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      • 1990
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      Managing in Developing Countries: Strategic Analysis and Operating Techniques

      By: J. E. Austin
      Keywords: Management
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      Austin, J. E. Managing in Developing Countries: Strategic Analysis and Operating Techniques. NY: Free Press, 1990.
      • March 1990
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      Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (Abridged)

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Describes the growth of a construction management company and the operating problems it now encounters. Designed to introduce students to the value of competition in the construction industry, to show how the techniques of value analysis can be used to strategic... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Operations; Construction; Growth Management; Quality; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Performance Productivity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Construction Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 690-074, March 1990.
      • December 1988
      • Article

      Strategic Responses to Automobile Emissions Control: A Game-Theoretic Analysis

      By: Dennis Yao
      This paper examines the dynamics of standard-setting regulation under technological uncertainty and asymmetric information about technological capability. A two-period model which allows fully strategic action is developed and applied to the regulation of automobile... View Details
      Keywords: Transportation; Pollutants; Standards; Governance Controls; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Mathematical Methods
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      Yao, Dennis. "Strategic Responses to Automobile Emissions Control: A Game-Theoretic Analysis." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 15 (December 1988): 419–438. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • September 1987
      • Background Note

      What Do Venture Capitalists Do?

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Presents the results derived from 49 responses to a questionnaire mailed to 100 venture capitalists in late 1984. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the relationship between venture capitalists and their portfolio companies. The survey revealed that the... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Recruitment; Surveys; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Relationships; Service Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "What Do Venture Capitalists Do?" Harvard Business School Background Note 288-015, September 1987.
      • 1986
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      Strategic Cost Analysis

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Strategy
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Strategic Cost Analysis." In Cost Accounting for the '90s: The Challenge of Technological Change. Montvale, NJ: National Association of Accountants, 1986.
      • January 1984
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      A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Researchers of the strategic implications of the well-known demand (e.g., adoption and diffusion) and supply (e.g., experience effects) dynamics have typically sought analytical solutions. Their success in this has been achieved partly by limiting the richness of the... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Price; Mathematical Methods; Supply and Industry
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      Dolan, Robert J. "A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments." Journal of Business 57, no. 1 (January 1984).
      • September 1983 (Revised February 1989)
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      The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Describes the international oil tanker shipping industry both historically and in 1983. Designed to provide a vehicle for practicing industry analysis in a volatile commodity business, and for formulating strategy in such an environment. Also can be used to examine... View Details
      Keywords: Strategic Planning; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goods and Commodities; Volatility; Vertical Integration; Supply and Industry; Shipping Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-034, September 1983. (Revised February 1989.)
      • June 1983 (Revised April 1991)
      • Case

      Dominion Engineering Works

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Dominion Engineering Works faces important strategic decisions about whether to continue its focused strategy of selling newsprint machines to the Canadian paper industry or whether recent changes in industry conditions and the emergence of three global competitors... View Details
      Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Globalized Markets and Industries; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Dominion Engineering Works." Harvard Business School Case 383-184, June 1983. (Revised April 1991.)
      • January 1980 (Revised April 1994)
      • Case

      New Balance Athletic Shoes

      By: Kim B. Clark
      Faced with growth exceeding 100% per year, James Davis, president of New Balance, must decide how to meet the need for additional capacity. Several factors contribute to a climate of extreme uncertainty. Several options are considered, ranging from a second shift to... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Information; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Performance Capacity; Risk and Uncertainty; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Republic of Ireland
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      Clark, Kim B. "New Balance Athletic Shoes." Harvard Business School Case 680-110, January 1980. (Revised April 1994.)
      • April 1979 (Revised June 1988)
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      Chain Saw Industry in 1978

      By: Michael E. Porter and David J. Collis
      For use on the second day of a two-day sequence on the U.S. chain saw industry. Describes the evolution of the industry since 1974. Illustrates issues in industry evolution, the forces causing evolution, and the strategic issues raised by evolution. The discussion can... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Industry Growth; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Porter, Michael E., and David J. Collis. "Chain Saw Industry in 1978." Harvard Business School Case 379-176, April 1979. (Revised June 1988.)
      • February 1978
      • Case

      Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Describes the history and evolution of the log home manufacturing industry, a rapidly growing embryonic industry capitalizing on the back-to-basics lifestyle changes in the United States. Focuses on one of the leading firms in the industry, but allows a discussion of... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Change Management; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Porter, Michael E. "Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 378-195, February 1978.
      • October 1976 (Revised February 1987)
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      Cramer Electronics, Inc.

      By: Michael E. Porter
      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
      Keywords: Change Management; Innovation Strategy; Management Style; Resource Allocation; Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "Cramer Electronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 377-063, October 1976. (Revised February 1987.)
      • September 1972 (Revised August 1989)
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      Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 373-094, September 1972. (Revised August 1989.)
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      Competing business models

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
      Building on the literatures on competitive positioning and the theory of industrial organization, my work seeks to tackle previously unaddressed questions by studying situations where firms compete in dissimilar ways. Some examples of these questions include:View Details
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      Energy Strategy

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Forest L. Reinhardt is writing cases and other materials on the strategic problems and opportunitites faced by firms in the energy industry. Significant economies of scale and scope, combined with rapid technological change, present firms in the industry with a... View Details
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      Managing International Trade and Investment

      By: Dante Roscini
      Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) is designed for students who expect to engage directly or indirectly in commerce and in strategic or financial investments across national borders. It covers concepts that are relevant to a number of operating and... View Details
      Keywords: Trade; Investment; Foreign Direct Investment
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      By: Charles C.Y. Wang
      Charles C.Y. Wang is the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management Unit and is currently course head of Financial Reporting and Control in the MBA core curriculum; he is also a coordinator of the... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Accounting; Managerial Accounting; Valuation; Investments; Econometrics
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      By: Suraj Srinivasan
      Professor Srinivasan serves as the Course Head for the required MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. He has previously taught the second year MBA elective Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements and teaches the executive education version... View Details
      Keywords: Business Analysis; Business Evaluation; Financial Statements; Financial Analysis; Audit Committees; Corporate Governance; Compensation Committees
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      By: Boris Vallee
      Professor Vallée focuses on financial innovation, investigating it from different angles. This research thread has led him to relate the methods and insights of corporate finance and banking with those of other subfields, including household finance, public finance,... View Details
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      Strategic Financial Analysis

      By: Suraj Srinivasan

      In a competitive climate, how do some companies outperform others? Managers, consultants, analysts, and investors must understand financial analysis to answer that question and make strategic decisions that drive business profitability and... View Details

      Keywords: Strategic Change; Restructuring; Strategy
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