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- February 1987
- Case
Air Canada: Organizing for Public Relations and Media Relations (B): The Manager and the Media
Greyser, Stephen A. "Air Canada: Organizing for Public Relations and Media Relations (B): The Manager and the Media." Harvard Business School Case 587-126, February 1987.
- April 1986 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Time Management;
Product Launch;
Production;
Business Processes;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry
Clark, Kim B. "Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 686-134, April 1986. (Revised May 1988.)
- March 1986 (Revised February 1987)
- Case
Air Canada: Organizing for Public Relations and Media Relations (A)
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Roy V. Eales
Greyser, Stephen A., and Roy V. Eales. "Air Canada: Organizing for Public Relations and Media Relations (A)." Harvard Business School Case 586-144, March 1986. (Revised February 1987.)
- January 1986 (Revised September 1987)
- Exercise
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A): Exercise 1
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Keywords:
Business Processes
Shapiro, Roy D. "Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A): Exercise 1." Harvard Business School Exercise 686-109, January 1986. (Revised September 1987.)
- January 1986 (Revised September 1987)
- Exercise
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (B): Exercise 2
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Keywords:
Business Processes
Shapiro, Roy D. "Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (B): Exercise 2." Harvard Business School Exercise 686-110, January 1986. (Revised September 1987.)
- September 1985 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh
Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Health;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Business and Government Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Bangladesh
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh." Harvard Business School Case 586-013, September 1985. (Revised July 2007.)
- June 1985 (Revised April 1989)
- Case
Benetton (B)
By: James L. Heskett
The managing director of Benetton is faced with several issues concerning the adequacy of the company's organization to capitalize on the early success it has achieved in an important foreign market, the United States. Specifically, the case raises questions about...
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Keywords:
Organizational Structure;
Global Strategy;
Transition;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Success;
Business Headquarters;
Business Subsidiaries;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Growth and Maturation;
United States;
Italy
Heskett, James L. "Benetton (B)." Harvard Business School Case 685-020, June 1985. (Revised April 1989.)
- February 1985 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling and James Wallace
How can we evaluate if innovative health care ventures can do good—benefit society—and do well—become financially viable? This question is the topic of the first module in the Innovating In Health Care course book.
This note and case series enables readers to conduct...
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Keywords:
For-Profit Firms;
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Health Industry;
Retail Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling, and James Wallace. "Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment." Harvard Business School Case 185-084, February 1985. (Revised January 2024.)
- January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Lotus Development Corp.
Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Venture Capital;
Organizational Structure;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Outcome or Result;
Corporate Finance;
Planning;
Computer Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Lotus Development Corp." Harvard Business School Case 285-094, January 1985. (Revised February 1997.)
- January 1985 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Turner Construction Co.
In June, 1984, a vice president at Turner Construction Co. must decide whether to approve a construction project being considered by one of Turner's territorial offices and how to manage that territory general manager's apparent reluctance to pursue another account...
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Keywords:
Organizational Structure;
Projects;
Market Entry and Exit;
Integration;
Contracts;
Marketing Strategy;
Sales;
Business or Company Management;
Business Offices;
Geographic Location;
Construction Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "Turner Construction Co." Harvard Business School Case 585-031, January 1985. (Revised June 1993.)
- November 1983 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Europe: Vizir Launch
Describes P&G's expansion in Europe, including the development of a strong country subsidiary management, responsive to local market differences. The launch of a new product presents strategic and organizational challenges as P&G considers making this their first...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Trade;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Launch;
Emerging Markets;
Organizational Design;
Problems and Challenges;
Expansion;
Europe
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Procter & Gamble Europe: Vizir Launch." Harvard Business School Case 384-139, November 1983. (Revised October 1989.)
- August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
- Case
Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics
Tedlow, Richard S. "Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics." Harvard Business School Case 384-051, August 1983. (Revised July 1984.)
- April 1983 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
People Express (A)
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Debra Whitestone
Describes the start up, strategy, organizational design, and operations over the first eighteen months of the airline. Focuses on the creative use of human resources as an integral part of the business strategy.
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Keywords:
Human Capital;
Air Transportation;
Organizational Design;
Operations;
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Debra Whitestone. "People Express (A)." Harvard Business School Case 483-103, April 1983. (Revised October 2000.)
- March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
- Case
Merloni Group
The general manager of the recently-established French subsidiary of an Italian appliance company is in conflict with headquarters about unexpectedly poor financial performance. Headquarters management believes it should be able to exert more control over the...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Trade;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Evaluation;
Power and Influence;
France;
Italy
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Merloni Group." Harvard Business School Case 383-152, March 1983. (Revised January 1984.)
- January 1983 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand
By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
Describes a process for forecasting market demand for an emerging technology--cellular radio. The student must critically evaluate the demand model and the market estimates, and modify them as appropriate in order to develop a marketing plan and budget.
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Business Processes;
Technology
Cady, John F., and Frank V. Cespedes. "E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand." Harvard Business School Case 583-121, January 1983. (Revised September 1983.)
- November 1981
- Supplement
Corning Glass Works International, Part I, Interviews with Division Managers, Video
Presents tapes of interviews with Forrest Behm (previously president of Corning International), Bill Hudson (ex-country manager, international business manager, world board chairman, and current product division manager), and Van Campbell (corporate treasurer)....
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Corning Glass Works International, Part I, Interviews with Division Managers, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 882-512, November 1981.
- 01 Aug 1981
- Conference Presentation
The Development and Transmission of New Workplace Structures: Organizational and Market Characteristics of Innovating Corporations
By: R. M. Kanter
- April 1981 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project
By: Kim B. Clark
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to fix...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Production;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict Management;
Performance Productivity;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Groups and Teams;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Clark, Kim B. "Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project." Harvard Business School Case 681-091, April 1981. (Revised January 1997.)
- March 1981 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Corning Glass Works International (A)
Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Traces two failed attempts at bringing a business perspective to a geographic organization, and poses the problem of what the international division president...
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Keywords:
Disruption;
Framework;
Global Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Perspective;
Power and Influence
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Corning Glass Works International (A)." Harvard Business School Case 381-160, March 1981. (Revised October 1998.)
- January 1981
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.
By: John P. Kotter
Introduces the student to Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., its business, its strategy, and its organization. Provides the necessary background for understanding the contributions of Mary Kay Ash, the company's founder and chairman.
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Kotter, John P. "Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 481-126, January 1981.