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- May 1997 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Riverbend Telephone Company
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
An independent telephone company needs to acquire a new truck for use in telephone line installation and maintenance and must decide whether to buy or lease the truck. The company must address the rate of return in a regulated industry and the best accounting treatment...
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Bruns, William J., Jr. "Riverbend Telephone Company." Harvard Business School Case 197-104, May 1997. (Revised May 2004.)
- 10 Feb 2011
- News
Playing Catch-Up, Nokia and H.P. Try to Innovate
- 2020
- Working Paper
Why Do Firms Automate Production, and How Do They Adjust? Evidence from the Bell Telephone System over the 20th Century
By: Daniel P. Gross and James J. Feigenbaum
Over the course of the 20th century, AT&T's operating companies replaced telephone operators with mechanical switching and dial telephones. Yet it took AT&T 30 years from the invention of the technology to begin using it, and another 60 years to finish installing it...
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- 18 Feb 2015
- News
Reinvent Your Sales Process While Still Hitting Your Numbers
- June 2015 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
American Electric Power: Facing the Challenges of Distributed Generation
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Hilary White
American Electric Power, like most utilities in the USA, is currently exposed to distributed generation and the problem of net-metering. Solar installations in particular have been heavily subsidized, by the state and by regulation, which does not allow grid operators...
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Keywords:
Electricity;
Utilities;
Electric Power Generation;
Net Metering;
Distributed Generation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Energy Markets;
Solar Power;
Wind Power;
Solar;
Wind;
Subsidies;
Legislation;
Regulation;
Disruption;
Energy;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Information Technology;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Hilary White. "American Electric Power: Facing the Challenges of Distributed Generation." Harvard Business School Case 716-008, June 2015. (Revised August 2018.)
- 03 May 2022
- News
Q&A With Harvard Business School Professor Linda A. Hill
- November 2003 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)
By: Henry B. Reiling and Harry Clegg Midgley IV
The Rollins family assembly was meeting to discuss and decide which one or combination from among an estate freeze, installment sale of stock, ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), leveraged capitalization, annual gifts of stock, one-time outright gift of stock, or...
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Keywords:
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Property;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Stocks;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Family Business;
Human Needs;
Financial Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Reiling, Henry B., and Harry Clegg Midgley IV. "Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 204-102, November 2003. (Revised November 2004.)
- March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market
By: Noel Maurer and Elisa Farri
Charles Beigbeder, the president and founder of Poweo, an alternative electricity and gas operator in France, needs to decide on the company's strategy in light of electricity deregulation and the dominant position of Électricité de France (EDF) in the French market....
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Competitive Strategy;
Competition;
Privatization;
Monopoly;
Market Entry and Exit;
Energy Industry;
France
Maurer, Noel, and Elisa Farri. "Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market." Harvard Business School Case 711-037, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency
By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein
Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent...
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Keywords:
Clean Tech;
Decarbonization;
Carbon Emissions;
Learning By Doing;
Environment;
Energy;
Environmental Management;
Sustainable Cities;
Price;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Europe;
North America;
South America;
Africa;
Asia
Glenk, Gunther, Philip Holler, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency." TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series, No. 109, December 2022.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Buy Now, Pay Later Credit: User Characteristics and Effects on Spending Patterns
By: Marco Di Maggio, Justin Katz and Emily Williams
Firms offering "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) point-of-sale installment loans with minimal underwriting and low interest have captured a growing fraction of the market for short-term unsecured consumer credit. We provide a detailed look into the US BNPL market by...
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- September 2009 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors
By: Clayton M. Christensen
After two years of less than stellar performance resulting in sales well below plan, senior management at General Motors (GM) mobile telecommunications service start-up, OnStar, recognized that without a substantial change in their strategy, support for the venture...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Joint Ventures;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Product Positioning;
Risk Management;
Auto Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Christensen, Clayton M. "OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 610-029, September 2009. (Revised November 2021.)
- 21 Sep 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile
- April 2000 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)
By: John A. Deighton
By acquiring Abacus, DoubleClick won the power to serve ads with unprecedented precision, because it brought together Web surfers' online and offline identities. Several competitors had developed advanced systems for serving ads on the web, but DoubleClick had the...
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Keywords:
Information;
Rights;
Internet and the Web;
Ethics;
Competitive Advantage;
Social Issues;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Digital Marketing;
Advertising Industry
Deighton, John A. "DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)." Harvard Business School Case 500-091, April 2000. (Revised June 2001.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- April 2010
- Case
Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and James Quinn
Groupe Ariel evaluates a proposal from its Mexican subsidiary to purchase and install cost-saving equipment at a manufacturing facility in Monterrey. The improvements will allow the plant to automate recycling and remanufacturing of toner and printer cartridges, an...
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Keywords:
Exchange Rates;
Securities Analysis;
Project Evaluation;
International Finance;
Debt Securities;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Cash Flow;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Capital Budgeting;
Europe;
Mexico
Luehrman, Timothy A., and James Quinn. "Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-194, April 2010.
- April 2011
- Article
Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?
By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Companies are spending a great deal of time and money to install codes of ethics, ethics training, compliance programs, and in-house watchdogs. If these efforts worked, the money would be well spent. But unethical behavior appears to be on the rise. The authors observe...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Behavior;
Conflict of Interests
Bazerman, Max H., and Ann E. Tenbrunsel. "Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?" Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011).
- October 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005
By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Barbara Mack
In the late 1990s, TiVo pioneered the digital video recorder (DVR), a new consumer electronics category. By 2005, the company was the clear leader in technology and installed base. It had also built extraordinary loyalty among its customers. However, TiVo lost a half...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Competition;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Infrastructure;
Television Entertainment;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
Electronics Industry
Yoffie, David B., Pai-Ling Yin, and Barbara Mack. "Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005." Harvard Business School Case 706-421, October 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Competing Complements
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Barry Nalebuff and David B. Yoffie
In Cournot's model of complements, the producers of A and B are both monopolists. This paper extends Cournot's model to allow for competition between complements on one side of the market. Consider two complements, A and B, where the A + B bundle is valuable only when...
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Barry Nalebuff, and David B. Yoffie. "Competing Complements." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-009, July 2008. (Revised March 2010.)
- October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Texas Eastman Co.
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The company as part of a commitment to Total Quality Management has installed a computer system that accumulates 30,000 observations on its processes every 2-4 hours. Operating people have found the monthly summaries of financial performance not too useful in this...
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Texas Eastman Co." Harvard Business School Case 190-039, October 1989. (Revised June 1993.)