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      • August 1988 (Revised November 1988)
      • Case

      Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Texas Instruments implements a Cost of Quality (COQ) system as part of a company-wide "Total Quality Thrust." After several years of operation, group management questions whether or not the COQ system should be updated to make it more useful in identifying areas for... View Details
      Keywords: Quality; Performance Improvement
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (A)." Harvard Business School Case 189-029, August 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
      • April 1988 (Revised September 1992)
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      Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Prior to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, companies with private trucking fleets were generally prohibited from selling transportation services to other companies. The deregulation of the trucking industry in 1980 allowed private carriers to offer for-hire transportation... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Revenue; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Service Operations; Sales; Salesforce Management; Transportation; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision." Harvard Business School Case 688-104, April 1988. (Revised September 1992.)
      • April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
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      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
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      Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
      • January 1987 (Revised January 2002)
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      Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.

      By: Ramchandran Jaikumar, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield and Kathryn E. Stecke
      A rapidly growing machine parts manufacturer is trying to decide whether to acquire an advanced Flexible Manufacturing System or Systems. The selection decisions must address the impact of new technology, the effect of setup times on production planning and capacity,... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Cost vs Benefits; Machinery and Machining; Production; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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      Jaikumar, Ramchandran, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield, and Kathryn E. Stecke. "Baker Precision Instruments, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 687-052, January 1987. (Revised January 2002.)
      • November 1985 (Revised November 1987)
      • Case

      R&R

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Outlines alternative mechanisms for getting into business. Shows the means by which an experienced entrepreneur can gain control over the necessary resources in order to lower the fixed costs of business entry. Provides a mechanism for discussing the role of... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Entrepreneurship
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "R&R." Harvard Business School Case 386-019, November 1985. (Revised November 1987.)
      • March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
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      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
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Wilmington Tap and Die." Harvard Business School Case 185-124, March 1985. (Revised November 1985.)
      • 1985
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      Sequential Innovation and Market Structure

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      This paper concerns the introduction of a sequence of new, higher-quality durable products in a market in which there already exists a lower-quality substitute. The product has the further attribute that a real resource cost is incurred at the time a higher-quality... View Details
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Sequential Innovation and Market Structure." Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper, No. 1185, October 1985.
      • winter 1985
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      The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards

      By: Timothy F. Bresnahan and Dennis Yao
      An important component of the costs of automotive air-pollution control has been nonpecuniary: a decline in vehicle performance characteristics. This regulatory impact on what the auto industry calls "drivability" has never been quantified, although there is... View Details
      Keywords: Transportation; Pollutants; Cost; Standards; Performance; Quality; Auto Industry
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      Bresnahan, Timothy F., and Dennis Yao. "The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards." RAND Journal of Economics 16, no. 4 (winter 1985): 437–455. ((reprinted in W. Harrington and V. McConnell (eds.) Controlling Automobile Air Pollution, 2007) Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • December 1984
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      Expense Tracking System at Tiger Creek

      By: Shoshana Zuboff
      Mill manager Carl Adelman learns that a group of senior managers is soon to visit the Tiger Creek mill to learn more about the success of the newly implemented Expense Tracking System. The System had been installed on two paper machines to give workers real time cost... View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Success; Cost Management; Technology; Pulp and Paper Industry
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      Zuboff, Shoshana. "Expense Tracking System at Tiger Creek." Harvard Business School Case 485-057, December 1984.
      • July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
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      CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
      • September 1983
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      Budgetary Time Bombs: Controlling Government Loan Guarantees

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Donald R. Lessard and Scott P. Mason
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Government and Politics; Financing and Loans
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., Donald R. Lessard, and Scott P. Mason. "Budgetary Time Bombs: Controlling Government Loan Guarantees." Canadian Public Policy 9, no. 3 (September 1983).
      • June 1982 (Revised May 1995)
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      Ellis Manufacturing Co.

      By: Roy D. Shapiro
      Ellis finds itself in a weakening competitive position largely due to the lack of rationalization in its plants. Driven by a strong traditionally decentralized sales organization, Ellis finds that all plants want control over all product lines. As a result, overall... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Cost; Analytics and Data Science; Brands and Branding; Performance Capacity; Competitive Strategy; Construction Industry
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      Shapiro, Roy D. "Ellis Manufacturing Co." Harvard Business School Case 682-103, June 1982. (Revised May 1995.)
      • April 1982 (Revised September 1986)
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      Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      A newly appointed country subsidiary manager must decide on action for an operation losing $1 million per month. He is constrained by price controls on one hand and sensitive union relations on the other. Furthermore a major loss-contributing plant has recently been... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transition; Cost Management; Management; Crisis Management; Labor and Management Relations
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson." Harvard Business School Case 382-139, April 1982. (Revised September 1986.)
      • 1980
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      Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process

      By: Alan J. Auerbach and Jerry R. Green
      This paper presents a structural model of production and inventory accumulation based on the hypothesis of cost minimization. It differs from previous attempts in several respects. First, it integrates the analysis of input inventories with output inventories, treating... View Details
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      Auerbach, Alan J., and Jerry R. Green. "Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 491, June 1980.
      • 1980
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      Consumer Impulse Purchase and Credit Card Usage: An Empirical Examination Using the Log Linear Model

      By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan
      Most of the work in impulse purchase behavior has investigated the association of socioeconomic variables and unplanned purchases with equivocal results. This paper examines the interrelationship between impulse purchases, credit card usage, cost of items bought, and... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Mathematical Methods; Credit Cards; Income
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      Deshpandé, Rohit, and S. Krishnan. "Consumer Impulse Purchase and Credit Card Usage: An Empirical Examination Using the Log Linear Model." Advances in Consumer Research 7 (1980): 792–795.
      • 1977
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      Management Accounting and Control of Data Processing

      By: R. L. Nolan
      Keywords: Management; Cost Accounting; Data and Data Sets
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      Nolan, R. L. Management Accounting and Control of Data Processing. NY: National Association of Accountants, 1977.
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      On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws

      By: Jerry R. Green
      We consider the control of tvo-party accidents through the use of liability rules that assign damages according to whether or not predetermined standards for care have been met. Particular emphasis is given to how the differential in the costs of accident avoidance... View Details
      Keywords: Legal Liability; Law
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      Green, Jerry R. "On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws." Bell Journal of Economics 7, no. 2 (Fall 1976): 553–574.
      • September 1976 (Revised July 1995)
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      Texas Instruments: Time Products Division

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Outlines the components of Texas Instruments' low-cost digital watch. Focus is on getting the assembly line running smoothly and efficiently in order to meet production cost and delivery requirements. View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Production; Service Delivery; Performance Efficiency; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Texas Instruments: Time Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 677-043, September 1976. (Revised July 1995.)
      • July 1976
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      Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation

      By: T. M. Amabile, W. DeJong and M. R. Lepper
      Studied the effects of externally imposed deadlines on individuals' task performance and their subsequent interest in the task. In 1 deadline condition, 20 male undergraduates were given an explicit time limit for solving a series of initially interesting word games.... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Time Management; Social Psychology; Situation or Environment
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      Amabile, T. M., W. DeJong, and M. R. Lepper. "Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 34, no. 1 (July 1976): 92–98.
      • August 1974 (Revised November 1974)
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      Reynolds Construction Company

      By: Paul W. Marshall
      Deals with the use of critical path method for the construction of remote control building, which is part of a water purification system. Discusses the necessity of determining the shortest possible time in which a job could be done without spending more money. Case... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Cost Management; Time Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; System; Construction Industry
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      Marshall, Paul W. "Reynolds Construction Company." Harvard Business School Case 675-017, August 1974. (Revised November 1974.)
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