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- January 1980 (Revised August 1985)
- Case
Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division--1980
Cumberland Metal Industries has developed a new product to help contractors drive piles faster. They are trying to decide how to price it. Provides substantial information on the industry, competition, etc. Students must decide what factors are relevant in making an... View Details
- November 1979
- Supplement
Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry, Supplement
- Article
Marketing and Distribution Strategies for International Organizations
By: John C. Pattison and John A. Quelch
- March 1979
- Supplement
Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry, Addendum
- March 1979 (Revised September 1980)
- Teaching Note
Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry, Raytheon Co.: Distribution, & Cramer Electronics, Teaching Note
- August 1977 (Revised November 1985)
- Teaching Note
Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co., Inc., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-673-033). View Details
Keywords: Distribution Industry
- 1977
- Article
On the Joint Distribution of Left- and Right-sided Outliner Statistics
By: André Perold and D. M. Hawkins
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
- November 1976
- Article
Partial Equilibrium Approach to the Free-Rider Problem
By: Jerry R. Green, Elon Kohlberg and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Groves and others have shown that truthful answers concerning preferences for public goods can be elicited as dominant strategies if appropriate tax-subsidies rules are applied. This paper studies the statistical properties of the total revenues generated by one of the... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges
- October 1976 (Revised February 1987)
- Case
Cramer Electronics, Inc.
Designed to be the second day of a two-day series on the electronic component distribution industry, following a day spent discussing Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry and Raytheon Co.: Diversification. The important teaching themes which this case... View Details
- October 1976 (Revised May 1985)
- Case
Raytheon Co.: Diversification
Centers on the question of whether Raytheon should enter the electronic component distribution industry in the context of its broad diversification approach and acquisition criteria. This industry represents a vertical integration area for Raytheon, so the analytical... View Details
- September 1976 (Revised February 1987)
- Background Note
Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry
- July 1975 (Revised April 1988)
- Supplement
Paper Distributors, Inc. (D), Supplement
- Article
The Nature of Stochastic Equilibria
By: Jerry R. Green and Mukul Majumdar
This paper formulates the notion of stochastic equilibria as invariant probability distributions consistent with the behavior patterns of individuals and the disequilibrium adjustment mechanism of the economy. Conditions for existence, uniqueness, and stability of such... View Details
- January 1975
- Article
The Spatial Distribution of Urban Pharmacies
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Sam Leinhardt
- August 1974
- Article
On Equilibrium Allocations as Distributions on the Commodity Space
By: Elon Kohlberg, S. Hart and W. Hildenbrand
Keywords: Goods and Commodities
- 1974
- Article
The Distribution of Fiscal Burdens and Benefits
By: Dutch Leonard, Richard A. Musgrave and Karl E. Case
- September 1972 (Revised February 1984)
- Case
Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co., Inc.
By: Paul W. Marshall
Illustration of the two main types of errors resulting from use of the economic order quantity (EOQ) as a tool in production scheduling. Designed to permit class discussion to begin with a consideration of one common type of mistake, errors in calculation of the EOQ... View Details
- 2012
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus
After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens’ access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed... View Details
Keywords: Solar; Solar Power; Electricity; Clean Technology; Scaling-up; Economic Development; Partnerships; Sustainability; Innovation; Leadership Skills; Renewable Energy; Energy; Infrastructure; Information Technology; Economy; Partners and Partnerships; Distribution; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Energy Industry; Africa; Liberia
- Research Summary
AIDS in Africa: Life, Death and Property Rights
By: Debora L. Spar
In the final years of the twentieth century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--the plague of AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought... View Details