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- May 2013 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
The Kashagan Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Florian Bitsch
When discovered in the 1990s, the Kashagan oil field was the second largest oil field in the world. The project sponsors (equity investors) signed a 40-year production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Kazakh government in 1997, with the expectation the field would... View Details
Keywords:
Contracts;
Oil & Gas;
Project Finance;
Kazakhstan;
Asia;
ENI;
Risk Management;
Economic Development;
Project Management;
Expropriation;
Product Sharing Agreement;
Negotiation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Development Economics;
Energy Sources;
Capital Budgeting;
International Finance;
Valuation;
Joint Ventures;
Energy Industry;
Asia;
Kazakhstan;
Italy
Esty, Benjamin C., and Florian Bitsch. "The Kashagan Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)." Harvard Business School Case 213-082, May 2013. (Revised September 2013.)
- December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Medical Products Co.
By: Robert H. Hayes
In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Decision Making;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cost;
Production;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Effectiveness;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Europe
Hayes, Robert H. "Medical Products Co." Harvard Business School Case 694-065, December 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- 01 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Factors that Contribute to Operational Failures in Hospitals
- March 1992 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
AT&T Consumer Products
Describes the factors AT&T Consumer Products managers considered in deciding whether to locate a new plant for telephone answering machines in the United States, Asia, or Mexico. Describes in depth the restructuring of AT&T during the 1980s, the competition facing its...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Competitive Strategy;
Trade;
Management;
Operations;
Crime and Corruption;
Executive Compensation;
Selection and Staffing;
Demand and Consumers;
Asia;
Mexico
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "AT&T Consumer Products." Harvard Business School Case 392-108, March 1992. (Revised October 1994.)
- Research Summary
Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production
By: Laura Alfaro
Assessing the productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research and policy debate. Positive aggregate productivity gains are often attributed to within-firm productivity improvement; however, an alternative, less emphasized...
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The Effect of Institutional Factors on the Value of Corporate Diversification
By: Venkat Kuppuswamy, George Serafeim and Belen Villalonga
Using a large sample of diversified firms from 38 countries we investigate the influence of several national-level institutional factors or 'institutional voids' on the value of corporate diversification. Specifically, we explore whether the presence of frictions in a...
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Keywords:
Diversification Discount;
Institutions;
Labor Market;
Competition;
Human Capital;
Diversification;
Value;
Capital Markets
Kuppuswamy, Venkat, George Serafeim, and Belen Villalonga. "The Effect of Institutional Factors on the Value of Corporate Diversification." Advances in Strategic Management 31 (2014).
- November 1991 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Whelan Pharmaceuticals: Tax Factors and Global Site Selection
Whelan Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. company with $3 billion in sales, must decide where to manufacture its newest product. In considering possible sites, both foreign and U.S., the firm must identify and make trade-offs between tax, marketing, and manufacturing factors.
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Geographic Location;
Cost vs Benefits;
Production;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Wilson, G. Peter, and Jane Palley Katz. "Whelan Pharmaceuticals: Tax Factors and Global Site Selection." Harvard Business School Case 192-066, November 1991. (Revised August 2005.)
- November 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products
Sunrise's CEO must decide whether to intervene in a decision by a division, Guardian Products, to introduce a new lightweight standard wheelchair. Guardian wants to introduce the wheelchair to complement its line of commodity crutches, walkers, and other patient aids....
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Divisions;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Product Marketing;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
McGahan, Anita M. "Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products." Harvard Business School Case 794-069, November 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
Endogenous Productivity of Demand-Induced R&D: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals
When people want more new drugs, firms are happy to invest in ideas that cost more. And as they run out of "low hanging fruit" while demand keeps growing, R&D costs will naturally grow.
Abstract: We examine trends in the productivity of the... View Details
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- January 1980 (Revised August 1985)
- Case
Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division--1980
Cumberland Metal Industries has developed a new product to help contractors drive piles faster. They are trying to decide how to price it. Provides substantial information on the industry, competition, etc. Students must decide what factors are relevant in making an...
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Keywords:
Price;
Information;
Marketing Channels;
Distribution Channels;
Product Development;
Consumer Products Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division--1980." Harvard Business School Case 580-104, January 1980. (Revised August 1985.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination
By: Jordan I. Siegel, Naomi Kodama and Hanna Halaburda
Prior evidence linking increased female representation in management to corporate performance has been surprisingly mixed, due in part to data limitations and methodological difficulties, and possibly to omission of a fairness factor in the economic theory of...
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Siegel, Jordan I., Naomi Kodama, and Hanna Halaburda. "The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-082, March 2013. (Revised January 2014, June 2014.)
- 31 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effect of Institutional Factors on the Value of Corporate Diversification
- November 1988
- Case
Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development
Describes three different product development efforts at the Residential Controls division of Honeywell, Inc. Each of the three projects was for a different market and competitive environment. Each was tackled in a somewhat different way within the Honeywell...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Construction;
Outcome or Result;
Situation or Environment;
Business Divisions;
Product Design;
Change Management;
Construction Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 689-035, November 1988.
- March 2013
- Case
An Entrepreneur's New Product Development Journey
By: Elie Ofek
This case tracks the new product development process undertaken by Gauri Nanda, the founder and CEO of Nanda Home, as she ventures to innovate beyond her initial product launches. Having achieved commercial success with her first product Clocky, a roll away alarm clock...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Decision Making;
Product Development;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Ofek, Elie. "An Entrepreneur's New Product Development Journey." Harvard Business School Case 513-098, March 2013.
- March 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland
By: Debora L. Spar
Examines Gerber Products Co.'s evaluation of Alima S.A., one of Poland's largest food processing plants, as a potential overseas investment in 1991. Factors that influenced Gerber's decision are discussed in detail: property rights, taxation issues, and Poland's...
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Spar, Debora L. "Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland." Harvard Business School Case 793-069, March 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- 14 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
American emissions tests. Volkswagen estimated that fines, repairs, and legal costs would total more than $30 billion. And worse, the company ceded its command of America’s diesel car market—producing more than one-third of the models...
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- Article
The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management
Requiring manufacturers to manage the their products when they become waste is an innovative form of regulation, one that has been adopted by countries in Asia, Europe, and North America on a variety of products that range from vehicles to appliances to batteries....
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Keywords:
Product;
Environmental Sustainability;
Cost Management;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Strategy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Manufacturing Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
North and Central America
Toffel, Michael W. "The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management." California Management Review 45, no. 3 (Spring 2003): 102–129.