Publications

1997
Conference Presentation

Organizing Vertical Networks: A Design Perspective

By: Ranjay Gulati

December 1996 (Revised June 1997)
Case

Trinity College (A)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias

Trinity College was an elite, private, liberal-arts college of some 1,800 students located in Hartford, CT. When Tom Gerety was chosen as Trinity's 17th president in 1989, he pledged to stay for ten years. Now less than five years at the job, Gerety announced he was... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Crisis Management; Management Succession; Planning; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Connecticut

Educators

1996
Chapter

German Corporate Governance and Management: An American's Perspective

By: J. W. Lorsch

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Germany

1996
Book

Cases in Marketing Management and Strategy: An Asia Pacific Perspective

By: John A. Quelch, Siew Meng Leong, Swee Hoon Ang and Chin Tiong Tan

1996
Working Paper

From Structure to Structuring: A Pragmatic Perspective on Organizational Design

By: Nitin Nohria and James D. Berkley

1995
Chapter

Perspectives on PPP and Long-Run Real Exchange Rates

By: K. Froot and K. Rogoff

Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity; Commodities; International Finance

October 1995 (Revised March 1997)
Background Note

The National Information Infrastructure (A): The United States in Perspective

By: George C. Lodge, Jeffrey F. Rayport, Thomas A. Gerace and Afroze A Mohammed

Keywords: Information; Infrastructure; United States

October 1995
Case

Centex Telemanagement, Inc. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower

Contains a description of the events surrounding the financing of Centex Telemanagement, Inc. by Sierra Ventures, a venture capital fund. The case is written from the perspective of the venture capitalists and is designed to teach students about the process of venture... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans

Educators

October 1995
Case

Centex Telemanagement, Inc. (B)

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower

Contains a description of the events surrounding the financing of Centex Telemanagement, Inc. by Sierra Ventures, a venture capital fund. The case is written from the perspective of the venture capitalists and is designed to teach students about the process of venture... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Financial Institutions; Business Startups

Educators

October 1995
Article

Symposium on Harrison's "Lean and Mean": A Finance Perspective

By: Josh Lerner

1995
Chapter

Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective

By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie

Keywords: Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

1995
Book

The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective

By: D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri and P. Tufano

Keywords: Corporate Finance; Imperfect Markets; Behavioral Finance; Asset Pricing

Article

A Functional Perspective of Financial Intermediation

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Finance

1995
Chapter

The Role of Fairness Considerations and Relationships in a Judgment Perspective of Negotiation

By: M. H. Bazerman and M. A. Neale

Keywords: Fairness; Relationships; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution

1995
Working Paper

Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective

By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie

September 1994
Supplement

Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (E-2)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Describes what happened and presents the perspectives of the three executives who played key roles in the process. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Globalization; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; China