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- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
Describes a class design for teaching students about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Ideal Organization exercise is the centerpiece of the class. It demonstrates that people with different cognitive types have distinct preferences for the type of...
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- March 1998
- Case
Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Located in Mundelein, IL, Thermo-Impact, Inc. is a rapidly growing, private firm that manufactures automotive bumpers. In 1995, a number of large automotive supply companies and a private equity investment firm offer to buy Thermo-Impact. The cases in this series focus...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Valuation;
Negotiation Participants;
Decision Making;
Negotiation Process;
Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Offer;
Acquisition;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Illinois
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-199, March 1998.
- January 1998 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Alert: This case has been revised since its original publication; all amounts have been converted to euros and the dates have been updated to 2020. If you’ve taught with this case in the past, please note that changes may affect teaching plans and classroom use. Using...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Profit;
Financial Statements;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Italy
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan." Harvard Business School Case 198-088, January 1998. (Revised July 2019.)
- January 1998 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura
In the summer of 1997, a consultant at Japan's Funai Consulting Co. Ltd., must decide how to respond to a client's proposal to offer "open pricing" (based on willingness to pay) to customers unable to pay the standard price for the client's product. The client, Akita...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Price;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Decisions;
Agribusiness;
Management Practices and Processes;
Business Ventures;
Consulting Industry;
Japan
Paine, Lynn S., and Tomoya Nakamura. "Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-017, January 1998. (Revised February 2002.)
- November 1997 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Martin Smith: January 2002
By: Josh Lerner
An MBA student must choose between offers from three private equity organizations. Each organization has distinct strengths and weaknesses, and different implications for the student's career development. The case presents compensation and employment data about the...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Compensation and Benefits;
Analytics and Data Science;
Job Offer;
Personal Development and Career
Lerner, Josh. "Martin Smith: January 2002." Harvard Business School Case 298-076, November 1997. (Revised January 2003.)
- September 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Teaching Note
Cleveland Turnaround, The: Case and Video TN
By: James E. Austin
Teaching Note for (9-796-151), (9-796-152), (9-796-153), (9-796-154), and (9-797-501).
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- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Introduction and Overview: Managing Product Development, Instructor's Note
By: Marco Iansiti
The first module, comprising three cases and a team exercise, provides an impressionistic look at all the issues raised in greater detail in subsequent classes. It thus enables students, who come to the course with a range of experience and skills, to get up to speed...
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- March 1997 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
SOS-Kinderdorf International: Caring for Orphaned Children
SOS-Kinderdorf, founded in 1949, has grown rapidly into one of the largest orphanages in the world with children's villages, kindergartens, schools, youth facilities, and other complementary programs in 130 countries. This case describes the evolution of the...
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Keywords:
Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Mission and Purpose;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Strategy;
India;
Norway;
United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "SOS-Kinderdorf International: Caring for Orphaned Children." Harvard Business School Case 597-079, March 1997. (Revised July 1998.)
- 1997
- Chapter
On the Role of the Wiener Process in Finance Theory and Practice: The Case of Replicating Portfolios
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords:
Mathematical Methods
Merton, Robert C. "On the Role of the Wiener Process in Finance Theory and Practice: The Case of Replicating Portfolios." In The Legacy of Norbert Wiener: A Centennial Symposium. Vol. 60, edited by D. Jerison, I. M. Singer, and D. W. Stroock. Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics . Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1997.
- November 1996 (Revised January 2001)
- Teaching Note
Case of the Unidentified Industries--1995, The TN
Teaching Note for (9-296-049).
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- October 1996
- Teaching Note
Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. Case Series TN
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-690-048), (9-690-049), and (9-690-050).
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- April 1996
- Case
Silver Lane Apartments
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Scott Johnson is a successful developer of single-family and multi-family housing who specializes in renovating and turning around poorly performing apartments in good locations. He plans to sell a 506-unit property for portfolio and estate planning purposes. This case...
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Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Silver Lane Apartments." Harvard Business School Case 396-330, April 1996.
- October 1995
- Case
Centex Telemanagement, Inc. (A)
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Contains a description of the events surrounding the financing of Centex Telemanagement, Inc. by Sierra Ventures, a venture capital fund. The case is written from the perspective of the venture capitalists and is designed to teach students about the process of venture...
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Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Centex Telemanagement, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-101, October 1995.
- October 1995
- Case
Centex Telemanagement, Inc. (B)
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Contains a description of the events surrounding the financing of Centex Telemanagement, Inc. by Sierra Ventures, a venture capital fund. The case is written from the perspective of the venture capitalists and is designed to teach students about the process of venture...
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Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Centex Telemanagement, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 396-102, October 1995.
- January 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Background Note
Choreographing a Case Class
Compares four different approaches to case teaching: lecturing, theorizing, illustrating, and choreographing a case. Argues the advantages of the "choreography" method from the point of view of students' learning. Concludes with a description of that method and some...
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Keywords:
Cases
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Choreographing a Case Class." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-074, January 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- August 1994 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company
By: Robert H. Hayes
Engineering Inspection & Insurance Co. (EIIC) is a small but highly successful company that offers machinery and boiler inspection and insurance services. After years of above-average growth and profits, both are retreating toward the industry average, policy delivery...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Insurance;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Hayes, Robert H. "Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 695-009, August 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
- April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
StarKist (A)
Set in April 1990, this case focuses on H.J. Heinz and its subsidiary, StarKist, the largest producer of canned tuna in the United States. During the 1980s, the public became increasingly concerned about tuna fishing practices that killed dolphins. StarKist was the...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Laws and Statutes;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Environmental Sustainability;
Competition;
Mexico;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Forest L. Reinhardt. "StarKist (A)." Harvard Business School Case 794-128, April 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- November 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Background Note
Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets, The
By: Steven R. Fenster and Stuart C. Gilson
This case provides an explanation of the adjusted present value method for valuing capital assets. The authors believe this approach is generally simple and better for the complicated and changing capital structure found in restructuring.
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Fenster, Steven R., and Stuart C. Gilson. "Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets, The ." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-047, November 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- September 1993 (Revised August 2011)
- Exercise
ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
First set of exercises meant to be used with ExtendSim, a simulation system created by Imagine That, Inc. of San Jose, California. These exercises allow students to investigate the impact of variable processing times on the performance of simple in-line processes....
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Shapiro, Roy D. "ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 694-039, September 1993. (Revised August 2011.)
- April 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
MathSoft, Inc. (A)
MathSoft's VP of sales has doubled the size of the company's direct field sales force to support the launch of a new, high-end workstation software product priced at almost $9,000. However, sales of the new product are far below plan. At the same time, the VP of...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Applications and Software;
Communication Strategy;
Salesforce Management;
Marketing Channels;
Advertising;
Product Launch;
Information Technology Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "MathSoft, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 593-094, April 1993. (Revised July 1994.)