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- 1984
- Working Paper
Earnings Variability and Variance Bounds Tests for Rationality of Stock Market Prices
By: Robert C. Merton and Terry A. Marsh
- February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide
By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Projects;
Chemical Industry
Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
- February 1984
- Case
Chicago-Midway (B): Midway (Southwest) Airlines
Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
Market Entry and Exit;
Air Transportation Industry
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Chicago-Midway (B): Midway (Southwest) Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 384-154, February 1984.
- January 1984
- Article
A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments
By: Robert J. Dolan
Researchers of the strategic implications of the well-known demand (e.g., adoption and diffusion) and supply (e.g., experience effects) dynamics have typically sought analytical solutions. Their success in this has been achieved partly by limiting the richness of the...
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Dolan, Robert J. "A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments." Journal of Business 57, no. 1 (January 1984).
- 1984
- Article
Organizational Culture and Marketing Effectiveness
By: Rohit Deshpandé and A. Parasuraman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and A. Parasuraman. "Organizational Culture and Marketing Effectiveness." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1984): 137–140. (Scientific Method in Marketing.)
- 1984
- Article
The Cultural Context of Marketing Management
By: Rohit Deshpandé and A. Parasuraman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and A. Parasuraman. "The Cultural Context of Marketing Management." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1984): 176–179.
- 1984
- Article
Theoretical Myopia: The Discipline of Marketing and the Hierarchy of the Sciences
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Theoretical Myopia: The Discipline of Marketing and the Hierarchy of the Sciences." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1984): 18–21. (Scientific Method in Marketing.)
- November 1983 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Europe: Vizir Launch
Describes P&G's expansion in Europe, including the development of a strong country subsidiary management, responsive to local market differences. The launch of a new product presents strategic and organizational challenges as P&G considers making this their first...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Trade;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Launch;
Emerging Markets;
Organizational Design;
Problems and Challenges;
Expansion;
Europe
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Procter & Gamble Europe: Vizir Launch." Harvard Business School Case 384-139, November 1983. (Revised October 1989.)
- November 1983 (Revised October 1988)
- Case
Canon Inc.: Worldwide Copier Strategy
Describes Canon's worldwide strategy in the copier business. Designed to be used to explore strategy formulation in a worldwide industry, and the principles of international competition.
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Keywords:
Values and Beliefs;
Global Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Canon Inc.: Worldwide Copier Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 384-151, November 1983. (Revised October 1988.)
- November 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom (A)
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Edward J. Hoff
On January 2, 1983 Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom had to develop a plan to defend its successful Diet Pepsi brand against the about to be introduced diet Coke. Contains useful material on competitive behavior and on U.S. versus U.K. consumer behavior.
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Keywords:
Product Launch;
Consumer Behavior;
Planning;
Competition;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Shapiro, Benson P., and Edward J. Hoff. "Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom (A)." Harvard Business School Case 584-052, November 1983. (Revised June 1985.)
- November 1983 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Co. (A)
By: John A. Quelch
An associate advertising manager at Procter & Gamble is considering several options to strengthen the company's position in the light duty liquid detergent market. One option is to introduce a fourth Procter & Gamble brand in the category. Provides substantial...
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Advertising;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Quelch, John A. "Procter & Gamble Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 584-047, November 1983. (Revised May 1990.)
- November 1983 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Co. (B)
By: John A. Quelch
The brand assistant on H-80, a new light duty liquid detergent, has to develop a year-one national promotion plan for the new product. Illustrates one of the important tasks of a Procter & Gamble brand assistant and provides substantial information on different types...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Product Launch;
Product Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Quelch, John A. "Procter & Gamble Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 584-048, November 1983. (Revised May 1990.)
- November–December 1983
- Article
Better Marketing at the Point of Purchase
By: J. Quelch and K. Cannon-Bonventre
Quelch, J., and K. Cannon-Bonventre. "Better Marketing at the Point of Purchase." Harvard Business Review 61, no. 6 (November–December 1983): 162–169. (Reprinted in Thomas V. Bonoma, ed., Implementing Marketing Strategies: Part II, Harvard Business Review no. l4072, pp. 63-70, and in no. 5, pp. 300-3ll.)
- 1983
- Book
Marketing Communications in a Changing Environment
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. Marketing Communications in a Changing Environment. Harvard Business School Press, 1983. (Edited compilation of Harvard Business Review articles, No. 14081, Monograph.)
- Article
'Paradigms Lost': On Theory and Method in Research in Marketing
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "'Paradigms Lost': On Theory and Method in Research in Marketing." Journal of Marketing 47, no. 4 (Fall 1983): 101–110.
- 1983
- Working Paper
Aggregate Dividend Behavior and Its Implications for Tests of Stock Market Rationality
By: Terry A. Marsh and Robert C. Merton
- September 1983 (Revised February 1989)
- Background Note
The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983
Describes the international oil tanker shipping industry both historically and in 1983. Designed to provide a vehicle for practicing industry analysis in a volatile commodity business, and for formulating strategy in such an environment. Also can be used to examine...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Goods and Commodities;
Volatility;
Vertical Integration;
Supply and Industry;
Shipping Industry
Porter, Michael E. "The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-034, September 1983. (Revised February 1989.)
- August 1983 (Revised May 1985)
- Case
Jamestown Co.
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Edward J. Hoff
In May 1983 Ms. Katherine O'Brien, vice president of marketing, was deciding whether Jamestown should discontinue the use of independent representatives in favor of a direct company salesforce. Jamestown sold informal stoneware dinnerware through department and gift...
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Shapiro, Benson P., and Edward J. Hoff. "Jamestown Co." Harvard Business School Case 584-017, August 1983. (Revised May 1985.)
- August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
- Case
Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics
Tedlow, Richard S. "Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics." Harvard Business School Case 384-051, August 1983. (Revised July 1984.)