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- December 2009 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World
By: David E. Bell, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mary Shelman
Monsanto has led the effort to bring biotechnology to bear on food production. Through some management missteps and consumer resistance the company had difficulties in its early years. But since Hugh Grant became CEO the picture has brightened with widespread adoption...
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Keywords:
Food;
Global Strategy;
Leadership;
Production;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
United States
Bell, David E., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Mary Shelman. "Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World." Harvard Business School Case 510-025, December 2009. (Revised February 2012.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Stanley S. Litow
The need for a fresh approach to U.S. communities is more urgent than ever because of the biggest global economic crisis since the Great Depression. Through examination of the barriers to solving urban problems (and the ways they reinforce each other), this paper...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Investment;
Urban Scope;
Leadership;
Safety;
Civil Society or Community;
Technology Networks;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Stanley S. Litow. "Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-141, June 2009.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms
By: Mihir A. Desai
Tax policy toward American multinational firms would appear to be approaching a crossroads. The presumed linkages between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Policy;
Taxation;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
United States
Desai, Mihir A. "Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-107, March 2009.
- September 2008
- Class Lecture
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
By: Michael L. Tushman and Charles O'Reilley
Executives who return from campus-based executive programs ready to make changes often find employees resistant to new ideas. The Leading Change and Organizational Renewal multimedia resource was created to ease transitions and empower the teacher as leader. This...
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- April 2008
- Case
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (A)
By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, who headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Privatization;
Competition;
Telecommunications Industry;
Taiwan
Marshall, Paul W., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 808-137, April 2008.
- April 2008
- Supplement
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chung Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, was headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman...
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Keywords:
State Ownership;
Jobs and Positions;
Monopoly;
Privatization;
Competition;
Decisions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Labor and Management Relations;
Resignation and Termination;
Compensation and Benefits;
Price;
Status and Position;
Telecommunications Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Taiwan
Marshall, Paul W., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-138, April 2008.
- October 2007
- Case
The AtekPC Project Management Office
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and John Hupp
Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to...
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Keywords:
Projects;
Goals and Objectives;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Business Strategy;
Mathematical Methods;
Consulting Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, Mark Keil, and John Hupp. "The AtekPC Project Management Office." Harvard Business School Case 308-049, October 2007.
- May 2007
- Article
Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance
By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to...
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Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." Journal of Financial Economics 84, no. 2 (May 2007): 266–298.
- January 2007
- Article
Acquisitions and Firm Growth: Creating Unilever's Ice Cream and Tea Business
By: G. Jones and Peter Miskell
This article provides a longitudinal case study of the use of acquisitions by the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever to build the world's largest ice cream and tea businesses. The study supports recent resource-based theory which argues that complementary rather than...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Value;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Interests;
Business Ventures;
Employees;
Food and Beverage Industry
Jones, G., and Peter Miskell. "Acquisitions and Firm Growth: Creating Unilever's Ice Cream and Tea Business." Business History 49, no. 1 (January 2007).
- November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao and Elizabeth Raabe
In the spring of 1977, Goodyear CEO Charles J. Pilliod Jr. was looking at an internal report on government and legal events relevant to the tire industry. Two items caught his attention. First, he noticed that an industry suit to block the government's proposed system...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Auto Industry;
Rubber Industry;
United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading." Harvard Business School Case 707-494, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- August 2005 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Music and Math
By: Anita Elberse, Jehoshua Eliashberg and Julian Villanueva
In 2003, Mike McCready, CEO of Barcelona-based Polyphonic HMI, was preparing to launch an artificial intelligence tool that could create significant value for music businesses. The technology, referred to as Hit Song Science (HSS), analyzed the mathematical...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Music Entertainment;
Business History;
Leadership;
Marketing Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Mathematical Methods;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita, Jehoshua Eliashberg, and Julian Villanueva. "Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Music and Math." Harvard Business School Case 506-009, August 2005. (Revised September 2006.) (Spanish version also available.)
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance
By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Behavior;
Stocks;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Policy;
Investment;
Financial Institutions;
Equity;
Corporate Finance
Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- August 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)
By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
In the late 1970s, Stanley O'Neal joined Merrill Lynch as an investment banker. Profiles O'Neal's ascent at Merrill to CEO. O'Neal put Merrill through a comprehensive restructuring program, cutting costs and significantly reducing the work force. As CEO, O'Neal faces...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Race;
Cost Management;
Investment Banking;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Performance Effectiveness;
Personal Development and Career
Thomas, David A., and Ayesha Kanji. "Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-029, August 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- November 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Background Note
Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption
Looks at the consumer psychology of new product adoption. Identifies a key reason why consumers do not adopt innovations as quickly as developers think they should--an irrational resistance to behavioral change. Identifies strategies for firms to manage and overcome...
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Gourville, John T. "Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption." Harvard Business School Background Note 504-056, November 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Cape Wind
By: John T. Gourville and Kerry Herman
Cape Wind has proposed placing a 170-tower wind farm, with each tower more than 400-feet tall, in Nantucket Sound. Not surprisingly, public reaction is mixed. Some view the wind farm as clean, renewable energy. Others view it as an eyesore and a desecration of a valued...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Renewable Energy;
Consumer Behavior;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Behavior;
United States
Gourville, John T., and Kerry Herman. "Cape Wind." Harvard Business School Case 504-055, October 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- September 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Laure Mougeot Stroock
In 2002, Environmental Power Corp. (EPC), a small company developing renewable energy projects, was attempting to commercialize its "digester," a facility that extracted methane from manure, reduced manure's environmental impact, and generated electricity. The company...
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Keywords:
Commercialization;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment;
Projects;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Corporate Finance;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Laure Mougeot Stroock. "Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?" Harvard Business School Case 903-403, September 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Washington Hospital Center (A): Rescuing Emergency Medicine
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied and Dr. Mark Smith, recruited to turn around the Washington Hospital Center Emergency Department, prepare to roll out their most revolutionary change yet--an information system that could radically improve the practice of emergency medicine. A review of...
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- October 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Calgene, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and John T. Gourville
In 1993, Calgene is on the verge of introducing the world's first genetically engineered plant product--a tomato will taste better and stay fresh longer. At the same time, it is using biotechnology to produce improved plant products for the cottonseed and the...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product Launch;
Innovation Strategy;
Social Issues;
Production;
Problems and Challenges;
Biotechnology Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and John T. Gourville. "Calgene, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 502-041, October 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- September 2001 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
DIENA
By: Robert Simons and Indra Reinbergs
Requires students to draw a new organization structure diagram for a rapidly evolving business. A/S DIENA is a newspaper publisher founded during Latvia's 1990/91 struggle for independence from the USSR with a clear social mission to support democracy. With the help of...
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- September 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Fraud Prevention at Omni Bank
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Omni Bank is undergoing a merger and has two important decisions ahead. First, should it enforce the use of its model-driven approach to interacting with customers at the recently acquired Friends Savings and Loan branches. Friends has a culture of personal touch with...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Crime and Corruption;
Customer Relationship Management;
Decisions;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Fraud Prevention at Omni Bank." Harvard Business School Case 602-068, September 2001. (Revised July 2002.)