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Business History Around the World
By: Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones
This book offers the first in-depth international survey of current research and debates in business history. It provides wide-ranging surveys of the literature in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan and the Chinese-speaking world, and examines...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Debates;
Business History;
Body of Literature;
Surveys;
Business and Government Relations;
Research;
China;
Japan;
Europe;
Latin America;
United States
Amatori, Franco, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Business History Around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action
The inner city of Milwaukee holds great promise, but is not advancing economically. The inner city has been hard hit by the loss of many of its largest employers as a result of relocation, acquisition and failure. According to the 2000 US Census data, thirty percent of...
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Porter, Michael E. "Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action." Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, September 2003. (Report.)
- August 2003
- Teaching Note
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (TN)
By: Paul M. Healy
Teaching Note for (9-103-018).
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- August 2003 (Revised September 2008)
- Background Note
Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jeff Grahling
This course describes the public and private sources of financing of the U.S. health-care sector,and identifies the characteristics of insurance policies, their costs, the structure of the insurance industry, and the role of consultants and brokers. The insurance...
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Keywords:
Economic Sectors;
Financing and Loans;
Insurance;
Industry Structures;
Health Industry;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Jeff Grahling. "Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-039, August 2003. (Revised September 2008.)
- August 2003 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
New Sector Alliance (A): An Entry into Health Care?
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Stacy Smollin Schwartz and Jeffrey Cronin
Describes the structure of the U.S. health care system and presents a study of a nonprofit consulting firm that hopes to enter the health care system. Includes descriptions of hospitals, doctors, insurers, medical technology providers, medical devices, pharmaceuticals,...
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Keywords:
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Industry;
United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., Stacy Smollin Schwartz, and Jeffrey Cronin. "New Sector Alliance (A): An Entry into Health Care?" Harvard Business School Case 304-004, August 2003. (Revised August 2006.)
- August 2003
- Case
SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Describes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 2003 proposal to allow shareholders to nominate a "short slate" of directors for the board of listed companies. Includes comment letters for and against the proposal.
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders." Harvard Business School Case 404-048, August 2003.
- August 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Tejal Mody and David Ager
Rick Cohen, president and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, is trying to decide whether and how to implement the self-managed teams concept in his warehouse. Eight months earlier, C&S had begun to act as principal wholesaler to A&P throughout New England, a decision that...
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Decision Making;
Labor Unions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Groups and Teams;
New England
DeLong, Thomas J., Tejal Mody, and David Ager. "C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams." Harvard Business School Case 404-025, August 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- 25 Jul 2003
- Keynote Speech
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and the NYSE Rules on American Corporate Governance
By: W. Carl Kester
- July 2003 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Branding Citigroup's Consumer Business
By: Rohit Deshpande and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In Spring 1998, Citicorp and Travelers merged to create a financial powerhouse that united the bank with Travelers' consumer finance and brokerage businesses, including Salomon Smith Barney and Primerica. It was the first U.S. financial services company to combine...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Relationship Management;
Decisions;
Asset Management;
Investment Banking;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Relationships;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Banking Industry;
United States
Deshpande, Rohit, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Branding Citigroup's Consumer Business." Harvard Business School Case 504-023, July 2003. (Revised April 2005.)
- July 2003
- Teaching Note
Texas High-Speed Rail Corporation: FCF vs. ECF Valuation (TN)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-293-072).
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- July 2003
- Teaching Note
Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy (TN)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (5-202-045).
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- July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Background Note
M&A Legal Context: Hostile Takeovers
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the main tactical maneuvers used by hostile bidders, including bear hugs, proxy fights, tender offers, and toeholds. Also describes how, in the United States, tender offers are regulated by the federal government via the Williams Act.
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Cash;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Code Law;
Bids and Bidding;
United States
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Hostile Takeovers." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-005, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- July 2003
- Case
CARE USA
By: John A. Quelch
CARE USA is spearheading a rebranding process for the organization. Examines the process and components of the rebranding strategy and its impact on CARE USA's direct mail strategy. Includes color exhibits.
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Quelch, John A., and Nathalie Laidler. "CARE USA." Harvard Business School Case 504-007, July 2003.
- July 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Teaching Note
Future of Hybrid Electric Vehicles, The (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-502-025).
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- June 2003
- Case
In-N-Out Burger
By: Youngme E. Moon, Lucy Cummings, Sonali Sampat, Sam Thakarar and Kerry Herman
In-N-Out Burger is a fast-food chain with 171 company-owned locations in three states--California, Nevada, and Arizona. It has an extremely hardcore customer base and the company appears to be in good financial health. The primary issue in this case concerns expansion:...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Profit;
Leadership Development;
Brands and Branding;
Product Marketing;
Distribution;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Arizona;
California;
Nevada
Moon, Youngme E., Lucy Cummings, Sonali Sampat, Sam Thakarar, and Kerry Herman. "In-N-Out Burger." Harvard Business School Case 503-096, June 2003.
- June 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Molded Dimensions, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Virginia Fuller and Doren Spinner
Mike Katz, an MBA with several years of manufacturing management experience, talks about purchasing Molded Dimensions, Inc. (MDI), a Wisconsin-based plastics manufacturer, with his wife Linda, who also has a manufacturing background. The case describes at length...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Jobs and Positions;
Leadership;
Business or Company Management;
Negotiation Process;
Manufacturing Industry;
Wisconsin
Bowen, H. Kent, Virginia Fuller, and Doren Spinner. "Molded Dimensions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 603-133, June 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Teaching Note
Inequality and the "American Model" (TN)
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note for (9-703-025).
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United States
- June 2003 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Highlands' Garden Village
By: Arthur I Segel, Eve Bould and Hank Midgley
It was March 2003 and Chuck Perry was awaiting the arrival of his New York-based business partner, Jonathan Rose. He and Rose had begun Highlands' Garden Village, their latest mixed-use, mixed-income development project. In 1996, they had optioned the unused Elitch...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Urban Development;
Housing;
Society;
Construction Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Colorado
Segel, Arthur I., Eve Bould, and Hank Midgley. "Highlands' Garden Village." Harvard Business School Case 803-193, June 2003. (Revised June 2006.)
- June 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Union City Schools: Sustaining The Turnaround
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli
Under the leadership of Superintendent Thomas Highton, Union City Schools, New Jersey, underwent a 14-year turnaround. In 1989, the Union City School District was the second-worst-performing district in New Jersey. As Mr. Highton prepared to retire, 2002 student test...
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- June 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Nehemiah Strategy, The: Bringing it to Boston
By: Diana Barrett, Arthur I Segel and Sheila McCarthy
In 2003, Lee Stuart, who had successfully used the Nehemiah Strategy to create thousands of units of affordable housing in the South Bronx, was working with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization to implement the strategy in Boston. She and her colleagues faced a...
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Barrett, Diana, Arthur I Segel, and Sheila McCarthy. "Nehemiah Strategy, The: Bringing it to Boston." Harvard Business School Case 303-130, June 2003. (Revised December 2003.)