Harvard Business School 9-181-027 Rev. March 24‚ 1994 Freemark Abbey Winery In September 1976 William Jaeger‚ a member of the partnership that owned Freemark Abbey Winery‚ had to make a decision: should he harvest the Riesling grapes immediately‚ or leave them on the vines despite the approaching storm? A storm just before the harvest is usually detrimental‚ often ruining the crop. A warm‚ light rain‚ however‚ will sometimes cause a beneficial mold‚ botrytis cinerea‚ to form on the grape
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Case: BPO‚ Incorporated Summary: Due to the increased competition‚ many companies turn to business process outsourcing to reduce costs. BPO is a professional services organization provides services from risk management/insurance brokerage to management consulting. However‚ recently the customer satisfactions of BPO have been decreasing while the customer complaints have been increasing. So they decide to research the situation of BPO’s operation system and update the ongoing Six Sigma project
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Task 2: Minor Case Study 2500 words (35% of total grade) Read the Buddy’s Snack Company case study below and answer all the following questions: 1. Consider the situation of Lynda‚ Michael and Kyle. Explain how each employee’s situation relates to Equity Theory. 2. Explain the motivation of these three employees in terms of the Expectancy Theory of motivation. 3. Explain how you would attempt to motivate each employee in the coaching session if you were Mark Forest. Use the case study information
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Executive Summary MRC‚ Inc. is a Cleveland based manufacturing company specialized in power brake systems for trucks‚ buses‚ and automobiles; industrial furnaces and heat treating equipment; and automobile‚ truck and bus frames. As till 1957 most of MRC’s sales were made to less than a dozen large companies in the automotive industry‚ it was exposed to the risk inherent in selling to a few customers in a very cyclical and competitive market. Archibald Brinton‚ President of MRC‚ Inc.‚ begun an
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E US PR EW O PE ON R LY T Y – N OF OT T H FO O M R SO SA N LE LE OR AR CL NIN AS G SR OO M MARK X COMPANY (A) Case 35 Financial Analysis and Forecasting Directed FO R RE VI Mark X Company manufactures farm and specialty trailers of all types. More than 85 percent of the company’s sales come from the western part of the United States‚ particularly California‚ although a growing market for custom horse transport vans designed and produced by Mark X is developing
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Case Study Case 2.1 Hacking into Harvard The case “Hacking into Harvard” involves the applicants of some of the nation’s most prestigious MBA programs‚ who thought they had a chance to find out sooner what admission decisions the business schools made in their case. On Businessweek Online message board they saw instructions left by an anonymous hacker on how to get into schools databases and find out the decisions made. It was not hard – all schools used the same application software from Apply
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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QUESTION 1 From the article we can see that IT has the ability to provide competitive advantage for Lennox as an insurance company. The CIO had a plan to build a sophisticated computer aided system that will help the company to connect with many agents nationwide to organize business with their customers and bring success to the company. Lifexpress with the help of technology are going to use a simple laptop to develop financial profile of a customer‚ to identify and explore Lenox’s most appropriate
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Professor Thomas R. Piper and writer Jeffrey DeVolder prepared this case solely as a basis for cla ss discussion and not as an endorsement‚ a source of primary data‚ or an illustration of effective or ine ffective management. The authors thank John A. Schweig of W. W. Grainger‚ Inc. (HBS MBA 1983)‚ and Mary A. Noonan of Arrow Electronics (HBS MBA 1990)‚ for their valuable contributions to the development of this case. This case‚ though based on real events‚ is fictionalized‚ and any resemblance
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Pepsi Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. (petitioner) v. Honorable Secretary of Labor (respondents) 1. Facts: a. June 1990: The Pepsi-Cola Employees Organization-UOEF (Union) filed a petition for certification election with the Med-Arbiter seeking to be the exclusive bargaining agent of supervisors of Pepsi-Cola Philippines‚ Inc. (PEPSI). i. Med-Arbiter granted this stating that PCEU-UOEF was an affiliate of Union de Obreros Estivadores de Filipinas (or the Federation) with two (2) rank and file
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