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Total Cost Control in Project Management via Satisficing

By: Joel Goh and Nicholas G. Hall
We consider projects with uncertain activity times and the possibility of expediting, or crashing, them. Activity times come from a partially specified distribution within a family of distributions. This family is described by one or more of the following details about... View Details
Keywords: Project Management; Time And Cost Control; Robust Optimization; Satisficing; Linear Decision Rule; PERT; Management; Cost Management; Projects
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Goh, Joel, and Nicholas G. Hall. "Total Cost Control in Project Management via Satisficing." Management Science 59, no. 6 (June 2013): 1354–1372.

    Marketplaces and Control

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    Financial Reporting and Control

    By: Suraj Srinivasan

    Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) covers topics about how managers can design and use performance measurement systems for external reporting and internal management to build more effective organizations. Throughout their careers, business leaders are required to... View Details

    Keywords: Financial Reporting
    • January 11, 2003
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    Remote Control Tax

    By: Mihir A. Desai
    Keywords: Taxation
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    Desai, Mihir A. "Remote Control Tax." Times of India (January 11, 2003), 14.
    • September 2006
    • Tutorial

    Internal Control Process - Online Tutorial

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Introduces the Internal Control Process by detailing its five components: 1) the internal control environment, 2) risk assessment, 3) internal control activities, 4) information and communications, and 5) monitoring. Includes multiple review exercises throughout the... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Communication; Assets; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Information; Code Law; Risk Management; System; Online Technology
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    "Internal Control Process - Online Tutorial." Harvard Business School Tutorial 107-705, September 2006.
    • July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
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    Controlling Hot Money

    By: Robert C. Pozen
    The manager of the Japan Equities Fund is faced with an increase in "hot money" moving quickly in and out of the Fund. This short-term trading is an attempt to take advantage of the difference between the closing times of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. The CFO... View Details
    Keywords: Stocks; International Finance; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Market Timing; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    Pozen, Robert C. "Controlling Hot Money." Harvard Business School Case 311-022, July 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
    • November 1992 (Revised January 2002)
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    Process Control at Polaroid (A)

    By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
    Describes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan. View Details
    Keywords: Management Systems; Operations; Quality; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Processes; Change Management; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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    Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (A)." Harvard Business School Case 693-047, November 1992. (Revised January 2002.)
    • January 1983 (Revised June 1993)
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    Controlling International Oil--1920-74

    By: George C. Lodge
    Keywords: Governance; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry
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    Lodge, George C. "Controlling International Oil--1920-74." Harvard Business School Case 383-096, January 1983. (Revised June 1993.)
    • November 2010 (Revised December 2015)
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    Spans of Control and Accountability

    By: Eugene F. Soltes
    Overview of Spans of Control and Accountability. View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Design
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    Soltes, Eugene F. "Spans of Control and Accountability." Harvard Business School Background Note 111-066, November 2010. (Revised December 2015.)
    • 15 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products

    Keywords: by Alberto Cavallo and Diego Aparicio; Food & Beverage
    • Teaching Interest

    Finance Reporting and Control

    Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) is a course about how leaders can design and use performance measurement systems to build more effective organizations. Throughout their careers, business leaders are required to... View Details

    • January 2005 (Revised May 2005)
    • Background Note

    Introduction to the Management Control Process

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Covers the management control process. View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
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    Hawkins, David F. "Introduction to the Management Control Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 105-044, January 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
    • July 2024
    • Technical Note

    Version Control and Web Deployment

    By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
    This note introduces version control using Git and GitHub, with an example covering how to make simple web applications. View Details
    Keywords: Applications and Software
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    Parzen, Michael, and Jo Ellery. "Version Control and Web Deployment." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-018, July 2024.
    • November 2013 (Revised November 2014)
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    Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital

    By: Robert S. Huckman and Nikolaos Trichakis

    The case explores the challenges facing Massachusetts General Hospital concerning the adoption of a new infection control policy, which promises to improve operational performance, patient safety, and profitability. The new policy requires coordination between... View Details

    Keywords: Safety; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Health Industry; Boston
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    Huckman, Robert S., and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 614-044, November 2013. (Revised November 2014.)
    • 2011
    • Teaching Note

    Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes: Transforming the Management Control System in Time of Crisis (TN)

    By: Ning Jia, F. Warren McFarlan and Xiaohui Li
    Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. is a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) that manufactures cast pipe products and steel products. The company had grown to become a dominant player in the ductile iron pipe industry, holding more than 40% domestic market share and nearly... View Details
    Keywords: Control Systems; Cost Centers; Manufacturing; Profit Centers; China; Iron & Steel; China
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    Jia, Ning, F. Warren McFarlan, and Xiaohui Li. "Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes: Transforming the Management Control System in Time of Crisis (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
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    Disagreement and the Allocation of Control

    By: Eric J. Van den Steen
    This article studies the allocation of control when there is disagreement—in the sense of differing priors—about the right course of action. People then value control rights since they believe that their decisions are better than those of others. More disagreement (due... View Details
    Keywords: Governance Controls; Projects; Decisions; Value; Agreements and Arrangements
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    Van den Steen, Eric J. "Disagreement and the Allocation of Control." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 26, no. 2 (August 2010): 385–426. (Advance Access published online on December 3, 2008.)
    • October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
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    Maxwell Appliance Controls

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S. "Maxwell Appliance Controls." Harvard Business School Case 192-058, October 1991. (Revised September 1998.)
    • January 1984
    • Background Note

    Just-in-Time Production Controlled by Kanban

    Describes the method of control of repetitive manufacturing as used at Toyota by Just-in-Time and Kanban. The objective is to facilitate an understanding of how the method works and its rationale. View Details
    Keywords: Production; Business Processes
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    Rhea, James T. "Just-in-Time Production Controlled by Kanban." Harvard Business School Background Note 684-047, January 1984.
    • June 2012
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    The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control

    By: Ethan S. Bernstein
    Using data from embedded participant-observers and a field experiment at the second largest mobile phone factory in the world, located in China, I theorize and test the implications of transparent organizational design on workers' productivity and organizational... View Details
    Keywords: Transparency; Privacy; Organizational Learning; Operational Control; Organizational Performance; Chinese Manufacturing; Field Experiment; Rights; Interpersonal Communication; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Performance Productivity; Boundaries; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    Bernstein, Ethan S. "The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control." Administrative Science Quarterly 57, no. 2 (June 2012): 181–216.
    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Control and Fairness: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?

    By: Kristin Fabbe, Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Konstantinos Matakos and Aslı Unan
    When it comes to successful refugee reception the local level matters. Research overwhelmingly examines host communities' attitudes, but endorsement from local politicians is equally important to resolving conflicts and facilitating harmonious interaction. Yet, the... View Details
    Keywords: Values; Control; Refugee Resettlement; Local Elites; Contact; Fair-share; Conjoint Experiment; Refugees; Integration; Local Range; Leadership; Attitudes; Fairness
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    Fabbe, Kristin, Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Konstantinos Matakos, and Aslı Unan. "Control and Fairness: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-088, February 2021. (Revised June 2022.)
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