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      • September 1984
      • Case

      Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Describes the outcome of implementation of the standardized plan described in Henkel (A). View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Expansion; Profit; Conflict Management; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; Construction Industry; Europe; West Germany
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      Dolan, Robert J. "Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)." Harvard Business School Case 585-100, September 1984.
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      Wage-Employment Contracts

      By: Jerry R. Green and Charles M. Kahn
      This paper studies the efficient agreements about the dependence of workers' earnings on employment, when the employment level is controlled by firms. The firms' superior information about profitability conditions is responsible for this form of contract governance.... View Details
      Keywords: Labor; Wages; Contracts
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      Green, Jerry R., and Charles M. Kahn. "Wage-Employment Contracts." Quarterly Journal of Economics 98, Suppl., no. 2 (1983): 173–188.
      • October 1982
      • Supplement

      Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      A two-part taped interview with Pat Paterson. Paterson describes the action he took in dealing with his company's profit problems, then talks about the outcome. His decision to dismiss 1,500 workers may have accelerated the company's bankruptcy. View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Resignation and Termination; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-512, October 1982.
      • November 1981
      • Article

      Effects of Nominal Contracting on Stock Returns

      By: K. French, G. W. Schwert and R. S. Ruback
      Keywords: Stocks; Profit
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      French, K., G. W. Schwert, and R. S. Ruback. "Effects of Nominal Contracting on Stock Returns." Seminar on the Analysis of Security Prices, Proceedings 5, no. 2 (November 1981): 1–36.
      • December 1980 (Revised December 1984)
      • Case

      Hudepohl Brewing Co.

      By: Malcolm S. Salter
      Presents the problem of how an established regional brewer can survive the onslaught of national breweries, some of which are being cross-subsidized by diversified parent companies. Requires detailed analysis of what operations are profitable and unprofitable for... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Profit; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Growth; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Competition; Diversification
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      Salter, Malcolm S. "Hudepohl Brewing Co." Harvard Business School Case 381-092, December 1980. (Revised December 1984.)
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      Industry Structure and Competitive Strategy: Keys to Profitability

      By: M. E. Porter
      Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Profit; Industry Structures
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      Porter, M. E. "Industry Structure and Competitive Strategy: Keys to Profitability." Financial Analysts Journal (July–August 1980).
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      Interfirm Profitability Differences: Comment

      By: M. E. Porter, R. E. Caves and B. T. Gale
      Keywords: Profit
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      Porter, M. E., R. E. Caves, and B. T. Gale. "Interfirm Profitability Differences: Comment." Quarterly Journal of Economics 91, no. 4 (November 1977): 667–675.
      • March–April 1977
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      Responding to Divisional Profit Crises

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh
      Keywords: Profit
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      Hamermesh, Richard G. "Responding to Divisional Profit Crises." Harvard Business Review 55, no. 2 (March–April 1977).
      • September 1976
      • Case

      Del Norte Paper Co. (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Deals with a transfer pricing problem in a complex, international situation. A broad range of issues are present in the case, or are needed for a thorough case analysis. Such issues include: relevant costs; the appropriateness of profit centers; the appropriateness of... View Details
      Keywords: International Accounting; Cost Management; Business Divisions; Profit Sharing; Profit
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      Sahlman, William A. "Del Norte Paper Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 177-034, September 1976.
      • September 1975 (Revised June 1983)
      • Background Note

      Note on the Structural Analysis of Industries

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Provides a framework for the analysis of industry structure. Identifies the major structural features that influence the profit potential in industries and some illustrative implications of these for strategy formulation. Can be used as a reference note for business... View Details
      Keywords: Industry Structures; Business Strategy; Profit
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      Porter, Michael E. "Note on the Structural Analysis of Industries." Harvard Business School Background Note 376-054, September 1975. (Revised June 1983.)
      • June 1975 (Revised September 2004)
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      Angus Cartwright III

      By: Kenneth J. Hatten, William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
      Judy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Balanced Scorecard; Valuation
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      Hatten, Kenneth J., William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel, and John H. Vogel, Jr. "Angus Cartwright III." Harvard Business School Case 375-376, June 1975. (Revised September 2004.)
      • January 1975 (Revised September 1982)
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      First Federal Savings (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time. View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Banking Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W. "First Federal Savings (A)." Harvard Business School Case 475-072, January 1975. (Revised September 1982.)
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      Business Leaders and Corporate Responsibility

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      Thomas R. Piper is trying to establish an appropriate sense of ethics and corporate responsibility for future business leaders. Earlier research provided compelling evidence that many future leaders seriously doubt that their interpersonal ethics can be brought into... View Details
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      Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Rangan is studying how businesses create value for the 4.2 billion low income, and poorer income residents at the base of the global income pyramid. These are individuals who live on less than $5/day. Providing food, water, sanitation, healthcare, education, skills... View Details
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      Competitive Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter

      Porter is engaged in a major new body of work on the theoretical foundations of competitive positioning and the underpinnings of sustainable competitive advantage. This research highlights the distinction between positioning and operational effectiveness; the... View Details

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      Customer-Centricity as a Vehicle for Organic Growth

      By: Ranjay Gulati
      This body of work examines the mechanics of how firms grow profitably in commoditizing markets. Underlying the "customer-centricity" that many firms embrace today is a factor that will determine their success with this effort: enabling collaboration across... View Details
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      Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation

      By: Alison Wood Brooks

      Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details

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      Enduring Success

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Harvard Business School graduates have achieved many different kinds of success as leaders of businesses, as entrepreneurs and in their public and private lives. After authoring or co-authoring 150 cases, serving on many corporate and non- profit boards, Howard... View Details
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      Examples of current projects

      By: William R. Kerr
      • Entrepreneurship, innovation and growth
      • Transformations for profitable growth
      • Corporate innovation and venturing
      • High-skilled immigration and the structure of US firms
      • Agglomeration forces and cluster... View Details
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      Exec Ed: Real Estate Executive Seminar: Capital, Partnerships, and Portfolios

      By: John D. Macomber
      With both a quest for yield and new opportunities emerging across the real estate supply chain, business leaders must have the financial capabilities, analytical tools, and strategic skills to ensure the long-term profitability of their development projects and... View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate
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