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      • October 1991 (Revised January 2002)
      • Case

      Butler Lumber Company

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      The Butler Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of the... View Details
      Keywords: Commercial Banking; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Capital Structure; Forecasting and Prediction
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Butler Lumber Company." Harvard Business School Case 292-013, October 1991. (Revised January 2002.)
      • October 1991 (Revised November 1993)
      • Case

      Dynashears, Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A senior loan officer is reviewing the recent performance of a company that has failed to repay its loan as scheduled. The failure results from a cyclical downturn in sales, coupled with a lag in cutting back production. Inventory risk is minimal. Teaching objective:... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Business Cycles; Financial Condition; Risk and Uncertainty; Failure
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Dynashears, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 292-017, October 1991. (Revised November 1993.)
      • October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
      • Case

      Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and... View Details
      Keywords: Rail Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Rail Industry; United States
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-018, October 1991. (Revised August 1993.)
      • September 1991 (Revised August 1994)
      • Background Note

      Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Traces the evolution of U.S. regulatory policy towards the pharmaceutical industry over the course of the twentieth century. A major theme is the steady shift away from a policy of 'let the buyer beware' to the creation of a complex and time-consuming review process,... View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Industry Growth; Marketing; Research and Development; Health Testing and Trials; Economics; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-002, September 1991. (Revised August 1994.)
      • September 1991 (Revised February 1993)
      • Case

      Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Burroughs Wellcome Co., developer of AZT, the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), finds itself under siege in September 1989 by AIDS activists and various segments of the U.S.... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Ethics; Business and Government Relations; Communication Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Monopoly; Intellectual Property; Research and Development; Price; Pharmaceutical Industry; London
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-004, September 1991. (Revised February 1993.)
      • September 1991 (Revised May 1994)
      • Background Note

      Note on the PC Network Software Industry--1990

      By: David B. Yoffie
      Examines the economics, technology, customer segments, and competitors of the PC networking software industry. View Details
      Keywords: Customers; Economics; Competition; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Information Infrastructure
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      Yoffie, David B. "Note on the PC Network Software Industry--1990." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-022, September 1991. (Revised May 1994.)
      • August 1991 (Revised March 1993)
      • Case

      Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Champion's forest products division owns timberlands, sawmills, and plywood mills in the Pacific Northwest. The listing of the northern spotted owl as an endangered species, and restrictions on exports of logs from state-owned lands, have disrupted the stumpage, log... View Details
      Keywords: Science-Based Business; Natural Environment; Product Marketing; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Strategy; Trade; Decisions; Management Teams; Forest Products Industry; North and Central America
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Champion International Corp.: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl." Harvard Business School Case 792-017, August 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
      • July 1991
      • Case

      Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      Provides numerical data and alternative explanations concerning the U.S. dollar's rise and subsequent fall in value from 1981 through 1987. Students are challenged to study the evidence and make their own inferences concerning the dollar's movements and the degree of... View Details
      Keywords: Macroeconomics; Currency Exchange Rate; Price; Theory; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 292-001, July 1991.
      • June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
      • Case

      Lithonia Lighting

      By: Nitin Nohria
      In early 1991, Lithonia, the U.S.'s largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures, faced a major slump in the construction business that threatened to cause its first decline in revenues after over a decade of strong growth. With financial pressures from its parent company... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Industry Growth; Decision Making; Information Technology; Financial Crisis; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Electronics Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Lithonia Lighting." Harvard Business School Case 492-003, June 1991. (Revised May 1992.)
      • May 1991 (Revised October 1993)
      • Case

      Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)

      By: David B. Yoffie
      Describes the competitive situation that has arisen in the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry since Airbus entered in 1970. Having overtaken McDonnell Douglas for second place, Airbus announces plans to challenge market leader Boeing's last pocket of dominance.... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Trade; Ethics; Investment; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Sales; Competitive Strategy; Technology Adoption; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Yoffie, David B. "Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-106, May 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
      • May 1991 (Revised October 1998)
      • Case

      NIKE (A) (Condensed)

      By: David B. Yoffie
      Describes the history of Nike, its strategy, and the industry in which it competes. The teaching objective is to ask the student to identify and evaluate Nike's economic/technical strategy. View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Economics; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Yoffie, David B. "NIKE (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 391-238, May 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
      • May 1991
      • Case

      Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Money
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-094, May 1991.
      • May 1991
      • Supplement

      Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (B)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Money; Cost; Public Administration Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 191-095, May 1991.
      • April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
      • Case

      Koito Manufacturing Ltd.

      By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
      Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Corporate Governance; Production; Supply Chain; Performance Efficiency; Welfare; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Koito Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 291-027, April 1991. (Revised July 1992.)
      • March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
      • Case

      The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation. View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Trade; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; North America
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      Lorsch, Jay W. "The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 491-117, March 1991. (Revised January 1996.)
      • March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
      • Case

      TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      During the period of 1987 to 1990, while Thailand had one of the fastest growing economies in the world (average growth rate of 12%), the income disparity between its rural and urban population (especially Bangkok City) was growing increasingly worse. Mechai... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Management Skills; Programs; Wealth and Poverty; Thailand
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development." Harvard Business School Case 591-099, March 1991. (Revised May 1991.)
      • 1991
      • Chapter

      An Economic Approach to the Study of Bargaining

      By: A. E. Roth
      Keywords: Negotiation; Economics; Mathematical Methods
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      Roth, A. E. "An Economic Approach to the Study of Bargaining." In Handbook of Negotiation Research. Vol. 3, edited by M. H. Bazerman, R. J. Lewicki, and B. H. Sheppard, 35–67. Research on Negotiation in Organizations. JAI Press, 1991.
      • February 1991 (Revised March 1993)
      • Supplement

      USSR--1990, Supplement

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Provides an update of key social, political, and economic outcomes in the Soviet Union over the period April 1990 to February 1991. View Details
      Keywords: Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Government and Politics; Economy; Transition; Soviet Union
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-161, February 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
      • February 1991 (Revised November 2010)
      • Case

      Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem

      By: Robert L. Simons and Dale Geiger
      Tennessee Controls has instituted a new formal asset acquisition process to rank competing proposals. Judy Starnes, the new division manager, is asked to rank three proposals by using techniques to quantify economic returns, risk, as well as the credibility of the... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Electronics Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Dale Geiger. "Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem." Harvard Business School Case 191-083, February 1991. (Revised November 2010.)
      • 1991
      • Book

      Economic Environment of International Business

      By: R. Vernon and L. T. Wells Jr.
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Global Range; Economics
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      Vernon, R., and L. T. Wells Jr. Economic Environment of International Business. 5th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. (Wells was a co-author of the first through fourth editions, as well. One edition was published in Chinese by the editorial staff of the Shanghai San-Lian Bookstore, 1990.)
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