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- February 1979
- Supplement
Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (B)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Keywords:
Mining Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 179-216, February 1979.
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging. The theme for ClimateCAP 2024 was Sustainability in Motion which...
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- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage industry firm...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- Web
How to thrive as an Introvert at HBS - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
Edited by April White A US military convoy was halted on a road north of Fallujah, among the most dangerous cities in Iraq. There was a possible IED in its path. They needed orders: Should they reroute? At the same moment, another Marine convoy discovered a possible...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Oil Rigs and Ripe Fruit
Financial Times (November 5, 2012), Keppel CEO Choo Chiau Beng (PMD 44, 1982) discussed how the global nature of the oil industry requires a nuanced knowledge of how to do business in a variety of different cultures. As an example, Choo...
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- Profile
Shaun Miller
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning an MBA has been a career aspiration of mine since my undergraduate studies - I had always looked forward to the idea of not only expanding my technical skill set, but also learning...
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- June 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
De Beers at the Millennium
At the time of the millennium, diamond demand was threatened by an increasing awareness among jewelry customers that diamond production and trading in some countries was being linked to growing inequities and human rights violations. This, in turn, had an impact on De...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Value Creation;
Strategic Planning;
Social Issues;
Luxury;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Africa
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Sonia D. Marciano. "De Beers at the Millennium." Harvard Business School Case 706-518, June 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
Phelps Dodge Corporation (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-295-132).
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- April 1995
- Case
Phelps Dodge Corporation
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
A prolonged decline in copper prices prompts Phelps Dodge, one of the world's largest independent copper companies, to consider corporate diversification as a means of protecting itself from copper price volatility.
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Keywords:
Diversification;
Price;
Volatility;
Risk Management;
Mining Industry;
Arizona;
United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Phelps Dodge Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-132, April 1995.
- October 1975 (Revised April 1980)
- Case
Gulfport Mining, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
Keywords:
Mining Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Gulfport Mining, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 276-112, October 1975. (Revised April 1980.)
- July 1979
- Case
Coal Strike of 1977-78 (B)
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Coal Strike of 1977-78 (B)." Harvard Business School Case 679-132, July 1979.
- July 1979 (Revised December 1981)
- Case
Coal Strike of 1977-78 (A)
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Coal Strike of 1977-78 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 679-131, July 1979. (Revised December 1981.)
- August 1978
- Case
Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Keywords:
Mining Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 179-042, August 1978.
- April 1995
- Teaching Note
MW Petroleum Corporation (A) (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-295-029).
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Keywords:
Mining Industry
- January 1981 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Alcoa of Australia Ltd.
By: Dwight B. Crane and Samuel L. Hayes III
Crane, Dwight B., and Samuel L. Hayes III. "Alcoa of Australia Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 281-047, January 1981. (Revised March 1992.)
- March 1978 (Revised June 1983)
- Case
Kennecott Copper Corp.
Involves a $550 million cash tender offer by Kennecott Copper Corp. for all of the outstanding common shares of the Carborundum Corp.
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Kennecott Copper Corp." Harvard Business School Case 278-143, March 1978. (Revised June 1983.)
- July 2011
- Case
Barrick Gold: Implementing a Transition to IFRS
By: David F. Hawkins and Angel R. Solis
Barrick Gold must change from Canadian – GAAP to IFRS. Case covers the transition.
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Hawkins, David F., and Angel R. Solis. "Barrick Gold: Implementing a Transition to IFRS." Harvard Business School Case 112-009, July 2011.
- June 2009
- Teaching Note
Curled Metal Inc. - Engineered Products Division (TN)
Teaching Note for [709434].
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Keywords:
Sales;
Product Development;
Customers;
Business Divisions;
Price;
Business Strategy;
Cost;
Production;
Mining Industry
- December 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Brent Spar Incident, The: "A Shell of a Mess"
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Seeking to dispose of an outmoded oil drilling platform in the North Sea, Shell finds itself confronted by Greenpeace and other environmentalists. The protesters land 12 people onto the rig and initiate media coverage of their "occupation." The case follows the events...
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. Brent Spar Incident, The: "A Shell of a Mess". Harvard Business School Case 597-013, December 1996. (Revised January 1997.)