Publications

May 2008
Supplement

Kenny Kahn at Muzak (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker

Supplemental Material for 408-057 View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Geographic Location; Innovation and Invention; Employees; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Design; Music Industry

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05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

friendly, and you can get tickets, then the Games will probably enhance their image” "The Olympics is the most significant sports-based event in the world," says Stephen A. Greyser, professor emeritus in the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Teledesic (Abridged)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Describes plans for a failed project that proposed the use of 288 satellites to deliver high-speed data communications services anywhere in the world. View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Network Effects; Failure; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

June 2010
Teaching Note

Apple Inc. in 2010 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for 710467. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Business Strategy; Success; Sales; Growth and Development; Competition; Product Launch; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

'leadership'." Today's leadership heroes, however, stimulated debate about just what constitutes leadership. It is an important discussion, as several pointed out. Paul Stavrand put it this way: " we need to be concerned about the outcomes of business... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

Breaking The Hardest Stereotypes Is the work world ready to accept returning MBAs who want challenge in tandem with flexibility? Hart admits that not many firms have successfully developed such arrangements yet, though some industries... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

June 2008
Teaching Note

Transparent Value LLC (TN)

By: Sharon P. Katz and Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for [108098]. View Details

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Valuation; Stocks; Price; Performance Expectations; Cash Flow; Revenue; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Product Launch; Financial Services Industry

November 2002 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Epicentric

By: William A. Sahlman

Describes a set of decisions confronting the management of a software company that sells portal management tools to large companies. Management must raise additional funds under difficult circumstances. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Investment Funds; Business or Company Management; Product Marketing; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Information Technology Industry

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November 2009
Case

Cisco Acquires Linksys

By: David F. Hawkins

Students must suggest ways to value intangible assets, including trademarks, acquired by Cisco in the Linksys acquisition. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trademarks; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry

March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Honda-Rover (B): Honda Draws the Line

By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Joint Ventures; Alliances; Knowledge Sharing; Strategy; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Change Management; Negotiation Tactics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; United Kingdom

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

While C.J. Cullinane recommends that government "at least monitor the situation," he offers little hope that government intervention can be any more effective than private sector responses. Richard Oxford agrees, noting that "Free View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

January 2011
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (B)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry

June 2000 (Revised June 2003)
Teaching Note

Arrow Electronics, Inc. TN

By: Das Narayandas

Teaching Note for (9-598-022). View Details

Keywords: Product Marketing; Sales; Business Subsidiaries; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

November 2009
Teaching Note

HTC Corp. in 2009 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for [709466]. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Decisions; Brands and Branding; Customer Value and Value Chain; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan

September 2002 (Revised January 2003)
Case

A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball

By: Randolph B. Cohen

This case analyzes a large investment decision considered by the Texas Rangers in 2000: whether to spend $252 million for the services of shortstop Alex Rodriguez. The signing was probably the most controversial sports contract of the past decade. View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Investment; Sports; Brands and Branding; Sports Industry

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