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Describes Allen Lane's search for a business to buy. The case explores several failed attempts and the ethical, business, and tax issues that surround the acquisition business. Ends with a description of a new acquisition candidate, an independent valuation report of... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Ethics; Taxation; Failure; Valuation

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September 1983
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Budgetary Time Bombs: Controlling Government Loan Guarantees

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Donald R. Lessard and Scott P. Mason

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Government and Politics; Financing and Loans

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August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
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Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Monopoly; Government and Politics; Industry Structures; Business History

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August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
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Railroad Problem and the Solution

By: Richard S. Tedlow

A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act. View Details

Keywords: Transportation; Rail Transportation; Fluctuation; Outcome or Result; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Business History; Complexity; Problems and Challenges; Rail Industry

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1983
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The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Management; Leadership; Business Ventures; Government and Politics; United States

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March 1983
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European-United States Steel Dispute of 1982

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Steel Industry; Europe; United States

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March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
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Merloni Group

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

The general manager of the recently-established French subsidiary of an Italian appliance company is in conflict with headquarters about unexpectedly poor financial performance. Headquarters management believes it should be able to exert more control over the... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Power and Influence; France; Italy

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March 1983
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Brilliant but Cruel: Perceptions of Negative Evaluators

By: T. M. Amabile

Using edited excerpts from actual negative and positive book reviews, this research examined the hypothesis that negative evaluators of intellectual products will be perceived as more intelligent than positive evaluators. The results strongly supported the hypothesis.... View Details

Keywords: Social Psychology; Situation or Environment; Performance Evaluation; Perception; Status and Position; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence

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1983
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Incentives for Ocean Mining Under the Convention

By: James K. Sebenius and Lance Antrim

Keywords: Mining; Natural Environment; Motivation and Incentives; International Relations; Trade; Mining Industry

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October 1982 (Revised December 1984)
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Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Government Administration; Labor and Management Relations; Human Resources; Management; Public Administration Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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1982
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Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Power and Influence; Business or Company Management

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Bargaining Power of Multinationals and Host Governments

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and N. Fagre

Keywords: Negotiation; Power and Influence; Government and Politics

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fall 1982
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Risk-Spreading Properties of Common Tax and Contract Instruments

By: James K. Sebenius and Peter Stan

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Taxation; Contracts

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May 1982 (Revised June 1982)
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Air Traffic Controllers

By: Michael Beer

On August 3, 1981 President Ronald Reagan terminated 12,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, for violating their no-strike oath. Provides background on the human resources policies and practices of the Federal... View Details

Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Labor and Management Relations; Government and Politics; Labor Unions; Negotiation; Employees; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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