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- April 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Teaching Note
Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Robert L. Simons
- March 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Kyocera Corp.
By: John P. Kotter
Examines the three factors critical to this company's remarkable success in the high tech field. The first factor is the founder, Dr. Inamori's powerful leadership. The second is the strong corporate culture or philosophy of the firm. The third element in Kyocera's... View Details
- February 1991
- Teaching Note
Carolina Power & Light Co., Teaching Note
- June 1990
- Case
Calizona Valley Power and Light Co.
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Utilities Industry
- May 1990 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
Karen Green, Teaching Note
By: Linda A. Hill
The video depicts Karen Green, a manager in her early thirties, on a company retreat. She is being considered for a project manager position, a promotion she does not receive. During the retreat, the circumstances that influenced the decision become evident. The... View Details
- March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
Describes the incentive system by which Mary Kay Cosmetics motivates the sales force of 200,000 independent agents who comprise the firm's only distribution channel. Illustrates the powerful effect on sales-force behavior that results when creative types of employee... View Details
- February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
- February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
- Supplement
Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
- Article
Measuring the Effectiveness of Competition in Defense Procurement: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
This article surveys the literature that has attempted to measure competition's effects on defense procurement. The focus is on conceptual underpinnings of models rather than technical aspects of estimation procedures. While providing valuable insight, the models are... View Details
- November 1989 (Revised June 1995)
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B2)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein
Gives the voting results for the Power Systems Division's Vax System upgrade project. View Details
- September 1989
- Article
Exchange Rate Pass-Through When Market Share Matters
By: K. A. Froot and P. Klemperer
- 1989
- Chapter
Model of Franchiser Market Penetration in an Area of Dominant Influence
By: V. K. Rangan and Patrick J Kaufmann
- March 1989 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Metabo GmbH & Co. KG
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A privately owned German power tool company was dissatisfied with its existing cost system. The system could not produce timely accurate reports on cost center operations, and newly purchased automated machines were attracting large overhead costs. A new, highly... View Details
- 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
- November 1988 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor
By: Linda A. Hill
At a time of great changes in the corporate environment, Larry Yoshino, a design lab manager at Parsons Controls Corp., faces a delay in a costly defense project due to the inability of one of his subordinates to gain the cooperation of engineers at Parsons'... View Details
- November–December 1988
- Article
Fast-Cycle Capability for Competitive Power
By: Joseph L. Bower and Thomas M. Hout
- September 1988
- Case
Skil Corp.
The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately $1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the U.S. market, of which five were U.S. companies. Skil was the third largest U.S. competitor. Skil was acquired by... View Details
- February 1988 (Revised November 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Fundamental Parity Conditions
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Provides a simple framework for analyzing expected exchange rate movements. Basic parity and equilibrium conditions are presented including purchasing power parity, forward parity, interest rate parity, the domestic Fisher effect, and the international Fisher effect... View Details