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- 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.)
- April 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: System Development Project Management
Applegate, Lynda M. "Managing Information Technology: System Development Project Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 187-149, April 1987. (Revised January 1988.)
- 1987
- Article
Accounting Control Systems and Business Strategy: An Empirical Analysis
By: R. Simons
Simons, R. "Accounting Control Systems and Business Strategy: An Empirical Analysis." Accounting, Organizations and Society 12, no. 4 (1987): 357–374.
- September 1986
- Article
On the Strategic Stability of Equilibria
By: Elon Kohlberg and Jean Francois Mertens
Kohlberg, Elon, and Jean Francois Mertens. "On the Strategic Stability of Equilibria." Econometrica 54, no. 5 (September 1986): 1003–1039.
- 1986
- Book
Checks Unbalanced: The Quiet Side of Public Spending
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. Checks Unbalanced: The Quiet Side of Public Spending. Basic Books, 1986.
- February 1986
- Article
Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, R. O. Mason and D. Thorpe
Applegate, L. M., R. O. Mason, and D. Thorpe. "Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning." Journal of Medical Systems 10, no. 1 (February 1986): 79–95.
- 1986
- Article
Model Management Systems: Designs for Decision Support
By: L. M. Applegate, B. Konsynski and J. Nunamaker
Applegate, L. M., B. Konsynski, and J. Nunamaker. "Model Management Systems: Designs for Decision Support." Decision Support Systems 2 (1986): 81–92.
- February 1985
- Teaching Note
Duncan Field (A), Teaching Note
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Teaching Note for (9-382-137).
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- January 1985
- Article
The Role of the Revolutionary State in the Nicaraguan Food System
By: James E. Austin, Jonathan Abbott Fox and Walter Kruger
Austin, James E., Jonathan Abbott Fox, and Walter Kruger. "The Role of the Revolutionary State in the Nicaraguan Food System." World Development 13, no. 1 (January 1985): 15–40.
- December 1984
- Article
Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem." Journal of Economic Theory 34 (December 1984): 383–387.
- October 1984
- Background Note
Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard R. Ellsworth. "Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-187, October 1984.
- August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Railroad Problem and the Solution
A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Keywords:
Transportation;
Rail Transportation;
Fluctuation;
Outcome or Result;
Public Sector;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
Complexity;
Problems and Challenges;
Rail Industry
Tedlow, Richard S. "Railroad Problem and the Solution." Harvard Business School Case 384-032, August 1983. (Revised March 1995.)
- March 1983
- Teaching Note
Marrett Corp.: Systems Planning Committee, Teaching Note
- 1983
- Article
Consistency of Finite Systems of Convex Inequalities
By: Elon Kohlberg
Keywords:
System
Kohlberg, Elon. "Consistency of Finite Systems of Convex Inequalities." Mathematical Programming 25 (1983): 359 – 362.
- Article
Managing Information Systems by Committee
By: R. L. Nolan
Nolan, R. L. "Managing Information Systems by Committee." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 4 (July–August 1982).
- 1982
- Article
The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives
By: Alvin E. Roth
Roth, Alvin E. "The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives." Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 7 (1982): 617–628.
- March 1981 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance
By: Frank S. Leonard and W. Earl Sasser
Designed to introduce the systemic nature of product quality and the complexity of quality problems. Uses a new director, quality assurance, and the discovery of a quality problem. The new director has to decide if it is a real problem, what to do about it, and how to...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Product;
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Quality;
Attitudes;
Complexity
Leonard, Frank S., and W. Earl Sasser. "Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance." Harvard Business School Case 681-083, March 1981. (Revised February 1993.)
- December 1980 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Burger King Corp.
By: W. Earl Sasser and David C. Rikert
Describes the operating system of a Burger King unit. The case does not have a decision focus; it is designed for use with McDonald's Corp. Students are asked to compare the operating systems of these two fast food hamburger chains. Careful analysis will detect the...
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Sasser, W. Earl, and David C. Rikert. "Burger King Corp." Harvard Business School Case 681-045, December 1980. (Revised February 1998.)