BP254
Robert A. Burgelman, Gerard J. Beekman
1989
Robert Adler, President of 81C Pen, was considering the pros and cons of BIC’s imminent move to introduce the disposable razor in the United States. BIC Pen Corporation (C) follows the two Harvard cases: BlC Pen Corporation (A) and (8), Nos. 9-374-305 and…
SB102
Harold Grousbeck, David Dodson
1987
The case discusses the trials and eventual success of two young Harvard MBAs who chose to purchase a company immediately upon graduation from their MBA program. Having no assets of their own, Kirk and Jamie raised a search fund to meet expenses during…
BP242D
Robert Burgelman
1985
During the next years, Gamma Corporation tried to consolidate its various activities and tried to strengthen its overall position by realigning its portfolio of businesses. Businesses that were shown to be unrelated to Gamma’s basic direction or were…
BP242C
Robert Burgelman
1985
This case described the strategic and managerial issues confronting the medical equipment venture as it grows and reaches a mature stage of development. Issues of strategic positioning in multiple product markets and organizational development need to be…
BP242B
Robert Burgelman
1985
This case records the views and reactions of the entrepreneurial manager, in retrospect after he has left the new venture.
BP240
Robert Burgelman
1985
Started as a small computer company in 1957, Control Data had by 1983 become a $4.6 billion company of mainframe computers, computer services, computer peripherals, and financial services. One of the few companies to diversify away from mainframes during…
DS81
Macon Finley, J Michael Harrison
1984
Hewlett-Packard (HP) was founded in 1939 by William Hewlett and David Packard, with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The company developed, manufactured, and marketed precision electronic equipment. In 1983 HP had 30 plants and 200 sales offices…
BP242A
Robert Burgelman
1983
In January 1977, Daniel Burns, the newly appointed Director of Gamma Corporation’s New Venture Division, was preparing for a meeting with Dr. Franz Korbin, the new business development manager. Burns had asked Korbin to come to the meeting with…
M157R
E. Abell, C. Johnson
1978
123456
Andrea Frazzini;Lasse Heje Pedersen;David Kabiller
1975
Here is the abstract.
OB9
Myra Strober
1974
This case deals with the efforts of the Peabody Soap Company to effect affirmative action/equal employment opportunities for women and its problems in doing so. Specifically, it deals with the resignation, and the reasons for that resignation, of the…
OIT77
Charles Bonini
1972
Football Concessions had the franchise to sell ice cream, soft drinks, hot dogs, etc., at Stanford University home football games. This was a profitable operation since crowds could be estimated reasonably accurately and the right amount of food purchased…
OM11
Charles Holloway
1969
Process design describes the efforts made by an organization to identify and establish the most efficient method of producing the valuable output which it offers for sale or use. In manufacturing situations, it extends from the design of an assembly…
OM10
Charles Holloway
1969
It is the purpose of this note to introduce and define the subject
of operations management, and to discuss the relationship between
it and the other areas which collectively provide the expertise of an
efficient organization.
MM13
Adler, S. Wheelwright
1969
OSA1
Robert Wilson
1965
A simple example of a production planning problem amenable to analysis using linear programming.
2003
Joel Peterson, A. Seiger
OB56V-04
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Rudy Crew, former chancellor of New York public schools and current Miami-Dade County school superintendent, speaks about his experience as NYC chancellor. Crew discusses viewing NYC as made of many small pieces in order to make the change, breaking…
OB55V
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Jack Valenti, long time Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association, was renowned for his shaping of the American film and television industry around the world. Born and raised in Texas, Valenti served in the Army Air Corps in…
OB56V-07
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Rudy Crew, former chancellor of New York public schools and current Miami-Dade County school superintendent, talks about his views on conflict. Crew discusses his strategy of “make peace but be prepared for war” and the importance of both establishing a…
OB42V5
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Part I: Being An Effective Leader (2005)
Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco, is engaged in a major effort to change the delivery of breast cancer services and the information systems used to…
OB42V4
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco, is engaged in a major effort to change the delivery of breast cancer services and the information systems used to support both research and patient care. In…
