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      • March 2006
      • Module Note

      Valuing Cross-Border Investments

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
      Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies... View Details
      Keywords: International Accounting; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Framework; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Body of Literature; Risk Management; Projects; Valuation
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Valuing Cross-Border Investments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-125, March 2006.
      • March 2006 (Revised October 2007)
      • Case

      The Parisian Revival

      By: Rajiv Lal and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In mid-2005, George Jones had two jobs: head of Saks Inc.'s 41-store Parisian department store chain as well as president and CEO of the Saks Department Store Group (SDSG), an umbrella for seven chains with a total of 182 stores across the United States. In 2003 Jones... View Details
      Keywords: Profit; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Sales; Retail Industry; United States
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Parisian Revival." Harvard Business School Case 506-035, March 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
      • March 2006
      • Case

      The Whitesides Lab

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Francesca Gino
      A significant part of the long-term economic growth in developed economies depends on the translation of scientific research into new products and processes. Focuses on the front end of this value creation stream. The laboratory of George Whitesides has a 30-year... View Details
      Keywords: Research; Performance Productivity; Economic Growth; Infrastructure; Creativity; Groups and Teams; Value Creation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Leadership; Resource Allocation
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Francesca Gino. "The Whitesides Lab." Harvard Business School Case 606-064, March 2006.
      • March 2006
      • Background Note

      Customer-Introduced Variability in Service Operations

      By: Frances X. Frei
      Presents a typology of customer-introduced variability and offers guidance on how to manage each type. Central to the ideas developed is how to mitigate the effects of the apparent trade-off between reducing variability and diminishing the service experience or... View Details
      Keywords: Customers; Six Sigma; Consumer Behavior; Service Operations; Performance Efficiency
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      Frei, Frances X. "Customer-Introduced Variability in Service Operations." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-063, March 2006.
      • March 2006 (Revised August 2006)
      • Case

      Putnam Investments: Rebuilding the Culture

      By: Nitin Nohria and Charles Nichols
      Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. is promoted CEO of Putnam Investments after the firm was badly damaged by a series of improper trading practices. He is charged with the task of managing the crisis, repairing the company culture, and putting the firm back into a pattern of... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Ethics; Investment Funds; Investment; Leading Change; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Charles Nichols. "Putnam Investments: Rebuilding the Culture." Harvard Business School Case 406-009, March 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
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      The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance

      By: Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards

      A number of modern industries are organized as complex networks of firms whose integrated efforts are necessary to deliver value to end customers. The complexity of these networks, or business ecosystems, and the associated interdependencies among firms, make... View Details

      Keywords: Business Ventures; Networks; Value; Customers; Performance Productivity; Product; Applications and Software; Innovation and Invention; Competition; Business Model; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Gregory L. Richards. "The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance." Antitrust Bulletin 51, no. 1 (Spring 2006).
      • February 2006 (Revised September 2006)
      • Case

      Tad O'Malley: June 2005

      By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
      Tad O'Malley, a new associate at Empire Investment Group, a top-tier leveraged buyout firm, must evaluate three different deals and recommend which should receive additional resources for further investigation. He must consider the specifics of each company and each... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Resource Allocation; Private Equity; Projects; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Evaluation; Leveraged Buyouts
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      Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tad O'Malley: June 2005." Harvard Business School Case 806-078, February 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
      • January 2006 (Revised July 2016)
      • Case

      Gordon Bethune at Continental Airlines

      By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
      A $385 million loss for the final months of fiscal year 1994 signaled Continental might go bankrupt. Could new CEO Gordon Bethune turn Continental around? Continental was in dire straits because the deregulation of the commercial airline industry in 1978 ushered in a... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Labor and Management Relations; Air Transportation Industry
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      Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Mark Benson. "Gordon Bethune at Continental Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 406-073, January 2006. (Revised July 2016.)
      • January 2006 (Revised May 2006)
      • Case

      Akin Ongor's Journey

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey's most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Development; Values and Beliefs; Partners and Partnerships; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Startups; Environmental Sustainability; Retirement; Education Industry; Turkey; United States
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Akin Ongor's Journey." Harvard Business School Case 306-072, January 2006. (Revised May 2006.)
      • 2006
      • Working Paper

      On the Origin of Shared Beliefs (and Corporate Culture)

      By: Eric J. Van den Steen

      This paper shows why members of an organization often share similar beliefs. I argue that there are two mechanisms. First, when performance depends on making correct decisions, people prefer to work with others who share their beliefs and assumptions, since such... View Details

      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employees; Values and Beliefs; Mathematical Methods
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      Van den Steen, Eric J. "On the Origin of Shared Beliefs (and Corporate Culture)." Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 4553-05, January 2006. (Available at SSRN.)
      • November 2005 (Revised March 2006)
      • Case

      Genentech - Capacity Planning

      By: Daniel C. Snow, Steven C. Wheelwright and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      While facilitating a complex clinical approval process over the next two to three years for a family of new cancer drugs, Genentech must develop a long-term capacity plan for a major class of new cancer products. Adding to the complexity and uncertainty is the fact... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Management Teams; Time Management; Product; Product Development; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Complexity; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Snow, Daniel C., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Genentech - Capacity Planning." Harvard Business School Case 606-052, November 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
      • November 2005 (Revised July 2006)
      • Case

      Two Tough Calls (A)

      By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
      A young female manager must decide whether to terminate two poorly performing managers who work for her. Shows the practical and ethical issues involved in firing decisions. View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Resignation and Termination; Management; Performance
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      Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Two Tough Calls (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-027, November 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
      • November 2005 (Revised July 2006)
      • Background Note

      Understanding Economic Value Added

      By: Mihir A. Desai, Fabrizio Ferri and Steve Treadwell
      Explores the concept of economic value added (EVA) and its practical applications as a management control system for performance measurement and incentive compensation. Explains how EVA is measured and explores some of the adjustments to financial statements that are... View Details
      Keywords: Value
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      Desai, Mihir A., Fabrizio Ferri, and Steve Treadwell. "Understanding Economic Value Added." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-016, November 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
      • November 2005
      • Supplement

      Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (C)

      By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
      Keywords: Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Laura Winig. "Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 306-056, November 2005.
      • November 2005
      • Supplement

      Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (B)

      By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
      Keywords: Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Laura Winig. "Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 306-055, November 2005.
      • 5 Nov 2005 - 8 Nov 2005
      • Conference Presentation

      New Perspectives on the Business Value of IT

      By: David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats and Marco Iansiti
      We sought to unravel the link between IT investment and firm performance by examining deployed IT functionality (ITF). First, ITF appears to be an important link in the IT spend to business value chain. Second, ITF does not seem to be a commodity and has... View Details
      Keywords: Perspective; Value; Performance; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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      Brunner, David James, Bradley R. Staats, and Marco Iansiti. "New Perspectives on the Business Value of IT." Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 5–8, 2005.
      • November 2005 (Revised May 2007)
      • Case

      Leading Change at Simmons (A)

      By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Amy C. Edmondson, Stacy McManus and Kate Roloff
      Explores the challenge of managing large-scale organizational change at Simmons, an old and established company that manufactures and distributes mattresses. The new CEO, Charlie Eitel, hired to turn the organization's performance around, considers whether to implement... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Motivation and Incentives; Leading Change; Employee Relationship Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Casciaro, Tiziana E., Amy C. Edmondson, Stacy McManus, and Kate Roloff. "Leading Change at Simmons (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-046, November 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
      • November 2005
      • Case

      Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)

      By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
      KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that will enable the organization to expand its impact substantially. The board of directors and management are trying... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Design; Construction Industry
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      Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Laura Winig. "Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-031, November 2005.
      • October 2005 (Revised October 2006)
      • Case

      Infosys (A): Strategic Human Resource Management

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Jaya Tandon and Ganesh Rengaswamy
      Hema Ravichandar, head of human resources, was given a new and aggressive milestone to reach: ensure Infosys is on the Top 10 lists of both Best Performing Companies and Best Employers by 2007. No large organization had ever been able to achieve this distinction... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Transition; Cost; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Jaya Tandon, and Ganesh Rengaswamy. "Infosys (A): Strategic Human Resource Management." Harvard Business School Case 406-010, October 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
      • October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
      • Case

      Red Flag Software Co.

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna, David Lane and Elizabeth Raabe
      In 2005, just five years after its formal launch, Beijing-based Red Flag Software was the world's second-largest distributor of the Linux operating system and was expecting its first annual profit. On a unit basis, Red Flag led the world in desktops (PCs) shipped with... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Technology Industry; Distribution Industry; Beijing; United States
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, David Lane, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Red Flag Software Co." Harvard Business School Case 706-428, October 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
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