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- August 1983 (Revised May 1985)
- Case
Jamestown Co.
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Edward J. Hoff
In May 1983 Ms. Katherine O'Brien, vice president of marketing, was deciding whether Jamestown should discontinue the use of independent representatives in favor of a direct company salesforce. Jamestown sold informal stoneware dinnerware through department and gift... View Details
- August 1983 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Milford Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
The new district sales manager for a tool company must determine how to get his district "back on track." The case presents various qualitative and quantitative information on the salespeople. Teaching objectives include the specification of the tasks of a district... View Details
- August 1983
- Background Note
Balance of Payments: Accounting and Presentation
By: David B. Yoffie
Provides an overview of balance of payments accounting and analytical presentation of balance of payments data. Includes sample transactions to illustrate the application of the basic accounting principles and definitions of the standard balances. View Details
- July 1983
- Background Note
Brave New World: Note on the Data Communications Marketplace--1983
By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Information Industry
- June 1983
- Article
Don't Bet on It: Contingent Agreements with Asymmetric Information
By: James K. Sebenius and John Geanakoplos
- May 1983 (Revised May 1993)
- Teaching Note
Janus Designs Ltd., Teaching Note
- May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.
Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated... View Details
- Article
Wage-Employment Contracts
By: Jerry R. Green and Charles M. Kahn
This paper studies the efficient agreements about the dependence of workers' earnings on employment, when the employment level is controlled by firms. The firms' superior information about profitability conditions is responsible for this form of contract governance.... View Details
- March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
- Teaching Note
Corning Glass: Information Systems Planning, Teaching Note
- March 1983 (Revised April 1987)
- Teaching Note
McGraw-Hill Book Co.: Micro Computer Resource Center, Teaching Note
- February 1983 (Revised September 1990)
- Teaching Note
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Evaluation of End-User Systems, Teaching Note
- 1983
- Manual
Instructor's Manual to Accompany Managing Behavior in Organizations: Text, Cases, Readings
By: Phyllis F. Schlesinger, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro
- 1982
- Casebook
Cases in Operations Management: Strategy and Structure
By: W. Earl Sasser, Kim B. Clark, David A. Garvin, Margaret B.W. Graham, Ramchandran Jaikumar and David H. Maister
- September 1982
- Article
Scale Changes and Shared Information in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
By: A. E. Roth and M. Malouf
- September 1982
- Article
The Role of Information in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
By: A. E. Roth and J. K. Murnighan
Keywords: Information
- August 1982 (Revised June 1983)
- Case
American President Lines Ltd.: CMS-I Decision (A)
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael R. Vitale
- 1982
- Casebook
Cases in Operations Management: Analysis and Action
By: W. Earl Sasser, Kim B. Clark, David A. Garvin, Margaret B.W. Graham, Ramchandran Jaikumar and David H. Maister