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- September 2000 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Freeport Studio
By: Rajiv Lal and James Weber
Describes the start-up and first-year difficulties of Freeport Studio, a unit of L.L. Bean, founded in 1998 to sell women's clothing by catalog. First-year sales were far below plan, and projected profits did not materialize. Fran Philip must identify the problems and...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Profit;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Creativity
Lal, Rajiv, and James Weber. "Freeport Studio." Harvard Business School Case 501-021, September 2000. (Revised February 2007.)
- May 2000 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Dell Ventures
By: Paul A. Gompers, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Describes the rationale behind the strategy and structure of Dell Computer Corp.'s VC arm, Dell Ventures. While Dell Ventures had a phenomenal year one, it faced a number of challenges including dealing with market risks, finding and retaining talent, maintaining...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Talent and Talent Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Risk Management;
Organizational Structure;
Interests;
Business Strategy;
Computer Industry
Gompers, Paul A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Dell Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 200-062, May 2000. (Revised October 2001.)
- May 2000
- Article
Business Groups and Social Welfare in Emerging Markets: Existing Evidence and Unanswered Questions
By: T. Khanna
Khanna, T. "Business Groups and Social Welfare in Emerging Markets: Existing Evidence and Unanswered Questions." European Economic Review 44, nos. 4-6 (May 2000): 748–761.
- 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 2000
- Supplement
BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company
Interviews alternating the country subsidiary and corporate headquarters views of Christopher Carson, marketing director of BRL Hardy Europe and Steve Millar, marketing director and CEO of BRL Hardy Ltd. In four segments focusing on the source of...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Headquarters;
Management Teams;
Conflict and Resolution;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 300-506, April 2000.
- April 2000
- Article
The Fable of Fisher Body
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Daniel F. Spulber
General Motors' (GM) acquisition of Fisher Body is the classic example of market failure in the literature on contracts and the theory of the firm. According to the standard account, GM merged vertically with Fisher Body in 1926, a maker of auto bodies, because of...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Failure;
Contracts;
Vertical Integration;
Market Transactions;
Investment;
Trust;
Production;
Assets;
Supply Chain;
Opportunities;
Technology;
Auto Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Daniel F. Spulber. "The Fable of Fisher Body." Journal of Law & Economics 43, no. 1 (April 2000): 67–104.
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Do Executive Stock Options Encourage Risk-Taking?
Executive stock options create incentives for executives to manage firms in ways that maximize firm market value. Since options increase in value with the volatility of the underlying stock, executive stock options provide managers with incentives to take actions that...
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Cohen, Randolph B., Brian J. Hall, and Luis M. Viceira. "Do Executive Stock Options Encourage Risk-Taking?" 2000.
- February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Microsoft Latin America
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Alberto Ballve and Antonio Davila
Mauricio Santillan, regional vice president for the Latin American division of Microsoft, has introduced a new performance measurement system to help his country managers formulate and control strategy. Microsoft Latin America's priorities are rolling out of an...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Applications and Software;
Emerging Markets;
Crime and Corruption;
Motivation and Incentives;
Management Skills;
Global Strategy;
Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Latin America
Kaplan, Robert S., Alberto Ballve, and Antonio Davila. "Microsoft Latin America." Harvard Business School Case 100-040, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- December 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Private Equity Securities, A
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the primary securities used in private equity, their structures, and the economic motivation behind their designs.
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Josh Lerner. "Note on Private Equity Securities, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-027, December 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- 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.)
- 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
- Teaching Note
Braun AG: The KF 40 Coffee Machine (Abridged) TN
By: Kim B. Clark and Steven C. Wheelwright
Teaching Note for a reprint.
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- 1999
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No. 12: Philanthropic Social Capital Markets Performance Driven Philanthropy
By: Allen Grossman
Grossman, Allen. "Social Enterprise Series No. 12: Philanthropic Social Capital Markets Performance Driven Philanthropy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-002, July 1999. (Presented at December 2001 Human Interaction Research Institute at 40 Conference. Monograph available from HIRI.)
- May 1999
- Background Note
Note on Behavioral Pricing
The note introduces the behavioral or psychological aspects of consumer price acceptance. Begins by reviewing the traditional economic approach to product pricing and consumer price acceptance--namely, that consumers should be willing to purchase anytime a product's...
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Decisions;
Fairness;
Price;
Marketing Strategy;
Behavior;
Perspective;
Public Opinion
Gourville, John T. "Note on Behavioral Pricing." Harvard Business School Background Note 599-114, May 1999.
- April 1999 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents the background for a video of a focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Engineers, manufacturers, and retailers had collaborated on the product design, which has been approved by the executive committee. A launch is scheduled for nine months...
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Product Launch;
Product Design;
Outcome or Result;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Corporate Strategy;
Computer Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group." Harvard Business School Case 599-053, April 1999. (Revised September 1999.)
- April 1999
- Case
French Pension System, The: On The Verge Of Retirement? (Abridged)
By: David A. Moss
Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers. Like almost every other industrialized country, France has a large pay-as-you-go public pension system that...
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Keywords:
Retirement;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Economic Growth;
Economics;
Capital Markets;
Wages;
Public Administration Industry;
France
Moss, David A. "French Pension System, The: On The Verge Of Retirement? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 799-143, April 1999.
- February 1999 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Life as a Minor League CEO Frank Burke and The Chattanooga Lookouts
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman
A "slice of life" depiction of the range of issues and activities experienced by Frank Burke (HBS MBA 1987), the president of a minor league baseball team (the Chattanooga Lookouts). Raises questions of the applicability of MBA skills in this role and the "quotient of...
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Keywords:
Happiness;
Managerial Roles;
Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing;
Cost Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Operations;
Sports;
Business Education;
Sports Industry;
Tennessee
Greyser, Stephen A., and Kirk A. Goldman. "Life as a Minor League CEO Frank Burke and The Chattanooga Lookouts." Harvard Business School Case 599-029, February 1999. (Revised July 2004.)
- Article
Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century
By: Tom Nicholas
This article analyses the proportions of personal to real estate wealth for a group of 295 businessmen profiled in the Dictionary of business biography. It shows that businessmen who owned land on a large scale in the late nineteenth century were a comparatively small...
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Keywords:
Ownership;
Personal Finance;
Property;
Biography;
History;
Acquisition;
Wealth;
Power and Influence;
Status and Position;
Integration;
Transformation;
Market Transactions
Nicholas, Tom. "Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century." Economic History Review 52, no. 1 (February 1999): 27–44.