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- September 1999 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
eBay, Inc.
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
eBay was the world's largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the Internet. In early 1999, the company was doing very well and seemed to have solved many of its early problems. However, on March 30, 1999, Amazon.com announced that it was entering...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Planning;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kelley Porter. "eBay, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 700-007, September 1999. (Revised June 2001.)
- September 1999 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Eggrock Partners, LLC (A)
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
Explores the challenges of choosing how to grow a professional services firm (PSF). Before developing a growth strategy, the partners need to agree on what business(es) the company should be in. Each of the three partners has differing views of what the company should...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Model;
Expansion;
Business Processes;
Industry Structures;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Employees;
Partners and Partnerships;
Service Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Myra M. Hart, and Sharon Peyus. "Eggrock Partners, LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-047, September 1999. (Revised October 2000.)
- August 1999 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
E Ink
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Susan Archambault
E Ink is a high-technology start-up attempting to revolutionize print communication through electronic ink displays. The founders and top managers of this two-year-old firm are striving to translate a technological breakthrough into a working prototype, move from...
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- July 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Edward Jones
By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C. Bond
Edward Jones is a leading, highly profitable retail brokerage firm with a unique strategy very different from those of its rivals. The case describes Jones's activities and allows a rich discussion of its positioning choices, supporting activities, and tradeoffs. Jones...
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Porter, Michael E., and Gregory C. Bond. "Edward Jones." Harvard Business School Case 700-009, July 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
- July 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Jay R. Girotto
In the wake of major competitive moves, CEO Tim Koogle and his senior team at Yahoo!, an Internet portal, must decide whether and how to adjust their strategy. Following deals between AOL and Netscape, Excite and @Home, Infoseek and Disney, and Snap and NBS, Yahoo!...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Industry Structures;
Internet and the Web;
Risk Management;
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry
Rivkin, Jan W., and Jay R. Girotto. "Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time." Harvard Business School Case 700-013, July 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- June 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Eli Lilly, 1998 (B): Emerging Global Organization
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
Examines major issues faced by Eli Lilly as it evaluates the appropriateness of a focused matrix organization with extensive use of cross-functional teams.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Geography;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development;
Knowledge;
Management Teams;
Product;
Organizations;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Thomas W. Malnight. "Eli Lilly, 1998 (B): Emerging Global Organization." Harvard Business School Case 399-174, June 1999. (Revised October 1999.)
- December 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Guangdong Nowada Group, The
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
In late 1998, 38-year-old He Boquan, CEO of the Guangdong Nowada Group, a health beverage producer, needs to decide how to fund his company's growth and ambition to become China's number one domestic health beverage producer by 2002. A consultants study revealed that...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Capital;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Growth and Development;
Leadership Style;
Management Skills;
Negotiation Offer;
Competitive Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Anthony St. George. "Guangdong Nowada Group, The." Harvard Business School Case 599-064, December 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- December 1998
- Background Note
Retail Financial Services in 1998
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of the current restructuring that is taking place in the retail financial services industry. Provides a brief overview of the structural changes in banking, brokerage, insurance, and mutual funds. Used as background for examining the strategies of...
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Keywords:
Economic Sectors;
Economy;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Markets;
Industry Growth;
Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Retail Financial Services in 1998." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-051, December 1998.
- December 1998 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and John M. Turner
Examines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
France
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and John M. Turner. "Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate." Harvard Business School Case 799-019, December 1998. (Revised May 2003.)
- September 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Arnold Communications
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Jeremiah Weinstock
The new owner and CEO of Arnold Advertising, a relatively small regional agency, aims to build it into Arnold Communications--a much larger, stronger firm competing successfully for national accounts. As part of this growth strategy, the agency develops a process for...
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Creativity;
Entrepreneurship;
Advertising;
Business Processes;
Brands and Branding;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Advertising Industry
Amabile, Teresa M., and Jeremiah Weinstock. "Arnold Communications." Harvard Business School Case 899-083, September 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- September 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Strategic Services at Andersen Consulting
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Catherine M. Conneely and Abby J. Hansen PHD
Bill Copacino, Andersen Consulting's managing partner of Strategic Services Americas, needed to submit his recommendation to Peter Fuchs, Strategic Services worldwide director, for the operating plan for Strategic Services Americas for fiscal year 1999. Strategic...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Recruitment;
Organizational Culture;
Expansion;
Business Units;
Consulting Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Catherine M. Conneely, and Abby J. Hansen PHD. "Strategic Services at Andersen Consulting." Harvard Business School Case 899-065, September 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Hambrecht & Quist
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Nicole Tempest
Hambrecht & Quist (H&Q), an investment bank headquartered in San Francisco, has a very unique culture relative to its Wall Street counterparts. Firm members and even competitors describe the culture as entrepreneurial, team-driven, non-bureaucratic, and...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Investment Banking;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Organizational Culture;
Competitive Advantage;
Banking Industry;
San Francisco
DeLong, Thomas J., and Nicole Tempest. "Hambrecht & Quist." Harvard Business School Case 898-161, April 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Shepard Quraeshi Associates (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
Samina Quraeshi, principal of Boston-based Shepard Quraeshi Associates, must decide whether to take legal action against her key employees after they leave her firm to start their own, taking with them key clients and data. Quraeshi sees the situation as reflecting...
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Keywords:
Ethnicity;
Nationality;
Ethics;
Employees;
Gender;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Immigration;
Growth and Development Strategy;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Shepard Quraeshi Associates (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-112, March 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- February 1998 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
SITEL Corporation
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Martha Gershun
SITEL has grown extremely rapidly and is now operating worldwide with operations in more than 30 countries. Since many of its locations serve the same customers, the officers are debating the costs and benefits of additional centralization. Some feel that the autonomy...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth Management;
Success
Stevenson, Howard H., and Martha Gershun. "SITEL Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 898-153, February 1998. (Revised May 1998.)
- January 1998 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Creating Competitive Advantage
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Jan W. Rivkin
A firm such as Schering-Plough that earns superior, long-run financial returns within its industry is said to enjoy a competitive advantage over its rivals. This note examines the logic of how firms create competitive advantage. It emphasizes two themes: First, to...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Management;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Value Creation;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Creating Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-062, January 1998. (Revised February 2006.)
- November 1997 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Corn Products International, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
A firm that started in corn processing and moved up the value-added food chain decides to spin-off the original commodity part of the business. How does the new spin-off survive and how does it develop a strategy? Firms in the food system are separating out their...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Development;
Service Delivery;
Vertical Integration;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Corn Products International, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-051, November 1997. (Revised December 2000.)
- October 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Egon Zehnder International (B)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In 1994, Egon Zehnder faced stagnation in the U.S. market and needed to discuss plans for intiating growth. Due to market demand the firm was not forced to implement options contemplated in 1994 to initiate growth.
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Keywords:
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Growth and Development;
Growth Management;
Organizational Structure;
Strategic Planning;
Business Strategy;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Egon Zehnder International (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-059, October 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- July 1997 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
numeric investors l.p.
By: Andre F. Perold and Brian J. Tierney
Numeric Investors manages equity portfolios with the use of a momentum model and a value model. The momentum model is based on earnings surprise and analysts' revisions of their earnings estimates. The firm offers long-short as well as long-only strategies, and its...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Cost;
Equity;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Management;
Product Development;
Performance Efficiency;
Business Strategy
Perold, Andre F., and Brian J. Tierney. "numeric investors l.p." Harvard Business School Case 298-012, July 1997. (Revised August 1997.)
- December 1996 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Midnight Networks, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Midnight Networks, Inc., is a small computer network validation company. This case describes how the five founders built their business from operations earnings and how they established "best practices" operational processes to run their firm successfully. Operational...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Information Technology Industry;
Massachusetts
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Midnight Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-019, December 1996. (Revised June 1998.)
- March 1996 (Revised August 1996)
- Case
Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
Presents the story of Open Market, Inc., one of numerous companies formed in 1994 to engage in electronic commerce over the Internet. This case examines the company's development--its business strategy and organization evolution--as the company increased in size and...
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Keywords:
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Change;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizations;
Web Services Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Janis Lee Gogan. "Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment." Harvard Business School Case 196-097, March 1996. (Revised August 1996.)