Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (540) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (540) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (3,459)
    • Faculty Publications  (540)

    Show Results For

    • All HBS Web  (3,459)
      • Faculty Publications  (540)

      Information ProcessingRemove Information Processing →

      ← Page 25 of 540 Results →

      Are you looking for?

      →Search All HBS Web
      • Article

      Non-verifiability, Costly Renegotiation, and Efficiency

      By: Jerry R. Green and J. J. Laffont
      We study the implications of the non verifiability of information for the allocation of resources and the bearing of risk in a two party relationship. We consider a two step approach. In step one the two parties define a non contingent contract which will be executed... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Read Now
      Related
      Green, Jerry R., and J. J. Laffont. "Non-verifiability, Costly Renegotiation, and Efficiency." Annales d'économie et de statistique, no. 36 (October–December 1994): 81–95.
      • August 1994 (Revised May 2001)
      • Case

      ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Sharon L. Rossi
      ITT Automotive is in the process of developing a new-generation antilock brake system (ABS), designated the MK-20. The case focuses on the level of automation to be used in the production of this new system, and whether all plants should use the same process... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation Strategy; Production; Product Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Performance Productivity; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Belgium; Germany; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Pisano, Gary P., and Sharon L. Rossi. "ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)." Harvard Business School Case 695-002, August 1994. (Revised May 2001.)
      • July 1994
      • Case

      Microsoft: Multimedia Publications (A)

      By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein
      Microsoft Corp. has built a highly successful business around computer software (both applications and system software) using a particular organizational structure. Now that the company has chosen to enter the consumer market with a CD-ROM product, how should Microsoft... View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Organizational Structure; Applications and Software; Design; Expansion; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Iansiti, Marco, and Ellen Stein. "Microsoft: Multimedia Publications (A)." Harvard Business School Case 695-005, July 1994.
      • June 1994 (Revised September 1994)
      • Background Note

      Commercializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      The transformation of technology into commercially successful products is a process fraught with risk and uncertainty, and increasing pressure on time to market is exacerbating the difficulties. This note first describes a study conducted by Hewlett-Packard to improve... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Communication Strategy; Customers; Design; Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Research; Risk and Uncertainty; Commercialization; Technology Adoption
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Commercializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-102, June 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
      • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Describes the changes in structure, management systems, people, and processes instituted by the company. Provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature of "IT-enabled" organizational change and the process through which it is implemented. Also enables a... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)." Harvard Business School Case 194-109, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
      • March 1994
      • Case

      Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
      Traces the history of Intel from its earliest days as a technology-driven memory company to its emergence as an increasingly market-focused microprocessor company with emerging systems capabilities. The focus is on the strategic, organizational, and management... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Organizations; Information Technology Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal." Harvard Business School Case 394-141, March 1994.
      • April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
      • Case

      General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
      Designed to generate discussion on the issues of outsourcing from the perspective of a firm thinking about turning over its IS activities to a third-party vendor. View Details
      Keywords: Management Systems; Management Style; Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business Strategy; Economic Systems; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Processes; Employment; Emerging Markets; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-144, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
      • October 1992 (Revised October 1993)
      • Case

      Lehigh Valley Industries (LVI)

      By: Kim B. Clark
      Describes a situation confronting a manufacturer of forged parts that has recently undergone a leveraged buyout. The company is under pressure to improve operating performance dramatically. Describes several options designed to improve performance, including adding... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Product; Production; Performance Improvement; Capital; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Related
      Clark, Kim B. "Lehigh Valley Industries (LVI)." Harvard Business School Case 693-040, October 1992. (Revised October 1993.)
      • September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
      • Case

      Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 793-040, September 1992. (Revised October 1992.)
      • June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
      • Case

      Concordia Casting Company

      By: F. Warren McFarlan
      Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details
      Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      McFarlan, F. Warren. "Concordia Casting Company." Harvard Business School Case 192-151, June 1992. (Revised March 2006.)
      • April 1992
      • Background Note

      Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and provides information about actual corporate practice. View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Governance; Information Management
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Porter, Michael E. "Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-088, April 1992.
      • 1 Jan 1992
      • Conference Presentation

      IT-based Innovation: Managing a Disorderly Process

      By: Jim I. Cash Jr.
      Keywords: Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Management Practices and Processes
      Citation
      Related
      Cash, Jim I., Jr. "IT-based Innovation: Managing a Disorderly Process." Paper presented at the International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 01, 1992.
      • September 1991 (Revised January 1998)
      • Case

      Chaparral Steel: Rapid Product and Process Development

      By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Gil Preuss
      One of the nation's foremost mini-mills' core competence is the rapid realization of technology into products. This case describes the development of a highly innovative casting technique and features the role of the company's culture in achieving its goals. The... View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Information Infrastructure; Product; Organizational Culture; Business Processes; Competency and Skills
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Gil Preuss. "Chaparral Steel: Rapid Product and Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 692-018, September 1991. (Revised January 1998.)
      • 1 Jun 1991
      • Conference Presentation

      Information Technology and Fast-Cycle Management

      By: L. M. Applegate
      Keywords: Information Technology; Management Practices and Processes
      Citation
      Related
      Applegate, L. M. "Information Technology and Fast-Cycle Management." Paper presented at the International Conference on Decision Support Systems, June 01, 1991.
      • February 1991
      • Case

      Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)

      By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
      The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Audits; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Technology Adoption; Service Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-123, February 1991.
      • February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Appex Corp.

      By: Nitin Nohria
      1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • 1991
      • Article

      The Role of Process Innovation and Adaptation in Attaining Strategic Technological Capability

      By: D. A. Leonard-Barton
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Adaptation
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Leonard-Barton, D. A. "The Role of Process Innovation and Adaptation in Attaining Strategic Technological Capability." Special Issue on Decision Making and Cognitive Science. International Journal of Technology Management 6, nos. 3-4 (1991): 303–320.
      • December 1990
      • Case

      Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Allen-Bradley's Industrial Computer and Communication Group (ICCG) underwent a period of rapid transformation in the 1980s, instituting a wide array of innovations from product development to information systems. In 1990 the Ohio-based group announced a major... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Business Organization; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Nohria, Nitin. "Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 491-066, December 1990.
      • November 1990 (Revised March 1994)
      • Case

      Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (A)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Herminia M. Ibarra
      Describes grassroots effort which culminated in Digital's winning a competitive bid for the outsourcing of Kodak's internal telecommunications business. Describes the "Telstar" project, from the initial identification of the business opportunity to the process of... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Leading Change; Agreements and Arrangements; Business or Company Management; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Management Teams; Telecommunications Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Applegate, Lynda M., and Herminia M. Ibarra. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-039, November 1990. (Revised March 1994.)
      • November 1990 (Revised January 2008)
      • Case

      Regency Plaza

      By: William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum
      Designed to examine the process of project management during the development cycle of a luxury condominium building, exploring the issue of how the design, development strategy, project organization, and project personnel are interrelated. More specifically, looks at... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Construction; Housing; Management Practices and Processes; Projects; Luxury; Real Estate Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Poorvu, William J., and Richard E Crum. "Regency Plaza." Harvard Business School Case 391-021, November 1990. (Revised January 2008.)
      • ←
      • 25
      • 26
      • 27
      • →

      Are you looking for?

      →Search All HBS Web
      ǁ
      Campus Map
      Harvard Business School
      Soldiers Field
      Boston, MA 02163
      →Map & Directions
      →More Contact Information
      • Make a Gift
      • Site Map
      • Jobs
      • Harvard University
      • Trademarks
      • Policies
      • Accessibility
      • Digital Accessibility
      Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.