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- December 2001
- Case
SinoSecurities.com
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Fred Young
Describes a complex software project that has run into difficulties. Students must decide whether to press forward, stop the project, or reconfigure it. Illustrates many of the similarities to challenges facing U.S. and Chinese companies in this difficult arena.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Decisions;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry;
China;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Fred Young. "SinoSecurities.com." Harvard Business School Case 302-072, December 2001.
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Cachet Technologies TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-200-031).
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Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
edocs, Inc. Series TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (90200-015), (9-200-020), and (9-200-021).
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Keywords:
Information Technology Industry
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
HIMSCORP, Inc., TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-899-021).
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Keywords:
Information Industry
- December 2001
- Background Note
Reporting on Agribusiness in the 21st Century
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Anne M Fitzgerald
Agriculture is not what it used to be. Neither is coverage of the industry by news organizations. A century ago, about 40% of the U.S. population lived on the farm, and one in three U.S. jobs was tied to agriculture. It made sense for daily newspapers to cover farming...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Newspapers;
Media;
Perception;
Change;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Anne M Fitzgerald. "Reporting on Agribusiness in the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-421, December 2001.
- December 2001
- Case
Dairy.com
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Dairy.com's ecommerce exchange attempts to provide value to the dairy industry through price discovery mechanisms.
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- 2001
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Building E-Business
- 2001
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Building E-Businesses Instructor's Guide TN: Harvard Business School
- Article
Disrupted Routines: Team Learning and New Technology Adaptation
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard Bohmer and Gary P. Pisano
Edmondson, Amy C., Richard Bohmer, and Gary P. Pisano. "Disrupted Routines: Team Learning and New Technology Adaptation." Administrative Science Quarterly 46, no. 4 (December 2001): 685–716.
- November 2001 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Smartix (A): Dancing with Elephants
By: Donald N. Sull, James K. Sebenius and Noam Wasserman
This case describes issues facing the founder-CEO of a high-tech start-up in Boston, as he negotiates with multiple large potential partners and investors. The negotiations include a potential business partnership with FleetCenter and Madison Square Garden, and a...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Venture Capital;
Negotiation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Power and Influence;
Technology Industry;
Boston
Sull, Donald N., James K. Sebenius, and Noam Wasserman. "Smartix (A): Dancing with Elephants." Harvard Business School Case 902-156, November 2001. (Revised October 2006.)
- November 2001
- Supplement
A Note on Organizational Design at Yahoo!
Supplements Yahoo! Business on Internet Time.
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MacCormack, Alan D. "A Note on Organizational Design at Yahoo!" Harvard Business School Supplement 602-112, November 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
IBM Network Technology (A)
By: Michael L. Tushman and Robert C Wood
An unconventional manager within IBM leads the creation of a business unit with multibillion-dollar potential, winning over customers and nudging the organization to make the changes needed to achieve dramatic growth. This case provides an example of how organizational...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Leadership;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Change Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Business Plan;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Success;
Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael L., and Robert C Wood. "IBM Network Technology (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-012, November 2001. (Revised October 2004.)
- November 2001
- Case
IBM Network Technology (B)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Organizational Design;
Management Teams;
Leadership Style;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Growth Management;
Information Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael L. "IBM Network Technology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 402-013, November 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Four Products: Predicting Diffusion
One of the critical tasks in the marketing of new innovations is predicting demand and rates of diffusion for those products. Focuses on four innovative products from different domains. Although one can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for each of these...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Launch;
Demand and Consumers;
Technology Adoption
Gourville, John T. "Four Products: Predicting Diffusion." Harvard Business School Case 502-045, November 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- November 2001
- Background Note
Global Approaches to Anti-Corruption
By: Joseph Hinsey, Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
In the 1970s, a series of unpleasant revelations about corporate conduct, culminating in the public disclosure about unsavory business practices abroad by more than 400 U.S. corporations, jarred popular perceptions concerning business ethics. Congress responded by...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Globalization;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Laws and Statutes;
Ethics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Information Industry;
United States
Hinsey, Joseph, Guhan Subramanian, and Michelle Kalka. "Global Approaches to Anti-Corruption." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-062, November 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Digital Angel
By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman
Digital Angel is considering the appropriate marketing plan for the launch of its new locator device. The device, a watch and pager worn in combination, provides GPS location information and monitors heart rate and body temperature via body sensors. Parents of young...
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Keywords:
Information;
Safety;
Rights;
Market Entry and Exit;
Ethics;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development
Moon, Youngme E., and Kerry Herman. "Digital Angel." Harvard Business School Case 502-021, November 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- November 2001 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
BigEast Bank (A): Credit Card Approval
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
BigEast is considering adopting a relationship-centric view in its credit card approval process. This would shift the bank's current practice of analyzing applications based on the merits of a single product to one where the customer's existing relationship is...
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Keywords:
Customers;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Banks and Banking;
Analytics and Data Science;
Managerial Roles;
Relationships;
Adoption;
Banking Industry
Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "BigEast Bank (A): Credit Card Approval." Harvard Business School Case 602-098, November 2001. (Revised August 2005.)
- November 2001 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Intel Corporation: 1997-2000
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Michael G. Rukstad
Describes Intel's diversification strategy initiated in 1998 by CEO Craig Barrett. Initially, Barrett's strategy worked well, as market value reached $510 billion in September 2000. Just three months later, however, investor pessimism over a slowing economy and recent...
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Keywords:
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Investment;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Valuation;
Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Michael G. Rukstad. "Intel Corporation: 1997-2000." Harvard Business School Case 702-420, November 2001. (Revised February 2010.)
- November 2001
- Supplement
Staples
By: Myra M. Hart
Provides information on the development of the office superstore concept, including building partnerships, creating the business plan, and recruiting a management team.
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Recruitment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Operations;
Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Complexity;
Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M. "Staples." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 802-803, November 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Whirlpool Europe
By: Richard S. Ruback, Sudhakar Balachandran and Aldo Sesia
This case presents a capital budgeting problem. Whirlpool Europe is evaluating an investment in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that would reorganize the information flow throughout the company. Students derive the cash flows from working capital, sales,...
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Keywords:
Working Capital;
Cash Flow;
Investment;
Capital Budgeting;
Consumer Products Industry;
Europe
Ruback, Richard S., Sudhakar Balachandran, and Aldo Sesia. "Whirlpool Europe." Harvard Business School Case 202-017, November 2001. (Revised December 2003.)