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- December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Exercise
Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Minister of the Presidency (MOP): General Instructions and Confidential Information
Bellicoso is a multi-party conflict resolution simulation based loosely on the bitter civil war in El Salvador. It is designed to explore issues in: 1) the management of interactions between external negotiations between sides and internal negotiations within them, 2)... View Details
Keywords: War; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution; El Salvador
"Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Minister of the Presidency (MOP): General Instructions and Confidential Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 899-093, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Exercise
Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Head of the Bellicosan Labor Union (BLU): General Instructions and Confidential Information
Bellicoso is a multi-party conflict resolution simulation based loosely on the bitter civil war in El Salvador. It is designed to explore issues in: 1) the management of interactions between external negotiations between sides and internal negotiations within them, 2)... View Details
Keywords: War; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution; El Salvador
"Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Head of the Bellicosan Labor Union (BLU): General Instructions and Confidential Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 899-088, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Exercise
Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Minister of the Defense (MOD): General Instructions and Confidential Information
Bellicoso is a multi-party conflict resolution simulation based loosely on the bitter civil war in El Salvador. It is designed to explore issues in: 1) the management of interactions between external negotiations between sides and internal negotiations within them, 2)... View Details
Keywords: War; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution; El Salvador
"Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Minister of the Defense (MOD): General Instructions and Confidential Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 899-087, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- August 1993 (Revised August 2002)
- Exercise
Work Methods Design Exercise
Teams of students receive identical product design specifications, a sample unit of the product, and a series of assignment questions that entail time and motion studies, which they must both understand and perform before class discussion. In class, teams explain how... View Details
"Work Methods Design Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 694-026, August 1993. (Revised August 2002.)
- February 2001 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Investigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Groups and Teams; Brands and Branding; Growth Management; Employee Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Design; Leadership Style; Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Food and Beverage Industry
Koehn, Nancy F. "Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company." Harvard Business School Case 801-361, February 2001. (Revised September 2005.)
- Program
The Women's Leadership Forum
Summary While today's companies are making a concerted effort to grow leaders from within, many are missing a crucial opportunity by not fully utilizing the talents of executive women. In this women's leadership program, you will join an exceptional group of seasoned... View Details
- Program
Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
change agents. Taking place in three modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program–India accelerates the transformation of experienced senior executives into capable leaders who can drive business success. Delivered in a series of modules in Boston and Mumbai, this... View Details
- December 2009 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
TD Canada Trust
By: Dennis Campbell and Brent Kazan
The case illustrates the role of performance measurement and analytics in translating TD-Canada Trust's service model of "comfortable banking" into operational terms. In 2000, in a banking market where consumers and regulators were typically hostile to mergers and... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Commercial Banking; Profit; Balanced Scorecard; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Banking Industry; Canada
Campbell, Dennis, and Brent Kazan. "TD Canada Trust." Harvard Business School Case 110-049, December 2009. (Revised September 2014.)
- November 1995 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and James Weber
A cross-functional team at Massachusetts General Hospital tries to reengineer the service delivery process (the "care path") for heart bypass surgery (CABG) in order to shorten hospital stays (and lower costs) while maintaining/enhancing the quality of care provided. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Product Positioning; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Customer Satisfaction; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Fair Value Accounting; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
Wheelwright, Steven C., and James Weber. "Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-015, November 1995. (Revised March 2004.)
- November 2019
- Case
Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times
By: Caroline M. Elkins, Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar and Youssef Abdel Aal
After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Developing Countries and Economies; Economy; Business or Company Management; Price; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Expansion; Currency; Food and Beverage Industry; Egypt; Africa; Middle East
Elkins, Caroline M., Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times." Harvard Business School Case 320-026, November 2019.
- March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa
By: Tarun Khanna and Ayesha Khan
This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the Middle East and Africa. The CEO of the company, Dr. Saad... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; Kuwait
Khanna, Tarun, and Ayesha Khan. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-477, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- October 1993 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A)
William Anders became CEO of defense giant General Dynamics in 1991 as the Cold War was ending and as the industry became saddled with excess capacity. Observing that the company was underserving shareholders and required a massive change in its culture, Anders brought... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Executive Compensation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Murphy, Kevin J. "General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-048, October 1993. (Revised December 1997.)
- June 2008
- Case
Rackspace Hosting in Late 2000
By: James L. Heskett and W. Earl Sasser
The leadership team of Rackspace, faced with accommodation of its service offering and dwindling financial reserves, decides to make customer focus the rallying cry of its new strategy. This short case was designed as the discussion igniter for a series of short video... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Finance; Management Teams; Service Operations; Customer Ownership; Strategy
Heskett, James L., and W. Earl Sasser. "Rackspace Hosting in Late 2000." Harvard Business School Case 808-166, June 2008.
- October 2016
- Case
Malenti Strings: Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc.
By: David A. Garvin and Rachel Gordon
This case follows Jenica Fletcher as she rebuilds her company's guitar strings division from the ground up. Convinced that she could turn the division around if given complete independence from corporate headquarters, Fletcher relocated the group, rebranded it as... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Management Practices and Processes; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Consumer Products Industry
Garvin, David A., and Rachel Gordon. "Malenti Strings: Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-513, October 2016.
- August 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Paradigm Capital Value Fund
By: Luis M. Viceira and Elena Corsi
Karl Jan Erick Hummel had founded Paradigm Capital Value Fund in 2007 together with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Greenwald, an expert in value investing and now chairman of the fund. The fund followed the principles of value investing to their target... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Viceira, Luis M., and Elena Corsi. "Paradigm Capital Value Fund." Harvard Business School Case 220-014, August 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
Businesses rely on solid marketing strategies to boost sales—yet the tools used to evaluate these strategies often provide misleading results, leaving managers with the inability to accurately measure how they can get the best bang for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Events - MBA
program – a deferred admissions pathway for college students. Come learn if this program is right for you as well as our other opportunities for college students such as Peek and Summer Venture in Management (SVMP). Dec 04 04 Dec 2024... View Details
- April 2016
- Supplement
Preparing a Concession Bid at TAV Airports Holding - Exhibit 7 Supplement Model
By: C. Fritz Foley and Çiğdem Çelik
In 2013, TAV Airports Holding prepared a bid for the concession to build and operate the third Istanbul airport. This process involved input from various parts of the firm with operating and financial expertise. Burcu Geriş, the CFO of TAV Airports Holding, and her... View Details
- 1997
- Book
Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices
By: Leslie Perlow
Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended... View Details
Perlow, Leslie. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.
- Web
Entrepreneurship & Innovation - MBA
both the Required Curriculum and Elective Curriculum. There are 35 faculty members in the Entrepreneurial Management unit, one of the largest teaching units. First year (RC) students can participate in Startup Bootcamp , an immersion... View Details