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- March 1993 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Eastwind Trading Co. (A)
Two professional women are contemplating a business venture. They must assess the nature of the opportunity, what options it opens if they are to pursue the venture, and how they might finance the new business. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Finance;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Opportunities
Stevenson, Howard H. "Eastwind Trading Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-119, March 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
- March 1993
- Supplement
Eastwind Trading Company (B)
Describes the aftermath of the (A) case. Describes the actions taken and the possible consequences for the company and its principals. Also describes the principals' attitudes at this point. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Stevenson, Howard H. "Eastwind Trading Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 393-120, March 1993.
- March 1993 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Praxair: Creating a Board (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Discusses the process a CEO/chairman goes through in creating a new board. Specifically, follows a CEO's decision-making process in selecting board members. Also includes decisions about the selection process for board members and the structure and process of board...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Decision Making;
Corporate Governance;
Conferences;
Business or Company Management;
Selection and Staffing
Lorsch, Jay W. "Praxair: Creating a Board (A)." Harvard Business School Case 493-038, March 1993. (Revised September 1993.)
- March 1993
- Supplement
Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (B)
Describes Burroughs Wellcome's response to protests over the pricing of its AIDS drug AZT in September 1989. Also presents short-term reactions by government officials, AIDS activists, and investors to Burroughs Wellcome's strategy.
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Health Pandemics;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Price;
Crime and Corruption;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Strategy;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-114, March 1993.
- March 1993
- Background Note
Note on Information Technology and Strategy
By: Richard L. Nolan and Katherine Seger
Provides a context for the evolution of information technology in business organizations, explains the emergence of information as an important resource to be managed, and provides a framework for assessing the strategic potential of information in the firm.
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Keywords:
Information;
Information Management;
Information Technology;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Cooperation;
Adoption;
Body of Literature;
Archives;
Annual Reports;
Information Technology Industry
Nolan, Richard L., and Katherine Seger. "Note on Information Technology and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-137, March 1993.
- February 1993 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (A) (Updated)
The setting is a food manufacturing company that has stumbled in terms of its historic growth and profit achievements. In trying to recapture momentum, the president has used information technology as one element in his program of transition. The case focuses on the...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Transition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (A) (Updated)." Harvard Business School Case 193-129, February 1993. (Revised March 1993.)
- February 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard Imaging Systems Division: Sonos 100 C/F Introduction
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Marie Bell
The marketing manager for the Imaging Systems business unit (ISY) at Hewlett-Packard Medical Products Group is considering channel strategy and channel management issues raised by the upcoming introduction of a new cardiac imaging product. Product marketing's plans...
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Keywords:
Marketing Channels;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Market Entry and Exit;
Distribution Channels;
Sales;
Competitive Strategy
Cespedes, Frank V., and Marie Bell. "Hewlett-Packard Imaging Systems Division: Sonos 100 C/F Introduction." Harvard Business School Case 593-080, February 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- February 1993
- Supplement
Otis South Africa (C)
By: Michael Beer
Relates Otis South Africa's management actions in their efforts to transform the company. Students will be asked to judge the effectiveness of the corporate change programs instituted by management.
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Judgments;
Business or Company Management;
Performance Effectiveness;
Industrial Products Industry;
South Africa
Beer, Michael. "Otis South Africa (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 493-063, February 1993.
- January 1993 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (Consolidated)
The setting is a food manufacturing company that has stumbled in terms of its historic growth and profit achievements. In trying to recapture its momentum, the president has used information technology as one element in his program of transition. The case focuses on...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Transition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (Consolidated)." Harvard Business School Case 193-040, January 1993. (Revised July 1993.)
- Article
Beyond the M-form: Toward a Managerial Theory of the Firm
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
Bartlett, Christopher A., and S. Ghoshal. "Beyond the M-form: Toward a Managerial Theory of the Firm." Strategic Management Journal 14 (Winter 1993): 23–46.
- 1993
- Article
British Multinational Enterprise and British Business History since the Nineteenth Century
By: G. Jones
Jones, G. "British Multinational Enterprise and British Business History since the Nineteenth Century." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 38 (1993): 234–260.
- December 1992 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Peoria Engine Plant (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Cost Accounting;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Earnings Management;
Reports;
Financial Reporting;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Performance Improvement;
Performance Productivity;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Auto Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Peoria Engine Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-082, December 1992. (Revised March 1997.)
- December 1992 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Becton Dickinson Division: Marketing Organization
The marketing director for the largest division of a health care products company is reviewing the structure and staffing of the division's marketing organization. The division has authorization to hire an additional marketing manager. Hence, the immediate case...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Health Care and Treatment;
Human Resources;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Managerial Roles;
Product Marketing;
Measurement and Metrics;
Organizational Structure;
Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
Health Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "Becton Dickinson Division: Marketing Organization." Harvard Business School Case 593-070, December 1992. (Revised November 1994.)
- November 1992
- Background Note
Note on Service Mapping
By: James L. Heskett
Illustrates a simple technique for diagramming operations flows in service companies. Can be used to help structure analysis and discussion of cases involving sequenced operations.
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Keywords:
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Operations;
Business Processes;
Organizational Structure;
Service Industry
Heskett, James L. "Note on Service Mapping." Harvard Business School Background Note 693-065, November 1992.
- November 1992 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Advertising Council Earth Share Campaign: Strategy, Execution, and Final Campaign
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jayne D. Kramer
In the several years preceding 1992, there had been a dramatic rise in the public's concern for environmental issues. Yet the Roper Organization reported that fewer than one in ten Americans made personal efforts to help solve environmental problems on a regular basis....
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Social Marketing;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Research;
Environmental Sustainability;
Welfare
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jayne D. Kramer. "Advertising Council Earth Share Campaign: Strategy, Execution, and Final Campaign." Harvard Business School Case 593-062, November 1992. (Revised April 1995.)
- November 1992 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Process Control at Polaroid (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
Describes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan.
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Keywords:
Management Systems;
Operations;
Quality;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Business Processes;
Change Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (A)." Harvard Business School Case 693-047, November 1992. (Revised January 2002.)
- October 1992
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Developing An Environmental Statement and Strategy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carla Koppell
Goldberg, Ray A., and Carla Koppell. "Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Developing An Environmental Statement and Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 593-045, October 1992.
- 1992
- Chapter
Issues of Participation and Rights Allocation in Tradeable Permits Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By: James K. Sebenius and Michael Grubb
Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Climate Change;
Pollutants;
Science-Based Business
Sebenius, James K., and Michael Grubb. "Issues of Participation and Rights Allocation in Tradeable Permits Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions." In Tradeable Permits to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, edited by Jan Corfee, 181–222. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 1992.
- October 1992 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Edward Prewitt
Allied-Signal, Inc., one of the world's oldest chemical companies and today a diversified conglomerate, is liable for clean-up costs of old hazardous waste sites. These costs are substantial: reserves grew to nearly $500 million in 1991. Attempting to avoid further...
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Keywords:
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Environmental Sustainability;
Programs;
Cost Management;
Policy;
Government Legislation;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Governance Compliance;
Legal Liability;
Chemical Industry;
United States;
Europe
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Edward Prewitt. "Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk." Harvard Business School Case 793-044, October 1992. (Revised August 1994.)
- October 1992
- Supplement
Cooper Industries Video
By: David J. Collis
Bob Gigile, Chairman and CEO of Cooper Industries, describes the company's philosophy behind acquisitions and his corporate strategy. He then answers questions raised by the case discussion.
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Collis, David J. "Cooper Industries Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 793-504, October 1992.