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- January 1988 (Revised January 2007)
- Background Note
Leading Change
By: Michael Beer
Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the process of leading organizational change. Change leaders must create dissatisfaction with the status quo, develop a vision of the future state, and manage a process that sequences and orchestrates events and changes... View Details
Beer, Michael. "Leading Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 488-037, January 1988. (Revised January 2007.)
- November 1987 (Revised June 1988)
- Case
ServiceMaster Industries, Inc.
By: James L. Heskett
The CEO of ServiceMaster Industries has convened an internal task force to come up with ideas for reorganizing the company to accommodate unusually fast growth. In developing both alternatives and criteria for appraising them, the task force has to keep in mind the... View Details
Heskett, James L. "ServiceMaster Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 388-064, November 1987. (Revised June 1988.)
- 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
Green, Jerry R. "'Making Book Against Oneself,' the Independence Axiom, and Non-Linear Utility Theory." Quarterly Journal of Economics 102, no. 4 (November 1987): 785–796.
- October 1987 (Revised October 1989)
- Background Note
Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change
Discusses elements in organizing a large scale change effort: defining a shared vision, coalition building, management structure and process, communication and education, local participation and innovation, standards and measures, and symbols and signals. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Communication; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Standards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-002, October 1987. (Revised October 1989.)
- October 1987 (Revised January 2013)
- Background Note
Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models
Explores some of the issues involved in valuing cash flow streams. A simple model is presented that reveals the effect on value of changing assumptions about the appropriate discount rate, the level of profitability, the growth rate of sales, the asset intensity ratio,... View Details
Sahlman, William A. "Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 288-023, October 1987. (Revised January 2013.)
- Article
Measurement of Productivity Improvements: An Empirical Analysis
By: R. Banker, S. Datar and M. Rajan
Banker, R., S. Datar, and M. Rajan. "Measurement of Productivity Improvements: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 2, no. 4 (Fall 1987): 319–347.
- Book Review
Review of Implementing New Technologies: Choice, Decision and Change in Manufacturing, edited by E. Rhodes and D. Wield
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Review of Implementing New Technologies: Choice, Decision and Change in Manufacturing, edited by E. Rhodes and D. Wield." Administrative Science Quarterly 32, no. 3 (September 1987).
- July 1987
- Case
Altoona Corp.: Computer Products Division
By: Roger E. Bohn and Robert H. Hayes
A relatively small manufacturer of computer memory disks has achieved a major market position through the use of its statistical quality control (SQC) program. It is now expanding the production of a new line of disks and is encountering problems getting the process... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Volatility; Performance Consistency; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Quality; Mathematical Methods; Hardware; Manufacturing Industry
Bohn, Roger E., and Robert H. Hayes. "Altoona Corp.: Computer Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 688-010, July 1987.
- 1987
- Chapter
The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Tiberg Co.
By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence
Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
- April 1987
- Article
The Effect of Accounting Procedure Changes on CEO's Cash Salary and Bonus Compensation
By: Paul M. Healy, Sok-Hyon Kang and Krishna G. Palepu
Healy, Paul M., Sok-Hyon Kang, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Effect of Accounting Procedure Changes on CEO's Cash Salary and Bonus Compensation." Journal of Accounting & Economics 9, no. 1 (April 1987): 7–34.
- 1987
- Book
Ideology and National Competitiveness : An Analysis of Nine Countries
By: George C. Lodge and Ezra F. Vogel
Lodge, George C., and Ezra F. Vogel. Ideology and National Competitiveness : An Analysis of Nine Countries. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987.
- January 1987
- Article
From Status to Contribution: Organizational Implications of the Changing Basis for Pay
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "From Status to Contribution: Organizational Implications of the Changing Basis for Pay." Personnel (January 1987). (Reprinted as "How the New Pay Plans Stack Up." Best of Business Quarterly (fall 1987). Reprintings inlcude: Selected Readings in Strategic Human Resources Management, edited by F.K. Foulkes Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1989; Current Approaches to Pay and Benefits, edited by J.N. Matzer Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, 1988.)
- January 1987
- Article
Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem." Econometrica 55, no. 1 (January 1987): 69–94.
- 1987
- Working Paper
Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets
By: K. A. Froot
Simple regression tests that have power against the alternatives that asset prices and expected future asset returns are excessively volatile are developed and performed for the foreign exchange and stock markets. These tests have a number of advantages over... View Details
- January 1987
- Article
The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting." Management Accounting (January 1987): 22–30.
- December 1986 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986
Provides an update to the global competitive interaction between Caterpillar and Komatsu described in companion cases Caterpillar Tractor and Komatsu Ltd. Caterpillar's response to Komatsu's growing market share is outlined, then the impact of rapidly changing... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Currency Exchange Rate; Price; Global Strategy; Policy; Market Participation; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Industrial Products Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-095, December 1986. (Revised March 1991.)
- winter 1986
- Article
Changing Patterns of International Competition
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Changing Patterns of International Competition." California Management Review 28, no. 2 (winter 1986).
- November 1986 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd.
Describes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful.... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Market Entry and Exit; Strategic Planning; Agency Theory; Perspective; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 387-043, November 1986. (Revised December 1992.)