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- October 1999
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Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In June 1999, Spain's former state-owned oil giant Repsol, acquired 97% of YPF, despite opposition from YPF management. The case describes the status of the two companies at the time of the acquisition and highlights concerns expressed by industry analysts on the deal.
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Keywords:
Non-Renewable Energy;
State Ownership;
Acquisition;
Decisions;
Profit;
Privatization;
Corporate Strategy;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry;
Argentina;
Spain
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era." Harvard Business School Case 300-028, October 1999.
- October 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (A)
It is 1995 and Steinway & Sons has just been purchased by two young entrepreneurs. For 140 years, Steinway has held the reputation for making the finest quality grand pianos in the world. The past 25 years have proven to be a challenge, however. First, the company has...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
Crisis Management;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Quality;
Competitive Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan;
New York (state, US)
Gourville, John T., and Joseph B. Lassiter III. "Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (A)." Harvard Business School Case 500-028, October 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- October 1999
- Case
CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (A): 1987-1992
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Raynor
In 1992, CIBC CEO Al Flood faced the short-term operational challenge of saving Wood Gundy, the troubled investment bank CIBC had purchased five years earlier. At the same time he had to tackle the long-term strategic challenge of integrating Gundy's investment banking...
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Keywords:
Investment Banking;
Banks and Banking;
Corporate Strategy;
Integration;
Problems and Challenges;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Banking Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Raynor. "CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (A): 1987-1992." Harvard Business School Case 300-041, October 1999.
- October 1999
- Article
Software Development on Internet Time
By: M. A. Cusumano and D. B. Yoffie
Cusumano, M. A., and D. B. Yoffie. "Software Development on Internet Time." Computer 32, no. 10 (October 1999): 60–69.
- September 1999 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
Novell: World's Largest Network Software Company
By: Richard L. Nolan
After phenomenal growth and market leadership in networking, founder and CEO Ray Noorda made a frontal assault on Microsoft's core strengths. In 1994, Noorda spend over $1.5 billion acquiring companies such as WordPerfect to combat Microsoft Word, products such as...
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Keywords:
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Strategic Planning;
Corporate Strategy;
Information Technology Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "Novell: World's Largest Network Software Company." Harvard Business School Case 300-038, September 1999. (Revised April 2000.)
- September 1999
- Case
Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Sarah S. Khetani
Texan entrepreneur Trisha Wilson has founded an interior design firm and watched it grow into one of the most successful firms in the hospitality design services industry. After 20 years of building a company that is truly a reflection of her own personality, Wilson...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Employees;
Innovation and Management;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Management Succession;
Organizational Culture;
Strategy;
Service Industry;
Texas
Amabile, Teresa M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates." Harvard Business School Case 800-001, September 1999.
- August 1999 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Double Dealmaking in the Browser Wars (A)
Recounts two complex negotiations in which Netscape and Microsoft compete to win a browser contract with AOL--then later with KPMG. After reviewing the web and browser sectors, this case recounts AOL's dramatic negotiations with Netscape and with Microsoft over which...
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Sebenius, James K. "Double Dealmaking in the Browser Wars (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-050, August 1999. (Revised September 1999.)
- July 1999
- Background Note
Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor
By: Roy D. Shapiro
A brief note on the origins and uses of standard times in production process flow diagrams and on the benefits and drawbacks of division of labor. A rewritten version of two earlier notes.
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Shapiro, Roy D. "Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-013, July 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.)
- May 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Jay DiGeronimo, president of a 16-store supermarket chain, is trying to decide the timing and method for expanding his chain. The family-owned company could continue in a maintenance mode, with each family member running one store. It could expand slowly using a new...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Cost vs Benefits;
Trade;
Investment;
Market Entry and Exit;
Supply Chain Management;
Private Ownership;
Competition;
Expansion;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?" Harvard Business School Case 599-054, May 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- Article
Consumption and Portfolio Decisions When Expected Returns Are Time Varying
By: Luis M. Viceira and John Y. Campbell
Viceira, Luis M., and John Y. Campbell. "Consumption and Portfolio Decisions When Expected Returns Are Time Varying." Quarterly Journal of Economics 114, no. 2 (May 1999): 433–495. (This note, "Consumption and Portfolio Decisions When Expected Returns Are Time Varying: Erratum," corrects an error in the May 1999 paper.)
- March 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Network Associates: Securing the Internet
By: Debora L. Spar
Follows one company's path through the uncharted terrain of government regulation and the Internet. In March 1998, Network Associates announced it would begin selling powerful encryption software from its Dutch subsidiary. Such a move looked to the U.S. government like...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Jennifer Burns. "Network Associates: Securing the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 799-087, March 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
- March 1999 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corporation
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Monica M Mandelli and Jennifer Burns
Chevron Corp., headquartered in San Francisco, manages a worldwide, vertically integrated value chain from the oil well to the gasoline station. Mishandling of oil at any stage of production can damage the natural environment, human health, corporate profitability, or...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Generation;
Supply Chain Management;
Metals and Minerals;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Trade;
Vertical Integration;
Energy Industry;
Mining Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L., Monica M Mandelli, and Jennifer Burns. "Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 799-062, March 1999. (Revised April 1999.)
- March 1999
- Article
The Time Famine: Towards a Sociology of Work Time
By: Leslie Perlow
Keywords:
Time Management
Perlow, Leslie. "The Time Famine: Towards a Sociology of Work Time." Administrative Science Quarterly 44, no. 1 (March 1999): 57–81.
- March 1, 1999
- Article
Time For the Big Small Company
By: L. M. Applegate
Keywords:
Business Ventures
Applegate, L. M. "Time For the Big Small Company." Mastering Information Management Series Financial Times (March 1, 1999).
- January–February 1999
- Article
Judo Strategy: The Competitive Dynamics of Internet Time
By: D. B. Yoffie and M. A. Cusumano
Yoffie, D. B., and M. A. Cusumano. "Judo Strategy: The Competitive Dynamics of Internet Time." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 1 (January–February 1999): 70–81.
- December 1998
- Case
Time Warner, Inc.: New Business Opportunity
By: Robert J. Dolan
Dolan, Robert J. "Time Warner, Inc.: New Business Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 599-068, December 1998.
- November 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (BVG): Reaching Worldwide Investors Through the Internet
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Dusya Vera and Karen Barone
The Guayaquil Stock Exchange developed a Web site to provide information about the market in Ecuador. Though the system provided some dynamic information for potential investors and allowed for some transactions to occur via the Internet, it had not at the time of the...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Internet;
Technology Industry;
Ecuador
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, Dusya Vera, and Karen Barone. "Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (BVG): Reaching Worldwide Investors Through the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 399-070, November 1998. (Revised February 1999.)