re : enron online case louise ,
many thanks . as christie probably told you , the case was a huge success -
and you were a star !
thanks again for all your help .
regards ,
chris
at 08 : 39 am 5 / 4 / 01 - 0500 , you wrote :
> hello chris and christie ,
>
> i have asked kal shah to run with getting you what you need to ensure that
> you will have a contact during my absence . i have copied kal on this email
> and hope that this works for everyone .
>
> thanks
>
> louise
>
>
>
>
>
>
> christie patrick
> 05 / 03 / 2001 01 : 12 pm
>
> to : cbartlett @ hbs . edu
> cc : ( bcc : louise kitchen / hou / ect )
>
> subject : enron online case
>
> hi chris !
>
> thanks for the message and the great experience at harvard last week !
> harvard ' s hospitality was the best ! !
>
> i ' m travelling right now and only have a minute , but i ' ve passed along your
> request to louise and will follow up with her and the totality of your
> request on monday . ( i also told louise she was a " star in absentia " at
> harvard last week ! ! ! )
>
> take care and we ' ll speak soon !
>
> best !
>
> - - christie .
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - forwarded by christie patrick / hou / ect on 05 / 03 / 2001
> 01 : 02 pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>
> christopher bartlett on 05 / 03 / 2001 09 : 33 : 48 am
>
> to : christie . patrick @ enron . com
> cc :
>
> subject : enron online case
>
>
> christie :
>
> following up on my message of last week , i have now finished the minor
> edits required to clarify the enron online case ( correcting the stock
> price , clarifying the " one to many " versus " many to many " models of
> trading , etc . ) . the one piece that remains for me to insert is some
> information that will allow the students to make some estimates about the
> economic risk involved in this bold move . i know that wholesale services
> contributed about 89 % of enron ' s total profit in 1999 , but it is unclear
> what extent of this was provided by the traditional trading activities that
> subsequently were enhanced by enron online . my suspicion is that it is the
> majority of the sales volume , and perhaps the majority of profitability ,
> but if we could give some clue to that in the case , it would be
> helpful . this might simply be that " trading activities constituted the
> majority of wholesale services profits " or " the vast majority " or " over
> 80 % " or whatever you think would give the students some sense of
> quantification . the alternative might be to provide data that was
> disguised and could be footnoted as such . for example , we could identify
> that trading contributed " over $ 750 million to enron ' s net profits " with
> that number footnoted as a disguised figure .
>
> the other thing that would be very helpful would be again to provide some
> data on the profitability of operations in 1999 versus the profitability in
> 2000 when enron online became a dominant part of its activities . once
> again , we could include broad - level generalizations or disguised
> data . it ' s your choice , but it will give the students a sense of the size
> of the issue facing them .
>
> if it is helpful to talk about this in person , please feel free to call me
> on 617 - 495 - 6308 today ( thursday ) ; or tomorrow ( friday ) in the afternoon at
> 802 - 457 - 1880 .
>
> once again , thanks so much not only for the cooperation on the case , but
> also for the terrific organization you did in getting your executive team
> up here for last week ' s classes . i think you probably realized that it was
> a " home run " with the students , who are still talking about it .
>
> best wishes ,
> chris
professor christopher a . bartlett
harvard business school
morgan 465
soldiers field
boston , ma 02163
u . s . a .
phone : 617 - 495 - 6308
fax : 617 - 496 - 5271
email : cbartlett @ hbs . edu
re : enron online case
louise ,
many thanks . as christie probably told you , the case was a huge success -
and you were a star !
thanks again for all your help .
regards ,
chris
at 08 : 39 am 5 / 4 / 01 - 0500 , you wrote :
> hello chris and christie ,
>
> i have asked kal shah to run with getting you what you need to ensure that
> you will have a contact during my absence . i have copied kal on this email
> and hope that this works for everyone .
>
> thanks
>
> louise
>
>
>
>
>
>
> christie patrick
> 05 / 03 / 2001 01 : 12 pm
>
> to : cbartlett @ hbs . edu
> cc : ( bcc : louise kitchen / hou / ect )
>
> subject : enron online case
>
> hi chris !
>
> thanks for the message and the great experience at harvard last week !
> harvard ' s hospitality was the best ! !
>
> i ' m travelling right now and only have a minute , but i ' ve passed along your
> request to louise and will follow up with her and the totality of your
> request on monday . ( i also told louise she was a " star in absentia " at
> harvard last week ! ! ! )
>
> take care and we ' ll speak soon !
>
> best !
>
> - - christie .
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - forwarded by christie patrick / hou / ect on 05 / 03 / 2001
> 01 : 02 pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>
> christopher bartlett on 05 / 03 / 2001 09 : 33 : 48 am
>
> to : christie . patrick @ enron . com
> cc :
>
> subject : enron online case
>
>
> christie :
>
> following up on my message of last week , i have now finished the minor
> edits required to clarify the enron online case ( correcting the stock
> price , clarifying the " one to many " versus " many to many " models of
> trading , etc . ) . the one piece that remains for me to insert is some
> information that will allow the students to make some estimates about the
> economic risk involved in this bold move . i know that wholesale services
> contributed about 89 % of enron ' s total profit in 1999 , but it is unclear
> what extent of this was provided by the traditional trading activities that
> subsequently were enhanced by enron online . my suspicion is that it is the
> majority of the sales volume , and perhaps the majority of profitability ,
> but if we could give some clue to that in the case , it would be
> helpful . this might simply be that " trading activities constituted the
> majority of wholesale services profits " or " the vast majority " or " over
> 80 % " or whatever you think would give the students some sense of
> quantification . the alternative might be to provide data that was
> disguised and could be footnoted as such . for example , we could identify
> that trading contributed " over $ 750 million to enron ' s net profits " with
> that number footnoted as a disguised figure .
>
> the other thing that would be very helpful would be again to provide some
> data on the profitability of operations in 1999 versus the profitability in
> 2000 when enron online became a dominant part of its activities . once
> again , we could include broad - level generalizations or disguised
> data . it ' s your choice , but it will give the students a sense of the size
> of the issue facing them .
>
> if it is helpful to talk about this in person , please feel free to call me
> on 617 - 495 - 6308 today ( thursday ) ; or tomorrow ( friday ) in the afternoon at
> 802 - 457 - 1880 .
>
> once again , thanks so much not only for the cooperation on the case , but
> also for the terrific organization you did in getting your executive team
> up here for last week ' s classes . i think you probably realized that it was
> a " home run " with the students , who are still talking about it .
>
> best wishes ,
> chris
professor christopher a . bartlett
harvard business school
morgan 465
soldiers field
boston , ma 02163
u . s . a .
phone : 617 - 495 - 6308
fax : 617 - 496 - 5271
email : cbartlett @ hbs . edu