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- February 1999 (Revised March 1999)
- Teaching Note
Deere & Company: Sustaining Value TN
Teaching Note for (9-899-001).
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Manufacturing Industry
- February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's decision to impose the death sentence on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of a movement for the rights of the...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Courts and Trials;
Rights;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Nigeria
Paine, Lynn S., and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-126, February 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
- February 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (B)
The approach taken by Michael Brown and Governor Lowell Weicker and the means by which the agreement's sustainability was enhanced in the face of attacks by other gaming operators are detailed.
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Keywords:
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Government and Politics;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Connecticut
Sebenius, James K. "Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-235, February 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- 1999
- Chapter
Building and Sustaining Success
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Gary P. Pisano
Keywords:
Success
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Gary P. Pisano. "Building and Sustaining Success." In Strategy and the Business Landscape, by Pankaj Ghemawat. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1999.
- January 1999
- Case
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Based on extensive interviews, this case discusses the environmental policies of a successful firm in the specialty chemicals business. Executives at Ciba have differentiated products along environmental lines and have used environmental scrutiny as a tool for cutting...
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Keywords:
Environmental Sustainability;
Business or Company Management;
Cost Management;
Risk Management;
Business Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Chemical Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Ciba Specialty Chemicals." Harvard Business School Case 799-086, January 1999.
- 1998
- Chapter
Foreign Firms in the Chinese Power Sector: Economic and Environmental Impacts
By: F. L. Reinhardt, Fiona Murray and Richard Vietor
Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Energy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Energy Industry;
China
Reinhardt, F. L., Fiona Murray, and Richard Vietor. "Foreign Firms in the Chinese Power Sector: Economic and Environmental Impacts." In Energizing China: Reconciling Environmental Protection and Economic Growth, edited by M. McElroy, C. Nielsen, and P. Lydon. Cambridge: Harvard University, Committee on Environment, 1998.
- November 1998 (Revised July 2000)
- Case
Deere & Company: Sustaining Value
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Marlowe Dayley
The question facing Deere & Co. is whether or not to adopt some of the organizational technologies of private equity investors (decentralized equity holdings, use of leverage to control the disposition of cash flows, the externalization of the capital budgeting...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Cash Flow;
Private Equity;
Wealth;
Adoption;
Manufacturing Industry
Salter, Malcolm S., and Marlowe Dayley. "Deere & Company: Sustaining Value." Harvard Business School Case 899-001, November 1998. (Revised July 2000.)
- 1998
- Chapter
The Role of Geography in the Process of Innovation and Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Firms
By: M. E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Porter, M. E., and Orjan Solvell. "The Role of Geography in the Process of Innovation and Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Firms." In The Dynamic Firm, edited by Alfred D. Chandler Jr., Peter Hagstrom, and Orjan Solvell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- July 1998
- Case
Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)
By: Tarun Khanna and David B. Yoffie
Focuses on how Microsoft built one of the world's greatest franchises and poses questions about what, if anything, can stop the company. Teaching purpose: To teach building competitive advantage, the advantages of bundling, and the sustainability of competitive...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry
Khanna, Tarun, and David B. Yoffie. "Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 799-003, July 1998.
- 1998
- Book
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
Porter, Michael E. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. [2nd ed.] New York: Free Press, 1998.
- 1998
- Book
Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
By: D. A. Leonard
Keywords:
Knowledge
Leonard, D. A. Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation. Paperback ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
- 1998
- Report
National Park Bonds: A Patch or A Panacea?: A Report on Meeting the Financial Needs of Our National Parks
By: Dutch Leonard, Henry Lee, Jay H. Walder, Peter Zimmerman and Wendy Vanasselt
- November 1997
- Case
National Pork Producers Council
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Al Tank, CEO of the National Pork Products Council, is facing an environmental and structural crisis in the U.S. pork industry. Can he resolve the environmental and image problems of his industry in time? Can he receive the support of both his growers and the...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Situation or Environment;
Crisis Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business and Community Relations;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Industry Structures;
Reputation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "National Pork Producers Council." Harvard Business School Case 598-053, November 1997.
- July 1997
- Background Note
Sustaining Superior Performance: Commitments and Capabilities
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Gary P. Pisano
Presents evidence on the unsustainability of many competitive advantages, reviews the typical threats to the sustainability, and discusses ways in which those threats can be combatted.
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Gary P. Pisano. "Sustaining Superior Performance: Commitments and Capabilities." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-008, July 1997.
- 1997
- Working Paper
The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits
By: Anita M. McGahan and Michael E. Porter
- May 1997 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Intel Corporation: 1968-1997
By: Gary P. Pisano, David J. Collis and Peter K. Botticelli
Traces Intel's history and strategy from 1968 to 1997. Examines the company's decision to exit DRAMS and its entry into microprocessors. Focuses on how the company managed to achieve and sustain its competitive advantage in microprocessors, and the threats it faces in...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Infrastructure;
Corporate Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Technology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., David J. Collis, and Peter K. Botticelli. "Intel Corporation: 1968-1997." Harvard Business School Case 797-137, May 1997. (Revised May 2008.)
- March 1997 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Stone Container in Honduras (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles
Chicago-based Stone Container Corp., a leading producer of cardboard containers and paper bags, proposes a large-scale pine forest management and utilization program in the La Mosquitia region of Honduras. A framework agreement with the government is strongly endorsed...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Preparation;
Negotiation Types;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict of Interests;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Government and Politics;
Manufacturing Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Honduras;
Chicago
Sebenius, James K., and Hannah Bowles. "Stone Container in Honduras (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-172, March 1997. (Revised October 1999.)
- March 1997
- Case
Stone Container in Honduras (B)
By: Hannah Bowles and James K. Sebenius
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Negotiation Preparation;
Negotiation Types;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict of Interests;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Government and Politics;
Manufacturing Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Honduras;
Chicago
Bowles, Hannah, and James K. Sebenius. "Stone Container in Honduras (B)." Harvard Business School Case 897-173, March 1997.
- March 1997
- Case
Stone Container in Honduras (C)
By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Negotiation Preparation;
Negotiation Types;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict of Interests;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Government and Politics;
Manufacturing Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Honduras;
Chicago
Sebenius, James K., and Hannah Bowles. "Stone Container in Honduras (C)." Harvard Business School Case 897-174, March 1997.
- February 1997 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Walden Woods
By: William J. Poorvu and Arthur I Segel
In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class suburban office building. BP proceeded to go through the permitting and approval process with the town and was...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Property;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict and Resolution;
Real Estate Industry;
Massachusetts
Poorvu, William J., and Arthur I Segel. "Walden Woods." Harvard Business School Case 897-070, February 1997. (Revised July 2004.)