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- September 1984 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Federated Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan
The market leader in an overcapacity industry with a commodity product is trying to restore industry price levels. Price cutting has hurt overall industry price levels and the leader must determine whether (and how) to bring up price levels or exit the market.
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Keywords:
Supply and Industry;
Market Entry and Exit;
Price;
Goods and Commodities;
Competition;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Federated Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-104, September 1984. (Revised December 1992.)
- September 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Teaching Note
Federated Industries (A) TN
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for (9-585-104).
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- September 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Teaching Note
National Electric Supply Co., Teaching Note
By: Robert J. Dolan
- September 1984 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
San Fabian Supply Co. (Philippines), Teaching Note
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for (9-582-104).
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- August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
- Teaching Note
Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers, Teaching Note
- August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
- Teaching Note
Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics, Teaching Note
- June 1984
- Case
Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Monopoly;
Courts and Trials;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers." Harvard Business School Case 384-265, June 1984.
- January 1984
- Article
A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments
By: Robert J. Dolan
Researchers of the strategic implications of the well-known demand (e.g., adoption and diffusion) and supply (e.g., experience effects) dynamics have typically sought analytical solutions. Their success in this has been achieved partly by limiting the richness of the...
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Dolan, Robert J. "A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments." Journal of Business 57, no. 1 (January 1984).
- September 1983 (Revised February 1989)
- Background Note
The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983
Describes the international oil tanker shipping industry both historically and in 1983. Designed to provide a vehicle for practicing industry analysis in a volatile commodity business, and for formulating strategy in such an environment. Also can be used to examine...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Goods and Commodities;
Volatility;
Vertical Integration;
Supply and Industry;
Shipping Industry
Porter, Michael E. "The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-034, September 1983. (Revised February 1989.)
- August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
- Case
Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics
Tedlow, Richard S. "Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics." Harvard Business School Case 384-051, August 1983. (Revised July 1984.)
- August 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Teaching Note
EMI and the CT Scanner (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-383-194) and (9-383-195).
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Keywords:
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- July 1983
- Background Note
Note on Farm Supply Channels
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Note on Farm Supply Channels." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-003, July 1983.
- June 1983 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
EMI and the CT Scanner (A)
Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Technological Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Industry Structures;
Product Development;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "EMI and the CT Scanner (A)." Harvard Business School Case 383-194, June 1983. (Revised November 2001.)
- June 1983 (Revised March 1985)
- Supplement
EMI and the CT Scanner (B)
Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Technological Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Industry Structures;
Product Development;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "EMI and the CT Scanner (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 383-195, June 1983. (Revised March 1985.)
- June 1983
- Background Note
Note on the Paper Machinery Industry
Describes the major structural changes taking place in the paper industry in the 1970s: major oil and pulp price increases, pollution legislation, a shift in industry development from OECD countries to LDCs and NICs and the technological revolution in paper making....
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Keywords:
Engineering;
Price;
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development;
Industry Structures;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Pollutants;
Competition;
Pulp and Paper Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Note on the Paper Machinery Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-185, June 1983.
- December 1982 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Halloran Metals
By: Roy Shapiro
Two competitors in the Northeast steel service center industry have made very different choices with regards to logistics and operating strategy. One distributes from a large central location; the other operates seven widely scattered warehouses. Students can diagnose...
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Keywords:
Logistics;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Cycles;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Metals and Minerals;
Supply Chain;
Steel Industry;
United States
Shapiro, Roy. "Halloran Metals." Harvard Business School Case 683-062, December 1982. (Revised September 2015.)
- October 1982
- Case
Shenandoah Provision and Supply Co. (A) (Condensed)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Shapiro, Roy D. "Shenandoah Provision and Supply Co. (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 683-048, October 1982.
- August 1982 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
Rockwell International (A)
Describes the competitive situation facing Rockwell International, the market leader in the U.S. water meter industry. The industry is undergoing structural change, and competitor activity is intensifying. Rockwell must decide what, if any, actions are necessary to...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Decisions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Markets;
Industry Structures;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Porter, Michael E. "Rockwell International (A)." Harvard Business School Case 383-019, August 1982. (Revised September 1991.)
- 1982
- Chapter
The Capacity Expansion Process in a Growing Oligopoly: The Case of Corn Wet Milling
By: A. Michael Spence and M. E. Porter
- March 1982 (Revised September 1985)
- Case
Sealed Air Corporation
By: Robert J. Dolan
Market leadership and technological innovation have marked Sealed Air's participation in the U.S. protective packaging market. Several small regional producers have introduced products which are less effective than Sealed Air's but similar in appearance and cheaper....
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Keywords:
Product Marketing;
Product;
Technological Innovation;
Supply and Industry;
Competitive Advantage;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Sealed Air Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 582-103, March 1982. (Revised September 1985.)