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American Connector Co. (B)
By: Gary P. Pisano
Presents a plant manager's proposal to improve operations at American Connector Co. The plan attempts to imitate operations at DJC Corp., a successful Japanese competitor. Requires students to consider how changes in manufacturing impact productivity, flexibility, and...
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Pisano, Gary P. "American Connector Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 693-049, October 1992.
- October 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Supplement
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update
By: Dwight B. Crane
Briefly summarizes the events that transpired after the investment bank Salomon Brothers revealed that it had repeatedly violated the rules governing the auction of new U.S. Government securities. Includes a description of the violations, the management shake-up that...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Financial Instruments;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Crane, Dwight B. "Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-057, October 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- September 1992 (Revised August 2004)
- Supplement
Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The president of one of Martin Marietta's four main operating companies has learned of procurement irregularities in the company he manages. The problems involve U.S. government contracts the company is working on. After getting legal advice from the company's general...
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Keywords:
Fluctuation;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Policy;
Contracts;
Leadership;
United States
Paine, Lynn S. "Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 393-023, September 1992. (Revised August 2004.)
- September 1992 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Pesticide Export Reform Act of 1990
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Pesticide Export Reform Act of 1990." Harvard Business School Case 393-039, September 1992. (Revised October 1994.)
- 24 Sep 1992
- Lecture
Capital Choices: Changing the Way America Invests in Industry
By: W. Carl Kester
- September 1992 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992
By: David B. Yoffie and Johanna M. Hurstak
Examines John Sculley's approach toward transforming Apple Computer. Focuses on Sculley's management style, his creation of a new management team, and his efforts to create a professional management system inside Apple.
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Transformation;
Management Teams;
Management Systems;
Computer Industry;
California
Yoffie, David B., and Johanna M. Hurstak. "Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992." Harvard Business School Case 393-011, September 1992. (Revised January 1994.)
- September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)
In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Business Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Cost vs Benefits;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategic Planning;
Investment Return;
Government Legislation;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Business and Government Relations;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 793-040, September 1992. (Revised October 1992.)
- September 1992 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification
By: George C. Lodge and James W. Ragsdale
In October 1990, eastern Germany was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany. The German people rewarded the architect of these changes, Helmut Kohl, with an enhanced majority in national elections. But only two years later it was hard to remember these heady...
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Keywords:
Economy;
Inflation and Deflation;
Central Banking;
Interest Rates;
Political Elections;
Situation or Environment;
Integration;
Europe;
Germany;
Italy;
United Kingdom
Lodge, George C., and James W. Ragsdale. "Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification." Harvard Business School Case 793-033, September 1992. (Revised July 1998.)
- September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Massachusetts General Hospital: Cancer Research Center
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Eve Stacey
Goldberg, Ray A., and Eve Stacey. "Massachusetts General Hospital: Cancer Research Center." Harvard Business School Case 593-029, September 1992. (Revised October 1992.)
- September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World
By: George C. Lodge
Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case...
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Keywords:
Policy;
Financial Markets;
Information Technology;
System Shocks;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Crisis;
Government and Politics;
Growth and Development;
Situation or Environment;
Japan;
United States
Lodge, George C. "Japan Confronts an Interdependent World." Harvard Business School Case 793-034, September 1992. (Revised March 1998.)
- September–October 1992
- Article
Capital Disadvantage: America's Falling Capital Investment System
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Capital Disadvantage: America's Falling Capital Investment System." Harvard Business Review 70, no. 5 (September–October 1992).
- August 1992 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
ChemBright, Inc.
ChemBright is a small start-up company that manufactures private-label household chemicals. The company sells its products to grocery chains in the New England area. Its strategy is based on a significant logistics-based cost advantage. The primary case decisions are...
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Keywords:
Price;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Logistics;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Chemical Industry;
New England
Hammond, Janice H. "ChemBright, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 693-026, August 1992. (Revised July 2013.)
- August 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Euro Disney: The First 100 Days
By: Gary W. Loveman and Leonard A. Schlesinger
The Walt Disney Co. theme parks historically have thrived on the basis of a formula stressing excellent customer service and a magnificent physical environment. The formula has proven successful in Japan, as well as the United States. With the controversial opening of...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Corporate Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Service Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Japan;
France;
United States
Loveman, Gary W., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "Euro Disney: The First 100 Days." Harvard Business School Case 693-013, August 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- summer 1992
- Book Review
Review of Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748, by Carl E. Swanson
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Review of Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748, by Carl E. Swanson." Business History Review 66 (summer 1992): 400–402.
- summer 1992
- Article
What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?" Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 29–41.
- June 1992
- Teaching Note
New England Critical Care, Inc., Teaching Note
- June 1992
- Teaching Note
Marsh & McLennan (A), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-171-303).
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- June 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Teaching Note
Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-292-001).
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