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- April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (N): 80-Inch Hot Rolling Mill Upgrade Package
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (C): The Zincrometal Event
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1988)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (G): Small Melts
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (H): Fred Lerner--Inventory Planning and Control
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (J): Walking Beam Furnaces
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1988)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (K): Vacuum Degassing
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (L): Closed Loop Shape Control
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (M): Humidity-Controlled Inventory Storage in No. 3 Cold Mill
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (O): Upgrades of the No. 3 and No. 5 Galvanize Lines
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (P): Embossed Temper Mill
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1988)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (D): The Varrick Claim
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- April 1987 (Revised May 1988)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (E): Galvanize Rejects at Indiana Motors
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- March 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (R): Darnall's Thoughts
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- February 1987 (Revised August 1989)
- Background Note
United States Trade Law
By: David B. Yoffie
Examines the manner in which U.S. trade law and policy has evolved, with emphasis on trade in manufactured goods and services as well as the relationship between the executive and the legislature. The structure and content of U.S. trade law is discussed including a... View Details
- January 1987 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.
By: Ramchandran Jaikumar, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield and Kathryn E. Stecke
A rapidly growing machine parts manufacturer is trying to decide whether to acquire an advanced Flexible Manufacturing System or Systems. The selection decisions must address the impact of new technology, the effect of setup times on production planning and capacity,... View Details
- January 1987
- Article
Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
- December 1986 (Revised December 1987)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (B)
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Asks where in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) network of groups and sectors the Manufacturing Productivity Division should be placed. Provides a great deal of background regarding marketing, sales, and engineering at HP. It is thus possible to expand and broaden the... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Marketing; Production; Networks; Sales; Expansion; Manufacturing Industry
- September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Pressco, Inc.--1984
A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations. View Details
- September 1986 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Kodak must decide whether to make a major investment in a production facility designed around a new technique for producing the gelatin critical to so many film and paper products. Currently, gelatin making is an arcane art, unchanged in 150 years and heavily dependent... View Details
- April 1986 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they... View Details