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      • June 1998
      • Case

      PDVSA & CITGO: Plans for Transformation

      By: Ashish Nanda
      Supplements PDVSA & CITGO: Seeking Stability in an Uncertain World. View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Balance and Stability
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Leopoldo E. Lopez Mendoza. "PDVSA & CITGO: Plans for Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 898-266, June 1998.
      • June 1998
      • Article

      The Politics of Monetary Leadership and Followership: Stability in the European Monetary System Since the Currency Crisis of 1992

      By: Rawi Abdelal
      Despite widespread scepticism, there is a fundamental continuity in the stability of the European Monetary System (EMS) before and after the 1992 crisis. Although speculative pressures provoked European leaders to widen the fluctuation bands of the Exchange Rate... View Details
      Keywords: Money; Leadership; System; Balance and Stability; Europe
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      Abdelal, Rawi. "The Politics of Monetary Leadership and Followership: Stability in the European Monetary System Since the Currency Crisis of 1992." Political Studies 46, no. 2 (June 1998): 236–259. (Winner of Harrison Prize Awarded each year for the best article published by Political Studies in that volume​.)
      • June 1998
      • Article

      Using Delegation and Control Systems to Mitigate the Trade-off between the Performance-Evaluation and Belief-Revision Uses of Accounting Standards

      By: V.G. Narayanan and A. Davila
      Keywords: System; Performance Evaluation; Accounting
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      Narayanan, V.G., and A. Davila. "Using Delegation and Control Systems to Mitigate the Trade-off between the Performance-Evaluation and Belief-Revision Uses of Accounting Standards." Special Issue on Mastering Finance Series. Journal of Accounting & Economics 25, no. 3 (June 1998).
      • April 1998 (Revised May 2000)
      • Case

      Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems

      By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
      Guidant is a successful IPO start-up selling pacemakers and defibrillators. The case describes how managers install systems to balance innovation and control. Three parts of a shareholder value strategy are described. Controls include incentive systems, beliefs... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Planning; Risk Management; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Value Creation; System; Service Industry; Financial Services Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems." Harvard Business School Case 198-076, April 1998. (Revised May 2000.)
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Andy Youmans, executive vice president of CSSC, joins a group of U.S. executives on a tour of Japanese factories that practice the TPS. Three of the factories produce products similar to CSSC's, and even though they use similar equipment, they are significantly more... View Details
      Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; System; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Training; Quality; Business Ventures; Competency and Skills; Production; Adoption
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-039, January 1998.
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC), a 50-year-old spring manufacturing and metal stamping firm, is experiencing slow sales growth and feeling the impact of global competition. The company has over 800 customers but little understanding of those customers'... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Competency and Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Customer Relationship Management; Quality; Training; Performance Efficiency; Cost Management; Sales; System
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-038, January 1998.
      • 1998
      • Journal Article

      Ford's Model-T: Pricing over the Product Life Cycle

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
      The pricing decisions monopolistic firms make over time are determined to a large extent by the complex interplay of two distinct sets of elements: demand- and supply-based considerations. Demand factors include the possibilities of (a) exercising dynamic price... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Price; Information; Demand and Consumers; Monopoly; Product; Sales; Complexity; Auto Industry
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Ford's Model-T: Pricing over the Product Life Cycle." Abante: Estudios en dirección de empresas 1, no. 2 (1998): 143–65.
      • January 1998
      • Article

      Tradeoffs within Costing Systems between Incentives and Measurement Objectives

      By: M. Alles, S. Datar and M. Gupta
      Keywords: System; Motivation and Incentives; Measurement and Metrics; Goals and Objectives
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      Alles, M., S. Datar, and M. Gupta. "Tradeoffs within Costing Systems between Incentives and Measurement Objectives." Managerial Finance 24, no. 1 (January 1998): 1–18.
      • 1997
      • Chapter

      On the Dynamics of Forecasting in Technologically Complex Environments: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography

      By: Rebecca M. Henderson
      Keywords: History; Information Technology; Situation or Environment; Complexity; Forecasting and Prediction; Technology Industry
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      Henderson, Rebecca M. "On the Dynamics of Forecasting in Technologically Complex Environments: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography." In Technological Innovation: Oversights and Foresights, edited by Raghu Garud, Praveen Rattan Nayyar, and Zur Baruch Shapira. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
      • November 1997
      • Case

      Colly Cotton Ltd.

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
      Colly Farm is an entrepreneurial cotton farm complex that has to compete on a world market. In going public it has to satisfy the market that it can remain profitable in volatile times. View Details
      Keywords: Earnings Management; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Balance and Stability
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Colly Cotton Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 598-052, November 1997.
      • November 1997 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      WESCO Distribution, Inc.

      By: Das Narayandas
      In 1996, WESCO, a national distributor of electrical equipment and supplies, charted out a growth of 6 to 8 percent in sales, and 12 to 16 percent in profitability over the next five years. The centerpiece of this growth strategy is the National Accounts (NA) program... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Sales; Balance and Stability; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Narayandas, Das. "WESCO Distribution, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-021, November 1997. (Revised February 1998.)
      • November 1997
      • Case

      Odwalla, Inc.

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
      Odwalla suffered one of the worst food safety crises in history and not only survived but continued to grow. Now they need to decide how the crisis affected their business and how to expand their business. View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development; Crisis Management; Safety; Expansion; System Shocks; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Odwalla, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-047, November 1997.
      • October 1997
      • Article

      Vacancy Chains and Equilibration in Senior-Level Labor Markets

      By: Y. Blum, A. E. Roth and U. G. Rothblum
      Keywords: Labor; Markets; Balance and Stability
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      Blum, Y., A. E. Roth, and U. G. Rothblum. "Vacancy Chains and Equilibration in Senior-Level Labor Markets." Journal of Economic Theory 76, no. 2 (October 1997): 362–411.
      • September 1997
      • Article

      Beyond Strategy, Structure, Systems to Purpose, Process, People: Reflections on a Voyage of Discovery

      By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
      Keywords: Strategy; System; Mission and Purpose
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      Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. "Beyond Strategy, Structure, Systems to Purpose, Process, People: Reflections on a Voyage of Discovery." Monash Mt. Eliza Business Review 1, no. 1 (September 1997): 54–61.
      • 1989
      • Chapter

      On Technological Evolution within and of Industry Boundaries

      By: T. Khanna
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Industry Structures; Boundaries
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      Khanna, T. "On Technological Evolution within and of Industry Boundaries." In Research on Technological Innovation, Management, and Policy. Vol. 4, edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and Robert A. Burgelman. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1989.
      • 29 May 1997
      • Lecture

      Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence." Seminar leader. "Executive Workshop

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Keywords: Corporate Accountability; System
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      Paine, Lynn S. Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence." Seminar leader. "Executive Workshop. Lecture at the Aarhus School of Business Executive Workshop, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus, Denmark, May 29, 1997.
      • May 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Tale of Two Electronic Components Distributors TN

      By: Ananth Raman and Bharat P. Rao
      Teaching Note for (9-697-064). View Details
      Keywords: Distribution Channels; Negotiation Deal; Consolidation; Growth and Development; Internet and the Web; Complexity; Electronics Industry
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      Raman, Ananth, and Bharat P. Rao. "Tale of Two Electronic Components Distributors TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-124, May 1997.
      • 17 Apr 1997
      • Conference Presentation

      Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Keywords: Corporate Accountability; System
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence." Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 1997.
      • March 1997 (Revised May 2000)
      • Background Note

      Bretton Woods System of Exchange Rates, The

      By: Louis T. Wells Jr.
      Describes the exchange rate system adopted at Bretton Woods in 1994. View Details
      Keywords: Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Government and Politics; Adoption; System
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      Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Bretton Woods System of Exchange Rates, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-093, March 1997. (Revised May 2000.)
      • January 1997
      • Exercise

      Negotiating Corporate Change: Confidential Information, David Carlson, VP, Management Information Systems

      By: James K. Sebenius
      This case provides the confidential role information necessary for one person in a four-person negotiation simulation about a major corporate change. Specifically, it describes the role of David Carlson as he attempts to negotiate a new uniform corporate information... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Information Management; Negotiation; System
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      Sebenius, James K. "Negotiating Corporate Change: Confidential Information, David Carlson, VP, Management Information Systems." Harvard Business School Exercise 897-057, January 1997.
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