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1986
Article

A Note on Job Matching with Budget Constraints

By: S. J. Mongell and A. E. Roth

02 May 2016
News

Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?

The Boston Globe has a long feature on Brian Shortsleeve (MBA 2001), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) new chief administrator. The piece notes Shortsleeve’s challenge: $5.5 billion in debt and a $7 billion maintenance backlog, and pushback on his... View Details

August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
Case

The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget

By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler

This case considers Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane’s data driven and, in baseball circles unconventional, approach to winning games over the duration of the long Major League Baseball season. Beane’s critical approach to crafting strategy within his... View Details

Keywords: Data Analysis; Metrics; Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Measurement and Metrics; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Culture; Sports Industry

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04 Dec 2013
News

Why big budgets still generate the hottest tickets

14 Aug 2020
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Don’t Cut Your Marketing Budget in a Recession

February 1984 (Revised March 1984)
Teaching Note

Exercises on Capital Budgeting Under Uncertainty, Teaching Note

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Risk and Uncertainty

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April 2010 (Revised January 2013)
Case

California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers

How do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while meeting internal policy priorities including redistribution? In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly declared fiscal emergencies as California's state budget... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Economy; Globalization; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Taxation; Competition; California

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06 Mar 2011
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Kasich, budget must address Harvard 'Competitiveness' study findings

30 Mar 2010
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MBA Career Services Resist Tide Of Budget Cuts

December 1989 (Revised September 1995)
Supplement

Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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March 1997 (Revised June 1999)
Background Note

Using Activity-Based Costing with Budgeted Expenses and Practical Capacity

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Describes how activity-based costing (ABC) should be applied with: 1) budgeted, not historical, expenses and 2) assigning the costs of capacity resources. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting

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