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  • December 1989 (Revised February 1993)
  • Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (C)

By: Lynda M. Applegate
In 1989, Frito-Lay designed an information technology infrastructure to support time-based competition and organizational restructuring. The company planned to provide timely flexible information to all major decision makers at all levels. This case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Design; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Competitive Strategy; Time Management; Organizational Structure; Information Management; Strategic Planning; Performance Effectiveness; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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    Anita Elberse

    Anita Elberse is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Professor Elberse develops and teaches an MBA course covering the "Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports," which ranks among the most sought-after... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; arts; broadcasting; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; electronics; entertainment; fashion; home video games; information; marketing industry; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; telecommunications; video games
    • 14 Feb 2008
    • News

    Harvard Business School Sets Out Centennial Activities

    • 12 Jan 2017
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    • Program

    Owner/President Management

    enduring network with OPM peers worldwide Who Should Attend OPM is designed for business owners and founders who meet the following criteria: You (or your family) hold a significant equity stake in the firm You have an active operating... View Details
    • March 1976 (Revised June 1993)
    • Case

    Communications Satellite Corp.

    Describes the FCC hearings which were designed to determine Comsat's cost of equity. Comsat's risks are examined, and expert testimony is given. Objective of the case is to estimate Comsat's cost of equity. View Details
    Keywords: Government Administration; Equity; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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    • April 1995
    • Supplement

    Montague Corporation (B)

    By: Norman A. Berg
    Presents David Montague's evaluation of the progress so far and the basic problems that he believes prevent him from achieving higher sales. Designed as a class handout after discussion of the (A) case. View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Problems and Challenges; Bicycle Industry
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    • 1989
    • Article

    The Creative Environment Scales: The Work Environment Inventory

    By: T. M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz
    The Creative Environment Scales Work Environment Inventory (WEI) is a new paper-and-pencil instrument designed to assess stimulants and obstacles to creativity in the work environment. Unlike many instruments that are designed as comprehensive descriptions of the work... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Working Conditions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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    • Program

    Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual

    Collect, Elicit) leadership self-development model to increase professional influence and impact Build self-awareness and understanding around your leadership profile and trajectory Design a development path that nurtures relevant skill... View Details
    • June 2008
    • Supplement

    Kit Hinrichs at Pentagram (B)

    By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
    This case focuses on Kit Hindrichs, a 65 year-old partner at Pentagram, a privately-owned multidisciplinary design firm. One of the world's most prestigious design firms, Pentagram was founded by five designers from different disciplines in London in the 1970s. By... View Details
    Keywords: Business Offices; Design; Managerial Roles; Private Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Equality and Inequality; London; San Francisco; New York (state, US)
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    • February 2004 (Revised December 2004)
    • Exercise

    Developmental Network Questionnaire

    By: Monica C. Higgins and John Galvin
    The Developmental Network Questionnaire is an instrument designed to reveal information about the sources of developmental assistance in an individual's career. Teaching Purpose: To facilitate a session on developmental relationships. Includes color exhibits. View Details
    Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
    • Case

    Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
    In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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    • August 2015
    • Case

    Building an e-Commerce Brand at Wayfair

    By: Thales Teixeira and Elizabeth Anne Watkins
    Wayfair, Inc. comprised five home goods, furniture, and décor e-commerce brands. Wayfair.com, the main brand, which was responsible for the majority of sales, targeted the mass-middle home-goods market. AllModern, DwellStudio, Joss & Main, and Birch Lane were niche... View Details
    Keywords: E-commerce; Wayfair; Wayfair.com; Amazon; Retailing; Furnishing; Funnel; Attribution; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Brand Building; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Media; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Communication; Advertising; Resource Allocation; Decisions; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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    • January 2017
    • Case

    TalentCorp Malaysia and the Returning Expert Programme

    By: William R. Kerr, Danielle Li, Mathis Wagner and Alexis Brownell
    TalentCorp Malaysia runs the "Returning Expert Programme" (REP), a government program designed to encourage Malaysian professionals abroad to return home through use of various incentives. The REP is intended to combat the "brain drain," caused by highly educated... View Details
    Keywords: Malaysia; Diaspora; Brain Drain; Migration; Diasporas; Government and Politics; Immigration; Human Capital; Programs; Malaysia
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    • June 1998 (Revised June 1999)
    • Case

    Dixon Corporation: The Collinsville Plant

    By: W. Carl Kester
    Dixon Corp.faces the task of valuing a plant and an associated project that it is considering buying. The revisions are designed to enable the application of adjusted present value technique for valuation. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
    Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Valuation; Projects; Forecasting and Prediction; Acquisition; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry
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    • August 2012 (Revised August 2015)
    • Technical Note

    Building Cities: A Technical Note

    By: Arthur I Segel and Oliver O. Hartleben
    World population growth and increasing urbanization will require new cities in the future around the world. This technical note attempts to systematize the key design decisions that developers and policy makers alike must make to be able to proceed. View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate; Urban Scope; City; Real Estate Industry
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    • August 1995 (Revised June 1997)
    • Case

    Hillcrest Research Associates, Inc.

    Hillcrest designs and administers testing procedures for drugs to determine whether they pass FDA specifications. As the company grows, it encounters problems with information technology and with the clinical research associates, who feel pressured to report more... View Details
    Keywords: Growth Management; Information Technology; Health Testing and Trials; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • Research Summary

    Retail Store Operations

    Professor Ton's research focuses on the last link in many supply chains, the retail store.  She examines how store operations should be designed and managed to ensure that both in-store logistics activities and customer service activities are performed... View Details

    • August 1987 (Revised June 1989)
    • Background Note

    Note on Financial Contracting: ""Deals""

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Describes the issues involved in designing and evaluating financial contracts between users and suppliers of capital and between companies and employees. A simple conceptual framework is introduced and some critical issues addressed: 1) How is cash allocated? 2) How is... View Details
    Keywords: Contracts; Framework; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Finance
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    • October 2011 (Revised July 2012)
    • Case

    Boeing 737 Industrial Footprint: The Wichita Decision

    By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
    The case examines the circumstances leading up to the Boeing Company's decision to spin-off its Wichita Division. This case is intended to be taught with two other notes: "On the Use of Capital Efficiency Metrics," HBS No. 612-034, "Modularity in Design and... View Details
    Keywords: Teaching; Capital; Standards; Design; Production; Air Transportation Industry
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