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- July 1989 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (A)
- April 1989 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Technology Transfer: Anti-Inflammatory Discovery (A)
- February 1989 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Intel Corp.--1988
By: David B. Yoffie
In 1988, Intel had a spectacular year. However, Andy Grove, Intel's CEO, wanted to reevaluate the company's position in "systems"--Intel's OEM PC, boards, and supercomputer businesses. This case explores Intel's position in both the semiconductor industry and its... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised March 1995)
- Teaching Note
Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor & (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: Linda A. Hill
Teaching Note for (9-489-084) and (9-490-094). View Details
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: Communications Networks
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: Computer Systems and Components
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
Describes the organizational components of the typical IT organization in a large corporation. Points out common problems and issues for each component of the organization. Also addresses the leadership issues for the IT function, and focuses specifically on the Chief... View Details
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: System Development
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
Provides an overview of the system development process in large organizations. Describes traditional life cycle approaches as well as more recent methods, e.g., prototyping. The objective is to familiarize students with the terminology and issues involving system... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Center for Machine Intelligence: Computer Support for Cooperative Work
- January 1989 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Bank for International Development, Software Case
By: W. Carl Kester and Timothy A. Luehrman
A hypothetical case in which an assistant treasurer of a supranational bank is asked to determine in which currencies it has been cheaper ex post to borrow. An integral part of the case is a Lotus 1-2-3 worksheet containing monthly data on yen and dollar interest... View Details
- Article
Computer-Aided Deliberation: Model Management and Group Decision Support
By: J. F. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and B. R. Konsynski
- Article
Computer-Aided Deliberation: Model Management and Group Decision Support
By: J. F. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and Benn R Konsynski
- November–December 1988
- Article
Information Technology and Tomorrow's Manager
By: L. M. Applegate, J. I. Cash and Q. D. Mills
Keywords: Information Technology
- October 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
NutraSweet Co.: Technology to Tailor-Make Foods
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- September 1988 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Donner Co.
By: Roy D. Shapiro
The management of a small manufacturer of circuit boards faces a number of production and operations management problems. The first day on this case is used to analyze the production capacity of various stages in the process and to examine bottlenecks and key... View Details
- September 1988 (Revised May 1990)
- Teaching Note
Smartwave (B): Implementing an Expert System at Digital Equipment Corp., Teaching Note
Keywords: Technology Adoption
- September 1988 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage... View Details
- September 1988
- Case
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A) (Condensed)
Describes a regional airline that is on the losing end of a strategic application of information technology. Management is focusing on internal data processing issues while its principal, and larger, competitor is using its computerized reservations system to gain... View Details