Publications

October 1994
Article

Issues in the Estimation and Application of Latent Structure Models of Choice

By: Ulf Bockenholt, Melinda S. de Borrero, Ham Bozdogan, Wayne DeSarbo, William R. Dillon, Sunil Gupta, Wagner Kamakura, Ajith Kumar, V. Ramaswamy and Michael Zenor

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions

October 1994
Article

When Worlds Collide: The Implications of Panel Data-Based Choice Models for Consumer Behavior

By: R. S. Winer, R.E. Bucklin, J. A. Deighton, J. Erdem, P.S. Fader, J.J. Inman, H. Katahira, Katherine N. Lemon and A. Mitchell

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Consumer Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions

September 1994 (Revised June 2017)
Case

Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis

By: Robert Simons and Antonio Davila

Students are asked to use actual and pro forma financial statements to prepare a statement of cash flows under both the direct and indirect method. View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow Analysis; Strategy Execution; Management Control Systems; Analysis; Cash Flow; Financial Statements

September 1994 (Revised August 2011)
Supplement

ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A2)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Solutions and detailed discussion of exercises from the (A) case. Unadvertised per Case Records. View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

September 1994 (Revised August 2011)
Supplement

ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (B2))

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Solutions and detailed discussion of exercises from the (B) case. Unadvertised per Case Records. View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

July 1994 (Revised July 1995)
Case

VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Hossam Galal

Describes VeriFone's new organizational model and its role in catapulting VeriFone to a market leadership position. Examines the impact of information technology and information access on the ability to leverage global resources, market responsiveness, and... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Leadership Development; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Structure; Information Management; Information Technology Industry

July 1994
Article

Competitive Analysis

By: R. Deshpande and H. Gatignon

Keywords: Competition

June 1994
Article

Influence of Mathematical Models in Finance on Practice: Past, Present and Future

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Finance

June 1994
Background Note

Scope and Challenge of Business-to-Business Marketing

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Identifies six key linkages that distinguish business-to-business marketing; three with respect to the external environment (i.e., derived demand, complex buying process, and concentrated customer base) and three with respect to the internal organization (emphasis on... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Customers; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Structure; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Technology

May 1994
Background Note

Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three... View Details

Keywords: Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Complexity; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Product Marketing; Markets; Product

April 1994
Article

Salesforce Compensation Plans: An Individual Level Analysis

By: R. Lal, D. Outland and R. Staelin

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits

March 1994 (Revised December 1998)
Background Note

Managing Your Career

By: Linda A. Hill

Designed to serve as background reading for the "Managing Your Career" module of the second-year MBA elective Power and Influence. Describes the way in which managers learn and develop through on-the-job experience. Outlines a model for launching a "success syndrome"... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career

March 1994
Article

Alternative Models of Price Behavior in Dyadic Negotiations: Market Prices, Reservation Prices and Negotiator Aspirations

By: S. B. White, K. L. McGinn, M. H. Bazerman and M. A. Neale

Keywords: Price; Behavior; Negotiation; Markets

January 1994 (Revised July 2000)
Exercise

Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds--Duration Analysis

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction. View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Bonds; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

Article

Knowledge, Integration and the Locus of Learning: An Empirical Analysis of Process Development

By: Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Knowledge; Integration; Learning; Theory; Growth and Development