Publications

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Situation or Environment; Auto Industry; United States

April 1987 (Revised June 1987)
Background Note

Apparel Industry's Political Profile

May 1986 (Revised November 1990)
Case

Airbus vs. Boeing (A): Turbulent Skies

Presents the economic and political dimensions of competition in the commercial aircraft industry, as demonstrated by Airbus of Europe and Boeing of the United States. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Government and Politics; Competition; Aerospace Industry; Europe; United States

Educators

January 1986 (Revised March 1986)
Background Note

Note on the Creation of Corporate Wealth

May 1982 (Revised February 1983)
Supplement

Ford Motor Co. (D)

Keywords: Auto Industry

July 1976
Case

Franklin Harris and Sons, Inc.

April 1975 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Keywords: Arts; Music Entertainment; Music Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Boston

October 1969 (Revised August 1983)
Case

Tensor Corp.

2024
Working Paper

The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal…and What to Do about It

What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer is not entirely clear, I argue in this essay that any effort aimed at restoring... View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Systems; Trust; United States

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2014
Working Paper

Crony Capitalism, American Style: What Are We Talking About Here?

This paper seeks to reduce the ambiguity surrounding our understanding of what crony capitalism is, what it is not, what costs crony capitalism leaves in its wake, and how we might contain it. View Details

Keywords: Democracy; Industrial Governance; Institutional Corruption; Crony Capitalism; Lobbying; Campaign Finance; Costs; Cronyism; Business Ethics; Campaign Finance Reform; Revolving Door; Economic Systems; Ethics; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; United States

SSRN

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2010
Working Paper

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives

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July 1999
Case

Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance

Presents the new pay-for-performance scheme adopted by General Motors (GM) in its 1999 reorganization of its sales and marketing organization. Once in operation, many administrative problems developed requiring a reconsideration of the scheme's basic architecture. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Compensation and Benefits; Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Auto Industry; North America

Educators

February 1999 (Revised March 1999)
Teaching Note

Deere & Company: Sustaining Value TN

Teaching Note for (9-899-001). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

June 1989
Teaching Note

Asahi Breweries Ltd., Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-389-114). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Japan

May 1988 (Revised November 1990)
Case

Airbus vs. Boeing (B): The Storm Intensifies

Discusses the growing competition faced by U.S. producers of civil aircraft due to the success and expanding product line of Airbus Industries. Designed to foster discussion of international trade policy as it affects producers in the industry and to encourage firm... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Policy; Negotiation; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Aerospace Industry; United States

Educators

June 1987 (Revised September 1987)
Case

Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency

Keywords: Competition; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Semiconductor Industry; Japan; United States

April 1987
Background Note

Canadian Textile Policy Since 1970

May 1986 (Revised October 1993)
Case

Moet-Hennessy Group

Presents the strategic and organizational problems of a venerable French firm pursuing product and financial diversification in an international context. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Product Marketing; Organizations; Diversification; France