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- September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Apple Computer (D): Epilogue
By: Michael Beer and Michael J. Gibbs
Brings students up to date on events at Apple Computer as of August 1991. Outlines resolutions of, or attempts to deal with, problems outlined. Illustrates what Apple had done to address problems, shows progress to date, and alludes to further issues to be addressed....
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Beer, Michael, and Michael J. Gibbs. "Apple Computer (D): Epilogue." Harvard Business School Case 492-013, September 1991. (Revised December 1991.)
- Research Summary
Research Interests
Budgeting and planning, forecasting, incentives, management control systems, conflicts of interst in accounting.
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- December 1985 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Scovill, Inc.: NuTone Housing Group
Describes a conflict between the corporate controller and a division president about labor standards, which the division purposefully overstates to protect its margins. Illustrates the multiple roles of standards, and the roles of controllers and line management in...
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Merchant, Kenneth A. "Scovill, Inc.: NuTone Housing Group." Harvard Business School Case 186-136, December 1985. (Revised July 1993.)
- November 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Commercialization at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research (A)
A large and successful not-for-profit medical research institute must decide strategy to commercialize its discoveries. In the process, it must balance multiple conflicting demands from its stakeholders.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Public Sector;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Conflict and Resolution;
Commercialization;
Balance and Stability;
Health Industry
Fleming, Lee, Michael Vitale, and Jonathan West. "Commercialization at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-051, November 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- August 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Expectations
Reviews the mathematics of expectations embedded in a company's current stock price and the related (whole) enterprise value. Begins by showing how the current stock price can be compounded forward to arrive at an expectation one or more years in the future. Describes...
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Technical Note on Expectations." Harvard Business School Technical Note 902-055, August 2001.
- December 1997 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A)
By: John J. Gabarro
Wolfgang Keller, manager of the Ukrainian subsidiary of a German beer company, faces a managerial dilemma. His subordinate, Dmitri Brodsky, is a talented and experienced commercial director who is not meeting his goals expediently and often requires considerable...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Style;
Managerial Roles;
Behavior;
Conflict Management;
Situation or Environment;
Failure;
Employee Relationship Management;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Ukraine;
Germany
Gabarro, John J. "Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-045, December 1997. (Revised October 2008.)
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
contrast is the scene of conflict between armed settlers and unarmed Indigenous people at lower left, followed by a picturesque image of Washington’s Headquarters at Morristown, New Jersey, at lower right....
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- Summer 2017
- Article
Copyright Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments
By: Hong Luo and Julie Holland Mortimer
Effective dispute resolution is important for reducing private and social costs. We study how resolution responds to changes in price and communication using a new, extensive dataset of copyright infringement incidences by firms. The data cover two field experiments...
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Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer. "Copyright Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 26, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 499–528.
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
should immediately reflect their priorities for their daily lives. Silverthorne: Given how ingrained group conflict is, is divisiveness and thus decline inevitable—or is there hope? Kanter: A classic social...
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Keywords:
by Sean Silverthorne
- November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Merchant Card Services, Inc. (A)
By: Constance E. Bagley and David Lane
Explores the interaction between a venture capital firm that negotiates a good deal for itself and the portfolio company that seeks to extricate itself from its obligations. Exemplifies the potential conflicts between the fiduciary duty of board members and the...
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Bagley, Constance E., and David Lane. "Merchant Card Services, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-042, November 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- 08 Apr 2015
- News
The Assertive Girl's Guide To Getting What You Want
- September 2008 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
BMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies
By: Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case highlights BMW's approach to redesigning its channel in Greece. The case provides details on both headquarter and country head perspective on BMW's channel strategy.
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Conflict and Resolution;
Auto Industry;
European Union;
Greece
Narayandas, Das, and Kerry Herman. "BMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies." Harvard Business School Case 509-023, September 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
- 15 Jan 2021
- News
Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020
- August 1992 (Revised February 1998)
- Supplement
Star Distributors, Inc. (B)
By: David A. Thomas
Presents the dilemma of Don Waters, vice president of Franchise Operations at Belmont Beverages. Waters must must decide what to do about the conflict between two partners in one of Belmont's franchises.
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Conflict Management;
Franchise Ownership;
Partners and Partnerships;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Thomas, David A. "Star Distributors, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 493-016, August 1992. (Revised February 1998.)
- October 1979 (Revised January 1983)
- Case
IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident
Focuses on the role of IBM's Corporate Management Committee (CMC) in resolving conflicts between the line and staff elements of IBM's organization. The issue for discussion is not a substantive technological question but a question of the proper role for the CMC in...
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Vancil, Richard F. "IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident." Harvard Business School Case 180-042, October 1979. (Revised January 1983.)
- 05 Jan 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring
- July 1997
- Case
Graffs, The (A)
By: Carl S. Sloane and Gregory C. Rogers
Examines dual-career issues and conflicts between spouses' career objectives, personal values, and life structures. It does so by a in-depth examination of the lives and careers of a professional couple (a successful entrepreneur and a lawyer), choice points in their...
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Sloane, Carl S., and Gregory C. Rogers. "Graffs, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-002, July 1997.
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
businesses from focusing on environmental work since then." Progress has also been hampered, he notes, by conflicting values between rich and poor nations that repeatedly surface in the international...
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- Web
Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog
examining the impact that COVID has had on Africa, the leadership challenges that it has thrown up and examining what a new normal would look like. We will examine the impact that the current geo political View Details