System - Publications - Faculty & Research

The research and development lab at the semiconductor development and manufacturing facility of a computer systems manufacturer has embarked on a radically improved semiconductor manufacturing process for application in a new computer system. The case offers a detailed... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Governance Controls; Production; Research and Development; Hardware; Semiconductor Industry

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1985
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions

By: A. D. Chandler Jr. and R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Economic Systems; Managerial Roles

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1985
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: Case Commentary and Teaching Technique

By: R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Economic Systems; Managerial Roles

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1985
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Achieving System Cooperation in Developing the Market for Consumer Videotex

By: John A. Quelch and George Yip

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February 1985
Teaching Note

Duncan Field (A), Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-382-137). View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Negotiation; System; Personal Development and Career; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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February 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Teaching Note

SSS (Scientific Systems Services), Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Keywords: Service Industry

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January 1985
Article

The Role of the Revolutionary State in the Nicaraguan Food System

By: James E. Austin, Jonathan Abbott Fox and Walter Kruger

Keywords: Food; System

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December 1984
Case

Expense Tracking System at Tiger Creek

By: Shoshana Zuboff

Mill manager Carl Adelman learns that a group of senior managers is soon to visit the Tiger Creek mill to learn more about the success of the newly implemented Expense Tracking System. The System had been installed on two paper machines to give workers real time cost... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Success; Cost Management; Technology; Pulp and Paper Industry

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December 1984
Article

Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Problems and Challenges

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October 1984
Background Note

Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Problems and Challenges; Balance and Stability

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August 1984 (Revised March 1989)
Background Note

Direct, Personal Leadership

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Argues that to be effective leaders, general managers must focus on substance, not process, and aggressively combat the forces that can lead to the politicization of the organization. Examines the leader's direct role in setting and communicating goals, managing the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes

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