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- January 2002 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Aqualisa Quartz: Simply a Better Shower
By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman
Harry Rawlinson is managing director of Aqualisa, a major U.K. manufacturer of showers. He has just launched the most significant shower innovation in recent history: the Quartz shower. The shower provides significant improvements in terms of quality, cost, and ease of... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Product Positioning; Technological Innovation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Sales; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
Moon, Youngme E., and Kerry Herman. "Aqualisa Quartz: Simply a Better Shower." Harvard Business School Case 502-030, January 2002. (Revised September 2022.)
- January 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Abelli and Saviotti at Banca Commerciale Italiana (A)
By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Kathleen L. McGinn and Massimiliano Belingheri
In 1999, a powerful struggle amidst complex corporate and interpersonal networks led to the failed merger between Banca Commerciale Italiana and Unicredito Italiano--two of Italy's largest banking groups. This case analyzes the actions of Abelli and Saviotti, co-CEOs... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Networks; Banks and Banking; Business Strategy; Power and Influence; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; International Finance; Failure; Banking Industry; Italy
Casciaro, Tiziana E., Kathleen L. McGinn, and Massimiliano Belingheri. "Abelli and Saviotti at Banca Commerciale Italiana (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-043, January 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- January 2002 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Abelli and Saviotti at Banca Commerciale Italiana (B)
By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Kathleen L. McGinn and Massimiliano Belingheri
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Casciaro, Tiziana E., Kathleen L. McGinn, and Massimiliano Belingheri. "Abelli and Saviotti at Banca Commerciale Italiana (B)." Harvard Business School Case 402-044, January 2002. (Revised November 2002.)
- January 2002 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Vialog Corporation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Traces the origin of Vialog Corp.--from its founding in 1996 through a roll-up of several independent teleconferencing companies in 1997 and its initial public offering (1999) and eventually to a potential merger or acquisition in June 2000. The company has grown... View Details
Keywords: History; Business Exit or Shutdown; Internet and the Web; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Initial Public Offering; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Processes; Information Technology Industry; Europe
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Vialog Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-008, January 2002. (Revised July 2002.)
- December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Nestle S.A.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Peter Brabeck wants to focus Nestle as a wellness company in the global food system and do so in a way that provides both growth in sales and margins in both developed and developing countries. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Food; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Nestle S.A." Harvard Business School Case 902-419, December 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Poland's A2 Motorway
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Projects; Construction Industry; Transportation Industry; Poland
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Poland's A2 Motorway." Harvard Business School Case 202-030, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
- December 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Teaching Note
Poland's A2 Motorway TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-202-030). View Details
- December 2001 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Li & Fung (B): Internet Issues
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Iris T. Li
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Iris T. Li. "Li & Fung (B): Internet Issues." Harvard Business School Case 302-075, December 2001. (Revised November 2005.)
- December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
National Cooperative Council for Agriculture and Horticulture of the Netherlands, The
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Cate Reavis
As the No. 1 cooperative country in the world and the second leading trading country in the world, how do the cooperatives of the Netherlands organize to provide leadership in the global food system? View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Food; Agribusiness; Globalization; Leadership; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Netherlands
Goldberg, Ray A., and Cate Reavis. "National Cooperative Council for Agriculture and Horticulture of the Netherlands, The." Harvard Business School Case 902-417, December 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Borealis
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen
When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Governance Controls; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
Kaplan, Robert S., and Bjorn N. Jorgensen. "Borealis." Harvard Business School Case 102-048, December 2001. (Revised February 2008.)
- Dec 2001
- Other Presentation
Innovation Lecture
In his lecture, Professor Porter gave a sharp analysis of the Dutch economy. His message was that the Netherlands must watch its step because it is losing momentum as a knowledge-based economy. Not because it is performing badly, but because other countries are doing... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Innovation Lecture." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, The Hague, Netherlands, December 2001.
- 2001
- Chapter
The International Competitiveness of the UK: Is It Eroding or Rather Changing Form?
By: G. Jones, J. Dunning and L. Nachum
- November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Greg Rogers. "Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 302-065, November 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Greg Rogers. "Resinas Sinteticas, S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 302-066, November 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- November 2001
- Background Note
Poison Pill, The
This case presents the history of the "poison pill" as an antitakeover defense. It includes excerpts from the crucial case of Moran vs. Household International. View Details
Subramanian, Guhan. "Poison Pill, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-123, November 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Supplement
Whirlpool Europe
- November 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Whirlpool Europe
By: Richard S. Ruback, Sudhakar Balachandran and Aldo Sesia
This case presents a capital budgeting problem. Whirlpool Europe is evaluating an investment in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that would reorganize the information flow throughout the company. Students derive the cash flows from working capital, sales,... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Cash Flow; Investment; Capital Budgeting; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
Ruback, Richard S., Sudhakar Balachandran, and Aldo Sesia. "Whirlpool Europe." Harvard Business School Case 202-017, November 2001. (Revised December 2003.)
- October 2001 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
EU Takeover Directive
By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
The draft 13th Company Law Directive, originally written in the 1980s and first formally proposed in 1990, was intended to harmonize the takeover laws of the member states of the European Union (EU). From its inception, though, this bill was controversial. Nations... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Mergers and Acquisitions; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Problems and Challenges; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Germany; United Kingdom; European Union
Subramanian, Guhan, and Michelle Kalka. "EU Takeover Directive." Harvard Business School Case 902-066, October 2001. (Revised December 2001.)
- October 2001 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (B)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Perry Fagan. "Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (B)." Harvard Business School Case 302-054, October 2001. (Revised August 2002.)
- October 2001 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (C)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details