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- April 1989 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
James Burke: A Career in American Business (A)
By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith
Presents an historical overview of the professional career of James E. Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. Examines the corporation's handling of three major occurrences--the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 and 1986 and the acquisition and subsequent sale of...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Marketing Strategy;
Ethics;
Personal Development and Career;
Crisis Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Tedlow, Richard S., and Wendy Smith. "James Burke: A Career in American Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 389-177, April 1989. (Revised October 2005.)
- April 1989 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
ProTech, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
A company is considering the elimination of a product line. As part of that consideration, it must develop possible strategies for closing the division, and identify the economic and non-economic implications of the strategy. The situation is complicated by the...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Decision Making;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Equity;
Problems and Challenges
Piper, Thomas R. "ProTech, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 289-054, April 1989. (Revised March 1993.)
- April 1989
- Case
News and No Comment at Emery Air Freight
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
A reporter from a regional newspaper examines several major news stories that address significant recent developments at Emery Air Freight. His concerns invite discussion of the implications of Emery's apparent "no comment" policy and other factors that can lead to...
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "News and No Comment at Emery Air Freight." Harvard Business School Case 589-104, April 1989.
- 1989
- Book
Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Decision Making;
Economics;
Central Banking;
Policy;
Political History;
Resignation and Termination;
Biography;
Books;
Surveys;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Planning;
Iran
Jones, Geoffrey. Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah. London: Frank Cass, 1989.
- January 1989
- Case
Benetton S.p.A.
Focuses on the strategic/organizational development of Benetton. Examines the organizational structure which has allowed the company to expand into a world scale company from its small entrepreneurial base. Examines the functional strategies which have allowed a huge...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Growth and Development;
Business Strategy;
Performance Effectiveness;
Fashion Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Stevenson, Howard H. "Benetton S.p.A." Harvard Business School Case 389-074, January 1989.
- 1989
- Other Presentation
Competitive Strategy and Real Estate Development
Remarks to the 1989 Harvard Business School Real Estate Symposium
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Porter, Michael E. "Competitive Strategy and Real Estate Development." Harvard Business School Real Estate Symposium, Boston, MA, 1989.
- October 1988 (Revised October 1989)
- Background Note
Aspects of Marketing Organization: An Introduction
Discusses the typical strengths, vulnerabilities, and key management skills associated with three common forms of marketing organization: a product-focused organization, a market-focused organization, and a functionally-focused organization. It considers how the nature...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy
Cespedes, Frank V. "Aspects of Marketing Organization: An Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-062, October 1988. (Revised October 1989.)
- October 1988 (Revised December 1994)
- Supplement
Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Updates developments in the industry. Included among these are GE's reinvestment program, GE and Whirlpool's bidding war for Roper, Sears' expansion into selling brand names, Whirlpool's expansion into the European markets, and a number of other examples of this kind...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Investment;
Globalization;
Brands and Branding;
Bids and Bidding;
Expansion;
Europe
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988." Harvard Business School Supplement 389-056, October 1988. (Revised December 1994.)
- August 1988 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic
Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Crisis Management;
Resource Allocation;
Production;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Motorcycle Industry;
Japan;
United Kingdom
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jon Skofic. "Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-013, August 1988. (Revised February 1992.)
- Article
Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand: Impediments to Economic Activity, Market Failures, and Profitability
By: Dennis Yao
In this paper it is argued that failures of the competitive market are necessary conditions for supranormal profitability. Three fundamental causes of these market failures-production economies and sunk costs, transactions costs, and imperfect information-are developed...
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Keywords:
Economics;
Markets;
Failure;
Profit;
Cost;
Information;
Market Transactions;
Competition;
Strategy;
Production
Yao, Dennis. "Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand: Impediments to Economic Activity, Market Failures, and Profitability." Strategic Management Journal 9 (Summer 1988): 59–70. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- May 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
Describes the development of Matsushita's international operations and the building of its dominant competitive position in the consumer electronics industry. Picks up the major challenges facing the company in 1987 as both its product focus and geographic posture are...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Product Positioning;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Value;
Electronics Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. "Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987." Harvard Business School Case 388-144, May 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- November 1987 (Revised June 1988)
- Case
ServiceMaster Industries, Inc.
By: James L. Heskett
The CEO of ServiceMaster Industries has convened an internal task force to come up with ideas for reorganizing the company to accommodate unusually fast growth. In developing both alternatives and criteria for appraising them, the task force has to keep in mind the...
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Heskett, James L. "ServiceMaster Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 388-064, November 1987. (Revised June 1988.)
- October 1987 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Boston Fights Drugs (A): Designing Communications Research
Describes in detail the research mounted by five individuals with a $20,000 budget to combat drug abuse among Boston's school-going population. Using the focus group methodology they discover that most of the current anti-drug advertising is useless. They create their...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Brands and Branding;
Performance Evaluation;
Research and Development;
Segmentation;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Boston
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Boston Fights Drugs (A): Designing Communications Research." Harvard Business School Case 588-031, October 1987. (Revised November 1994.)
- September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
- Background Note
The Job of the General Manager
By: James L. Heskett
Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Policy;
Recruitment;
Working Conditions;
Managerial Roles;
Resource Allocation;
Mission and Purpose;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategy;
Value
Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
- June 1987 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
American Bank
By: Robert S. Kaplan
American Bank is developing a new system to compute product costs. The deregulated, more competitive environment for commercial banks has created both problems and opportunities for banking operations. In order to price existing products and assess the desirability of...
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Keywords:
System;
Consolidation;
Commercial Banking;
SWOT Analysis;
Fair Value Accounting;
Cost Management;
Price;
Banking Industry;
North and Central America;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "American Bank." Harvard Business School Case 187-194, June 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
- spring 1987
- Article
Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
We examine a dynamic model of price competition in defense procurement that incorporates the experience curve, asymmetric cost information, and the availability of a higher cost alternative system. We model acquisition as a two-stage process in which initial production...
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Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement." RAND Journal of Economics 18, no. 1 (spring 1987): 57–76. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- September 1986
- Background Note
Dilemmas of Developing and Communicating Strategy
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Dilemmas of Developing and Communicating Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-044, September 1986.
- August 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Lotus Development Corporation: Entering International Markets
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Lotus 1-2-3 exploded on the American market in the spring of 1983. Nine months later Jim Manzi, vice president of marketing, hired Chuck Digate to develop an international strategy for Lotus. Case explores Lotus' rapid rise to the top of the software market in the...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Applications and Software;
Global Strategy;
Management Teams;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Lotus Development Corporation: Entering International Markets." Harvard Business School Case 387-034, August 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- July 1986 (Revised April 1989)
- Background Note
Note on Sources of Comparative Advantage
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
After Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin's propositions about the sources of comparative advantage were empirically challenged by Wassily Leontief, scholars set out to explain the "Leontief paradox" by developing alternative theories on the sources of comparative...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Note on Sources of Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-024, July 1986. (Revised April 1989.)
- April 1986 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Alloy Rods Corp.
In July of 1985 the managers of Alloy Rods (who recently purchased the company through a leveraged buyout arrangement) find that their chief competitor (a company more than 6 times as large as Alloy Rods) has introduced a new product clearly aimed at Alloy's most...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Business Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Financial Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Product Development
Cespedes, Frank V. "Alloy Rods Corp." Harvard Business School Case 586-046, April 1986. (Revised May 1989.)