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      • February 1991
      • Case

      Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)

      By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
      The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Audits; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Technology Adoption; Service Industry
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      Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-123, February 1991.
      • February 1991 (Revised October 1991)
      • Case

      Fenchel Lampshade Co.

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes the proposed purchase of a lampshade manufacturer by Steven and Michele Rogers, recent graduates of the Harvard Business School. Focuses on their plans to raise the capital necessary to buy the company. Among the issues raised are how to structure the deal... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; Manufacturing Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Fenchel Lampshade Co." Harvard Business School Case 291-014, February 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
      • February 1991
      • Background Note

      Note on Sealed Bid Auctions

      By: David E. Bell
      Describes a simple approach to determining an appropriate bid for a sealed bid auction. View Details
      Keywords: History; Management Style; Financial Management; Consumer Behavior; Accounting; Bids and Bidding; Decisions; Market Transactions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation Style; Auctions
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      Bell, David E. "Note on Sealed Bid Auctions." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-140, February 1991.
      • December 1990 (Revised December 1993)
      • Supplement

      Australian Paper Manufacturers (B)

      By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
      Describes events that occur after the decision point in Australian Paper Manufacturers (A). With these facts and more detailed market projections, this case intensifies the long-term financial, strategic, and ethical decisions confronting the invader. View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Finance; Strategy; Ethics; Pulp and Paper Industry; Australia
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      Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Australian Paper Manufacturers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 691-043, December 1990. (Revised December 1993.)
      • October 1990
      • Case

      Parenting Magazine

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes a set of decisions confronting Robin Wolaner, who is negotiating with representatives of Time Inc. about investing in a project to launch a new magazine called Parenting. The negotiations have reached an impasse. Among the issues to be considered are the... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Projects; Journals and Magazines; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Parenting Magazine." Harvard Business School Case 291-015, October 1990.
      • October 1990 (Revised May 1994)
      • Case

      Confederated Pulp & Paper

      By: David E. Bell
      A rewritten version of an old case that updates the dates and prices and simplifies the economics. The issue is still one of determining a suitable inventory of wood for the mill to last through the winter. View Details
      Keywords: History; Supply Chain Management; Spending; Forecasting and Prediction; Economic Growth; Information Management; Pulp and Paper Industry
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      Bell, David E. "Confederated Pulp & Paper." Harvard Business School Case 191-065, October 1990. (Revised May 1994.)
      • September 1990 (Revised January 1992)
      • Case

      Procter & Gamble Japan (A)

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino
      Ten years after entering Japan, P&G had accumulated over $250 million in operating losses on declining annual sales of $120 million by 1983. The decision facing the president of P&G International: exit, retrench or rebuild the operation? Ironically, the initial entry... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Change Management; Profit; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Sales; Competition; Technology; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
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      Yoshino, Michael Y. "Procter & Gamble Japan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-003, September 1990. (Revised January 1992.)
      • August 1990 (Revised March 1991)
      • Case

      Eli Lilly and Co. (C): Japan

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino
      Describes the process of establishing an independent operation in Japan in the mid-1980s as a result of a decision to make a major investment in the market. Describes the challenges in setting up such an operation and focuses on the role of the country manager in... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Startups; Decisions; Investment; Growth Management; Managerial Roles; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan
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      Yoshino, Michael Y. "Eli Lilly and Co. (C): Japan." Harvard Business School Case 391-034, August 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
      • July 1990 (Revised October 1997)
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      Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, the students are introduced to a simple activity-based cost system. Siemens Electric Motor Works found itself facing an increasingly competitive environment and so made... View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost; Adoption; Cost vs Benefits; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Production; Business Strategy; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 191-006, July 1990. (Revised October 1997.)
      • June 1990 (Revised January 1993)
      • Case

      Dynatronics, Inc. (Abridged)

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      Provides an opportunity to evaluate an investment in a new product line in strategic, competitive, organizational, and economic terms. The economic analysis involves an estimation of the relevant cash flows and discounting them at an appropriate hurdle rate. View Details
      Keywords: Product; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Capital Budgeting
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Dynatronics, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 290-064, June 1990. (Revised January 1993.)
      • April 1990
      • Case

      Philip Morris Companies' ""Bill of Rights"" Sponsorship Program

      By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
      Describes the new policy of the National Archives of inviting corporate cosponsorship of historic exhibits and commemorations. In November 1989, Philip Morris Companies (PM) became the first cosponsor of the bicentennial commemoration of the Bill of Rights, and used... View Details
      Keywords: Policy; Brands and Branding; Decisions; Advertising; Marketing Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Financing and Loans; Reputation; Nonprofit Organizations
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      Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. Philip Morris Companies' ""Bill of Rights"" Sponsorship Program. Harvard Business School Case 590-108, April 1990.
      • March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
      • Case

      Turner Construction Company: Project Management Control Systems

      By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
      After providing a brief overview of Turner Construction Co.'s structure and project work, the case gives a detailed description of its project management control system, the IOR system. In addition to explaining the mechanics of the IOR system, the case identifies the... View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Cost Management; Performance Evaluation; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Planning; Management Systems; Management Teams; Construction Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Turner Construction Company: Project Management Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 190-128, March 1990. (Revised October 1999.)
      • 1990
      • Article

      The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making

      By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
      Keywords: Wealth; Investment; Decision Making
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      Perold, André, and Jay O. Light. "The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making." Tōshi kōgaku [Investment technology] 2 (1990): 63–96.
      • November 1989 (Revised November 2002)
      • Case

      American Dream, The

      By: Donald A. Brown, William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum
      Explores the process of purchasing a single family house through the eyes of a young couple. The couple is trying to determine what type of home to buy as well as how to finance it. View Details
      Keywords: Personal Finance; Financing and Loans; Decisions; Real Estate Industry
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      Brown, Donald A., William J. Poorvu, and Richard E Crum. "American Dream, The." Harvard Business School Case 390-089, November 1989. (Revised November 2002.)
      • September 1989
      • Background Note

      Performance Curves: Costs, Prices, and Value

      By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
      Explains the concept of a family of performance curves. The most well known is the price/performance curve relating the prices of items in a product line to their performance. Also discusses the cost/performance curve and its impact on product positioning, product line... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Price; Product Positioning; Performance; Competition; Value
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      Dolan, Robert J., and Benson P. Shapiro. "Performance Curves: Costs, Prices, and Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-010, September 1989.
      • fall 1989
      • Article

      How Do Investors Interpret Firms' Financial Decisions

      By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu
      Keywords: Finance; Decision Making; Investment
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      Healy, Paul M., and Krishna G. Palepu. "How Do Investors Interpret Firms' Financial Decisions." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 2, no. 3 (fall 1989).
      • August 1989 (Revised January 1992)
      • Case

      Prospect Hill

      By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
      Bill Hassett, a partner in the Nelson Companies, has to make some important decisions regarding the expansion of Prospect Hill Executive Office Park in Waltham, Massachusetts. The pre-development issues concerning him about the Hillside Building include how to position... View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Property; Decisions; Interest Rates; Urban Development; Organizational Structure; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts
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      Poorvu, William J., and Katherine Sweetman. "Prospect Hill." Harvard Business School Case 390-011, August 1989. (Revised January 1992.)
      • April 1989 (Revised March 1993)
      • Case

      ProTech, Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A company is considering the elimination of a product line. As part of that consideration, it must develop possible strategies for closing the division, and identify the economic and non-economic implications of the strategy. The situation is complicated by the... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Decision Making; Business Exit or Shutdown; Equity; Problems and Challenges
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      Piper, Thomas R. "ProTech, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 289-054, April 1989. (Revised March 1993.)
      • 1989
      • Book

      Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Economics; Central Banking; Policy; Political History; Resignation and Termination; Biography; Books; Surveys; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Iran
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      Jones, Geoffrey. Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah. London: Frank Cass, 1989.
      • February 1989 (Revised November 1991)
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      Science Technology Co.--1985

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      The CEO of a U.S. electronics firm is assessing the financial forecasts and the financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Given the cyclicality of the industry and the volatility of the firm's performance, the CEO is unsure as to the usefulness of... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Change Management; Industry Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Volatility; Electronics Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Science Technology Co.--1985." Harvard Business School Case 289-040, February 1989. (Revised November 1991.)
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