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Tricia Lee
divisions at Microsoft. It was an incredible journey, but I realized that to achieve the goals I had in mind, I'd need to round out my knowledge base. I wanted to learn the formal language of business (i.e....
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- May 1987 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co.
After a record year in 1983, Murray Ohio's earnings declined in 1984. The company was faced with competition from cheap imports and was experiencing declining margins. Students are asked to analyze the company's 1984 financial statements and predict whether there is...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Financial Reporting;
Business Divisions;
Cost Management;
Spending;
Decision Making;
Change Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Management Systems;
Manufacturing Industry
Palepu, Krishna G. "Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co." Harvard Business School Case 187-178, May 1987. (Revised October 1996.)
- 2012
- Working Paper
Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?
By: Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami and William R. Kerr
This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal and informal sectors. We find that plants in the formal sector are moving away from urban and into rural locations, while the informal sector is moving...
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Keywords:
Urban Development;
Policy;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Geographic Location;
Education;
Infrastructure;
Manufacturing Industry;
India
Ghani, Ejaz, Arti Grover Goswami, and William R. Kerr. "Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-090, April 2012.
- May 2001 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Compagnie Lyonnaise de Transport (A)
By: Michael Tushman and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the issues surrounding the funding of a centralized research service that supports two related divisions. The company has a very decentralized and financially driven culture, and the centralized service is used unequally, setting up a conflict.
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Organizational Culture;
Relationships;
Conflict Management;
Balance and Stability;
Transportation Industry;
France
Tushman, Michael, and Michael J. Roberts. "Compagnie Lyonnaise de Transport (A)." Harvard Business School Case 401-040, May 2001. (Revised May 2015.)
- June 2003
- Case
Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Laureano Berasategui and Paula Rodriguez Etchard
The president of Ford Argentina has to decide on the e-business approach at this subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. The approach must take into consideration the ambitious global e-business transformation proposed by the parent company within the context of a major economic...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Financial Crisis;
Global Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Problems and Challenges;
Internet
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, Laureano Berasategui, and Paula Rodriguez Etchard. "Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market." Harvard Business School Case 803-093, June 2003.
- November 1993 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
OfficePro (A)
By: John A. Quelch
The international procurement manager of an off-price office supply retail chain has to recommend which of several bids to accept for the right to supply computer diskettes to OfficePro's new French subsidiary.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Supply Chain Management;
Retail Industry;
France
Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (A)." Harvard Business School Case 594-053, November 1993. (Revised July 1995.)
- November 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products
Sunrise's CEO must decide whether to intervene in a decision by a division, Guardian Products, to introduce a new lightweight standard wheelchair. Guardian wants to introduce the wheelchair to complement its line of commodity crutches, walkers, and other patient aids....
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Divisions;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Product Marketing;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
McGahan, Anita M. "Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products." Harvard Business School Case 794-069, November 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
- January 2010
- Article
Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion
By: Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
We document geographic concentration by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three metropolitan areas: San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that venture capital firms locate in regions with high success rates of venture...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Expansion;
Success;
Capital;
Geographic Location;
Business Units;
Corporate Accountability;
Business Offices;
Goals and Objectives;
Mission and Purpose;
Investment Funds;
Corporate Governance;
Boston;
New York (state, US);
San Francisco
Chen, Henry, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh Lerner. "Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion." Journal of Urban Economics 67, no. 1 (January 2010): 90–110.
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS and Stanford in Online Collaboration
His counterpart at Stanford Business School, Dean Robert Joss, added, "The worldwide need for management skills has never been greater, and the demand for innovative approaches to management education is high. The partnership will offer...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
I always knew I wanted to be in a business that made something," says Raymond Baxter with a smile. As president and CEO of Interbake Foods, Baxter gets to do just that -- and with Interbake in the cookie biz, his dedication to research...
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Julia Hanna
- May 1997 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Prestige Telephone Company
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
An independent regulated telephone company has established a computer services subsidiary that seems to remain unprofitable. Managers must determine whether it is profitable or not and consider changes in pricing or promotion that might improve profitability. A...
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Keywords:
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Profit;
Cost vs Benefits;
Business Subsidiaries;
Telecommunications Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Prestige Telephone Company." Harvard Business School Case 197-097, May 1997. (Revised June 2003.)
- Profile
Durdana Achakzai
interested in how the business we do today affects future generations – how we ensure sustainable development for years to come." Durdana will spend her summer in New York interning with the Market Intelligence View Details
- April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Liz Claiborne China
By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson Hout and Fred Young
A new country manager builds the Shanghai office of Liz Claiborne into a powerful sourcing organization using local talent. She explains the nuts and bolts of transforming the office.
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Transformation;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Market Entry and Exit;
Fashion Industry;
China
Bower, Joseph L., Sonja Ellingson Hout, and Fred Young. "Liz Claiborne China." Harvard Business School Case 301-098, April 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Changing the way the world sees Africa
of Africa.com to both be a tremendous opportunity and a great responsibility,” she says. Clarke acquired the domain name when she was teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, and serving on the...
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Jim Warner
late-career decisions and those considering board work. After HBS, Jim joined HBO where during the 1980’s he helped launch Cinemax, expand HBO’s international footprint and build a content syndication business. At CBS in the 1990’s he led the company’s Enterprises...
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Akshay Ghulati
Akshay Ghulati's career has been a hybrid of continuity and the conquest of new territory. After graduating from Wharton, he initially returned home to New Delhi to work in his family's real estate business. "I started a new division...
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- August 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Wasabi Technologies
By: N. Louis Shipley and Mel Martin
After launching a successful hot cloud storage company, Founder and CEO David Friend is ready to scale the venture rapidly. Wasabi Technologies had focused primarily on direct sales, but an opportunity to pivot to channel sales was on the horizon. The company’s major...
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Keywords:
Direct Sales;
Channel Sales;
Information Management;
Sales;
Product Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Divisions;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Shipley, N. Louis, and Mel Martin. "Wasabi Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 823-021, August 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was also a partner. Mendell is a member of the executive committee of the Cancer Research Institute, vice chairman of the New York division of the National Mentoring Partnership, and a trustee of...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
campus on the banks of the Charles. “Dean Donham was an extraordinarily innovative and productive leader,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “Many iconic HBS elements—including our mission, residential campus, case method teaching, the Harvard View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- September 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Eskimo Pie Corporation (Abridged)
In early 1991, Reynolds Metals, the makers of aluminum products, decided to sell its holding of Eskimo Pie, a marketer of branded frozen novelties. Reynolds had an offer from Nestle to acquire Eskimo Pie. However, Reynolds decided instead to make an initial public...
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Keywords:
Food;
Initial Public Offering;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Business Divisions;
Brands and Branding;
Food and Beverage Industry
Ruback, Richard S. "Eskimo Pie Corporation (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 202-037, September 2001. (Revised December 2003.)