Publications

Article

Imperfect Personal Information and the Demand Revealing Process: A Sampling Approach

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont

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January 1977
Case

MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)

By: Thomas R. Piper

A large diversified company must develop a strategy for a division whose performance has deteriorated due to its aging product. Alternatives range from liquidation to a major investment in a new product. The formal capital budgeting system is compared with the informal... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Capital Budgeting

Educators

1977
Chapter

On the Economics of Information with Incomplete Markets

By: Jerry R. Green

October 1976 (Revised October 1985)
Teaching Note

Washington Post (A) and (B), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-677-076) and (9-677-077). View Details

Keywords: Newspapers; Journalism and News Industry

spring 1976
Article

Information, Politics and Economic Analysis: The Regulatory Decision Process in the Air Freight Cases

By: M. E. Porter and J. F. Sagansky

Keywords: Information; Government and Politics; Economics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Making

February 1976
Case

NCR Corp.

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

January 1976
Teaching Note

Gruner & Jahr AG & Co., Teaching Note

Keywords: Teaching; Information

January 1976
Teaching Note

Perrin Freres, Teaching Note

Keywords: Teaching; Information

1975
Working Paper

Information, Efficiency and Equilibrium

By: Jerry R. Green

When economic agents receive information over time concerning future events it is likely that prices for commodities whose value is influenced by these events will fluctuate in response to changes in the state of knowledge. If such events occur periodically,... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Supply and Industry; Price

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November 1975 (Revised October 1976)
Case

Cross River Products

Describes production task of meeting peak seasonal demands in a light manufacturing plant. Information is provided for evaluating the options of overtime, second shift, second production line, and inventory buildup. View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Information; Labor; Demand and Consumers; Production; Supply Chain

Educators

July 1975
Background Note

Introduction to the Case Method

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Guidelines to aid the student in analyzing a case situation by casting himself or herself in the role of protagonist, developing criteria for alternative decisions, and generalizing to other situations. View Details

Keywords: Cases

Educators