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- January 1981 (Revised January 1982)
- Case
Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
- December 1980 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Savannah West
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Allison Porter, a loan officer for Chemical Bank, must decide whether to make a construction loan on a 216-unit apartment building to be built in Savannah, Georgia. In teaching this case, one begins by looking at the economics, marketing data, etc., of the proposed... View Details
- 1978
- Article
A Theorem on the Identifiability of the von Neumann-Morgenstern Utility Function from Asset Demands
By: Jerry R. Green, Lawrence J. Lau and Heraklis Polemarchakis
If the demand for risky assets is determined by the maximization of an analytic van Neumann-Morgenstern utility function, and if these demands are known as a function of the assets’ prices, then this utility function can be constructed without ambiguity. View Details
- February 1977 (Revised December 1985)
- Case
Deere & Co.: Industrial Equipment Operations
Describes the pricing of Deere's crawler tractors used in a variety of construction and industrial applications. Includes a strategic, multimillion-dollar move into the large bulldozer market as well as the pricing of tractors, accessories, and parts. View Details
- February 1977 (Revised October 1980)
- Teaching Note
FMC Crane and Excavator Division, Teaching Note
- May 1976 (Revised October 1980)
- Case
FMC Crane and Excavator Division
Keywords: Construction Industry
- August 1974 (Revised November 1974)
- Case
Reynolds Construction Company
By: Paul W. Marshall
Deals with the use of critical path method for the construction of remote control building, which is part of a water purification system. Discusses the necessity of determining the shortest possible time in which a job could be done without spending more money. Case... View Details
- November 1970 (Revised December 1971)
- Case
Cyclops Cement Co. (Abridged)
By: Thomas R. Piper
Keywords: Construction Industry
- September 1970
- Case
Classic Greek Explosives Co. (A)
By: Richard F. Meyer
Keywords: Construction Industry
- January 1970 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
Ace Welding Equipment, Inc.
By: Edward W. Davis and W. Earl Sasser
Keywords: Construction Industry