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- September 1976
- Case
Del Norte Paper Co. (A)
Deals with a transfer pricing problem in a complex, international situation. A broad range of issues are present in the case, or are needed for a thorough case analysis. Such issues include: relevant costs; the appropriateness of profit centers; the appropriateness of...
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Sahlman, William A. "Del Norte Paper Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 177-034, September 1976.
- 01 Sep 1976
- Conference Presentation
Organizational Structure and Occupational Role Definition: The Case of Managers
By: R. M. Kanter
- spring 1976
- Article
Information, Politics and Economic Analysis: The Regulatory Decision Process in the Air Freight Cases
By: M. E. Porter and J. F. Sagansky
Keywords:
Information;
Government and Politics;
Economics;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Decision Making
Porter, M. E., and J. F. Sagansky. "Information, Politics and Economic Analysis: The Regulatory Decision Process in the Air Freight Cases." Public Policy 24, no. 2 (spring 1976): 263–307.
- February 1976 (Revised November 1983)
- Case
EG&G, Inc. (B)
Raises the dilemmas of making strategic decisions within an organizational construct. The divestment of a division of the company raises not only strategic issues but organizational and interpersonal ones as well. The decision is framed through the strategic planning...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Decisions;
Business or Company Management;
Organizations;
Strategic Planning;
Strategy;
Service Industry
Porter, Michael E. "EG&G, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 376-188, February 1976. (Revised November 1983.)
- 1976
- Other Unpublished Work
Simulation of the Market Effects of Housing Allowance
By: Dutch Leonard, Gregory K. Ingram and Robert Schafer
- 01 Dec 1975
- Conference Presentation
Appropriate and Applicable Technology: The Indonesian Case Study
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Appropriate and Applicable Technology: The Indonesian Case Study." Paper presented at the Corporate Consultation, Council on Religion and International Affairs, The Carnegie Center for Transnational Studies, Council on Religion and International Affairs, Aspen, CO, December 01, 1975.
- July 1975
- Background Note
Introduction to the Case Method
Guidelines to aid the student in analyzing a case situation by casting himself or herself in the role of protagonist, developing criteria for alternative decisions, and generalizing to other situations.
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Keywords:
Cases
Shapiro, Benson P. "Introduction to the Case Method." Harvard Business School Background Note 576-031, July 1975.
- June 1975 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Angus Cartwright III
By: Kenneth J. Hatten, William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
Judy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Taxation;
Balanced Scorecard;
Valuation
Hatten, Kenneth J., William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel, and John H. Vogel, Jr. "Angus Cartwright III." Harvard Business School Case 375-376, June 1975. (Revised September 2004.)
- May 1975 (Revised October 1985)
- Case
Marks and Spencer Ltd.
By: Joseph L. Bower
This business policy and retailing strategy case focuses on the unique corporate strategy and philosophy of a leading English retailer. Emphasizes expansion plans.
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Bower, Joseph L. "Marks and Spencer Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 375-358, May 1975. (Revised October 1985.)
- September 1974
- Article
Repeated Games of Incomplete Information: The Symmetric Case
By: Elon Kohlberg and Shmuel Zamir
Kohlberg, Elon, and Shmuel Zamir. "Repeated Games of Incomplete Information: The Symmetric Case." Annals of Statistics 2, no. 5 (September 1974): 1040–1041.
- August 1974 (Revised November 1974)
- Case
Reynolds Construction Company
By: Paul W. Marshall
Deals with the use of critical path method for the construction of remote control building, which is part of a water purification system. Discusses the necessity of determining the shortest possible time in which a job could be done without spending more money. Case...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Construction;
Cost Management;
Time Management;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
System;
Construction Industry
Marshall, Paul W. "Reynolds Construction Company." Harvard Business School Case 675-017, August 1974. (Revised November 1974.)
- 1974
- Article
The Distribution of Fiscal Burdens and Benefits
By: Dutch Leonard, Richard A. Musgrave and Karl E. Case
Leonard, Dutch, Richard A. Musgrave, and Karl E. Case. "The Distribution of Fiscal Burdens and Benefits." Public Finance Quarterly 2 (1974).
- September 1972 (Revised February 1984)
- Case
Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co., Inc.
By: Paul W. Marshall
Illustration of the two main types of errors resulting from use of the economic order quantity (EOQ) as a tool in production scheduling. Designed to permit class discussion to begin with a consideration of one common type of mistake, errors in calculation of the EOQ...
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Marshall, Paul W. "Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 673-033, September 1972. (Revised February 1984.)
- September 1971 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
Gentle Electric Co.
By: W. Earl Sasser
Designed to illustrate various levels of complexity in determining optimum order sizes for a single item inventory policy. Students are asked to evaluate the impact of recent operational changes on the firm's ordering policy. Intended to follow the students' initial...
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Sasser, W. Earl. "Gentle Electric Co." Harvard Business School Case 672-038, September 1971. (Revised September 1983.)
- Article
Lifetime Portfolio Selection under Uncertainty: The Continuous-Time Case
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Lifetime Portfolio Selection under Uncertainty: The Continuous-Time Case." Review of Economics and Statistics 51, no. 3 (August 1969): 247–257. (Chapter II of Ph.D. dissertation; Chapter 4 in Continuous-Time Finance.)
- 1969
- Other Unpublished Work
An Empirical Investigation of the Samuelson Rational Warrant Pricing Theory
By: Robert C. Merton
- Research Summary
A Case Study Approach to Teaching Real Estate
William J. Poorvu has developed a casebook and instructor's manual for teaching real estate by the case method. Real Estate: A Case Study Approach elaborates a conceptual framework for viewing real estate and the real-estate process. The instructor's manual (which...
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- Article
A Universal In-Place Reconfiguration Algorithm for Sliding Cube-Shaped Robots in Quadratic Time
By: Zachary Abel, Hugo A. Akitaya, Scott Duke Kominers, Matias Korman and Frederick Stock
In the modular robot reconfiguration problem we are given n cube-shaped modules (or "robots") as well as two configurations, i.e., placements of the n modules so that their union is face-connected. The goal is to find a sequence of moves that reconfigures the modules...
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- Forthcoming
- Article
Backstage Matters: Collective Energy and Information Sharing on Global Teams
By: Wenjie Ma, Leslie A. Perlow and Eunice Eun
It is well documented that information sharing – which is central to team effectiveness – is complicated by cultural and geographical factors. However, little is known about the process of information sharing between subgroups within global teams. Building on Goffman’s...
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Ma, Wenjie, Leslie A. Perlow, and Eunice Eun. "Backstage Matters: Collective Energy and Information Sharing on Global Teams." Academy of Management Discoveries (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 8, 2024.)
- Research Summary
Behavioral Hazard and Public Policy
It is well recognized that people overuse low-value medical care due to moral hazard—because copays are lower than costs. Now Professor Schwartzstein has introduced the concept of “behavioral hazard” to explain the opposite: people underuse high-value care because... View Details