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  • January 1985
  • Article

The Role of the Revolutionary State in the Nicaraguan Food System

By: James E. Austin, Jonathan Abbott Fox and Walter Kruger
Keywords: Food; System
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  • December 1984
  • Article

Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem

By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Balance and Stability; Problems and Challenges
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  • October 1984
  • Background Note

Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Problems and Challenges; Balance and Stability
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  • 1984
  • Chapter

Stable Coalition Formation: Aspects of a Dynamic Theory

By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Alliances; Balance and Stability; Theory
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  • August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Railroad Problem and the Solution

By: Richard S. Tedlow
A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act. View Details
Keywords: Transportation; Rail Transportation; Fluctuation; Outcome or Result; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Business History; Complexity; Problems and Challenges; Rail Industry
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  • March 1983
  • Teaching Note

Marrett Corp.: Systems Planning Committee, Teaching Note

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Keywords: System; Planning
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  • 1983
  • Article

Consistency of Finite Systems of Convex Inequalities

By: Elon Kohlberg
Keywords: System
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  • Article

Managing Information Systems by Committee

By: R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Information; System; Groups and Teams
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  • 1982
  • Article

The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives

By: Alvin E. Roth
Keywords: Balance and Stability; Motivation and Incentives; Economics
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  • 1981
  • Chapter

Exploiting Degeneracy in the Simplex Method

By: André Perold
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; System
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  • March 1981 (Revised February 1993)
  • Case

Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance

By: Frank S. Leonard and W. Earl Sasser
Designed to introduce the systemic nature of product quality and the complexity of quality problems. Uses a new director, quality assurance, and the discovery of a quality problem. The new director has to decide if it is a real problem, what to do about it, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Product; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Attitudes; Complexity
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  • December 1980 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Burger King Corp.

By: W. Earl Sasser and David C. Rikert
Describes the operating system of a Burger King unit. The case does not have a decision focus; it is designed for use with McDonald's Corp. Students are asked to compare the operating systems of these two fast food hamburger chains. Careful analysis will detect the... View Details
Keywords: Food; System; Operations; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 1978
  • Chapter

Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Equality and Inequality; Public Sector; Service Operations; Gender
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  • August 1978
  • Article

World Food Council at Three Years--Global Food System Manager?

By: James E. Austin and Mitchel B. Wallerstein
Keywords: Food; System; Management; Governance
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  • 1977
  • Chapter

A Fixed Point Approach to Stability in Cooperative Games

By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Game Theory; Balance and Stability; Cooperation
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  • 1976
  • Other Unpublished Work

Barriers to Equal Opportunity in Rural Housing Markets

By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords: Housing; Equality and Inequality; Rural Scope
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  • 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
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Cost Management; Time Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; System; Construction Industry
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  • 1972
  • Article

Symbolic Interactionism and Politics in Systemic Perspective

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Society; System
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  • September 1971
  • Book Review

Book Review of Comparative Marketing Systems: A Cultural Approach, edited by Montrose S. Sommers and Jerome B. Kernan

By: Louis T Wells Jr
Keywords: Marketing; System; Culture
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  • September 1971 (Revised September 1983)
  • Case

Gentle Electric Co.

By: W. Earl Sasser
Designed to illustrate various levels of complexity in determining optimum order sizes for a single item inventory policy. Students are asked to evaluate the impact of recent operational changes on the firm's ordering policy. Intended to follow the students' initial... View Details
Keywords: Change; Policy; Supply Chain; Complexity; Electronics Industry
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