Publications

April 28, 1986
Article

Why U.S. Business Is Falling Behind

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Business Ventures; United States

April 1986 (Revised July 1988)
Case

Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Cooperation; Competition; United States; Japan

April 1986 (Revised June 1986)
Case

Mexico and the Microcomputers (A)

By: James E. Austin and Dennis J. Encarnation III

Keywords: Computer Industry; Mexico

spring 1986
Book Review

Book Review of No Free Lunch: Food and Revolution in Cuba Today, edited by Medea Benjamin, Joseph Collins, and Michael Scott in Calories Count in Cuba

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Government and Politics; Cuba

March 1986 (Revised March 1990)
Teaching Note

Benetton (B), Teaching Note

By: James L. Heskett

Teaching Note for (9-685-020). View Details

Keywords: United States; Italy

Article

Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations

By: W. C. Kester

Keywords: Capital; Ownership; Production; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Japan

February 1986 (Revised May 2003)
Teaching Note

Shouldice Hospital Limited, Teaching Note

By: James L. Heskett

Teaching Note for (9-683-068). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Canada

February 1986 (Revised November 1992)
Case

Novo Industri A/S--1981

By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson

This small but rapidly growing Danish biochemical company must choose among several financing opportunities that include a convertible Eurobond, a rights offering in Denmark and an issue of new common shares in the United States. The case involves a broad range of... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Cost of Capital; Bonds; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Globalization; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Denmark; United States

Educators

February 1986 (Revised September 1986)
Case

Bank of Boston: New Ventures Group

By: William A. Sahlman

Keywords: Banking Industry; Boston

January 1986
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Airline Industry in the 1980s

By: George C. Lodge and Charles C. Heckscher

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry; United States

December 1985 (Revised June 1991)
Case

Understanding the U.S. Dollar in 1985

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Currency; United States

December 1985 (Revised July 1992)
Supplement

Pennsylvania Pharmaceuticals (B)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Pennsylvania

1985
Chapter

Business History in the United States: Past Accomplishments and Future Directions

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business History; United States

October 1985 (Revised November 1988)
Case

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Michael Joseph Kennedy

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Canada

October 1985 (Revised September 1986)
Background Note

U.S. Lodging Industry in 1985

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: United States

September 1985 (Revised March 1986)
Case

U.S. West, Inc.

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: United States

September 1985 (Revised October 1988)
Case

NIKE in China

By: James E. Austin and Francis Aguilar

Nike is reviewing its strategy for producing shoes in China for the U.S. market. Compares the experience in China with that in other countries. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Production; Manufacturing Industry; China; United States