
Keywords: Data Analysis; Data Analytics; CPG; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Online Channel; Retail; Retail Analytics; Retailing Industry; Data; Data Sharing; Ecommerce; Assortment Optimization; Assortment Planning; Analytics and Data Science; Retention; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Israeli, Ayelet, and Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn. "E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (B): Optimizing Assortment for a New Retailer." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 521-713, January 2021.
  • July 2017
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The Impact of 'Display-Set' Options on Decision-Making

By: Uma R. Karmarkar
The way a choice set is constructed can have a significant influence on how individuals perceive and evaluate their options and make decisions between them. Here, I examine whether a “display set” of visible but unavailable options can exert these same types of... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making Process; Heuristics; Similarity; Categorization; Marketing Insight; Marketing; Choice; Choice Architecture; Choice Sets; Display; Retail; Consumer Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Decision Making; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Karmarkar, Uma R. "The Impact of 'Display-Set' Options on Decision-Making." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 30, no. 3 (July 2017): 744–753.
  • February 1996 (Revised May 2002)
  • Teaching Note

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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McFarlan, F. Warren. "Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 196-086, February 1996. (Revised May 2002.)
  • June 2013
  • Teaching Note

Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads

By: Jim Sharpe and Michael Norris
This is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813120. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Private Equity Exit; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Sales; Equity; Acquisitions; Roll-up; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Salesforce Management; Price; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; New England; United States
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Sharpe, Jim, and Michael Norris. "Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-126, June 2013.
  • November 2012 (Revised April 2013)
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Konys, Inc.

By: Deishin Lee and Tunay I. Tunca
This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure contracts with their supplier—using a purchase contract, an option contract, or combination of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market.... View Details
Keywords: Option Contract; Uncertainty; Sourcing; Supplier Relationship; Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Supply Chain; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Lee, Deishin, and Tunay I. Tunca. "Konys, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 613-065, November 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
  • September 2010
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Fiyta - The Case of a Chinese Watch Company (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Teaching Note for 308025. View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; China
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McFarlan, F. Warren. "Fiyta - The Case of a Chinese Watch Company (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 311-062, September 2010.
  • September 2009 (Revised April 2020)
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VIZIO, Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Elizabeth A. Kind
William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen TVs. Since its founding in 2002, VIZIO had grown to over $2 billion in revenue and was one of the top three flat panel TV brands, along with Samsung and Sony. Faced... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Palepu, Krishna G., and Elizabeth A. Kind. "VIZIO, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 110-024, September 2009. (Revised April 2020.)
  • August 2009 (Revised September 2009)
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Tenova: Mining for Growth in an Economic Crisis

By: Gary P. Pisano, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri
In December 2008, Gianluigi Nova, CEO of Tenova SpA, a technology and equipment supplier to the metals and mining industry, had to choose between two options. The first was to continue growing in the company's core business: equipment for the steel production. The... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Leadership; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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Pisano, Gary P., Elena Corsi, and Elisa Farri. "Tenova: Mining for Growth in an Economic Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 610-021, August 2009. (Revised September 2009.)
  • March 1990 (Revised December 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budget Process Series, Teaching Note

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Business Processes; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budget Process Series, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 190-151, March 1990. (Revised December 1995.)
  • December 1989 (Revised September 1995)
  • Supplement

Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-068, December 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
  • March 2007
  • Supplement

IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Supply Chain; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Bartlett, Christopher A. "IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 907-801, March 2007.
  • October 1989 (Revised June 1991)
  • Teaching Note

General Electric: Valley Forge (A)--(H), Teaching Note

By: Robert L. Simons
Teaching Note for (1-189-009--013), (1-189-015), and (1-189-016). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Pennsylvania
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Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (A)--(H), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 190-050, October 1989. (Revised June 1991.)
  • March 1989
  • Teaching Note

Philips In-Car Entertainment (A), (B), & (C), and Industry Note: In-Car Entertainment, Teaching Note

By: F. Warren McFarlan and H. Jeff Smith
Keywords: Media; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and H. Jeff Smith. "Philips In-Car Entertainment (A), (B), & (C), and Industry Note: In-Car Entertainment, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 189-158, March 1989.
  • December 2005 (Revised November 2006)
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Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. The protagonist is... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Condition; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Capital; Public Equity; Stock Shares; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "Corning, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 206-018, December 2005. (Revised November 2006.)
  • September 1988 (Revised September 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Lynda M. Applegate
Keywords: Leadership; Information Technology; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Applegate, Lynda M. "Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (A) and (B), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 189-069, September 1988. (Revised September 1995.)
  • October 2003
  • Teaching Note

Herman Miller (A): Innovation by Design (TN)

By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Note to (9-602-023). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Sucher, Sandra J. "Herman Miller (A): Innovation by Design (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 604-056, October 2003.
  • September 2001 (Revised January 2002)
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The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (C): Denouement

By: Ashish Nanda and Kimberly A. Haddad
On September 5, 1997, the American Medical Association(AMA) withdrew from a contract with Sunbeam Corporation, the maker of small home appliances. Sunbeam sued the AMA to pay for the damages or to comply with the contract. The fracas led to the dismissal of three top... View Details
Keywords: Medical Services; Appliances; Lawsuit; Litigation; Professionalism; Contracts; Corporate Accountability; Organizations; Lawsuits and Litigation; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Nanda, Ashish, and Kimberly A. Haddad. "The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (C): Denouement." Harvard Business School Case 802-091, September 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
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