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- December 1994 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
The Millegan Creek Apartments
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Fleet Bank is considering a construction loan for a 390-unit apartment project in Austin, Texas. The case describes the location, market, product, and other real estate factors the bank needs to consider in making this loan. Also discusses the financial and...
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Keywords:
Property;
Financing and Loans;
Banks and Banking;
Housing;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Construction;
Credit;
Real Estate Industry;
Banking Industry;
Texas
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Millegan Creek Apartments." Harvard Business School Case 395-118, December 1994. (Revised September 2011.)
- December 1994 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
The JKJ Pension Fund
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
The JKJ pension fund currently has $187 million invested in 14 properties. Sarah Griffin, the portfolio manager for real estate, needs to value each of the properties and recommend which ones should be sold and which ones to hold. She further needs to recommend...
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Keywords:
Property;
Investment Portfolio;
Valuation;
Investment Funds;
Financial Management;
Real Estate Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The JKJ Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 395-133, December 1994. (Revised December 1995.)
- December 1994 (Revised January 1996)
- Case
Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763-1792
By: David A. Moss
Examines the founding of the United States of America during the second half of the eighteenth century. Focuses on: 1) the reasons why the American colonists rebelled against Britain (1763-1774); 2) the problems the new nation confronted during the War of Independence...
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Keywords:
History;
Economic Systems;
Laws and Statutes;
Property;
Government Administration;
United States
Moss, David A. "Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763-1792." Harvard Business School Case 795-063, December 1994. (Revised January 1996.)
- November 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
MW Petroleum Corporation (A)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman, Peter Tufano and Barbara Wall
Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties at different stages of engineering, development, and production. The proposed acquisition is a large one for...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business Subsidiaries;
Mining;
Cash Flow;
Stock Options;
Financing and Loans;
Price;
Negotiation;
Production;
Valuation;
Mining Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., Peter Tufano, and Barbara Wall. "MW Petroleum Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 295-029, November 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- November 1994 (Revised January 2006)
- Background Note
An Introduction to Patents and Trade Secrets
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of patent and trade secret protection. Also discusses the legal processes through which intellectual property is protected and litigated.
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Lerner, Josh. "An Introduction to Patents and Trade Secrets." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-062, November 1994. (Revised January 2006.)
- summer 1994
- Article
The Importance of Patent Scope: An Empirical Analysis
By: J. Lerner
Keywords:
Patents
Lerner, J. "The Importance of Patent Scope: An Empirical Analysis." RAND Journal of Economics 25, no. 2 (summer 1994): 319–333. (Earlier version distributed as Center for Science and International Affairs (Kennedy School of Government) Working Paper No. 91-04. Reprinted in The Economics of Intellectual Property, edited by Ruth Towse and Rudi Holzhauer. Vol. 145 in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics Series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, forthcoming.)
- March 1994
- Article
Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights
By: J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We analyze the problem faced by a financially weak independent inventor when selling a valuable, but easily imitated, invention for which no property rights exist. The inventor can protect his or her intellectual property by negotiating a contingent contract (with a...
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Anton, J., and Dennis Yao. "Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights." American Economic Review 84, no. 1 (March 1994): 190–209. (reprinted in Z. Acs, ed., The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, Elgar, 2010). Harvard users click here for full text.)
- January 1994 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Aberlyn Capital Management: July 1993
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Aberlyn Capital Management, a venture leasing firm specializing in providing capital to biotechnology firms, proposes to introduce a new product. Aberlyn will base a lease on an intangible product: the patent of a biotechnology firm. This poses a series of short and...
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Valuation;
Product Launch;
Problems and Challenges;
Patents;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Services Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "Aberlyn Capital Management: July 1993." Harvard Business School Case 294-083, January 1994. (Revised November 1997.)
- December 1993 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Montana Land Reliance
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Thomas Patterson
The Montana Land Reliance is a small not-for-profit organization in the business of creating conservation easements on private lands in Montana. The easements preserve the scenic character and recreational value of the lands by precluding subdivision and other forms of...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Motivation and Incentives;
Business or Company Management;
Natural Environment;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Property;
Environmental Sustainability;
Government and Politics;
Montana
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Thomas Patterson. "Montana Land Reliance." Harvard Business School Case 794-050, December 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
- December 1993 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Marriott Corporation (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A. Nichols
Marriott Corp.'s chairman and CEO must decide whether to recommend a restructuring of the company to the board of directors. The proposal he is considering would split the Marriott Corp., a premier hotel developer, owner, and manager, into two separate companies by a...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Restructuring;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Accommodations Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Charles A. Nichols. "Marriott Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-085, December 1993. (Revised April 2006.)
- September 1993
- Supplement
Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (B)
ALZA, a drug delivery company, must decide what and for whom to manufacture. In the past, it has licensed to pharmaceutical companies its patented system for the slow release of drugs into the human system. Therefore the company has little experience in choice of drug...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Patents;
Production;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 694-020, September 1993.
- August 1993
- Case
USAA: Business Process Review for the Great Lakes Region
By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell
USAA proposes to develop a new set of processes for its property and casualty division. The case focuses on processes used in automobile claims.
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Heskett, James L., and Roger H. Hallowell. "USAA: Business Process Review for the Great Lakes Region." Harvard Business School Case 694-024, August 1993.
- Article
Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Henderson, Rebecca M., Adam Jaffe, and Manuel Trajtenberg. "Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations." Quarterly Journal of Economics 108, no. 3 (August 1993): 578–598. (Reprinted in Recent Developments in Growth Theory, edited by Daron Acemoglu, Cheltenham U.K: Elgar, 2004.)
- April 1993 (Revised February 1996)
- Supplement
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B1): Rights Offering Strategy
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Supplements the (A) case. Describes the CEO's decision.
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Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B1): Rights Offering Strategy." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-125, April 1993. (Revised February 1996.)
- April 1993 (Revised February 1996)
- Supplement
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B2): The Rights Offering
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Supplements the (A) case. Describes the implementation of the CEO's decision.
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Keywords:
Intellectual Property
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B2): The Rights Offering." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-126, April 1993. (Revised February 1996.)
- 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.)
- October 1992 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Nopane Advertising Strategy
By: David E. Bell
Nopane is a proprietary drug that sells in much of the United States. It faces substantial competition. The brand manager is undertaking an experiment to determine whether ad copy should be emotional-based or rational-based. The data and associated regression results...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Intellectual Property;
Advertising;
Health Care and Treatment;
Brands and Branding;
Product Marketing;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Bell, David E. "Nopane Advertising Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 893-005, October 1992. (Revised September 1993.)
- May 1992 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
Colliers International Property Consultants, Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-490-049).
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Keywords:
Real Estate Industry
- May 1992 (Revised August 1993)
- Case
Forest Policy in Malaysia
The governments of Malaysia and the Malaysian State of Sarawak need to assess possible changes in forest policy. Environmentalist pressure threatens traditional market relationships and patterns of business-government interaction. Harvest regulations, subsidies, trade...
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Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Environmental Sustainability;
Trade;
Business and Government Relations;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Forestry Industry;
Forest Products Industry;
Malaysia
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Forest Policy in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 792-099, May 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
- February 1992 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Pfizer: Global Protection of Intellectual Property
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Top officials at Pfizer are assessing their strategy for improving protection of Pfizer's patents around the world. The outcome of the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations is uncertain, and it is not clear whether an acceptable intellectual property protection...
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Keywords:
Patents;
Trade;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Business Strategy;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Alliances;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Japan;
Europe
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Pfizer: Global Protection of Intellectual Property." Harvard Business School Case 392-073, February 1992. (Revised April 1995.)