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- January 2003 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
KIPP National, 1999 (A): Designing a School Network
Covers the origin, evolution, and nature of the KIPP Academies, two high-performing public middle schools founded in 1995 by Michael Feinberg and David Levin in Houston and New York. In January 2000, Feinberg and Levin meet with Scott Hamilton, managing director of the... View Details
Leschly, Stig. "KIPP National, 1999 (A): Designing a School Network." Harvard Business School Case 803-124, January 2003. (Revised April 2003.)
- October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
eShip-4U
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter
eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Israel; United States
Shapiro, Roy D., and Timothy M. Laseter. "eShip-4U." Harvard Business School Case 603-076, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- July 2002
- Teaching Note
MAC Development Corporation (TN)
Teaching Note for (2-802-140), (9-806-703), and (9-806-706). View Details
- December 2001
- Case
Cisco China
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and David Kiron
Designed to show how Cisco has taken its U.S.-based infrastructure and applied it to China. It is stunning in its impact as one notes how so much of what is being done in the United States in terms of the intranet has been transferred to China. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; China; United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, and David Kiron. "Cisco China." Harvard Business School Case 302-069, December 2001.
- October 2001 (Revised December 2001)
- Background Note
Extraterritorial Applications of Antitrust Law: U.S. and Japanese Approaches
By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
This case describes the differebt approaches the United States and Japan have taken to extend the jurisdiction of their antitrust laws to foreign companies. The section on the United States, in particular, focuses on the evolving logic of the Supreme Court in dealing... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Government Legislation; Policy; Business or Company Management; Government and Politics; Pulp and Paper Industry; United States; Japan
Subramanian, Guhan, and Michelle Kalka. "Extraterritorial Applications of Antitrust Law: U.S. and Japanese Approaches." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-067, October 2001. (Revised December 2001.)
- July 2001 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details
Keywords: History; Crisis Management; Business Processes; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Rubber Industry; Japan; United States
Paine, Lynn S. "Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-013, July 2001. (Revised February 2003.)
- March 2001
- Case
Charlene Barshefsky (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Rebecca Hulse
Details former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky's strategic and tactical approach to surmounting the barriers laid out in the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Copyright; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Tactics; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; China; United States
Sebenius, James K., and Rebecca Hulse. "Charlene Barshefsky (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-422, March 2001.
- March 2001 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Charlene Barshefsky (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Rebecca Hulse
Describes the challenges former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky faced while negotiating a trade agreement with China to improve its domestic intellectual property rights enforcement. After briefly describing Barshefsky's past experience with trade... View Details
Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Copyright; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Tactics; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; China; United States
Sebenius, James K., and Rebecca Hulse. "Charlene Barshefsky (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-421, March 2001. (Revised March 2016.)
- March 2001
- Teaching Note
U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Georges Dam (A) and (B) TN, The
By: George C. Lodge
Teaching Note for (9-900-017) and (9-900-018). View Details
- February 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes Marshall Field's efforts to develop a market for mass retailing in late 19th-century Chicago. Examines Chicago's expansion in the 1860s and, within this context, how Field struck out on his own to, build a wholesale and retail business. Concentrates on the... View Details
Keywords: Fluctuation; Industry Growth; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Society; Distribution Industry; Retail Industry; Chicago
Koehn, Nancy F. "Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store." Harvard Business School Case 801-349, February 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- December 2000
- Teaching Note
Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (A): The Intelligent Network TN
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Teaching Note for (9-399-029). View Details
- December 2000 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Alexis Lefort
Introduces Reverend Jeffrey Brown, one of the cofounders of the Ten Point Coalition in Boston, Mass. The Ten Point Coalition, a group of ministers that worked to change the dynamics between the Boston Police Department and the kids on the street, was instrumental in... View Details
Keywords: Change; Civil Society or Community; Alliances; Interpersonal Communication; Power and Influence; Law Enforcement; City; Boston
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Alexis Lefort. "Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers." Harvard Business School Case 801-284, December 2000. (Revised May 2002.)
- May 2000 (Revised July 2000)
- Case
U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (B), The
By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 900-018, May 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
- January 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Lucent Technologies' successful New Ventures Group must present company executives with a strong case for continuing corporate venturing activities despite a troubled financial performance in difficult market conditions. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Business Ventures; Venture Capital; Financial Condition; Change Management; Wireless Technology; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry; New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Michelle Heskett. "Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group." Harvard Business School Case 300-085, January 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- September 1999 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Strategic Deal Making at Millennium Pharmaceuticals
A small start-up in 1993, Millennium Pharmaceuticals was a name-brand biotechnology company by the end of 1998, with a market capitalization of $1.4 billion. The Cambridge-based company's growth strategy had relied heavily on building alliances for early-stage drug... View Details
Keywords: Alliances; Negotiation Deal; Growth and Development Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cambridge
Watkins, Michael D., and Sarah Matthews. "Strategic Deal Making at Millennium Pharmaceuticals." Harvard Business School Case 800-032, September 1999. (Revised September 2005.)
- May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Komatsu and Dresser: Putting Two Plus Two Together
By: Ashish Nanda
In 1987, Komatsu Ltd., looking to expand its presence in the U.S. earth-moving equipment (EME) industry, enters into a 50-50 joint venture with Dresser. The management of the Komatsu Dresser joint venture faces difficulty in bringing the two halves together. The rift... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Machinery and Machining; Restructuring; Joint Ventures; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States
Nanda, Ashish, and Georgia Levenson. "Komatsu and Dresser: Putting Two Plus Two Together." Harvard Business School Case 898-269, May 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- February 1998 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Winthrop Park Development
By: William J. Poorvu and Elizabeth McLoughlin
Describes a real estate development project in Cambridge, MA and evaluates the market, financial, and design issues in this $20 million mixed-use property. View Details
Poorvu, William J., and Elizabeth McLoughlin. "Winthrop Park Development." Harvard Business School Case 898-194, February 1998. (Revised May 2007.)
- February 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
CAMPFIRE Program, The: Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Karen Beth Kaufman
Examines an innovative, village-based management program in Zimbabwe. While the program has been quite successful, executive director Steven Kasere is concerned about the future. The program has become quite controversial in the environmental community, and the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Programs; Financing and Loans; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; United States; Zimbabwe
Kennedy, Robert E., and Karen Beth Kaufman. "CAMPFIRE Program, The: Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe." Harvard Business School Case 799-085, February 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- May 1997 (Revised January 2000)
- Supplement
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement 1997
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Eilene Zimmerman
Provides an update. Designed as a class handout. View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Eilene Zimmerman. "Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement 1997." Harvard Business School Supplement 797-144, May 1997. (Revised January 2000.)
- April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Cleveland Turnaround (D), The: Challenges for the Future
By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias
Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details
Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Cleveland Turnaround (D), The: Challenges for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 796-154, April 1996. (Revised June 1996.)