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- July 2004
- Supplement
World Vision International: The AIDS Initiative
Management discusses the organizational and governance challenges of operating a global network of partner organizations. Then key managers reflect on the decision World Vision must make on the AIDS Hope Initiative--a new strategic direction that challenges many of the...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Goals and Objectives;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Problems and Challenges;
Core Relationships;
Welfare;
Value;
Health Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "World Vision International: The AIDS Initiative." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 305-701, July 2004.
- January 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Personal Values and Professional Responsibilities
Describes some of the classic conflicts managers face in trying to live and work by their personal values and uses Hirschman's "exit, loyalty, and voice" framework to suggest ways for resolving these conflicts.
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Keywords:
Values and Beliefs;
Personal Development and Career;
Conflict of Interests;
Conflict and Resolution
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Personal Values and Professional Responsibilities." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-070, January 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- January 2004
- Article
Finding Value in Diversity: Verification of Personal and Social Self-Views in Diverse Groups
By: W. B. Swann Jr., J. Polzer, D. C. Seyle and S. J. Ko
Swann, W. B., Jr., J. Polzer, D. C. Seyle, and S. J. Ko. "Finding Value in Diversity: Verification of Personal and Social Self-Views in Diverse Groups." Academy of Management Review 29, no. 1 (January 2004): 9–27.
- 2004
- Book
Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance.
By: Lynn Sharp Paine
Paine, Lynn Sharp. Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. (Japanese ed., 2004; Chinese Mandarin ed., 2004.)
- December 2003
- Case
Antitrust Regulations in a Global Setting: The EU Investigation of the GE/Honeywell Merger
By: Mihir A. Desai, Belen Villalonga and Mark Veblen
Helps students understand the principles underlying competition and antitrust policy in the context of the proposed GE-Honeywell merger. The U.S. Department of Justice has already approved the transaction and it is being considered by the European Commission. The...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decisions;
Economy;
Fairness;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
Aerospace Industry
Desai, Mihir A., Belen Villalonga, and Mark Veblen. "Antitrust Regulations in a Global Setting: The EU Investigation of the GE/Honeywell Merger." Harvard Business School Case 204-081, December 2003.
- 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.)
- August 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Peninsula Community Foundation
By: James E. Austin, Jane Wei-Skillern and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
After leading the Peninsula Community Foundation (PCF) through a period of tremendous growth, its president, Sterling Speirn, is facing the prospect of a decline in the foundation's asset base for the first time in the foundation's history. In addition, the fact that...
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Keywords:
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Product Positioning;
Planning;
Alliances;
Opportunities;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Peninsula Community Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 304-015, August 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- July 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Ottawa Voyageurs, The
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Scott Baldwin, Chris Strong, Andrew Feng, Eliza Moody and David Ager
Manuel Tertuliano, head coach of a professional soccer club, must make some difficult decisions about the compensation of six of his players. Specifically, he must decide how to allocate $850,000 among these six players in a way that will benefit his team, which has...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Compensation and Benefits;
Performance;
Motivation and Incentives;
Sports;
Groups and Teams;
Sports Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Canada
DeLong, Thomas J., Scott Baldwin, Chris Strong, Andrew Feng, Eliza Moody, and David Ager. "Ottawa Voyageurs, The." Harvard Business School Case 404-023, July 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- June 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Habitat for Humanity International: Brand Valuation
By: John A. Quelch
Habitat for Humanity underwent a brand valuation study and found that its brand was worth $1.8 billion, equivalent to Starbucks. Senior management reviews the issues facing the organization; students are afforded insights into what drives brand value for a major...
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Quelch, John A., and Nathalie Laidler. "Habitat for Humanity International: Brand Valuation." Harvard Business School Case 503-101, June 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- May 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, wanted his organization to grow dramatically to reach thousands of poor and underserved children in Harlem. The agency ran a variety of successful social service programs throughout New York City that were separately...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Goals and Objectives;
Measurement and Metrics;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Expansion;
Valuation
Grossman, Allen S., and Daniel F. Curran. "Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation." Harvard Business School Case 303-109, May 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction
By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Technological Innovation;
Construction;
Design;
Performance Improvement;
Motivation and Incentives;
Knowledge Management;
Adoption;
Business Model;
Capital Structure;
Supply Chain
Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
- February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Jim McCusker must guide a group decision-making process aimed at getting input and buy-in from key people in California, Mexico, and Austria to choose a shop floor IT system for Flextronics. McCusker is Flextronics' account manager for the Microsoft Xbox project....
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Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Geographic Location;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
California;
Mexico;
Austria
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox." Harvard Business School Case 403-090, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
- 2002
- Working Paper
Finding Value in Diversity: Verification of Personal and Social Self-Views in Diverse Groups
By: William B. Swann Jr., Jeffrey Polzer, Daniel Conor Seyle and Sei Jin Ko
Swann, William B., Jr., Jeffrey Polzer, Daniel Conor Seyle, and Sei Jin Ko. "Finding Value in Diversity: Verification of Personal and Social Self-Views in Diverse Groups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-055, October 2002.
- September 2002 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Genzyme's Gaucher Initiative: Global Risk and Responsibility
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean
In Egypt, Genzyme's humanitarian commitment to treat all sufferers of the rare Gaucher disease worldwide first confronts its commercial imperative to recoup the huge investment required to bring the drug Cerezyme to market. Here Tomye Tierney must decide how to balance...
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Keywords:
Moral Sensibility;
Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Negotiation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Sales;
Commercialization;
Expansion;
Value Creation
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Andrew N. McLean. "Genzyme's Gaucher Initiative: Global Risk and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 303-048, September 2002. (Revised August 2003.)
- May 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure
By: Brian J. Hall
This case analyzes incentive strategy from the perspective of a company's board of directors and owners. The focus is the role that executive compensation and ownership structure (the composition of, and financial structure between, a company's owners) play in...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Ownership;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Perspective;
Strategy;
Value Creation
Hall, Brian J. "Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-134, May 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- April 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Background Note
An Economic Framework for Assessing Development Impact
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Frank J. Lysy and Carrie Ferman
Discusses the differences between private and social returns and describes an economic framework for assessing a project's social return [known as the economic rate of return (ERR)]. The framework begins by analyzing the impact of a new project on private financiers...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Microeconomics;
Investment Return;
Framework;
Projects;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Valuation
Esty, Benjamin C., Frank J. Lysy, and Carrie Ferman. "An Economic Framework for Assessing Development Impact." Harvard Business School Background Note 202-052, April 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- 2002
- Chapter
Bridging the Gap: How Improved Information Can Help Companies Integrate Shareholder Value and Environmental Quality
By: Forest Reinhardt
Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Information;
Environmental Sustainability
Reinhardt, Forest. "Bridging the Gap: How Improved Information Can Help Companies Integrate Shareholder Value and Environmental Quality." In Environmental Performance Measurement: The Global Report 2001-2002, edited by Daniel Esty and Peter K. Cornelius. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- February 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Exercise
Incentives Game, The
By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Jonathan Lim
This exercise provides an opportunity to gain insight about designing, negotiating, and responding to incentives. The setting is investment management. A class is divided into a certain number of investment firms. Each company has one CEO and begins with four portfolio...
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Barro, Jason R., Brian J. Hall, and Jonathan Lim. "Incentives Game, The." Harvard Business School Exercise 902-197, February 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- November 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)
Genzyme, a tracking stock pioneer, has used its innovative capital structure as a way to frame and grow its R&D-intensive business. Facing the question of how best to integrate a new acquisition into its tracking stock structure, Genzyme's top management is forced to...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Value Creation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Conflict of Interests;
Stocks;
Capital Structure;
Research and Development;
Corporate Governance;
Biotechnology Industry
Salter, Malcolm S. "Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-023, November 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Background Note
Implicit Predictors of Consumer Behavior
By: Gerald Zaltman, Nancy Puccinelli, Kathryn A. Braun and Fred W Mast PHD
An important distinction is drawn in psychology between explicit and implicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge refers to consciously held beliefs about an individual or object that often draws on the remembering of experiences in the past. In contrast, implicit knowledge...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Values and Beliefs;
Knowledge Sharing;
Consumer Behavior;
Opportunities;
Cognition and Thinking
Zaltman, Gerald, Nancy Puccinelli, Kathryn A. Braun, and Fred W Mast PHD. "Implicit Predictors of Consumer Behavior." Harvard Business School Background Note 502-043, October 2001. (Revised March 2002.)