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- September 1991 (Revised May 1994)
- Background Note
Note on the PC Network Software Industry--1990
By: David B. Yoffie
Examines the economics, technology, customer segments, and competitors of the PC networking software industry.
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Keywords:
Customers;
Economics;
Competition;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Information Infrastructure
Yoffie, David B. "Note on the PC Network Software Industry--1990." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-022, September 1991. (Revised May 1994.)
- August 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl
Champion's forest products division owns timberlands, sawmills, and plywood mills in the Pacific Northwest. The listing of the northern spotted owl as an endangered species, and restrictions on exports of logs from state-owned lands, have disrupted the stumpage, log...
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Keywords:
Science-Based Business;
Natural Environment;
Product Marketing;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Government and Politics;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Strategy;
Trade;
Decisions;
Management Teams;
Forest Products Industry;
North and Central America
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl." Harvard Business School Case 792-017, August 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- July 1991
- Case
Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Provides numerical data and alternative explanations concerning the U.S. dollar's rise and subsequent fall in value from 1981 through 1987. Students are challenged to study the evidence and make their own inferences concerning the dollar's movements and the degree of...
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Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 292-001, July 1991.
- June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Lithonia Lighting
By: Nitin Nohria
In early 1991, Lithonia, the U.S.'s largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures, faced a major slump in the construction business that threatened to cause its first decline in revenues after over a decade of strong growth. With financial pressures from its parent company...
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Keywords:
Organizational Structure;
Industry Growth;
Decision Making;
Information Technology;
Financial Crisis;
Investment;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Lithonia Lighting." Harvard Business School Case 492-003, June 1991. (Revised May 1992.)
- June 1991
- Background Note
Corporate Advantage: Identifying and Exploiting Resources
By: David J. Collis
Describes the economic theory that was behind the view that resources are central to the creation of value in multibusiness corporations and identifies tests that resources must pass to become part of a firm's "distinctive competence". Describes how those resources can...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Business or Company Management;
Resource Allocation;
Competitive Strategy;
Theory;
Value Creation
Collis, David J. "Corporate Advantage: Identifying and Exploiting Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-285, June 1991.
- June 1991 (Revised April 1997)
- Background Note
Managing the Multibusiness Corporation
By: David J. Collis
Lays out some ideas on how to restructure a multibusiness corporation. Identifies sixteen elements of organization design, and then applies contingency theory to argue that these elements need to be aligned with the tasks the corporation uses to create value across its...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Alignment;
Corporate Strategy;
Theory;
Value Creation
Collis, David J. "Managing the Multibusiness Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-286, June 1991. (Revised April 1997.)
- May 1991 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)
By: David B. Yoffie
Describes the competitive situation that has arisen in the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry since Airbus entered in 1970. Having overtaken McDonnell Douglas for second place, Airbus announces plans to challenge market leader Boeing's last pocket of dominance....
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Keywords:
Transition;
Trade;
Ethics;
Investment;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Government Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Sales;
Competitive Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Air Transportation Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-106, May 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
- May 1991 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
NIKE (A) (Condensed)
By: David B. Yoffie
Describes the history of Nike, its strategy, and the industry in which it competes. The teaching objective is to ask the student to identify and evaluate Nike's economic/technical strategy.
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Yoffie, David B. "NIKE (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 391-238, May 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
- May 1991
- Case
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords:
Money
Kaplan, Robert S. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-094, May 1991.
- May 1991
- Supplement
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 191-095, May 1991.
- April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
- Case
Koito Manufacturing Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Debates;
Corporate Governance;
Production;
Supply Chain;
Performance Efficiency;
Welfare;
Auto Industry;
Japan;
United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Koito Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 291-027, April 1991. (Revised July 1992.)
- March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Case
The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation.
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Trade;
Corporate Governance;
Managerial Roles;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
North America
Lorsch, Jay W. "The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 491-117, March 1991. (Revised January 1996.)
- March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
- Case
TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development
During the period of 1987 to 1990, while Thailand had one of the fastest growing economies in the world (average growth rate of 12%), the income disparity between its rural and urban population (especially Bangkok City) was growing increasingly worse. Mechai...
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Rangan, V. Kasturi. "TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development." Harvard Business School Case 591-099, March 1991. (Revised May 1991.)
- 1991
- Chapter
An Economic Approach to the Study of Bargaining
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "An Economic Approach to the Study of Bargaining." In Handbook of Negotiation Research. Vol. 3, edited by M. H. Bazerman, R. J. Lewicki, and B. H. Sheppard, 35–67. Research on Negotiation in Organizations. JAI Press, 1991.
- February 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Supplement
USSR--1990, Supplement
Provides an update of key social, political, and economic outcomes in the Soviet Union over the period April 1990 to February 1991.
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Keywords:
Social Issues;
Outcome or Result;
Government and Politics;
Economy;
Transition;
Soviet Union
Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-161, February 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- February 1991 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem
By: Robert L. Simons and Dale Geiger
Tennessee Controls has instituted a new formal asset acquisition process to rank competing proposals. Judy Starnes, the new division manager, is asked to rank three proposals by using techniques to quantify economic returns, risk, as well as the credibility of the...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Governance Controls;
Management Systems;
Strategic Planning;
Mathematical Methods;
Electronics Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Dale Geiger. "Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem." Harvard Business School Case 191-083, February 1991. (Revised November 2010.)
- 1991
- Book
Economic Environment of International Business
By: R. Vernon and L. T. Wells Jr.
Vernon, R., and L. T. Wells Jr. Economic Environment of International Business. 5th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. (Wells was a co-author of the first through fourth editions, as well. One edition was published in Chinese by the editorial staff of the Shanghai San-Lian Bookstore, 1990.)
- January 1991
- Article
Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics." Economic Journal 101 (January 1991): 107–114.
- November 1990 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Corning, Inc.: A Network of Alliances
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Describes James Houghton's actions in assuming the role of CEO at Corning in the midst of a recession. Not only must he turn around operating performance, he must also revitalize a demoralized organization and set a new, clear strategic direction. In doing so, the case...
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Keywords:
Business Cycles;
Policy;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Expectations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Strategy
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Corning, Inc.: A Network of Alliances." Harvard Business School Case 391-102, November 1990. (Revised August 1992.)