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      • 1990
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      The Role of Management Control Systems in Creating Competitive Advantage: New Perspectives

      By: R. Simons
      Keywords: Management; System; Competitive Strategy
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      Simons, R. "The Role of Management Control Systems in Creating Competitive Advantage: New Perspectives." Accounting, Organizations and Society 15, nos. 1-2 (1990): 127–143.
      • November 1989 (Revised November 1999)
      • Case

      Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision

      By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
      Illustrates how ADP's top management uses formal planning and control systems to establish strategic boundaries for its business units. Top management has developed a detailed list of strategic criteria that ADP managers use to evaluate products and business units, as... View Details
      Keywords: Business Units; Strategic Planning; Management Systems; Accounting; Acquisition
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      Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision." Harvard Business School Case 190-059, November 1989. (Revised November 1999.)
      • November 1989 (Revised April 2018)
      • Case

      Automation Consulting Services

      By: Robert Simons and Hilary Weston
      Illustrates the management control challenges that are associated with rapid growth and geographic expansion. Situated at an offsite Executive Committee Retreat. The three founding partners of a specialized consulting firm are grappling with several difficult questions... View Details
      Keywords: Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Expansion; Consulting Industry
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      Simons, Robert, and Hilary Weston. "Automation Consulting Services." Harvard Business School Case 190-053, November 1989. (Revised April 2018.)
      • November 1989
      • Teaching Note

      H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note

      By: Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper
      Teaching Note for (9-382-034, 035, 036, and 037). View Details
      Keywords: Business Earnings; Management Practices and Processes; Motivation and Incentives; System; Ethics; Policy; Business Divisions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goodpaster, Kenneth E., and Thomas R. Piper. "H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-045, November 1989.
      • October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
      • Case

      Texas Eastman Co.

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The company as part of a commitment to Total Quality Management has installed a computer system that accumulates 30,000 observations on its processes every 2-4 hours. Operating people have found the monthly summaries of financial performance not too useful in this... View Details
      Keywords: Quality; Information Technology; Reports; Business or Company Management
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Texas Eastman Co." Harvard Business School Case 190-039, October 1989. (Revised June 1993.)
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      Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews

      By: Gerald R. Faulhaber and Dennis A. Yao
      This paper presents a model that permits third-party information provision in a market characterized by information asymmetries and reputation formation. The model is used to examine how the market for information provision affects prices and supply in the primary... View Details
      Keywords: Markets; Reputation; SWOT Analysis; Mathematical Methods; Price Bubble; Inflation and Deflation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Cost; Information; Quality; Price; Competitive Advantage; Information Industry
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      Faulhaber, Gerald R., and Dennis A. Yao. "Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews." Journal of Industrial Economics 38, no. 1 (September 1989): 65–77. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • July 1989 (Revised August 1993)
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      Kanthal (B)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Describes actions taken by senior management of Kanthal after seeing the results of the newly installed account management system. Designed as a class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier case by the same author. View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Management Systems; Management Teams
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-003, July 1989. (Revised August 1993.)
      • July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
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      Kanthal (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Earnings Management; Cost Management; Financial Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Business or Company Management; Customer Relationship Management; Sales; Business Strategy; Profit; Electronics Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-002, July 1989. (Revised April 2001.)
      • May 1989
      • Teaching Note

      Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (B), Teaching Note

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Teaching Note for (9-188-143). View Details
      Keywords: Production; Cost Management; System; Product; Resource Allocation; Management Practices and Processes; Electronics Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (B), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 189-055, May 1989.
      • April 1989 (Revised March 1990)
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      Burlington Northern (B)

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Describes the experiences of a seasoned Burlington Northern (BN) sales representative after the introduction of ShipSmart, a decision support system developed by the BN to help its employees and customers analyze logistics problems. After a brief description of a... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Expansion; Rail Transportation; Logistics; Distribution Channels; Truck Transportation; Innovation and Invention; Sales; Rail Industry; United States
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Burlington Northern (B)." Harvard Business School Case 689-083, April 1989. (Revised March 1990.)
      • April 1989
      • Case

      Norton Auto Supply

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Describes a multiechelon distribution system for the distribution of automobile spare parts. An analyst has been hired by the Norton Auto Supply Co. to improve the company's inventory planning and control techniques. Includes demand, cost, weight, and supplier lead... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Operations; Distribution Channels; Management Practices and Processes; Management; Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Auto Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Norton Auto Supply." Harvard Business School Case 689-084, April 1989.
      • April 1989 (Revised January 1990)
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      Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (B)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      A division questions whether to retain, modify, or abandon its cost of quality system now that more direct measures of quality have been adopted. Discusses the role of quality cost measurement in a mature quality management system. View Details
      Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Quality
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (B)." Harvard Business School Case 189-111, April 1989. (Revised January 1990.)
      • 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
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost; Budgets and Budgeting; Capital Budgeting; Cost Management; Reports; Private Ownership; Business or Company Management; Consumer Products Industry; Germany
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Metabo GmbH & Co. KG." Harvard Business School Case 189-146, March 1989. (Revised March 1999.)
      • March 1989 (Revised September 1995)
      • Background Note

      Management Support Systems

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      Provides a technical overview of executive information systems. View Details
      Keywords: Management Systems
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Management Support Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-159, March 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
      • February 1989
      • Case

      Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Keywords: Logistics; Management
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 689-026, February 1989.
      • February 1989 (Revised October 1994)
      • Case

      Asahi Breweries Ltd.

      By: Malcolm S. Salter
      Focuses on competitive repositioning, organizational renewal, and personal leadership. Describes how Asahi Breweries was faced with a major capacity expansion decision after succeeding in increasing market share dramatically in the traditionally stable Japanese beer... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Mission and Purpose; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
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      Salter, Malcolm S. "Asahi Breweries Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 389-114, February 1989. (Revised October 1994.)
      • January 1989
      • Background Note

      Managing Information Technology: Computer Systems and Components

      By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
      Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure
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      Cash, James I., Jr., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Managing Information Technology: Computer Systems and Components." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-130, January 1989.
      • January 1989
      • Background Note

      Managing Information Technology: System Development

      By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
      Provides an overview of the system development process in large organizations. Describes traditional life cycle approaches as well as more recent methods, e.g., prototyping. The objective is to familiarize students with the terminology and issues involving system... View Details
      Keywords: Design; Information Technology; System
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      Cash, James I., Jr., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Managing Information Technology: System Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-132, January 1989.
      • January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
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      General Electric: Compliance Systems

      By: Robert L. Simons
      After General Electric (GE) is indicted in 1985 for defrauding the Department of Defense, Chairman John F. Welch takes dramatic steps to prevent a recurrence. This case documents the new systems and procedures that are put in place to ensure that all GE employees are... View Details
      Keywords: Policy; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Communication; Business History; Behavior; Boundaries; Management Style; Cost Management; Electronics Industry
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      Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Compliance Systems." Harvard Business School Case 189-081, January 1989. (Revised June 1993.)
      • winter 1988
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      Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts

      By: Robert F. Bruner and Lynn S. Paine
      Management buyouts, which have played an important role in the recent wave of corporate restructurings, have been criticized from several directions. This article addresses the problems created by management's conflict of interest. As members of the buyout team,... View Details
      Keywords: Buyout; Ethical Decision Making; Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Ethics; Decision Making
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      Bruner, Robert F., and Lynn S. Paine. "Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts." California Management Review 30, no. 2 (winter 1988): 89–106.
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