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- June 1989 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Fairfield Inn (A)
By: James L. Heskett
The Fairfield Inn, an economy hotel venture by the Marriott Corp., has developed a novel method for selecting and measuring the performance of its hotel personnel that fits the company's strategy. Because it faces the need to grow rapidly, questions have arisen as to... View Details
- 1989
- Chapter
Analytic Themes of the U.S. Program on the Processes of International Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius and Howard Raiffa
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
Describes the organizational components of the typical IT organization in a large corporation. Points out common problems and issues for each component of the organization. Also addresses the leadership issues for the IT function, and focuses specifically on the Chief... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
- spring 1987
- Article
Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
We examine a dynamic model of price competition in defense procurement that incorporates the experience curve, asymmetric cost information, and the availability of a higher cost alternative system. We model acquisition as a two-stage process in which initial production... View Details
- 1986
- Book
The Manager as Negotiator: Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain
By: David A Lax and James K. Sebenius
- January 1986
- Article
Interests: The Measure of Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius and David Lax
Keywords: Negotiation
- December 1985 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Salty Dog: Smith Brothers (A): Confidential Instructions
By: David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius
- December 1985
- Case
Salty Dog: Smith Sisters (B): Confidential Instructions for Smith Sisters
By: David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius
- December 1985 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Salty Dog: Snowytown (A): Confidential Instructions
By: David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius
- December 1985
- Case
Salty Dog: Snowytown (B): Confidential Instructions for Snowytown
By: David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius
- April 1985
- Article
The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius and David Lax
- February 1985 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling and James Wallace
How can we evaluate if innovative health care ventures can do good—benefit society—and do well—become financially viable? This question is the topic of the first module in the Innovating In Health Care course book.
This note and case series enables readers to conduct... View Details
- September 1984 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Benetton (A)
By: James L. Heskett
The world's largest manufacturer of woolen outerwear garments seeks to extend its retailing network to the United States from its base in Europe. A number of issues concerning marketing, manufacturing, and logistics strategy are raised by the proposed move along with... View Details
- June 1983
- Article
Don't Bet on It: Contingent Agreements with Asymmetric Information
By: James K. Sebenius and John Geanakoplos
- spring 1983
- Article
Negotiation Arithmetic: Adding and Subtracting Issues and Parties
Keywords: Negotiation
- 1983
- Chapter
Incentives for Ocean Mining Under the Convention
By: James K. Sebenius and Lance Antrim