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- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA
By: Richard Vietor
Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY--not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Initially proposed six years ago, in 2001, the wind farm would be...
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Keywords:
Renewable Energy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Projects;
Government and Politics;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business and Community Relations;
Public Opinion;
Power and Influence;
Energy Industry;
Massachusetts
Vietor, Richard. "Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA." Harvard Business School Case 708-022, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- January 2008
- Article
Nonemployment Stigma as Rational Herding: A Field Experiment
Long spells of unemployment are known to reduce the likelihood of re-employment, but it is difficult to discern the reasons for this observation. Using an experimental method that controls for search intensity and possible discouragement of job applicants, I document...
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Keywords:
Job Search;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Employment;
Cognition and Thinking;
Perception;
Creativity;
Human Needs;
Job Interviews;
Selection and Staffing;
Recruitment;
Managerial Roles;
Judgments;
Employment Industry
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Nonemployment Stigma as Rational Herding: A Field Experiment." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 65, no. 1 (January 2008): 30–40.
- 2007
- Working Paper
From Outsourcing to Global Collaboration: New Ways to Build Competitiveness
By: Alan David MacCormack, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks and Patrick Kalaher
MacCormack, Alan David, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher. "From Outsourcing to Global Collaboration: New Ways to Build Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-080, May 2007.
- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing
- November 2006
- Case
Kroger Union Negotiations
By: Dennis A. Yao
A stylized version of the negotiations between Kroger Company and its local unions during the mid-1980s. Management faces a sequence of individual negotiations with local unions during a time of weak economic performance when management is seriously considering...
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- November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Liz Claiborne and the New Working Woman
By: Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
At age 47, with two decades of experience as a lead designer for a Fortune 500 fashion company, Liz Claiborne put her life savings on the line to form Liz Claiborne, Inc., a partnership that included her husband. A decade later, in 1986, Claiborne was CEO of her own...
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- September 2006
- Teaching Note
OfficeTiger (TN)
Teaching Note to (804-109).
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- September 2006 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
Supergrid
Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme for Europe, recently proposed by Airtricity. This firm, founded in 1997, is a fast-growing power-development company focused on wind. Already having built about 600 megawatts of wind turbines in Scotland and Ireland,...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Performance Capacity;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Industry;
Europe;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Supergrid." Harvard Business School Case 707-016, September 2006. (Revised November 2008.)
- July 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Cathay Pacific
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Waishun Lo and Fred Young
Explores the various aspects of information technology that can be outsourced. Cathay Pacific outsourced a significant part of its vital operations from Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia.
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Information Technology;
Air Transportation Industry;
Sydney;
Hong Kong
McFarlan, F. Warren, Waishun Lo, and Fred Young. "Cathay Pacific." Harvard Business School Case 307-009, July 2006. (Revised June 2007.)
- July 2006 (Revised December 2007)
- Supplement
Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited: One Year Later.
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens
Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Michele Jurgens. "Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited: One Year Later." Harvard Business School Supplement 107-004, July 2006. (Revised December 2007.)
- July 2006 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens
Faced with exponential growth and a competitive telecom environment, Bharti looks for ways to better manage its capital expenditures for telecommunications and information technology. One option is to hand over management of its telecom and IT networks to its vendors....
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Competitive Advantage;
Technology Networks;
Telecommunications Industry;
India
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Michele Jurgens. "Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited." Harvard Business School Case 107-003, July 2006. (Revised December 2007.)
- Article
The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and Their Organizations
By: Andrew Molinsky and Joshua D. Margolis
Molinsky, Andrew, and Joshua D. Margolis. "The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and Their Organizations." Organizational Dynamics 35, no. 2 (May 2006): 145–159.
- December 2005
- Article
Reducing Slack: The Performance Consequences of Downsizing by Large Industrial Firms, 1977-93
By: E. Geoffrey Love and Nitin Nohria
Love, E. Geoffrey, and Nitin Nohria. "Reducing Slack: The Performance Consequences of Downsizing by Large Industrial Firms, 1977-93." Strategic Management Journal 26, no. 12 (December 2005): 1087–1108.
- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Exel PLC--Supply Chain Management at Haus Mart
By: Zeynep Ton and Steven C. Wheelwright
Exel plc is a global third-party logistics provider, serving clients such as Home Depot, Dell, Unilever, and Marks & Spencer. Describes the range of activities Exel performs for its clients and the capabilities the company has developed. Exel traditionally focused on...
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Ton, Zeynep, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Exel PLC--Supply Chain Management at Haus Mart." Harvard Business School Case 605-080, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- April 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
American Outsourcing
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Alexander Veytsman
Covers the phenomenon of outsourcing jobs from the United States. Reviews the evolution of Mexico's Maquiladoras, manufacturing special economic areas in China, and information technology and service-sourcing in India. Also reviews exports/imports, exchange rates,...
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Employment;
Emerging Markets;
Wages;
Trade;
United States;
Mexico;
China;
India
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Alexander Veytsman. "American Outsourcing." Harvard Business School Case 705-037, April 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- March 2005
- Article
Outsourcing Marketing
By: Gail J. McGovern and John A. Quelch
McGovern, Gail J., and John A. Quelch. "Outsourcing Marketing." Harvard Business Review 83, no. 3 (March 2005).
- January 2005 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Tata Consultancy Services
By: Rohit Deshpande and Seth Schulman
As CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), S. "Ram" Ramadorai had grown the company into an emerging IT services powerhouse, with marquee clients such as General Electric, offices in 32 countries, and revenues of nearly $2 billion dollars. Now, he was about to steer...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Labor;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Consulting Industry;
India;
United States
Deshpande, Rohit, and Seth Schulman. "Tata Consultancy Services." Harvard Business School Case 505-058, January 2005. (Revised November 2009.)
- August 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)
By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
In the late 1970s, Stanley O'Neal joined Merrill Lynch as an investment banker. Profiles O'Neal's ascent at Merrill to CEO. O'Neal put Merrill through a comprehensive restructuring program, cutting costs and significantly reducing the work force. As CEO, O'Neal faces...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Race;
Cost Management;
Investment Banking;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Performance Effectiveness;
Personal Development and Career
Thomas, David A., and Ayesha Kanji. "Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-029, August 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- June 2004 (Revised December 2005)
- Teaching Note
Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-204-144).
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing
- June 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Procter & Gamble: Global Business Services
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Warren Brackin, Alex Cabanas, Phil Shellhammer and David L. Ager
Dave Walker, vice-president of business service opportunities and chairman of the governance team at Procter & Gamble, must decide what to do with P&G's 5,700 employee Global Business Services (GBS) group. GBS brought together internal services such as finance,...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Change Management;
Decision Making;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Organizational Design
DeLong, Thomas J., Warren Brackin, Alex Cabanas, Phil Shellhammer, and David L. Ager. "Procter & Gamble: Global Business Services." Harvard Business School Case 404-124, June 2004. (Revised July 2005.)