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- April 1998 (Revised July 1998)
- Teaching Note
RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-296-024).
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- April 1998
- Case
Geffen Records
Geffen Records faces new challenges due to emerging technologies, namely, streaming audio and CD-recordable drives. These technologies have the ability to reshape the foundation on which the music industry is founded. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Geffen Records." Harvard Business School Case 898-234, April 1998.
- September 1995 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
RogersCasey Alternative Investments faces the challenge of managing distributions of stock by the private equity investors in which their clients have invested. These distributed shares appear to behave in complex ways, apparently at odds with market efficiency. A...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Stocks;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Innovation Strategy;
Management;
Distribution;
Performance;
Behavior
Lerner, Josh. "RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-024, September 1995. (Revised May 1998.)
- February 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Doing Business in a Distributed World: Clients, Servers, and the Stuff in Between
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
Examines business computing as it is evolving in the 1990s. Compares the highly centralized and tightly controlled systems of the past with today's flexible, networked, client/server technology. Serves as an introduction to client/server terminology and technology.
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Keywords:
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Performance Improvement;
Transformation;
Technological Innovation;
Business Strategy;
Adoption;
Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Geoffrey Bock. "Doing Business in a Distributed World: Clients, Servers, and the Stuff in Between." Harvard Business School Case 195-211, February 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
- July 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch
By: John A. Quelch
After many years of R&D, Goodyear has developed the Aquatred, an innovative new tire. However, the tire industry has matured and evolved, raising questions concerning the Aquatred's ability to gain support from Goodyear's independent tire dealers. Students must use...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Consumer Behavior;
Distribution Channels;
Brands and Branding;
Innovation and Invention;
Auto Industry;
Rubber Industry;
United States
Quelch, John A. "Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch." Harvard Business School Case 594-106, July 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- May 1990 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Distribution;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Expansion;
Value;
Retail Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA." Harvard Business School Case 390-132, May 1990. (Revised July 1996.)
- April 1989 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Burlington Northern (B)
Describes the experiences of a seasoned Burlington Northern (BN) sales representative after the introduction of ShipSmart, a decision support system developed by the BN to help its employees and customers analyze logistics problems. After a brief description of a...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Expansion;
Rail Transportation;
Logistics;
Distribution Channels;
Truck Transportation;
Innovation and Invention;
Sales;
Rail Industry;
United States
Hammond, Janice H. "Burlington Northern (B)." Harvard Business School Case 689-083, April 1989. (Revised March 1990.)
- September 1985
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (B)
By: John A. Quelch
The Heinz Ketchup product manager discovers she does not have sufficient finished inventory and production capacity to meet trade demand for a new plastic bottle ketchup. Alternatives include cancelling promotion events and putting the trade on allocation.
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Keywords:
Distribution;
Crisis Management;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Marketing;
Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A. "H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (B)." Harvard Business School Case 586-036, September 1985.
- October 1976 (Revised February 1987)
- Case
Cramer Electronics, Inc.
Designed to be the second day of a two-day series on the electronic component distribution industry, following a day spent discussing Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry and Raytheon Co.: Diversification. The important teaching themes which this case...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Management Style;
Resource Allocation;
Opportunities;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Distribution Industry;
Distribution Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Cramer Electronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 377-063, October 1976. (Revised February 1987.)
- 2012
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus
After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens’ access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed...
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Keywords:
Solar;
Solar Power;
Electricity;
Clean Technology;
Scaling-up;
Economic Development;
Partnerships;
Sustainability;
Innovation;
Leadership Skills;
Renewable Energy;
Energy;
Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Economy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Distribution;
Innovation Leadership;
Leadership;
Energy Industry;
Africa;
Liberia
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Anne Arlinghaus. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia." Harvard Business School Case 313-032, 2012. (Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- Research Summary
Competitive Dynamics of the Textile-Apparel-Retail Channel
Janice H. Hammond established in 1991 (with Frederick H. Abernathy and John Dunlop of Harvard University and David Weil of Boston University) the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research. Funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has supported the...
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Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity
Distributed innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. As education levels rise and communication costs fall, more people have the means and motivation to innovate. Supply chains now stretch around the world as firms outsource...
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Open Innovation and Organizational Boundaries
I am exploring how open innovation...
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Overview
By: Antonio Moreno
One major theme of Professor Moreno’s research has been retail channel integration and so-called “omnichannel retail.” In omnichannel retail, retailers provide their customers with a shopping experience that may involve different channels in a way that aims to be...
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Keywords:
Omnichannel;
Omni-channel;
Omnichannel Retail;
Omnichannel Retailing;
Retail;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Information Management;
Technological Innovation;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Logistics;
Product;
Product Design;
Service Delivery;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Online Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Technology Platform;
Retail Industry;
Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
Europe;
Spain;
Latin America
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