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Hewlett-Packard-Compaq: The Merger Decision
Authors: Palepu, Krishna G.; Barnett, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2004
Hewlett-Packard's proposed $24 billion acquisition of rival Compaq marked the largest merger in the history of the computer industry. The merger was Hewlett-Packard's response to sweeping changes impacting the technology industry....
United Airlines
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
Publication Year: 1999
In 1994 United Airlines became the largest employee majority-owned enterprise in the United States, with various groups of employees – most represented by unions – having purchased 55% of its stock in exchange for various concessions. The employees accepted pay cuts and made other concessions, but were also granted representation on the company's board of directors...
RJR Nabisco
Author: Ruback, Richard S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
This case gives students the opportunity to explore issues facing the board of directors in a leveraged buyout...
Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch
Authors: Groysberg, Boris; Vargas, Ingrid
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
In the spring of 2005, about 500 Merrill Lynch analysts worldwide participated in a collaborative effort to produce innovative research. Many analysts who had been assigned to work on collaborative projects indicated increased learning and a willingness to work in teams again. The case discusses the influence of leaders on group dynamics and the issues of product innovation through teams, team dynamics, cross-border team collaboration, alignment of incentives, decision making, and negotiation under uncertain conditions.
Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A, B)
Authors: Katz, Jane P.; Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1997
In 1993, senior managers at Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, were deciding whether the company should have a business presence in China, given the human rights and other problems there...
Merck Sharp & Dohme Argentina, Inc. (A, B)
Authors: Paine, Lynn S.; Hogan, Harold F., Jr.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Focuses on a critical decision: whether to offer the son of a high-ranking official in the government's national health-care program a place in the company's highly selective intern program for young professionals. The case examines the process of cultural transformation in an Argentine company and to explore the concept of “conflict of interest” through different cultural lenses.
Safaricom Limited
Author: Mayaka, Charles
Product Type: Cases
Source: United States International University
Publication Year: 2005
Joseph and his team had only just begun to get settled in Nairobi, and it now appeared that the race for mobile telephone customers had begun sooner than he had anticipated. It was time to get out of the starting blocks. But how?
Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A, B, Supplement 2)
Author: Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1998
Becton Dickinson's Global One-Company Operations Group must decide on the company's global policy on gifts, gratuities, and business entertainment. A central issue is whether the policy should be established centrally and made uniform worldwide or whether it should be decided locally, depending on local circumstances and practices...
Leading Change at Simmons (A, B, C, D, E)
Authors: Casciaro, Tiziana; Edmondson, Amy C.; McManus, Stacy; Roloff, Kate
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Asks participants to consider the decision of investing in an expensive training program following the loss of the three largest customers--retailers that together had contributed a third of Simmons' revenues.
Video: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
Author: FRONTLINE
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publication Year: 2005
In this film, Frontline explores the relationship between U.S. job losses and the American consumer's insatiable desire for bargains in "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?"
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