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Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape
Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Environmental Management;
Social Issues;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Hoffman, Andrew J. Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape. Island Press, 2000.
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A1): "Dot-comming" the World: Philip Nenon on a Billion Dollar Bet
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
A group at Sun Microsystems, Inc. proposed that a recent acquisition that made fault-tolerant computers for telecommunications was a major opportunity for Sun. If the board provided funding to expand the acquisition's portfolio of products and make them part of the...
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- December 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In the fall of 1999, Kumio Egashira, president of Ajinomoto, a 90-year old, Japan-based processed foods and specialty chemicals company, and his team of senior executives were deciding how to globally maximize the synergies that existed between their food and amino...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Food;
Chemicals;
Globalization;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Japan
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Ajinomoto Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 900-016, December 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- December 1999
- Article
Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing
By: T. M. Amabile and Regina Conti
This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Situation or Environment;
Creativity;
Resignation and Termination;
Employees;
Business or Company Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Crisis Management;
Groups and Teams;
Communication;
Announcements;
Interpersonal Communication
Amabile, T. M., and Regina Conti. "Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing." Academy of Management Journal 42, no. 6 (December 1999): 630–640.
- November 1999 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Webvan: Groceries on the Internet
By: John A. Deighton and Kayla Bakshi
What are the prospects for grocery shopping on the Web? This case invites a comparison of seven business models, with particular emphasis on Webvan. Why does the investment community value Webvan at $7.8 billion after less than six months of operating experience, and...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Experience and Expertise;
Investment;
Information;
Marketing;
Distribution Channels;
Service Delivery;
Cognition and Thinking;
Internet and the Web;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry
Deighton, John A., and Kayla Bakshi. "Webvan: Groceries on the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 500-052, November 1999. (Revised March 2003.)
- 05 Nov 1999
- Keynote Speech
Leadership, Ethics and Organizational Integrity: Time for a New Credo." Speaker. "9th Colloquium on Business and Economics Ethics
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. Leadership, Ethics and Organizational Integrity: Time for a New Credo." Speaker. "9th Colloquium on Business and Economics Ethics. Colloquium on Business and Economics Ethics, Universidad de Navarra, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE), Barcelona, Spain, November 05, 1999.
- November 1999
- Case
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)
By: Andre F. Perold
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a...
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Keywords:
Fluctuation;
Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Investment Portfolio;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Management;
Risk Management;
Marketing;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 200-007, November 1999.
- November 1999
- Case
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)
By: Andre F. Perold
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a...
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Keywords:
Fluctuation;
Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Investment Portfolio;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Management;
Risk Management;
Markets;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 200-009, November 1999.
- October 1999
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
After the Brent Spar episode and the 1995 events in Nigeria, Shell undertakes an intensive review of its values and business principles. At the same time, it conducts the largest multi-stakeholder consultation in its history in an effort to better understand society's...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Transformation;
Environmental Accounting;
Energy Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-039, October 1999.
- July 1999 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. faces a hostile takeover bid from its competitor, Mentor Graphics. Mentor makes the bid at a moment when Quickturn's stock price is depressed and the company is defending against a patent suit filed by Mentor. The two companies have a...
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 400-001, July 1999. (Revised April 2001.)
- July 1999 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 400-003, July 1999. (Revised April 2001.)
- July 1999
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (C)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 400-004, July 1999.
- July 1999 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (D)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Case 400-005, July 1999. (Revised October 2001.)
- July 1999
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (E)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (E)." Harvard Business School Case 400-006, July 1999.
- July 1999 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (F)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (F)." Harvard Business School Case 400-011, July 1999. (Revised December 2005.)
- July 1999 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (G)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Patents;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (G)." Harvard Business School Case 400-012, July 1999. (Revised December 2005.)
- June 1999 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Angela Keros
Buzz Hargrove, national president of the Canadian Auto Workers, needs to find a way to secure an agreement from a negotiated contract with de Havilland, Inc. Local union leaders feel the deal is not good enough, but Hargrove is convinced management will close the plant...
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Keywords:
Media;
Power and Influence;
Negotiation Deal;
Leadership;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Labor Unions;
Negotiation Types;
Management Teams;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Canada
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Angela Keros. Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A). Harvard Business School Case 899-138, June 1999. (Revised November 2006.)
- May 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
AES Global Values
By: Lynn S. Paine
Members of the development team for the AES Corp.'s power plant project in India must decide what plant technology to specify in their application for techno-economic clearance from the government of India's Central Electric Authority. Their choice is between more...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Generation;
Technology Adoption;
Energy Industry;
India;
United States
Paine, Lynn S. "AES Global Values." Harvard Business School Case 399-136, May 1999. (Revised November 2000.)
- May–June 1999
- Article
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as Beta Site for Business Innovation
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as Beta Site for Business Innovation." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 3 (May–June 1999). (Reprinted in Harvard Business Review on Innovation, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.)