Publications

Keywords: Utilities Industry

December 1988
Article

Ordinal Independence in Non-Linear Utility Theory

By: Jerry R. Green and Bruno Jullien

Individual behavior under uncertainty is characterized using a new axiom, ordinal independence, which is a weakened form of the von Neumann-Morgcnslern independence axiom. It states that if two distributions share a tail in common, then this tail can be modified... View Details

Keywords: Preferences

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1988
Chapter

The Expected Utility of Playing a Game

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Game Theory; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Motivation and Incentives

August 1988 (Revised January 1990)
Case

Boston Edison vs. City of Boston

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Boston

Article

'Making Book Against Oneself,' the Independence Axiom, and Non-Linear Utility Theory

By: Jerry R. Green

An individual with known preferences over lotteries can be led to accept random wealth distributions different from his initial endowment by a sequential process in which some uncertainty is resolved and he is offered a new lottery in place of the remaining... View Details

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April 1987 (Revised May 1995)
Teaching Note

Harnischfeger Corp., Teaching Note

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for (9-186-160). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry

Purchase

March 1987 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Utilities Industry

February 1987 (Revised February 2000)
Case

Polysar Limited

By: Robert L. Simons

Canada's largest chemical company produces and markets butyl rubber in two divisions, each treated as a profit center. The new plant in the North American Division operates below capacity resulting in a significant volume variance and an operating loss. The European... View Details

Keywords: Loss; Profit; Financial Management; Volume; Performance Capacity; Financial Statements; For-Profit Firms; Market Participation; Chemical Industry; Rubber Industry; Canada

Educators

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1987
Other Unpublished Work

Re-Establishing the Regulatory Bargain in the Electric Utility Industry

By: Dutch Leonard, Joseph P. Kalt and Henry Lee

Keywords: Governance Controls; Utilities Industry

Article

Truth Tests and Utility Tests: Private Sector Decision Makers' Frames of Reference for Social Science Research

By: Rohit Deshpandé

December 1985
Case

Water Meter Industry in 1982

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

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

Educators

Purchase

July 1984 (Revised February 1987)
Teaching Note

Boston Edison: Overload, Teaching Note

Keywords: Utilities Industry

May 1984 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Western Electric at Merrimack Valley

By: W. Earl Sasser and Dorothy Leonard-Barton

Keywords: Utilities Industry

April 1984 (Revised May 1984)
Teaching Note

Commonwealth Edison (A), Teaching Note

Keywords: Utilities Industry

January 1984 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Commonwealth Edison (A)

Keywords: Utilities Industry

Article

Participation Constraints in the Vickrey Auction

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont

Economic agents are characterized by two privately observable parameters: their willingness to pay for an item being auctioned, and their reservation utility level which must be exceeded, in expectation, to induce them to participate in this auction. This creates a... View Details