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- August 1997
- Case
Natural Blends, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Ramchandran Jaikumar and Karen Krause
Describes the continuous flow process used to generate orange juice concentrate. Production involves several tightly coupled process steps with varying production rates and setup times. Given production constraints and customer requirements, management choices must be...
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Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Productivity
Bowen, H. Kent, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and Karen Krause. "Natural Blends, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-012, August 1997.
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
consequences of what they are doing." Such snap decisions can result in geo-mistakes that sap energy out of an organization and cause it to lose focus on what it was doing well in the first place....
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by Dina Gerdeman
- January 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Airbus versus Boeing (A)
Looks at the development of the competitive actions between Airbus and Boeing from 1992 to 2006. Begins with the question of whether Airbus and Boeing should collaborate on the development of a VLCT (Very Large Commercial Transport) or whether Airbus should develop...
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Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competition;
Cooperation;
Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Airbus versus Boeing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-436, January 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- Article
Optimal Capital-Gains Taxation under Limited Information
By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
Taxation of capital gains at realization may distort individuals' decisions regarding holding or selling during an asset's lifetime. This creates the problem of designing a tax structure for capital gains so as to induce efficient patterns of holding and selling....
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Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "Optimal Capital-Gains Taxation under Limited Information." Journal of Political Economy 86, no. 6 (December 1978): 1143–1158.
- November 2018
- Article
Worthy of Swift Trust? How Brief Interpersonal Contact Affects Trust Accuracy
By: Oliver Schilke and Laura Huang
Organizational scholars have long underscored the positive consequences of trust, yet trust can also have dysfunctional effects if it is not placed wisely. Though much research has examined conditions that increase individuals’ tendencies to trust others, we know very...
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Schilke, Oliver, and Laura Huang. "Worthy of Swift Trust? How Brief Interpersonal Contact Affects Trust Accuracy." Journal of Applied Psychology 103, no. 11 (November 2018): 1181–1197.
- 17 Apr 2015
- HBS Seminar
Leemore Dafny, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- 2009
- Working Paper
Does Competition Favor Delegation?
By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes...
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Ruzzier, Christian Alejandro. "Does Competition Favor Delegation?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-009, July 2009.
- July 2004 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Beacon Lakes
By: Arthur I Segel, Robert Barlick Jr and Jose Gonzalez
In September 2001, Armando Codina, the CEO and chairman of Codina Group, is facing the decision of whether to go ahead as planned with its $220 million Beacon Lakes project, a 6.6-million-square-foot warehouse and office park in Miami's Airport West submarket. Although...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Urban Scope;
Business and Government Relations;
Natural Environment;
Expansion;
Environmental Sustainability;
Real Estate Industry;
Everglades National Park;
Miami
Segel, Arthur I., Robert Barlick Jr, and Jose Gonzalez. "Beacon Lakes." Harvard Business School Case 805-023, July 2004. (Revised May 2008.)
- Article
Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change
We apply a cognitive lens to understanding technology trajectories across the life cycle by developing a co-evolutionary model of technological frames and technology. Applying that model to each stage of the technology life cycle, we identify conditions under which a...
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Technology;
Transformation;
Outcome or Result;
Economics;
Cognition and Thinking;
Business Model;
Forecasting and Prediction
Kaplan, Sarah, and Mary Tripsas. "Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change." Research Policy 37, no. 5 (June 2008): 790–805.
- November 2001
- Case
Naming the Edsel (Condensed)
Reveals the interesting and unusual story behind Ford's selection of "Edsel" as the new brand name for its ill-fated 1957 new product launch. Noteworthy as perhaps the most extensive, creative, and politically charged naming stories on record. Although both...
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Fournier, Susan M., and Andrea Wojnicki. "Naming the Edsel (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 502-034, November 2001.
- March 2006
- Case
EMC Corporation: Proposed Acquisition of VMware
By: Constance E. Bagley, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Chris Lombardi
Involves the decision by the CEO of EMC Corp. whether to acquire VMware, a small software firm in California that makes virtualization software. Among the factors to be considered are a pending patent case involving WMare and Microsoft and integration challenges...
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Patents;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Applications and Software;
Acquisition;
Information Technology Industry;
California
Bagley, Constance E., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Chris Lombardi. "EMC Corporation: Proposed Acquisition of VMware." Harvard Business School Case 806-153, March 2006.
- 20 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think
more likely to follow through with the decision than are those who do not make such a commitment. You might also precommit to your intended ethical choice by sharing it with an unbiased individual whose...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- August 2021
- Case
Apax Digital
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
The Apax Digital team faced important decisions as they contemplated raising a second fund. Apax Digital Fund I was a $1.1 billion vehicle focused on mid-market growth equity and growth buyouts in the technology sector. The fund had performed well, and the Managing...
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Growth and Development Strategy;
Acquisition;
Investment Portfolio;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Venture Capital;
Technology Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Apax Digital." Harvard Business School Case 822-016, August 2021.
- March 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Technical Note
Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both — Lessons from Retail & Service Chains
By: Tatiana Sandino
This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Standards;
Employees;
Service Delivery;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry
Sandino, Tatiana. "Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both — Lessons from Retail & Service Chains." Harvard Business School Technical Note 118-082, March 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- March 2012
- Article
Does America Really Need Manufacturing?
By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih
Too many U.S. companies base decisions about where to locate production largely on narrow financial criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into account the impact it might have on their ability to...
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Production;
Geographic Location;
Innovation and Invention;
Competitive Advantage;
Product Design;
Risk Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Pisano, Gary P., and Willy C. Shih. "Does America Really Need Manufacturing?" Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Bidding on Martha's Vineyard (A)
By: James Sebenius
To buy a desirable Martha's Vineyard property, Robert and Sally Franklin must craft a bidding strategy informed by their assessment of their competitor. The "A" case sets up the situation and bidding history to date, describes how they assessed their valuations and...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Preparation;
Negotiation Process;
Valuation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Property;
Bids and Bidding;
Real Estate Industry;
Martha's Vineyard
Sebenius, James. "Bidding on Martha's Vineyard (A)." Harvard Business School Case 908-044, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Competitive Strategies Marketing Reading
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
Core Curriculum Readings in Marketing cover the fundamental concepts, theories, and frameworks that business students must study.
This Reading illuminates the dynamics of companies in competition and offers a process for planning and executing marketing... View Details
This Reading illuminates the dynamics of companies in competition and offers a process for planning and executing marketing... View Details
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Competitive Strategy
Avery, Jill, and Sunil Gupta. "Competitive Strategies Marketing Reading." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing 8158, 2015.
- March 2006
- Course Overview Note
International Finance: A Course Overview Note
By: Mihir A. Desai
Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an...
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- December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Malden Mills (A)
By: Nitin Nohria, Thomas R. Piper and Bridget Gurtler
CEO Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills decided to pay idled workers after a massive fire at his mill in 1995. Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company. Also outlines creditors' struggle to decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Wages;
Situation or Environment;
Ethics;
Financing and Loans;
Resignation and Termination;
Employees;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Massachusetts
Nohria, Nitin, Thomas R. Piper, and Bridget Gurtler. "Malden Mills (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-072, December 2003. (Revised August 2006.)
- March 2008 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (A)
By: David Collis, Toby Stuart and Troy Smith
In late 2002, global confectionery and beverage maker Cadbury Schweppes needed to decide whether or not to make an acquisition bid for Adams, an underperforming gum company which had been put up for sale by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Examining the decision from a...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Food and Beverage Industry
Collis, David, Toby Stuart, and Troy Smith. "Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (A)." Harvard Business School Case 708-453, March 2008. (Revised March 2022.)