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- August 2018 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
The Fuji-Xerox Merger
By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
In January 2018, Xerox, a well-known American digital document firm, convened its board of directors to decide whether to approve a merger with Japanese imaging company Fujifilm. Activist Xerox shareholders were suing to halt the transaction, and documents unearthed... View Details
- Article
The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate
By: Gary P. Pisano
Science has long been connected to innovation and to business. As early as the late 19th century, chemical companies, realizing the commercial potential of science, created the first industrial research laboratories. During much of the 20th century, large-scale... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Furman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions
By: Nancy D. Beaulieu, Boris Groysberg and Kyle Doherty
Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition deals when the primary assets of the target are human capital. Focuses on Furman Selz's acquisition by Xerox in 1987; its... View Details
- March 1999 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Xerox: Book-In-Time
Book-In-Time, developed at Xerox, can dramatically reduce the cost of printing "one" book. Combined with the possibilities of digital content storage and transmittal, the new technology has vast opportunities. Xerox needs a commercial plan. The case describes the state... View Details
- April 1998
- Teaching Note
Xerox Technology Ventures TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-295-127) and (9-298-109). View Details
- February 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Xerox Technology Ventures: January 1997
By: Josh Lerner
Supplements Xerox Technology Ventures: March 1995. View Details
- April 1995 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kevin Davis
In order to increase revenues, develop new technologies, and manage information technology more efficiently, Xerox decided to sign a 10-year, $3.2 billion contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). This case describes the events that preceded Xerox's decision to... View Details
- June 1994
- Case
Green Marketing at Rank Xerox
Xerox Corp. is on the verge of launching a new line of photocopiers made largely from refurbished or recycled parts. In spite of this reclaimed content, the company intends to position the machines as "new." The move is a response to growing environmental pressures in... View Details
- January 1994 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Xerox: Design for the Environment
In 1990, Xerox undertook an "Environmental Leadership Program" designed to make Xerox an industry leader in non-polluting operations, recycling, and products actually designed for the environment. This effort flowed naturally out of the system of total quality... View Details
- July 1990 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (B)
- May 1990
- Teaching Note
Xerox Corp.: Executive Support Systems, Teaching Note
- October 1989 (Revised May 1996)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (A)
By: Todd D. Jick and Leonard A. Schlesinger
Describes the "Leadership Through Quality" effort undertaken by Xerox in the 1980s. Includes the history of Xerox in the 1970s and its need to make major changes in quality by the 1980s. Most of the remainder of the case details the step-by-step process by which Xerox... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Executive Support Systems
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- September 1988 (Revised September 1995)
- Teaching Note
Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (A) and (B), Teaching Note
- July 1988 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Information Technology Support of Product Development
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Donna B. Stoddard
- March 1988 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
- April 1985
- Supplement
Xerox Corp.: Fred Henderson, VP Corporate Quality Office, Video
By: John P. Kotter and Jay W. Lorsch
- March 1980
- Case