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- March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few...
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Keywords:
History;
Labor Unions;
Trade;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Financial Crisis;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Business and Government Relations;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Fashion Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Lesotho
Abdelal, Rawi E., Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer, and Aldo Musacchio. "The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry." Harvard Business School Case 706-043, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- January 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students
Provides an overview for students of the MBA elective course Managing Networked Businesses (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. The first section of the note explains that such businesses comprise a large and growing...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Capital Structure;
Business or Company Management;
Network Effects;
Organizational Design;
Business and Government Relations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competitive Strategy
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-103, January 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Wal-Mart's Business Environment
In 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. proposed to build a new supercenter in Inglewood, a low-income community near Los Angeles. The proposal was a part of Wal-Mart's strategy to bring its supercenter format to California. Introduced in the late 1980s, supercenters added a...
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Keywords:
Goals and Objectives;
Expansion;
Market Entry and Exit;
Corporate Strategy;
Labor Unions;
Conflict and Resolution;
Retail Industry;
Los Angeles
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Wal-Mart's Business Environment." Harvard Business School Case 706-453, January 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
- 2006
- Other Unpublished Work
Rural Clusters of Innovation: Berkshires Strategy Project: Driving A Long-Term Economic Strategy
The Berkshires Strategy Project, a six-month strategy development effort involving dozens of private and public sector organizations in the Berkshires, has led to broad consensus behind an economic strategy for the County, and galvanized a leadership group in the form...
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Porter, Michael E. "Rural Clusters of Innovation: Berkshires Strategy Project: Driving A Long-Term Economic Strategy." Monitor Group, 2006.
- November 2005 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in the European Union
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Kerry Herman and Irina Tarsis
Pedro de Camargo Neto, Brazil's secretary of trade and production for the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a WTO sugar decision for Brazil against the EU sugar policies. This case analyzes what this decision will mean to world food policies, especially those of the EU...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Europe;
United States;
Brazil
Goldberg, Ray A., Kerry Herman, and Irina Tarsis. "Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in the European Union." Harvard Business School Case 906-408, November 2005. (Revised April 2006.)
- August 2005 (Revised March 2024)
- Background Note
Spotting Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu
With the demise of communism, many countries in the world are striving to build their economic activity around markets and to participate in free trade arrangements, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Union (EU), and North American Free Trade...
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Keywords:
Emerging Markets
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna Palepu. "Spotting Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 106-014, August 2005. (Revised March 2024.)
- July 2005 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Vinati Dev and Stephen McIntyre
Describes Ireland's transformation from one of Europe's poorest countries to one of its richest in just 10 years, earning it the title Celtic Tiger. The spectacular story of growth and recovery is attributed, in large part, to foreign direct investment (FDI),...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Macroeconomics;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations;
Republic of Ireland
Alfaro, Laura, Vinati Dev, and Stephen McIntyre. "Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-007, July 2005. (Revised March 2010.)
- June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Covisint (A): The Evolution of a B2B Marketplace
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler--the three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that dominated the automotive industry throughout the 20th century--launched Covisint in February 2000 as an industry supply chain exchange that would drive out cost...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Supply Chain Management;
Business Startups;
Management Teams;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and Elizabeth Collins. "Covisint (A): The Evolution of a B2B Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 805-110, June 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- April 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Monster Networking
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and David Andrew Vivero
The management at Monster.com, the leading U.S. provider of online recruitment services, must decide how to proceed with Monster Networking (MN), a new business launched in late 2003. MN helps users identify other individuals who can offer career advice. Monster.com...
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Keywords:
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Recruitment;
Service Industry;
Employment Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and David Andrew Vivero. "Monster Networking." Harvard Business School Case 805-145, April 2005. (Revised February 2006.)
- March 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Coming out of the 2001 high-tech industry recession, this venture capital start-up has to come up with a marketing plan to break even and grow. Its innovative e-commerce software provides unique customer relationship management solutions, but it has to convince...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Customer Relationship Management;
Financial Crisis;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Software;
Information Technology Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce." Harvard Business School Case 505-016, March 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- March 2005
- Case
Henkel Iberica (A)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
In 2002, Esteban Garriga, customer service director at Henkel Iberica, questions whether Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) would help manage retail promotions and limit their impact on the stock-outs and obsolete inventory. Describes the...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Price;
Distribution Channels;
Strategic Planning;
Commercialization;
Valuation;
Rail Industry;
Germany;
Spain
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Henkel Iberica (A)." Harvard Business School Case 105-023, March 2005.
- February 2005 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Shinhan Financial Group (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli
Mr. Young Hwi Choi, president and CEO of Shinhan Financial Group, embarked on an unconventional post-merger integration strategy with recently acquired Chohung Bank. The strategy focused on integrating traditional operations while attending to employees' reactions to...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Change Management;
Employees;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Emotions;
Integration;
South Korea
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ryan Raffaelli. "Shinhan Financial Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 305-075, February 2005. (Revised March 2008.)
- October 2004 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Spain: Straddling the Atlantic
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Provides a broad overview of economic and political developments in Spain from the 1940s to the present day. Examines the emergence of Spain from the Franco dictatorship and its convergence into a vibrant democracy, as reflected in the surprising election results of...
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Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "Spain: Straddling the Atlantic." Harvard Business School Case 705-006, October 2004. (Revised February 2007.)
- July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century
By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium...
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Keywords:
History;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Ethnicity;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Groups and Teams;
Trade;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
China;
United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey, Elisabeth Koll, and Alexis Gendron. "Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century." Harvard Business School Case 805-010, July 2004. (Revised October 2018.)
- June 2004
- Case
Aventis SA (A): Planning for a Merger
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Eight executives at Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc must make four crucial decisions on the eve of merging their companies to become Aventis--what would become the world's third largest pharmaceutical firm. In addition to formulating a vision and strategy, the two firms must...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Horizontal Integration;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Culture;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Margolis, Joshua D., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Aventis SA (A): Planning for a Merger." Harvard Business School Case 404-003, June 2004.
- October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Exercise
Electric Maze Exercise, The
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
This team-based exercise uses an educational tool called "The Electric Maze," developed by Interel Corp., to teach insights about the social and psychological challenges facing employees who must engage in collaborative learning. The tool is a grid-patterned rug with...
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Electric Maze Exercise, The." Harvard Business School Exercise 604-046, October 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- October 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Module Note
Organizing to Learn Module Note
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Teaches a framework for managing in dynamic or uncertain organizational contexts, designed for either MBA or Executive Education courses. Offers a new perspective on how managers can help stimulate and guide a collective learning process in their organizations. The...
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Edmondson, Amy C. "Organizing to Learn Module Note." Harvard Business School Module Note 604-031, October 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- September 2003
- Case
Driving Change at Seagate
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Douglas A Raymond and Lyn Baranowski
A new CEO, Steve Luczo, together with COO Bill Watkins, have led a turnaround of Seagate, raising productivity dramatically and increasing innovation through teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and other transformations in the culture of this manufacturer of disk...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development;
Transformation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Groups and Teams;
Performance Productivity;
Initial Public Offering;
Going Public;
Information Technology Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Douglas A Raymond, and Lyn Baranowski. "Driving Change at Seagate." Harvard Business School Case 304-002, September 2003.
- August 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Peninsula Community Foundation
By: James E. Austin, Jane Wei-Skillern and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
After leading the Peninsula Community Foundation (PCF) through a period of tremendous growth, its president, Sterling Speirn, is facing the prospect of a decline in the foundation's asset base for the first time in the foundation's history. In addition, the fact that...
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Keywords:
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Product Positioning;
Planning;
Alliances;
Opportunities;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Peninsula Community Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 304-015, August 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- August 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Tejal Mody and David Ager
Rick Cohen, president and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, is trying to decide whether and how to implement the self-managed teams concept in his warehouse. Eight months earlier, C&S had begun to act as principal wholesaler to A&P throughout New England, a decision that...
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Decision Making;
Labor Unions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Groups and Teams;
New England
DeLong, Thomas J., Tejal Mody, and David Ager. "C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams." Harvard Business School Case 404-025, August 2003. (Revised October 2003.)