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  • April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
  • Background Note

Strategies of Related Diversification

By: Bharat N. Anand
Which businesses should a firm expand into? This question of corporate scope is central to corporate strategy. Flawed scope decisions can have severe consequences, and the trauma experienced by many companies as a result of mistaken decisions to expand scope is often... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Business Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges
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Anand, Bharat N. "Strategies of Related Diversification." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-481, April 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
  • September 1996 (Revised April 1997)
  • Case

GO Corporation

By: Josh Lerner, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad and Paul C. Yang
GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must work with its venture financers, Kleiner Perkins, to redesign its financing, alliance, and product development... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Competition; Private Equity; Adaptation; Crisis Management; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry
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Lerner, Josh, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad, and Paul C. Yang. "GO Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-021, September 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
  • December 2004 (Revised July 2008)
  • Case

Delaware Worldwide Corporation

By: Ronald W. Moore
Discusses the bankruptcy reorganization process, with an emphasis on valuation and capital structure. Serves as the basis for a bankruptcy reorganization game that has been used for many years in Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring, a second-year finance... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Valuation
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Moore, Ronald W. "Delaware Worldwide Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 205-047, December 2004. (Revised July 2008.)
  • 11 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

fourth book, Alignment, described principle #3, how to create and capture corporate synergies through vertical and horizontal alignment of business and support units. The fourth book also contained material on principle #4, aligning and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • January 2004 (Revised May 2004)
  • Background Note

Strategy and Positioning in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda
This case provides a definition of strategy, distinguishes between corporate and practice strategy, and discusses how and why developing and implementing strategy for professional service firms is different from developing and implementing strategy for commercial... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Service Industry
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Nanda, Ashish. "Strategy and Positioning in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-060, January 2004. (Revised May 2004.)
  • September 1999 (Revised September 1999)
  • Case

Convergys Corporation

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
Focuses on the important issue of capturing the synergies between the two sides of the business, Information Management Group (IMG) and Customer Management Group (CMG). In addition, the case also addresses strategic issues from each of the individual businesses. For... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Information Industry; Service Industry
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Bradley, Stephen P., and Kelley Porter. "Convergys Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 700-042, September 1999. (Revised September 1999.)
  • Research Summary

Corporate Social Responsibility

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Rangan has developed a framework and a process for auditing a company's CSR activities and from that a blueprint for CSR strategy development. He is now in the phase of verifying the framework and implementing the process in certain chosen sites. View Details
  • July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
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Novell: CEO-led Turnaround and Growth Strategy

By: Richard L. Nolan and Robert D. Austin
Novell CEO Jack Messman tried to return the company to its leadership position in the software industry through a strategy that embraces Linux and other open source software. This case serves as an introduction to open source software and strategies based on open... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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Nolan, Richard L., and Robert D. Austin. "Novell: CEO-led Turnaround and Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 605-004, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
  • March 2011
  • Supplement

BOOKOFF Corporation in 2007

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Yoshinori Fujikawa
A visionary founder appoints a former part-time worker and homemaker as his successor in order to keep the corporate culture he created intact. View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership; Management Succession; Organizational Culture; Strategy
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Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Yoshinori Fujikawa. "BOOKOFF Corporation in 2007." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-506, March 2011.
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Diversification Strategies and Corporate Governance in Trading Companies: Anglo-Japanese Comparisons since the Late Nineteenth Century

By: G. Jones
Keywords: Diversification; Corporate Governance; Trade; Business Ventures; Japan
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Jones, G. "Diversification Strategies and Corporate Governance in Trading Companies: Anglo-Japanese Comparisons since the Late Nineteenth Century." Business and Economic History 25, no. 2 (Winter 1996): 103–118.
  • January 2008 (Revised July 2008)
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The Allstate Corporation

By: John R. Wells
In 2007, Allstate was the number two property and casualty insurer in the USA and had enjoyed five years of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Services Industry
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Wells, John R. "The Allstate Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 708-485, January 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
  • November 1997
  • Case

Case Corporation

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
A successful turnaround global farm machinery company is attempting to redefine its role in the global food system and develop a strategic plan for the company. View Details
Keywords: Change; Machinery and Machining; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Case Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 598-046, November 1997.
  • October 2011 (Revised January 2012)
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LinkedIn Corporation

By: Francois Brochet and James Weber
The case is set at the end of the first public trading day of LinkedIn, an online professional network company. It provides information on the company's business model, financial statements, competitive landscape, and IPO terms, to help the reader critically assess the... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Growth and Development; Earnings Management; Risk Management; Valuation; SWOT Analysis; Emerging Markets; Business Model; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Web Services Industry
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Brochet, Francois, and James Weber. "LinkedIn Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 112-006, October 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
  • June 1999 (Revised June 2000)
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Eckerd Corporation

By: Michael E. Porter and John E. Kelleher
Describes the history and current situation in the retail pharmacy industry, including competition from new merchants and Internet drugstores. Eckerd, one of the top four drug chains, must decide how to position itself for the future. View Details
Keywords: Competition; Alignment; Supply and Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Porter, Michael E., and John E. Kelleher. "Eckerd Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 799-141, June 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
  • October 2001 (Revised May 2010)
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Sarnia Corporation

By: Thomas R. Piper
A division manager must explain why his division failed to meet its budgeted profit performance as well as meet with members of his management team to discuss corrective action. View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Business Divisions; Profit; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Failure; Performance; Strategy
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Piper, Thomas R. "Sarnia Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 202-051, October 2001. (Revised May 2010.)
  • June 2007 (Revised April 2010)
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Comcast Corporation

By: Anita Elberse and Jason Schreiber
In October 2006, Comcast executives had entered negotiations with broadcast networks to broaden the selection of free network content distributed via its video-on-demand (VOD) service. The major broadcast networks, however, were unsure of the effect it would have on... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Competitive Strategy; Technology Adoption; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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Elberse, Anita, and Jason Schreiber. "Comcast Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 507-080, June 2007. (Revised April 2010.)
  • March 1997 (Revised July 1999)
  • Case

S1 Corporation

S1 is a fast growing subsidiary of the Samsung Group in South Korea that sells business security products. S1 has implemented a number of marketing initiatives that the company president would like to have evaluated. View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Price; Salesforce Management; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry; South Korea
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Chun, Samuel S. "S1 Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 597-044, March 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
  • March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
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UAL Corporation

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
In the largest attempted employee-buyout in history, a large U.S. commercial airline seeks substantial wage concessions from its employees in return for 53% stake in the airline's commmon stock and guaranteed seats on the board of directors. Management must convince... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Labor; Wages; Management Teams; Employee Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Strategy; Value; United States
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Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "UAL Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-130, March 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
  • June 2014
  • Teaching Note

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), confronted in 2003 with an urgent need to change how it operated externally, adopted a highly innovative approach to communicating internally. This case, set in 2010, presents an overview of the new, more interactive model of employee... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Change Management; Communication; Change; Leadership; Management; Energy Industry; India
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Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, and Robin Abrahams. "Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 414-006, June 2014.
  • May 1997 (Revised May 1998)
  • Case

Progressive Corporation

By: Michael E. Porter and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Progressive is a leader in providing nonstandard (high-risk) automobile insurance to drivers across America, with a long record of extraordinary profitability. Progressive is facing a challenge in its segment from Allstate, the industry leader, and must decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Planning; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Auto Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
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Porter, Michael E., and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Progressive Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 797-109, May 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
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