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- Teaching Note
Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes: Transforming the Management Control System in Time of Crisis (TN)
By: Ning Jia, F. Warren McFarlan and Xiaohui Li
Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. is a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) that manufactures cast pipe products and steel products. The company had grown to become a dominant player in the ductile iron pipe industry, holding more than 40% domestic market share and nearly...
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Jia, Ning, F. Warren McFarlan, and Xiaohui Li. "Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes: Transforming the Management Control System in Time of Crisis (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
- March 2002 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
AOL Time Warner, Inc.
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Erin Sullivan
AOL Time Warner, which has been billed as the "first fully integrated media and communications company of the Internet Century," raises the fundamental question of how value will be created and captured by the merger of AOL and Time Warner. This case describes just how...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Internet and the Web;
Value Creation;
Organizational Culture;
Consolidation;
Change Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Bradley, Stephen P., and Erin Sullivan. "AOL Time Warner, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 702-421, March 2002. (Revised June 2005.)
- February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang
In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service...
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Keywords:
Timing;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Service Operations;
Business Model;
Organizational Design;
Change Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Alliances;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Internet and the Web;
E-commerce;
United States;
Canada;
China
- August 14, 2019
- Article
Is It Time to Let Employees Work From Anywhere?
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Barbara Z. Larson and Cirrus Foroughi
Keywords:
Managing People
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Barbara Z. Larson, and Cirrus Foroughi. "Is It Time to Let Employees Work From Anywhere?" Harvard Business Review (website) (August 14, 2019).
- June 2014
- Teaching Note
Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
Private equity firm XAF Partners had grown steadily over the last decade, establishing offices across Asia. At the end of their day-long partners' retreat, several firm partners discuss the challenges they face as "producing managers." These include collaboration and...
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- Article
Where Did the Commute Time Go?
By: Andrew Kun, Raffaella Sadun, Orit Shaer and Thomaz Teodorovicz
The COVID pandemic forced most workers to stop their daily commute to and from work. So what have they done with that “extra” time? It depends. Independent employees with no managerial responsibility have largely been able to spend more time on personal pursuits, but...
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Kun, Andrew, Raffaella Sadun, Orit Shaer, and Thomaz Teodorovicz. "Where Did the Commute Time Go?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 10, 2020).
- March 2007 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
The New York Times Co.
The Sulzberger family owns 20% of the New York Times Co. (NYT) but controls 70% of the board through a dual-class share structure. At the company's April 2006 annual shareholder meeting, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28% of...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Investment Activism;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Publishing Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Villalonga, Belen, and Christopher Hartman. "The New York Times Co." Harvard Business School Case 207-113, March 2007. (Revised October 2008.)
- November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Time Inc. and New Magazine Development
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Looks at the magazine development at Time Inc. in light of the growing dominance of the video group and the modern management of the 1980s. Highlights the firm's magazine development during 1989.
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Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Time Inc. and New Magazine Development." Harvard Business School Case 391-110, November 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- January 2002 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Valuing the AOL Time Warner Merger
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Rena Miller and John N Rei
On January 11, 2000, AOL and Time Warner announced their intention to merge, creating what AOL CEO Stephen Case and Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin called the 21st century's first fully integrated communications, media, and entertainment company. This case, prepared from...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Valuation;
Situation or Environment;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Rena Miller, and John N Rei. "Valuing the AOL Time Warner Merger." Harvard Business School Case 802-098, January 2002. (Revised February 2002.)
- April 2008
- Case
Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad
By: Michael Beer and Elizabeth Collins
In May 2007, the Engstrom Auto Mirrors plant, a relatively small supplier based in Indiana, faces a crisis. The business was in the second year of a downturn. Sales had started to decline in 2005; a year later, plant manager Ron Bent had been forced to lay off more...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Human Resource Management;
Incentives;
Motivation;
Manufacturing;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Employees;
Motivation and Incentives;
Goals and Objectives;
Manufacturing Industry;
Indiana
Beer, Michael, and Elizabeth Collins. "Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-175, April 2008.
- October 2009
- Article
Making Time Off Predictable—and Required
By: Leslie Perlow and Jessica L. Porter
People in professional services believe a 24/7 work ethic is essential for getting ahead—and so they work 60-plus hours a week and stay tethered to their BlackBerrys. This perpetuates a vicious cycle: Responsiveness breeds the need for more responsiveness. When people...
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Expectations;
Performance Productivity;
Work-Life Balance;
Service Industry
Perlow, Leslie, and Jessica L. Porter. "Making Time Off Predictable—and Required." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 10 (October 2009).
- March 1999
- Article
The Time Famine: Towards a Sociology of Work Time
By: Leslie Perlow
Keywords:
Time Management
Perlow, Leslie. "The Time Famine: Towards a Sociology of Work Time." Administrative Science Quarterly 44, no. 1 (March 1999): 57–81.
- 2012
- Article
Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation
This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule reliability currently impose large costs on airlines and their passengers. Significant...
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Keywords:
Demand Management;
Capacity Management;
Mathematical Modeling;
Congestion And Delays;
Trends And Opportunities;
Demand and Consumers;
Air Transportation;
Mathematical Methods;
Performance Capacity;
Air Transportation Industry
Barnhart, Cynthia, Douglas S. Fearing, Amedeo Odoni, and Vikrant Vaze. "Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation." EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics 1, nos. 1-2 (2012): 135–155.
- October 1991 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Play Time Toy Co.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The president of a toy company is considering the adoption of level production in a business characterized by highly seasonal sales. The issues include balancing the cost savings and the inventory risk, estimating the seasonal financing need, and determining the...
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Keywords:
Production;
Cost Management;
Banks and Banking;
Sales;
Goods and Commodities;
Financial Management;
Risk Management;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Play Time Toy Co." Harvard Business School Case 292-003, October 1991. (Revised November 1993.)
- June 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Supplement
Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new...
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Keywords:
Hilti;
Business Model Innovation;
Fleet Management;
Decision-making;
Implementation;
Power Tools Industry;
Europe;
Switzerland;
Liechtenstein;
Business Model;
Restructuring;
Transformation;
Transition;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Construction;
Leasing;
Strategy;
Decision Making;
Construction Industry;
Switzerland;
Liechtenstein;
Germany;
Austria;
Europe;
United States;
Asia;
Brazil;
China;
Latin America;
North America;
Africa;
Japan;
Hong Kong
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Oliver Gassmann, and Roman Sauer. "Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-808, June 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- 2018
- Book
Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time
By: Geoffrey Jones
Published at a time of ever-increasing warnings that the pace of climate change and other environmental changes risk making the Earth unsustainable within our own lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides...
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Keywords:
Green Business;
Sustainability;
Business History;
Eco-tourism;
Organic Wine;
Organic Food;
Waste Management;
Sustainable Finance;
Ethics;
Finance;
History;
Entrepreneurship;
Accommodations Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Banking Industry;
Energy Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Europe;
Asia;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
New Zealand
Jones, Geoffrey. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time. Northamption, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and an expert...
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by Jim Aisner
- November 2012
- Article
Does Management Really Work?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
HBR's 90th anniversary is a sensible time to revisit a basic question: Are organizations more likely to succeed if they adopt good management practices? The answer may seem obvious to most HBR readers, but these three economists cast their net much wider than that. In...
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Keywords:
Best Practices;
Consulting Firms;
Corporations;
Cost Control;
Employee Training;
Executive Ability (Management);
Executives—training Of;
Hospitals—administration;
Industrial Management—research;
Productivity Incentives;
School Management Teams;
Work Environment;
Management;
Research
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Management Really Work?" Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012).
- 2005
- Working Paper
Pseudo Market Timing and Predictive Regressions
By: Malcolm Baker, Ryan Taliaferro and Jeffrey Wurgler
A number of studies claim that aggregate managerial decision variables, such as aggregate equity issuance, have power to predict stock or bond market returns. Recent research argues that these results may be driven by an aggregate time-series version of Schultz's...
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Equity;
Market Timing;
Financial Instruments;
Investment Return;
Mathematical Methods
Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Pseudo Market Timing and Predictive Regressions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10823, January 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
nationwide office supplies superstore, she recalled: I'm not a good example of how to manage your career. I've just been willing to raise my hand several times for new opportunities. I've taken a lot of what...
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by Linda Hill