Publications

October 1984 (Revised March 1986)
Case

General Telephone of the Northwest

By: Dekkers L. Davidson and Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Northwestern United States

1984
Book

Energy Policy in America Since 1945: A Study of Business-Government Relations

By: Richard Vietor

Follows the history of government intervention in U.S. energy markets from 1945 to the present and shows how shifting market conditions of surplus and shortage and above all, price have played a determining role in the political process and U.S. fuel policy... View Details

Keywords: Political Economy; United States; Postwar Policy; Energy; Energy Sources; Policy; United States

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. View Details

Keywords: Supply and Industry; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Goods and Commodities; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; United States

Educators

September 1984 (Revised May 1985)
Teaching Note

Federated Industries (A) TN

By: Robert J. Dolan

Teaching Note for (9-585-104). View Details

Keywords: Supply and Industry; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Goods and Commodities; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; United States

September 1984 (Revised February 1989)
Case

Benetton (A)

By: James L. Heskett

The world's largest manufacturer of woolen outerwear garments seeks to extend its retailing network to the United States from its base in Europe. A number of issues concerning marketing, manufacturing, and logistics strategy are raised by the proposed move along with... View Details

Keywords: Logistics; Brands and Branding; Networks; Production; Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Europe

Educators

September 1984 (Revised January 1986)
Case

Fort Lauderdale Resort and Beach Club

By: William J. Poorvu

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Florida

August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
Teaching Note

Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Monopoly; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

August 1984
Book Review

Exhibit Review of 'The Tribal Style: Selections from the African Collection of the Peabody Museum of Salem'

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Arts; Information; Fine Arts Industry; Massachusetts

June 1984 (Revised March 1986)
Case

AT&T and the Access Charge

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Dekkers L. Davidson

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; United States

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

April 1984 (Revised October 1984)
Teaching Note

Chicago-Midway (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Chicago

April 1984
Background Note

Export Controls

By: David B. Yoffie

Explores the problems and opportunities associated with export controls--one of the most widely used tools of international trade policy in the 1970s and early 1980s; and the role of the United States and Soviet Union as major players in the international economy.... View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Soviet Union; United States

Educators