Publications

July 1986 (Revised August 1987)
Background Note

Note on Comparative Advantage

By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman

Discusses David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and the refinement of his model developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. Presents several criticisms of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, including Wassily Leontief's empirical demonstration that the nature of... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics; Trade; Theory

Article

Partially Verifiable Information and Mechanism Design

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont

In a principal-agent model with adverse selection, we study the implementation of social choice functions when the agent's message space is a correspondence which depends on this true characteristic. We characterize such correspondence for which the Revelation... View Details

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April 1986 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Sun Microsystems managers must decide whether to launch a new product into manufacturing. Teaching objectives include: 1) an analysis of the competitive environment, 2) examination of technological choices, 3) understanding of the new product development process, and... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Product Launch; Product Development; Production; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry

January 1986 (Revised April 1987)
Background Note

Models for Updating Demand Forecasts

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction

01 Jan 1986
Conference Presentation

Idea Generation and Issue Analysis in Organization Planning

By: L. M. Applegate, J. Nunamaker and B. R. Konsynski

Keywords: Planning; Innovation and Invention

1986
Article

Model Management Systems: Designs for Decision Support

By: L. M. Applegate, B. Konsynski and J. Nunamaker

Keywords: Management; System; Design; Decision Making

December 1985
Article

An Empirical Analysis of the Interfirm Equity Investment Process

By: W. Mikkelson and R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Theory; Equity; Investment

01 Dec 1985
Keynote Speech

Model Management Systems: Proposed Model Representations and Future Designs

By: L. M. Applegate, G. Klein, B. R. Konsynski and J. F. Nunamaker

Keywords: Management Systems

November 1985 (Revised August 1997)
Case

Harnischfeger Corp.

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Presents an analysis of Harnischfeger's quality of earnings, and the investment potential of the company's stock in light of the company's turnaround strategy. View Details

Keywords: Financial Condition; Revenue; Stock Shares; Profit; Economic Growth; Financial Reporting; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Safety; Utilities Industry

1 Nov 1985
Conference Presentation

Implementing Model Extraction in a Model Manager

By: Lynda M. Applegate and G. Klein

Keywords: Management

July 1985 (Revised March 1994)
Background Note

Exposure and Hedging

By: David E. Bell

Describes the concept of exposure; the dependence of a goal on an uncertain external event. Describes in detail how hedges may be constructed to eliminate exposure, including the algebra of cross-hedging and hedge ratios. The relevance of regression analysis is... View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Finance

July 1985 (Revised February 1987)
Background Note

Autoregressive Models and Autocorrelated Errors

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

May 1985
Supplement

Milford Industries (A1)

By: Robert J. Dolan

Presents the salesforce performance data of the Milford (A) case in a format suitable for spreadsheet analysis using a personal computer. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Salesforce Management; Resignation and Termination; Performance Evaluation

March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
Case

Wilmington Tap and Die

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The general manager of a division manufacturing taps and dies must decide whether to continue a major capital investment program. The program was designed to replace aging mechanical machines with modern, electronically controlled equipment. A post-audit, after an... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Investment; Accounting Audits; Cost Management; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Manufacturing Industry

1985
Chapter

The Role of Contingent Claims Analysis in Corporate Finance

By: Scott P. Mason and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Corporate Finance