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: (5,403) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (5,403) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (8,622)
    • Faculty Publications  (5,403)

    Show Results For

    • All HBS Web  (8,622)
      • Faculty Publications  (5,403)

      Central AmericaRemove Central America →

      ← Page 250 of 5,403 Results →

      Are you looking for?

      →Search All HBS Web
      • June 1991
      • Case

      Great California Quake

      By: Richard F. Meyer
      Keywords: California
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Meyer, Richard F. "Great California Quake." Harvard Business School Case 191-106, June 1991.
      • June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
      • Case

      Lithonia Lighting

      By: Nitin Nohria
      In early 1991, Lithonia, the U.S.'s largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures, faced a major slump in the construction business that threatened to cause its first decline in revenues after over a decade of strong growth. With financial pressures from its parent company... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Industry Growth; Decision Making; Information Technology; Financial Crisis; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Electronics Industry; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Nohria, Nitin. "Lithonia Lighting." Harvard Business School Case 492-003, June 1991. (Revised May 1992.)
      • May 1991
      • Teaching Note

      American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region, Teaching Note

      By: Robert L. Simons
      Teaching Note for (9-190-078). View Details
      Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; North and Central America
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Simons, Robert L. "American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 191-167, May 1991.
      • 10 May 1991
      • Lecture

      Financial Sources of Competitive Advantage: America vs. Japan

      By: W. Carl Kester
      Keywords: Finance; Competitive Advantage; United States; Japan
      Citation
      Related
      Kester, W. Carl. "Financial Sources of Competitive Advantage: America vs. Japan." Lecture at the Financial Executives Institute meeting of the Committee on International Business, St. Louis, MO, May 10, 1991. (Guest speaker.)
      • May 1991 (Revised December 1994)
      • Case

      State of Connecticut Municipal Swap

      By: Andre F. Perold
      The state of Connecticut wants to raise $325 million of long-term fixed-rate debt. One alternative is to do this synthetically--issue long-term variable rate debt and enter into an interest rate swap. The case is a vehicle for analyzing various floating rate structures... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Interest Rates; Taxation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; New England
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Perold, Andre F. "State of Connecticut Municipal Swap." Harvard Business School Case 291-024, May 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
      • May 1991
      • Article

      Engines of Progress: Designing and Running Entrepreneurial Vehicles in Established Companies: The Enter-Prize Program at Ohio Bell, 1985-90

      By: R. M. Kanter and L. Richardson
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Telecommunications Industry; Ohio
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Kanter, R. M., and L. Richardson. "Engines of Progress: Designing and Running Entrepreneurial Vehicles in Established Companies: The Enter-Prize Program at Ohio Bell, 1985-90." Journal of Business Venturing 6 (May 1991): 209–229.
      • April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
      • Case

      Koito Manufacturing Ltd.

      By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
      Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Corporate Governance; Production; Supply Chain; Performance Efficiency; Welfare; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Kester, W. Carl, and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Koito Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 291-027, April 1991. (Revised July 1992.)
      • April 1991 (Revised February 1992)
      • Teaching Note

      Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A) and (B), Teaching Note

      By: Robert L. Simons
      Keywords: Programs; Goals and Objectives; Energy Industry; Maine
      Citation
      Related
      Simons, Robert L. "Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A) and (B), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 191-176, April 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
      • Case

      The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation. View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Trade; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; North America
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Lorsch, Jay W. "The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 491-117, March 1991. (Revised January 1996.)
      • March 1991 (Revised December 1994)
      • Case

      Marks and Spencer Ltd. (B)

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
      Describes the firm's 1988 expansion into the United States through the acquisition of Brooks Brothers, a specialty up-market men's clothing chain and Kings Super Markets, a high quality New Jersey grocer. View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Business Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Retail Industry; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Marks and Spencer Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 391-090, March 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
      • March 1991 (Revised June 1993)
      • Case

      Chevron Corp.: Corporate Image Advertising

      By: John A. Quelch
      Describes a series of advertising research studies conducted by Chevron to monitor the effectiveness of its corporate advertising. Specific research approaches covered include the McCollum-Spielman and Communications Techniques. The Vals Typology developed by Stanford... View Details
      Keywords: Surveys; Multinational Firms and Management; Research; Advertising; Brands and Branding; Energy Industry; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Quelch, John A. "Chevron Corp.: Corporate Image Advertising." Harvard Business School Case 591-005, March 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
      • February 1991 (Revised January 1992)
      • Case

      Henderson Home Products: USSR Joint Venture

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Consumer Products Industry; Soviet Union; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Yoshino, Michael Y. "Henderson Home Products: USSR Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 391-129, February 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
      • 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; Telecommunications Industry; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • January 1991
      • Case

      Volkswagen of America: Audi 5000 (A)

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Audi marketing executives and their advertising agency colleagues must decide which of several advertising executions should be employed for the introductory campaign for the Audi 5000, their new car entry scheduled to replace the Audi 100LS in the United States in the... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Auto Industry; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Greyser, Stephen A. "Volkswagen of America: Audi 5000 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 591-065, January 1991.
      • January 1991
      • Supplement

      Volkswagen of America: Audi 5000 (B)

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Six months after the launch in the United States of Audi 5000, Audi marketing executives and their advertising agency must appraise the introductory advertising for the car. Three alternative campaigns to replace the current one are under consideration. View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Product Launch; Performance Evaluation; Auto Industry; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Greyser, Stephen A. "Volkswagen of America: Audi 5000 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 591-066, January 1991.
      • 1991
      • Book

      Multinational and International Banking

      By: G. Jones
      The essays in this volume explore the historical evolution of multinational and international banking. Contemporary studies, and most writers on the theory of multinational banking, focus on US data, yet historically European financial institutions were the leaders in... View Details
      Keywords: Banks and Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Analytics and Data Science; Opportunities; Theory; Banking Industry; Europe; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Purchase
      Related
      Jones, G., ed. Multinational and International Banking. Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1991.
      • January 1991
      • Teaching Note

      CIBA Vision Canada--1990, Teaching Note

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jiro Kokuryo
      Keywords: Canada
      Citation
      Related
      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jiro Kokuryo. "CIBA Vision Canada--1990, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 191-036, January 1991.
      • January 1991 (Revised March 1992)
      • Case

      USA Today

      By: Robert L. Simons
      USA Today is a national newspaper struggling to achieve profitability. This case focuses on the use of management control systems to identify emerging opportunities and the formulation of new strategies. The interactive system used by top managers--the Friday... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Forecasting and Prediction; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Labor and Management Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Journalism and News Industry; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Simons, Robert L. "USA Today." Harvard Business School Case 191-004, January 1991. (Revised March 1992.)
      • Article

      Enfranchisement of Service Workers

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Heskett
      Enfranchisement is achieved through an integration of empowerment with methods of pay for performance. Evidence from Ito Yokado Group in Japan and Nordstrom in the US demonstrates the positive effects of enfranchisement. Successful efforts to enfranchise employees: 1.... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Franchise Ownership; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Japan; United States
      Citation
      Read Now
      Related
      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and James Heskett. "Enfranchisement of Service Workers." California Management Review 33, no. 4 (Summer 1991).
      • November 1990 (Revised June 1991)
      • Case

      American Airlines (A): Strategy in the 1990s

      By: Jay W. Lorsch and Gary W. Loveman
      American Airlines is pursuing a growth strategy through international and domestic route expansion. At the same time, the airline is working hard to cut costs while trying to provide the best customer service possible. Is this strategy achievable given the recent surge... View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Air Transportation; Cost Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Growth and Development Strategy; Air Transportation Industry; United States
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Lorsch, Jay W., and Gary W. Loveman. "American Airlines (A): Strategy in the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 491-044, November 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
      • ←
      • 250
      • 251
      • …
      • 270
      • 271
      • →

      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.