Publications

2023
Working Paper

Leadership and the Value of Persistence

By: James J. Anton, Alan Jaske and Dennis Yao

Consider a leader’s decision whether to persist with an unsuccessful R&D project or to terminate the project in favor of a new project with an uncertain value. How does that decision affect the effort exerted by the manager assigned to the project? To study this... View Details

Keywords: Persistence; Project Evaluation; R＆D Project Management; Projects; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership

November 2006
Teaching Note

Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project (TN)

By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Projects

June 1993 (Revised April 1994)
Supplement

Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Richard O. Mason and Melinda Conrad

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Projects; Food and Beverage Industry

September 1994 (Revised May 1997)
Case

Komatsu Ltd. and Project G (A)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Robert W. Lightfoot

Keywords: Projects; Japan

September–October 1994
Article

Make Projects the School for Leaders

By: H. K. Bowen, K. B. Clark, C. A. Holloway and S. C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Projects; Education; Leadership

1992
Book

Agroindustrial Project Analysis: Critical Design Factors

By: J. E. Austin

Keywords: Agribusiness; Projects; Design

May 2018
Case

Harvest City: The Intelligent Procurement System Project

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ramiro Montealegre

The Harvest City case describes the implementation of a cloud- and IoT-based intelligent procurement system at a new convention complex in the U.S. Midwest. The decision to build a convention complex is a strategic initiative for this city and involves extensive use of... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Projects; Management; Decision Making; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry

Educators

November 2000
Background Note

Running and Growing the Small Company: Team Project Guidelines

Requires participation in a team research project. Each team should have three to four members. The goal of the project is to acquire first-hand knowledge of how a particular business process is managed at a small company. View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Groups and Teams; Projects

Educators

spring 1999
Article

Improved Techniques for Valuing Large-Scale Projects

By: B. C. Esty

Keywords: Valuation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Projects

February 1995 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Teaching Note for (9-292-140). View Details

Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry; California

September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
Supplement

The Future of Iraq Project (B)

By: Noel Maurer and Sogomon Tarontsi

The first round of bidding on the rights to develop Iraq's oil field did not go as planned. All the bidding groups wanted to charge a fee per barrel that the Iraqi government considered too high. As a result, the Iraqi government conducted the auction a second time,... View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Foreign Direct Investment; Contracts; Auctions; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Iraq

September 2008 (Revised May 2010)
Supplement

GE's Imagination Breakthrough: The EVO Project

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Brian J. Hall and Nicole Bennett

This video features interviews with case protagonists John Dineen, Brett Begole, and Pierre Compte expressing their views on the decision framed by the case. In a second part of the tape the protagonists describe what they decided to do. A third segment features John... View Details

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Outcome or Result; Green Technology Industry

August 1988 (Revised August 1989)
Case

English Channel Fixed Link Project (A)

November 2003
Supplement

P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Paolo de Cesare and A.G. Lafley review the strategic and organizational challenges they face in deciding whether to make the prestigious Japanese beauty product, SK-II, a global brand. In a three-part videotaped interview, they discuss the challenges, reveal the... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Brands and Branding; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan

April 2000
Case

Financing of Project Achieve, The (A)

By: Mihir A. Desai

An entrepreneur is forced to analyze the tradeoffs between different equity providers through a detailed analysis of venture financing terms and cash flow forecasts. The founder of a Web-based IMS for schools must negotiate a term sheet, determine funding needs, value... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Equity; Negotiation Deal; Valuation

Educators

May 1986
Case

Anaquest: The Professional Services Project (B)

1993
Working Paper

Strategies for Managing a Project Portfolio

By: Michael D. Watkins and Kim B. Clark