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- July 2000 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Sycamore Networks
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Daniel J. Green
Founders Desh Deshpande and Dan Smith reflect on Sycamore's sales strategies and consider how going public might affect the morale of its key employees. In the optical networking sector, technological change and exploding demand has created a market for talent in which...
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Keywords:
Applied Optics;
Entrepreneurship;
Sales;
Business Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Retention;
Employees;
Communication Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Communications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Daniel J. Green. "Sycamore Networks." Harvard Business School Case 801-076, July 2000. (Revised July 2001.)
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A5): Solaris 7: Rich Green on Product Strategy and Culture Change
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
Solaris, Sun Microsystems' version of the UNIX operating system, was an amorphous collection of capabilities that had accumulated over the years, a product the company vaguely wished it could market and sell better. Developing and marketing Solaris 7 would help...
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- November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise
By: Robert S. Kaplan
New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Venture Capital;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Governance;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Statements;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Service Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
- November 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Sam Huttenbauer: Entrepreneurship in Food Preservation and Nutraceuticals
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Stacey J. Bell and David Benedict Pearcy
Sam Huttenbauer is trying to get two companies, in high-pressure food preservation and in nutraceuticals, off the ground. This case covers strategic, marketing, and financing challenges. It also looks at innovative technologies in the food industry and the role of the...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Food;
Problems and Challenges;
Corporate Strategy;
Marketing;
Finance;
Technological Innovation;
Commercialization
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, Stacey J. Bell, and David Benedict Pearcy. "Sam Huttenbauer: Entrepreneurship in Food Preservation and Nutraceuticals." Harvard Business School Case 900-012, November 1999. (Revised March 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.
- September 1999
- Case
Project Dreamcast: Serious Play at Sega Enterprises Ltd. (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Andrew Robertson
Focuses on the ongoing competitive battles in the global home video game market that is estimated to exceed $15 billion by 1999 in the United States and Japan alone. Describes how Sega Enterprises has redesigned its development processes to create a revolutionary...
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Keywords:
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Competitive Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Product Development;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Sales;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Computer Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Andrew Robertson. "Project Dreamcast: Serious Play at Sega Enterprises Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-028, September 1999.
- May 1999
- Article
Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation." Strategic Management Journal 20, no. 5 (May 1999): 397–420.
- 1999
- Other Presentation
The New Challenge to America’s Prosperity: Findings from the Innovation Index
By: Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
A comparison and projection of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. and 24 other nations based on a new set of quantitative indicators.
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Porter, Michael E., and Scott Stern. "The New Challenge to America’s Prosperity: Findings from the Innovation Index." Council on Competitiveness, 1999.
- Article
Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance
By: Tom Nicholas
This paper refutes the hypothesis put forward by W.D. Rubinstein that a disproportionately large share of Britain's wealth makers were active in commercial and financial trades in London. We use a data set of businessmen active in nineteenth- and early...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Finance;
Commercialization;
Mathematical Methods;
Wealth and Poverty;
Great Britain;
London
Nicholas, Tom. "Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance." Business History 41, no. 1 (January 1999).
- December 1998
- Case
Casto Travel
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Susan Harmeling
Maryles Casto had the vision to build the largest travel agency in Silicon Valley, mirroring the growth pattern of the entire area. In 1997 the travel business changed dramatically as airlines chose not to pay travel agencies the fees they once did. Simultaneously, the...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Internet and the Web;
Change Management;
Markets;
Travel Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Susan Harmeling. "Casto Travel." Harvard Business School Case 899-120, December 1998.
- August 1998
- Case
Electronic Commerce at Air Products
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
In 1998,chief information officers (CIOs) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals business faced the reality that electronic commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys of technology officers in the chemical industry...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Information Technology;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Adoption;
Business Strategy;
Chemical Industry;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Electronic Commerce at Air Products." Harvard Business School Case 399-035, August 1998.
- January 1998 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Staples (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Chronicles development of a new business concept. Starts with Stemberg's search for a new employment opportunity, then provides details of his decision to launch a new venture concept through careful matching of personal capabilities and experience against a variety of...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Personal Development and Career;
Entrepreneurship;
Management Skills;
Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Staples (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-157, January 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
- January 1998 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck
Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Expansion;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Policy;
Leadership;
United States;
Europe;
Asia
Paine, Lynn S., and Karen Wruck. "Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-096, January 1998. (Revised January 2001.)
- January 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck
Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Expansion;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Policy;
Leadership;
United States;
Europe;
Asia
Paine, Lynn S., and Karen Wruck. "Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-097, January 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
- 1998
- Conference Presentation
Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation
By: Ranjay Gulati
- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Komatsu Ltd.: Project G's Globalization
This case describes the major strategic and organizational transformation at Komatsu aimed at changing it from a Japan-based producer of construction equipment to a truly global company with the ability to leverage its groupwide portfolio of resources and capabilities...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Construction;
Asset Pricing;
Investment Portfolio;
Global Strategy;
Leadership;
Resource Allocation;
Risk Management;
Expansion;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Komatsu Ltd.: Project G's Globalization." Harvard Business School Case 398-016, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- 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.
- July 1997
- Article
The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?
By: Brian Trelstad
This analysis of the Presidio Trust legislation places the recent developments on the Presidio in the context of a century and a half of environmental planning. By first exploring the Presidio's history, and then tracing the more recent legislative background to the...
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Keywords:
Presidio;
Presidio Trust;
National Parks;
Urban Parks;
Public-private Management;
Natural Environment;
Urban Scope;
Planning
Trelstad, Brian. "The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?" Urban Ecosystems 1, no. 3 (July 1997): 135–153.