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- November 2000 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
As the ninth largest bank holding company in the United States in 2000, FleetBoston Financial Corp. provided a myriad of financial services, including retail banking, loan origination, and brokerage accounts. This case explores how FleetBoston responded to the Internet...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cost Management;
Banks and Banking;
Consumer Behavior;
Service Operations;
Competition;
Online Technology;
Banking Industry;
United States
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking." Harvard Business School Case 601-042, November 2000. (Revised May 2002.)
- October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Editora Abril S.A.
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
Brazil's media conglomerate Editora Abril S.A. is Latin America's largest publishing and printing company; it publishes books, and comic books, videos, maps, travel guides, music, and textbooks. It also owns Brazil's largest database marketing company, its...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Communications;
Market Design;
Media;
Service Delivery;
Private Ownership;
Expansion;
Web Sites;
Publishing Industry;
Service Industry;
Brazil
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Perry Fagan. "Editora Abril S.A." Harvard Business School Case 301-062, October 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, David Lane and Courtenay Sprague
Kathy Biro, president of Digitas, an e-strategy consulting firm, has successfully grown out of the company's roots in the strategic interactive group. Her challenges now include managing the integration of the SIG with Digitas's other component, direct marketing firm...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Business Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Integration;
Expansion;
Business or Company Management;
Business Model;
Organizational Design;
Consulting Industry;
Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., David Lane, and Courtenay Sprague. "Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group." Harvard Business School Case 301-052, October 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Old Mutual
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro
Designed to explore the demutualization and listing overseas of one of Africa's largest financial institutions, Old Mutual, and the effects that these actions have on South Africa's domestic capital markets. Explores the particular difficulties that arise as a result...
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Global Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Capital Markets;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business Education;
Financial Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
South Africa
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro. "Old Mutual." Harvard Business School Case 701-026, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
- August 2000
- Case
Project ACHIEVE - January 2000
By: H. Kent Bowen and Elizabeth Kind
Education services target public schools to assist the school with technology and services that will improve their communication with students, parents, and the community. There is also the goal of increasing scores of measured learning. How does a small company do...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Service Delivery;
Learning;
Interactive Communication;
Measurement and Metrics;
Performance Consistency;
Business and Community Relations;
Expansion;
Technology Adoption;
Education Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Elizabeth Kind. "Project ACHIEVE - January 2000." Harvard Business School Case 601-044, August 2000.
- 2001
- Article
From Guilford to Creative Synergy: Opening the Black Box of Team Level Creativity
By: T. R. Kurtzberg and T. M. Amabile
Previous research, from Guilford's founding tradition to more modern research on individual creativity and general group processes, falls short of adequately describing team-level creativity. Alhough researchers have addressed brainstorming in groups with mixed...
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Kurtzberg, T. R., and T. M. Amabile. "From Guilford to Creative Synergy: Opening the Black Box of Team Level Creativity." Special Issue on Commemorating Guilford's 1950 Presidential Address Creativity Research Journal 13, nos. 3/4 (2001).
- December 1999
- Article
The Effects of Physical Distance and Response Latency on Persuasion in Computer-mediated Communication and Human-computer Interaction
By: Youngme Moon
Moon, Youngme. "The Effects of Physical Distance and Response Latency on Persuasion in Computer-mediated Communication and Human-computer Interaction." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 5, no. 4 (December 1999): 379–392.
- November 1999 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
AGENCY.COM (A): Launching an Interactive Service Agency
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Having recently launched one of Silicon Valley's first start-ups, cofounders Chan Suh and Kyle Shannon ponder whether their interactive consulting firm is prepared to bid for work from a very large client.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Strategy;
Decision Making;
Entrepreneurship;
Consulting Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "AGENCY.COM (A): Launching an Interactive Service Agency." Harvard Business School Case 800-061, November 1999. (Revised May 2001.)
- November 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
AGENCY.COM (B): Managing Rapid Growth
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
AGENCY.COM continues on its path of rapid growth, emerging as a leading interactive consulting firm. Its growth leads to new challenges related to the integration of diverse operations and the financing of future growth.
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet;
Consulting Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "AGENCY.COM (B): Managing Rapid Growth." Harvard Business School Case 800-062, November 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
- November 1999
- Case
Interactive Minds (B)
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong, Christina L. Darwall and Scot H. Landry
Two recent Harvard Business School graduates start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet.
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Keywords:
History;
Venture Capital;
Internet and the Web;
Capital Structure;
Entrepreneurship;
Consulting Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, Christina L. Darwall, and Scot H. Landry. "Interactive Minds (B)." Harvard Business School Case 800-114, November 1999.
- October 1999
- Case
CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Raynor
From 1992 to 1997, CIBC CEO Al Flood and head of investment banking John Hunkin integrate the struggling investment bank, Wood Gundy, with CIBC's corporate bank. The impact and interaction of organization design, compensation schemes, and communication initiatives are...
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Keywords:
Investment Banking;
Banks and Banking;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Organizational Design;
Business Plan;
Communication;
Banking Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Raynor. "CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997." Harvard Business School Case 300-042, October 1999.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology: Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change
By: Rebecca Henderson, Gary P. Pisano and Luigi Orsenigo
Keywords:
Science-Based Business;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Henderson, Rebecca, Gary P. Pisano, and Luigi Orsenigo. "The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology: Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change." In Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries, edited by David Mowery and Richard Nelson. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- September 1999
- Case
CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997 (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Raynor
From 1992 to 1997, CIBC CEO Al Flood and head of investment banking John Hunkin integrate the struggling investment bank Wood Gundy with CIBC's corporate bank. The impact and interaction of organization design, compensation schemes, and communication initiatives are...
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Keywords:
Investment Banking;
Banks and Banking;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Organizational Design;
Business Plan;
Communication;
Banking Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Raynor. "CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997 (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 300-003, September 1999.
- 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.)
- March 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Background Note
A Note on Microeconomics for Strategists
By: Kenneth S. Corts and Jan W. Rivkin
Summarizes the core ideas about the microeconomics of markets that are most relevant to business strategy. Sections I and II develop two basic building blocks of any market, demand and supply. Section II discusses how demand and supply interact to determine the...
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Keywords:
Microeconomics;
Cost;
Cost of Capital;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy
Corts, Kenneth S., and Jan W. Rivkin. "A Note on Microeconomics for Strategists." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-128, March 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- March 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Background Note
Interactive Technologies and Relationship Marketing Strategies
By: Youngme E. Moon
Outlines the role of interactive technologies in the development of relationship marketing strategies.
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Moon, Youngme E. "Interactive Technologies and Relationship Marketing Strategies." Harvard Business School Background Note 599-101, March 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- 1999
- Article
Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity
By: A. M. Ruscio and T. M. Amabile
This study sought to determine the impact of 2 differing instructional approaches on creative problem-solving performance. Eighty-two college students completed a novel structure-building task after receiving algorithmic instruction (providing a rote, step-by-step...
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Ruscio, A. M., and T. M. Amabile. "Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity." Creativity Research Journal 12, no. 4 (1999): 251–266.
- September 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Interactive Insurance Services: Redefining Insurance Distribution
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Marla Malcom-Nagler
Founded in July 1995, Interactive Insurance Services provided personal lines of insurance over the World Wide Web. In June 1996, the company was acquired by Intuit for $7.5 million. The case details the competitive and organizational issues faced by this rapidly...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Restructuring;
Growth and Development;
Distribution;
Business Processes;
Competitive Strategy;
Web;
Insurance Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Marla Malcom-Nagler. "Interactive Insurance Services: Redefining Insurance Distribution." Harvard Business School Case 399-017, September 1998. (Revised February 1999.)