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      • May 1988
      • Background Note

      Roles and Relationships of Business and Government

      By: George C. Lodge
      Synthesizes a wide range of literature and experience concerning comparative government-business relations, focusing especially on Japan, Europe, and the United States with some references to Brazil and Mexico. Designed for discussion in two consecutive class sessions.... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Framework; Government and Politics; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; System; Japan; Europe; Mexico; United States; Brazil
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      Lodge, George C. "Roles and Relationships of Business and Government." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-159, May 1988.
      • November 1987 (Revised March 1988)
      • Case

      Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983

      By: David B. Yoffie
      In 1983 the National Machine Tools Builder Association was predicting a declining market for the United States and rising imports. Machine tool manufacturers had to decide if they should ask the U.S. government for help, and if they did, which administrative channels... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Machinery and Machining; Government and Politics; Law; Production; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; Germany; United States
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      Yoffie, David B. "Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983." Harvard Business School Case 388-071, November 1987. (Revised March 1988.)
      • March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
      • Case

      Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program

      By: W. Earl Sasser
      In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
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      Sasser, W. Earl. "Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program." Harvard Business School Case 687-063, March 1987. (Revised October 1993.)
      • January 1987 (Revised November 1991)
      • Case

      R.J. Reynolds International Financing

      By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen
      Reynolds must source a substantial portion of the financing of its Nabisco acquisition in offshore bond markets. Morgan Guaranty has proposed a yen/dollar dual currency Eurobond that could be hedged into dollars. This structure is compared to Eurodollar Bonds, Euroyen... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Capital Markets; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Bonds; Financing and Loans
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      Kester, W. Carl, and William B. Allen. "R.J. Reynolds International Financing." Harvard Business School Case 287-057, January 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
      • October 1986 (Revised November 1988)
      • Case

      B-W Footwear

      By: David B. Yoffie
      As import penetration into the American footwear market reached 81% in 1986, B-W Footwear, along with all of its American competitors, was struggling. Supply lines were deteriorating, retailers and importers were gaining power, and the government had rejected two... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Management; Globalization; Government and Politics; Business Strategy; Trade; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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      Yoffie, David B. "B-W Footwear." Harvard Business School Case 387-022, October 1986. (Revised November 1988.)
      • August 1986 (Revised June 1987)
      • Case

      Lotus Development Corporation: Entering International Markets

      By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
      Lotus 1-2-3 exploded on the American market in the spring of 1983. Nine months later Jim Manzi, vice president of marketing, hired Chuck Digate to develop an international strategy for Lotus. Case explores Lotus' rapid rise to the top of the software market in the... View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Applications and Software; Global Strategy; Management Teams; Information Technology Industry; United States
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      Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Lotus Development Corporation: Entering International Markets." Harvard Business School Case 387-034, August 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
      • July 1986 (Revised August 1987)
      • Background Note

      Note on Comparative Advantage

      By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
      Discusses David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and the refinement of his model developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. Presents several criticisms of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, including Wassily Leontief's empirical demonstration that the nature of... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics; Trade; Theory
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      Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Note on Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-023, July 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
      • July 1986 (Revised April 1989)
      • Background Note

      Note on Sources of Comparative Advantage

      By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
      After Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin's propositions about the sources of comparative advantage were empirically challenged by Wassily Leontief, scholars set out to explain the "Leontief paradox" by developing alternative theories on the sources of comparative... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage
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      Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Note on Sources of Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-024, July 1986. (Revised April 1989.)
      • May 1986
      • Article

      Inertia, Environments and Strategic Choice: Quasi-Experimental Designs for Comparative Research

      By: E. Romanelli and Michael Tushman
      Keywords: Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Design; Research
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      Romanelli, E., and Michael Tushman. "Inertia, Environments and Strategic Choice: Quasi-Experimental Designs for Comparative Research." Management Science 32, no. 5 (May 1986): 608–621.
      • September 1985 (Revised October 1988)
      • Case

      NIKE in China

      By: James E. Austin and Francis Aguilar
      Nike is reviewing its strategy for producing shoes in China for the U.S. market. Compares the experience in China with that in other countries. View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Production; Manufacturing Industry; China; United States
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      Austin, James E., and Francis Aguilar. "NIKE in China." Harvard Business School Case 386-065, September 1985. (Revised October 1988.)
      • 1985
      • Chapter

      Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Government and Politics; Chemicals; Chemical Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy." In U.S. Competitiveness in the World Economy, edited by Bruce R. Scott and George C. Lodge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
      • August 1983
      • Book Review

      A Comparative Review of Innovation Diffusion Books

      By: Rohit Deshpandé
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      Deshpandé, Rohit. "A Comparative Review of Innovation Diffusion Books." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 20, no. 3 (August 1983): 327–334.
      • June 1983
      • Article

      A Comparison of Tournaments and Contracts

      By: Jerry R. Green and Nancy Stokey
      Tournaments, reward structures based on rank order, are compared with individual contracts in a model with one risk-neutral principal and many risk-averse agents. Each agent's output is a stochastic function of his effort level plus an additive shock term that is... View Details
      Keywords: Tournaments; Contracts
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      Green, Jerry R., and Nancy Stokey. "A Comparison of Tournaments and Contracts." Journal of Political Economy 91, no. 3 (June 1983): 349–364.
      • April 1983 (Revised October 1990)
      • Background Note

      Textiles and the Multi-Fiber Arrangement

      By: David B. Yoffie
      What happens to an industry with millions of employees that loses its comparative advantage? This note examines this question by looking at the global textile and apparel industry. With the Multi-Fiber Arrangement coming up for renewal in December 1981, the United... View Details
      Keywords: Trade; Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Europe
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      Yoffie, David B. "Textiles and the Multi-Fiber Arrangement." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-164, April 1983. (Revised October 1990.)
      • Article

      Action and Enlightenment Functions of Research: Comparing Private and Public Sector Perspectives

      By: Rohit Deshpandé
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      Deshpandé, Rohit. "Action and Enlightenment Functions of Research: Comparing Private and Public Sector Perspectives." Knowledge 2, no. 3 (March 1981): 317–330.
      • 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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      Sasser, W. Earl, and David C. Rikert. "Burger King Corp." Harvard Business School Case 681-045, December 1980. (Revised February 1998.)
      • December 1980 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      McDonald's Corp. (Condensed)

      By: W. Earl Sasser and David C. Rikert
      Describes the operating system of McDonald's, the world's most successful fast food chain. The case does not have a decision focus; it is designed for use with Burger King Corp. Students are asked to compare the operating systems of these two fast food hamburger... View Details
      Keywords: Service Operations; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Sasser, W. Earl, and David C. Rikert. "McDonald's Corp. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 681-044, December 1980. (Revised February 1998.)
      • December 1979
      • Article

      Evaluating and Comparing Projects: Simple Detection of False Alarms

      By: John S. Hammond and John W. Pratt
      Keywords: Performance Evaluation
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      Hammond, John S., and John W. Pratt. "Evaluating and Comparing Projects: Simple Detection of False Alarms." Journal of Finance 34, no. 5 (December 1979): 1231–1242.
      • 1978
      • Chapter

      Comparative Mining Taxes

      By: Louis T. Wells, Meyer Bucovetsky and Malcolm Gillis
      Keywords: Mining; Taxation; Mining Industry
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      Wells, Louis T., Meyer Bucovetsky, and Malcolm Gillis. "Comparative Mining Taxes." Chap. 5 in Taxation and Mining: Non-fuel Minerals in Bolivia and Other Countries, edited by Malcolm Gillis. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1978.
      • January 1977
      • Case

      MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A large diversified company must develop a strategy for a division whose performance has deteriorated due to its aging product. Alternatives range from liquidation to a major investment in a new product. The formal capital budgeting system is compared with the informal... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Capital Budgeting
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      Piper, Thomas R. "MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)." Harvard Business School Case 277-123, January 1977.
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