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- April 1995 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (A)
By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein
Based on a Silicon Valley company that has developed the capability to compete in a rapidly growing, highly turbulent environment. This capability hinges on its flexible and rapid development process, which the case characterizes in detail. Focuses on the development... View Details
- April 1995 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kevin Davis
In order to increase revenues, develop new technologies, and manage information technology more efficiently, Xerox decided to sign a 10-year, $3.2 billion contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). This case describes the events that preceded Xerox's decision to... View Details
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
GenRad, 1990 (A): At a Crossroads in Electronic Test TN
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- January 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Background Note
Paving the Information Superhighway
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Geoffrey Bock and Janis Lee Gogan
Examines solutions to many of the information-sharing problems that limit growth of electronic commerce on the Internet. Serves as a basic primer for the use of electronic information exchange. While familiarizing the student with the basic tenets and terminology of... View Details
- January 1995 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
TV Guide (B)
TV Guide, the nation's most profitable and largest magazine, attempts entry into the world of electronic publishing. The crux of TV Guide's strategy is to transform the magazine's content into a centralized database that can be accessed by new businesses, like... View Details
- October 1994 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
N.V. Philips Electronics - Currency Hedging Policies
By: Richard F. Meyer
Describes Philips Electronics' policies and problems relating to foreign exchange risk and hedging. Explains centralization versus decentralization of currency hedging, economic role versus transaction role, the difficulties of capturing the necessary information... View Details
- August 1994
- Case
Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation: Product Line Cost System
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- June 1994
- Case
Alco Holdings Limited
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Xin Chen
- May 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Teaching Note
Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A) and (B) TN
By: Linda A. Hill and Katherine Seger Weber
Teaching Note for (9-492-037) and (9-492-038). View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Motorola-Elma
By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
Motorola's old automative electronics plant in Arcade, outside Buffalo, New York, faced the prospect of closure in the mid-1980s, but leading customers persuaded Motorola to give the plant a second chance. The new plant manager, Dennis Fiehn, recognized that existing... View Details
- May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Motorola: Government and Systems Technology Group
By: Janis Lee Gogan, Donna B. Stoddard and Shoshana Zuboff
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- March 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Emerson Electric in China
By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Thomas A Gerace
- March 1994
- Case
Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (A)
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson
Bose Corp. is evaluating an unusual plan to manage relationships with vendors that supply components for Bose speakers. The company must decide: 1) which planning and ordering activities should be performed by Bose and which can be performed by vendors, 2) how much... View Details
- March 1994
- Supplement
Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (B)
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- March 1994
- Supplement
Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (C)
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- March 1994
- Supplement
Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (D)
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- February 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Asahi Glass Co.: Diversification Strategy
By: David J. Collis
Describes the history and diversification strategy of the Japanese manufacturer Asahi Glass Co. The company has diversified through internal growth, acquisition, and joint ventures from its origin in flat glass to a broad glass-materials, chemical, and electronics... View Details
- January 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Muetron Electronics: Introducing Multichip Modules
By: George C. Lodge
- August 1993 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Sharp Corporation: Technology Strategy TN
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-793-064). View Details