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- May 1990
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (A1), Video
Applegate, Lynda M. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (A1), Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-519, May 1990.
- May 1990
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (A2), Video
Applegate, Lynda M. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (A2), Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-520, May 1990.
- May 1990
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B), Video
Applegate, Lynda M. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B), Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-521, May 1990.
- March 1990 (Revised December 1995)
- Teaching Note
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budget Process Series, Teaching Note
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
- January 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region
By: Robert L. Simons
Recounts the financial difficulties and management changes experienced by American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region (NER) during the 1980s. After summarizing industry-wide changes in the collection, testing, and distribution of blood and blood products, the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Financial Management;
Restructuring;
Health;
SWOT Analysis;
Social Enterprise;
Marketplace Matching;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Health Industry;
North and Central America
Simons, Robert L. "American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region." Harvard Business School Case 190-078, January 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
- December 1989 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-068, December 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
- November 1989 (Revised June 1995)
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B2)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Gives the voting results for the Power Systems Division's Vax System upgrade project.
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-121, November 1989. (Revised June 1995.)
- March 1989 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Metabo GmbH & Co. KG
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A privately owned German power tool company was dissatisfied with its existing cost system. The system could not produce timely accurate reports on cost center operations, and newly purchased automated machines were attracting large overhead costs. A new, highly...
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Cost;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Capital Budgeting;
Cost Management;
Reports;
Private Ownership;
Business or Company Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Germany
Kaplan, Robert S. "Metabo GmbH & Co. KG." Harvard Business School Case 189-146, March 1989. (Revised March 1999.)
- Article
Capital Allocation Hurdle Rates, Budgets or Both?
By: W. C. Kester and R. Taggart
Kester, W. C., and R. Taggart. "Capital Allocation Hurdle Rates, Budgets or Both?" MIT Sloan Management Review 30, no. 3 (Spring 1989): 83–90.
- January 1989 (Revised October 1993)
- Background Note
Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity
Describes how to value an acquisition opportunity as a capital budgeting problem. Cash flows are discounted at the cost of capital and debt is deducted to value the equity capital of the target company. A key contribution of the note is the discussion of five methods...
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity." Harvard Business School Background Note 289-039, January 1989. (Revised October 1993.)
- January 1989 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budget Process (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budget Process (A)." Harvard Business School Case 189-119, January 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
- January 1989 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B1)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-120, January 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
- January 1989 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B3)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Applegate, Lynda M., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B3)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-122, January 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
- 1989
- Article
Strategic Capital Budgeting: A Financial Approach to Investing for the Long Run
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Strategic Capital Budgeting: A Financial Approach to Investing for the Long Run." Cuadernos económicos de I.C.E. 42, no. 2 (1989).
- fall 1988
- Article
Analysis of the Organizational Characteristics Related to Tight Budget Goals
By: R. Simons
Simons, R. "Analysis of the Organizational Characteristics Related to Tight Budget Goals." Contemporary Accounting Research 5, no. 1 (fall 1988): 267–283.
- July 1988
- Exercise
Capital Budgeting Exercises
By: David E. Bell
Keywords:
Capital Budgeting
Bell, David E. "Capital Budgeting Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 189-021, July 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 December 1996)
- Case
Patten Corp.
Forbes Magazine criticized the revenue recognition policy of Patten Corp. As a result, the company's stock price dropped by a significant amount. The students are asked to discuss if the criticism by Forbes is justified, and if not, what the company should do.
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Keywords:
Fair Value Accounting;
Financial Statements;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Condition;
Spending;
Revenue;
Planning;
Quality;
Stocks;
Journalism and News Industry
Palepu, Krishna G. "Patten Corp." Harvard Business School Case 188-027, September 1987. (Revised December 1996.)
- May 1987 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
John Deere Component Works (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with...
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Cost Accounting;
Cost Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Production;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Consumer Products Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-107, May 1987. (Revised November 1998.)
- May 1987 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System
By: Robert L. Simons
Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising budget targets. Illustrates intensive strategic planning and financial planning process in a large, decentralized...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Planning;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Accounting Audits;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Strategy;
Financial Management;
Business or Company Management;
Management Systems;
Public Administration Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System." Harvard Business School Case 187-081, May 1987. (Revised February 2000.)