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- May 2008 (Revised June 2009)
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House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
Chronicles the globalization of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business groups. Since 2000, many Tata Group operating companies have aggressively built international businesses, particularly through overseas acquisitions. After describing the globalization...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
India;
United States
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. "House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint." Harvard Business School Case 708-446, May 2008. (Revised June 2009.)
- May 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Intel NBI: MXP Digital Media Processor
By: Willy C. Shih and Thomas Thurston
"Gila" was a high-performance image processor project housed in Intel's New Business Initiatives (NBI) group. NBI was an incubator for corporate entrepreneurs, and it had an established methodology for ensuring a degree of autonomy while these ventures got started. But...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Change Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Integration;
Semiconductor Industry;
United States
Shih, Willy C., and Thomas Thurston. "Intel NBI: MXP Digital Media Processor." Harvard Business School Case 608-100, May 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- March 2008
- Case
Cambrian House
By: Peter A. Coles, Karim R. Lakhani and Andrew P. McAfee
Cambrian House builds internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and services and also participate in a monthly voting...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Voting;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Open Source Distribution;
Product Development;
Strategic Planning;
Business and Community Relations;
Internet
Coles, Peter A., Karim R. Lakhani, and Andrew P. McAfee. "Cambrian House." Harvard Business School Case 608-016, March 2008.
- February 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Citigroup: Re-Branding in 2007 (A)
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Carin-Isabel Knoop
With its history of growth through acquisition, Citigroup has a conglomeration of sub-brands that need to be integrated and rationalized. Ajay Banga, CEO of Citi's Global Consumer Group International, chairs a task force to work through the process of re-branding the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Globalization;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Culture;
Competitive Strategy;
Financial Services Industry
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Citigroup: Re-Branding in 2007 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-010, February 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- February 2008 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
The Big Easy, Not So Easy
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel and Ben Creo
Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and, if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the case examines how...
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Keywords:
Natural Disasters;
Housing;
Projects;
Risk Management;
Urban Development;
Reputation;
New Orleans
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, and Ben Creo. "The Big Easy, Not So Easy." Harvard Business School Case 208-068, February 2008. (Revised May 2012.)
- January 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Financing American Housing Construction in the Aftermath of War
By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
At the start of WWI, the United States faced a significant housing shortage. Public officials feared the spread of disease—and even communism—in the nation's cramped urban centers where vacancy rates held near zero and families often "doubled up" in single-housing...
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Keywords:
Central Banking;
Bonds;
Mortgages;
Government Legislation;
Business History;
Housing;
Banking Industry;
United States
Moss, David, and Cole Bolton. "Financing American Housing Construction in the Aftermath of War." Harvard Business School Case 708-032, January 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- December 2007 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
The South Sea Company (A)
By: David A. Moss, Eugene Kintgen, Agnieszka Rafalska and Kimberly Hagan
In early 1720, the South Sea Company and the Bank of England were cometing for the right to issue new shares and to exchange those shares for government bons that were then in the hands of the public. The British government had already executed two such debt conversion...
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Keywords:
Borrowing and Debt;
Debt Securities;
Stock Shares;
Financial Strategy;
Bids and Bidding;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Great Britain
Moss, David A., Eugene Kintgen, Agnieszka Rafalska, and Kimberly Hagan. "The South Sea Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 708-005, December 2007. (Revised December 2021.)
- September 2007
- Case
Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit.
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Keywords:
Transition;
Teaching;
Secondary Education;
Leading Change;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Transformation;
Personal Development and Career;
Education Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance P. Pierce. "Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale." Harvard Business School Case 308-038, September 2007.
- June 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Lazard LLC
By: Guhan Subramanian and Eliot Sherman
Describes Lazard's situation in 2001, and supplies context for the subsequent negotiation between its Chairman and his hand-picked successor. In 2001 Lazard, the last of the great investment houses to remain both private and in the control of its founding family, is in...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Family Business;
Talent and Talent Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Management Succession;
Negotiation Tactics;
Financial Services Industry
Subramanian, Guhan, and Eliot Sherman. "Lazard LLC." Harvard Business School Case 907-046, June 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- January 2007
- Teaching Note
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa (TN)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Arthur I Segel
- January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd
Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of...
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Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz, and John Dean Shepherd. "Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-017, January 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Patrimonio Hoy: A Groundbreaking Corporate Program to Alleviate Mexico's Housing Crisis
By: Arthur I Segel
Segel, Arthur I. "Patrimonio Hoy: A Groundbreaking Corporate Program to Alleviate Mexico's Housing Crisis." Chap. 14 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton, 155–166. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Value of a 'Free' Customer
By: Sunil Gupta, Carl F. Mela and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz
Central to a firm's growth and marketing policy is the revenus and profit potential of its customer assets. As a result, there has been a recent proliferation of work regarding customer lifetime value. However, extant research in this area is silent regarding how to... View Details
Gupta, Sunil, Carl F. Mela, and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz. "The Value of a 'Free' Customer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-035, December 2006.
- September 2006
- Case
Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?
By: Andre F. Perold and David S. Scharfstein
A couple has to decide whether to continue renting a townhouse or buy the one next door. Allows for a discussion of net present value, internal rate of return, and the costs and benefits of homeownership.
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Asset Pricing;
Investment Return;
Housing;
Family Ownership;
Renting or Rental;
Valuation
Perold, Andre F., and David S. Scharfstein. "Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?" Harvard Business School Case 207-063, September 2006.
- September 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Patrimonio Hoy: A Financial Perspective
By: Arthur I Segel, Michael Chu and Gustavo A. Herrero
Patrimonio Hoy, a program targeting the housing needs of low-income families launched by CEMEX, a major Mexican corporation and a leading global cement company, has gone from a market research project to a highly visible initiative in 22 cities and has earned public...
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Keywords:
Diversification;
Housing;
Income;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Emerging Markets;
Finance;
Mexico
Segel, Arthur I., Michael Chu, and Gustavo A. Herrero. "Patrimonio Hoy: A Financial Perspective." Harvard Business School Case 207-059, September 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- April 2006
- Case
Big Bazaar
By: Ananth Raman and Laura Winig
Describes a high-growth Indian retailer, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., and two of the company's formats--Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar. Challenges students to debate the company's concept, its strategic decision on how quickly it would like to grow, and some key...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Transformation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Market Entry and Exit;
Supply Chain Management;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Retail Industry;
India
Raman, Ananth, and Laura Winig. "Big Bazaar." Harvard Business School Case 606-099, April 2006.
- April 2006
- Case
Medical Innovation Beyond MedStar: Mobilizing for National Impact
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied, director of MedStar Health's Medical Informatics programs, wanted his innovations to influence national health care. Since joining Washington Hospital Center's Emergency Department in 1995 with Dr. Mark Smith, their information system had become the...
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- December 2005 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
William Levitt, Levittown and the Creation of American Suburbia
By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
Demand for low-cost housing after World War II far exceeded supply. Was this a profitable new market? New York developer William Levitt had to decide. During World War II, Levitt was eager to build basic housing for the working class—otherwise, Levitt & Sons would have...
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Keywords:
Demographics;
Construction;
Business History;
Housing;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Development;
Business and Government Relations;
Construction Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
United States;
New York (state, US)
Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Mark Benson. "William Levitt, Levittown and the Creation of American Suburbia." Harvard Business School Case 406-062, December 2005. (Revised March 2010.)
- September 2005 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Rancho Cucamonga
By: Arthur I Segel and David Robert Cotterman
Mikey Jones must decide what type of senior housing to develop, whether he should operate the facility himself, and what financing option he should pursue.
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Segel, Arthur I., and David Robert Cotterman. "Rancho Cucamonga." Harvard Business School Case 206-033, September 2005. (Revised July 2008.)
- May 2005
- Teaching Note
Random House (TN)
By: Bharat N. Anand
Teaching Note to (9-704-438).
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