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- January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
NovaCare, Inc.: Living the Vision
By: Lynn S. Paine
NovaCare's CEO is considering how further to institutionalize the company's espoused values and beliefs. One challenge is integrating two newly acquired businesses; another is better aligning the values of the company's managers with those of its front-line...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Labor and Management Relations;
Management Teams;
Values and Beliefs;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Mission and Purpose;
Health Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "NovaCare, Inc.: Living the Vision." Harvard Business School Case 394-110, January 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- January 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (A)
By: Josh Lerner
EMC Corp. is the target of a shareholder class-action lawsuit for the second time. CEO, Richard Egan, must decide whether to settle the case, as is done in 96% of such cases and as EMC itself did previously, or fight the action.
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Going Public;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Technology Industry;
United States
Lerner, Josh. "EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 294-070, January 1994. (Revised April 1995.)
- January 1994 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (B)
By: Josh Lerner
Reports EMC's decision concerning the second shareholder class-action suit and its implications. Legislative efforts to reform securities litigation are also discussed.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Going Public;
Policy;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Technology Industry;
United States
Lerner, Josh. "EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 294-071, January 1994. (Revised April 1994.)
- December 1993 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Marriott Corporation (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A. Nichols
Marriott Corp.'s chairman and CEO must decide whether to recommend a restructuring of the company to the board of directors. The proposal he is considering would split the Marriott Corp., a premier hotel developer, owner, and manager, into two separate companies by a...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Restructuring;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Accommodations Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Charles A. Nichols. "Marriott Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-085, December 1993. (Revised April 2006.)
- November 1993
- Case
FCB and Publicis (C): The German-Led Network
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
After U.S.-based Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB) and Publicis of France established an international advertising alliance in May 1988, alliance leaders set out to merge offices in Europe. They were confronted with a particularly tricky situation in Germany, which, if...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Alliances;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Advertising;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Diversity;
Communications Industry;
Communications Industry;
France;
Germany;
United States;
Europe
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Pamela A. Yatsko. "FCB and Publicis (C): The German-Led Network." Harvard Business School Case 394-079, November 1993.
- October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal (Condensed)
By: Robert J. Dolan
The business products division has developed a business proposal asking for $50 million to fund the creation of a new telephone system for the small business market. The company's last entry into this marketplace lost $70 million. The new product would face 100...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Communication Technology;
Market Entry and Exit;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Product Development;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada
Dolan, Robert J. "Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 594-051, October 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- September 1993 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Environment and International Trade
During the 1990s, environmental activists became interested in trade issues for the first time. Whereas GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, had previously been the province of trade specialists, a new poster popular among environmentalists depicted the...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Environmental Sustainability;
Science-Based Business;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Alliances;
Globalization;
International Relations;
Conflict of Interests
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Environment and International Trade." Harvard Business School Case 794-018, September 1993. (Revised October 1994.)
- September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Pricing and Public Policy
Surveys a number of essential issues related to pricing and public policy in market economies. Begins with a brief review of the price-determination process in competitive markets, then examines a range of topics involving pricing and public policy in monopoly and...
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Keywords:
Price;
Business Strategy;
Policy;
Valuation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Competition;
Economic Systems;
Monopoly;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Cost
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Pricing and Public Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-027, September 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
- 1993
- Chapter
Bank of America and Deregulation: The Great Turnaround
By: R. H.K. Vietor
Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
United States
Vietor, R. H.K. "Bank of America and Deregulation: The Great Turnaround." In Financial Services: Perspectives and Challenges, edited by Samuel L. Hayes III. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.
- July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A)
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Conoco's attempted to win an oil development contract in Ecuador's tropical rain forest. The case discusses government perspectives, environmental perspectives, and indigenous people's perspectives. Allows role playing in a "negotiating forum" set up by Conoco to get...
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Keywords:
Governance;
Contracts;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Negotiation;
Practice;
Business and Community Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Perspective;
Culture;
Corporate Strategy;
Latin America
Salter, Malcolm S., and Susan E.A. Hall. Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A). Harvard Business School Case 394-001, July 1993. (Revised September 1995.)
- June 1993 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
COMCO Holding AG (B): COMCO Martech
COMCO Martech was a new breed of joint venture for COMCO Holding, a mid-sized Swiss-German company that had grown over a five-year period through tie-ups with small, start-up companies. Whereas a typical COMCO venture provided services to a large German retailer, was...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Business Startups;
Trade;
Operations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business or Company Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Switzerland;
United States;
Europe
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "COMCO Holding AG (B): COMCO Martech." Harvard Business School Case 393-143, June 1993. (Revised April 1998.)
- June 1993 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs
A private company is considering an introduction of a long-run incentive compensation system in which payoffs to managers are determined by the economic value added for shareholders by their individual business units. The proposed new system is compared to a number of...
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Keywords:
Executive Compensation;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Value Creation
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs." Harvard Business School Case 293-091, June 1993. (Revised November 2007.)
- 7 May 1993
- Lecture
The LBO Association as a Relational Investment Regime: Clinical Evidence From Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
By: W. Carl Kester and Timothy A. Luehrman
Kester, W. Carl, and Timothy A. Luehrman. "The LBO Association as a Relational Investment Regime: Clinical Evidence From Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc." Lecture at the Conference on Relational Investing, Columbia Law School, Center for Law and Economic Studies, New York, NY, May 7, 1993. (Presented research paper with co-author.)
- April 1993 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to look at outsourcing from the perspective of a major computer services company trying to get into the business.
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Keywords:
Communication Technology;
Business Startups;
Business Plan;
Business Strategy;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Financial Management;
Management Teams;
Communication Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Product Design;
Accounting;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)." Harvard Business School Case 193-145, April 1993. (Revised December 2001.)
- April 1993 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal
By: Robert J. Dolan
The business products division has developed a business proposal asking for $50 million to fund the creation of a new telephone system for the small business market. The company's last entry into this marketplace lost $70 million. The new product would face 100...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Communication Technology;
Market Entry and Exit;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Product Development;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada
Dolan, Robert J. "Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 593-103, April 1993. (Revised May 1993.)
- March 1993 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Singapore TradeNet: The Tale Continues
By: Lynda M. Applegate, John L. King and Boon-Siong Neo
Continues the story of Singapore Network Services Pte. Ltd. (SNS), which was created to initiate and manage the creation of value-added networks for trade and other aspects of commerce in the island nation of Singapore. SNS built on its TradeNet experience to develop...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Information Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Profit Sharing;
Partners and Partnerships;
Trade;
Business and Government Relations;
Web Services Industry;
Singapore
Applegate, Lynda M., John L. King, and Boon-Siong Neo. "Singapore TradeNet: The Tale Continues." Harvard Business School Case 193-136, March 1993. (Revised June 1995.)
- 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.
- February 1993
- Background Note
Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom
By: James E. Austin
Provides guidance for the preparation of teaching notes. Sets forth the rationale for teaching notes, what they should contain and why, and how they can be prepared. Based on the experiences of Harvard Business School faculty.
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Austin, James E. "Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom." Harvard Business School Background Note 793-105, February 1993.