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AirTex Aviation

By: Brian J. Hall and Carleen Madigan
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Abstract

Two young and inexperienced MBAs buy a virtually bankrupt company. They design a decentralized control system organized around profit centers. As a case in control systems, there is ample detail for a discussion of design issues, control of independent profit centers, and details about decentralized control. A rewritten version of an earlier case.

Keywords

Air Transportation; Management Systems; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Air Transportation Industry

Citation

Hall, Brian J., and Carleen Madigan. "AirTex Aviation." Harvard Business School Case 800-269, April 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
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Brian J. Hall

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