Publications

Keywords: Banking Industry

February 1999
Teaching Note

Southwire: Beyond 2000 TN

Teaching Note for (9-397-074). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Georgia (state, US)

14 Dec 2021
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

their coming to the right decisions. I take great pride in the fact I recruited him to the Board.” — HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan “When I think of Howard, I think creativity, intelligence, energy,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2011
Teaching Note

UFIDA (D) (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ping He, Xiohua Wu and Lijuan Liu

This case describes the financing decisions of a software company at difference stages of its development. Started from 1988 as an individual business, along with the "Reform and Open" policy of China, the firm has experienced tremendous growth, and has become a... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Computer Software; Emerging Markets; Financial Strategy; IPO; Investments; China; Applications and Software; China

2011
Teaching Note

UFIDA (A) (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Bin Yang and E. Chen

The five-case UFIDA series is about China's largest supplier of management/ERP software, its 20-year evolution, and current strategic challenges. The (A) case is the cornerstone of the series. It introduces the company's history, strategic turning points, current... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Competition; Computer Software; Emerging Markets; Strategy; Applications and Software; China

01 Sep 2011
News

Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business

Related Links More faculty takeaways on the IXP Read about the Harvard Center Shanghai View upcoming executive programs in China Find HBS Alumni Clubs in China MBA students aren’t the only ones honing their global knowledge by traveling... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 1995
Teaching Note

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A) and Project ICON (A), (Abridged) TN

Teaching Note for (9-193-008). View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Management Teams; Transformation; Decisions; Management Succession; Chemical Industry; London

September 1992
Teaching Note

Aerospace Technology Manufacturing, Inc.: Industry, Company, and I/S Transitions TN

Keywords: Transition; Aerospace Industry; Manufacturing Industry

September 2010
Teaching Note

HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction (TN)

Teaching Note for 309029. View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; State Ownership; Industry Structures; Air Transportation Industry; China

February 2006 (Revised December 2006)
Teaching Note

Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT (TN)

Keywords: Construction Industry

October 2007
Article

Governance in Global Information Economy

Keywords: Governance; Information; Economy

September 1988
Case

Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A) (Condensed)

Describes a regional airline that is on the losing end of a strategic application of information technology. Management is focusing on internal data processing issues while its principal, and larger, competitor is using its computerized reservations system to gain... View Details

Keywords: Adoption; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry