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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Performance and Control across Multiple Markets

By: Tatiana Sandino, Dennis Campbell and Shelby Yu
Chain organizations typically operate units across different types of markets, with significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion potentially influences performance through two channels: it makes performance a noisier indicator of store manager... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Organizational Design; Markets; Franchise Ownership; Performance; Retail Industry
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Sandino, Tatiana, Dennis Campbell, and Shelby Yu. "Performance and Control across Multiple Markets." American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Paper, January 2008.
  • June 2002
  • Article

Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success

By: M. G. Alles and S. Datar
Keywords: Sales; Success; Employees
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Alles, M. G., and S. Datar. "Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success." Management Accounting Research 13, no. 2 (June 2002): 173–190.
  • March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
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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.)
  • 18 Aug 2013
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Public Funds Take Control of Assets, Dodging Wall Street

  • November 2007 (Revised April 2022)
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Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis

By: Tom Nicholas and Laura Gaie Singleton
Control Data Corporation is considering its response to the assassination of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Four months prior, William Norris, president of the Minneapolis-based computer firm had already committed to building a plant in a low-income... View Details
Keywords: Urban Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Scope; Computer Industry; District of Columbia; Minneapolis
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Nicholas, Tom, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 808-096, November 2007. (Revised April 2022.)
  • May 1987 (Revised February 2000)
  • Case

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System

By: Robert L. Simons
Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising budget targets. Illustrates intensive strategic planning and financial planning process in a large, decentralized... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Planning; Forecasting and Prediction; Accounting Audits; Budgets and Budgeting; Business Strategy; Financial Management; Business or Company Management; Management Systems; Public Administration Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Simons, Robert L. "Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System." Harvard Business School Case 187-081, May 1987. (Revised February 2000.)
  • November 1992
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Process Control at Polaroid (B)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
The plant manager of a film production operation wants to create and implement a new approach to quality within the next 12 months. Issues of personnel (and their roles), production processes (and their control), and quality standards must be addressed. View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Job Design and Levels; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Quality; Mathematical Methods
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Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (B)." Harvard Business School Case 693-048, November 1992.
  • 1990
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Analysis of Cost Variances for Management Control in Hospitals

By: S. Datar, R. Banker and S. Das
Keywords: Cost Management; Health Care and Treatment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Health Industry
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Datar, S., R. Banker, and S. Das. "Analysis of Cost Variances for Management Control in Hospitals." In Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting. Vol. 5, edited by James L. Chan, Rowan H. Jones, and James M. Patton, 269–291. Elsevier Science, 1990.
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Employee Selection as a Control System

By: Dennis Campbell
Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study... View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Governance Controls; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Making; Business Model
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Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 4 (September 2012): 931–966.

    The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy

    This HBS working paper focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, and diagnostic control systems. The project analyzes data from 75 field studies to illustrate how managers adjust span of accountability and span of control to... View Details

    • February 1987 (Revised August 1988)
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    Gillette Personal Care Division: Marketing Planning and Control

    Bill Ryan, president of the Gillette Co.'s Personal Care Division, is considering changing the division's planning and control system for marketing. White Rain, the division's most recent success, had been launched by taking shortcuts through the system, while other... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Management Systems; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    Bonoma, Thomas V. "Gillette Personal Care Division: Marketing Planning and Control." Harvard Business School Case 587-099, February 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
    • 28 Sep 2016
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    Can Washington control high-tech lending?

    • 18 Apr 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

    Although much of the globe is awash in it, the allocation of water for human consumption is anything but easy. As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
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    The Control of Technology Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of the Biotechnology Industry

    By: Josh Lerner and Robert P. Merges
    Keywords: Information Technology; Alliances; Information; Biotechnology Industry
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    Lerner, Josh, and Robert P. Merges. "The Control of Technology Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of the Biotechnology Industry." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 2 (June 1998): 125–156. (Special Symposium "Inside the Pin Factory": Empirical Studies Augmented by Manager Interviews.)
    • August 2017
    • Case

    Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital (Abridged)

    By: Robert S. Huckman and Nikolaos Trichakis
    The case explores the challenges facing Massachusetts General Hospital concerning the adoption of a new infection control policy, which promises to improve operational performance, patient safety, and profitability. The new policy requires coordination between... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Health Industry; Boston
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    Huckman, Robert S., and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 618-018, August 2017.
    • 11 Apr 2017
    • News

    Keeping the Missions Under Control

    Norman Knight (GMP 9, 2010) is Executive Flight Director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In this interview, he talks about the unique blend of scientific and technical skills and the management expertise needed to send... View Details
    • 19 Apr 2012
    • Conference Presentation

    Risk Management, Accounting and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle

    By: Anette Mikes
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    Mikes, Anette. "Risk Management, Accounting and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle." Paper presented at the Management Accounting as Social and Organizational Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, April 19, 2012.
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    A Discussion of Internal Control Weaknesses and Client Risk Management

    By: Aiyesha Dey
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    Dey, Aiyesha. "A Discussion of Internal Control Weaknesses and Client Risk Management." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 24, no. 4 (October 2009): 581–587.
    • 1994
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    The Virtual Organization: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control

    By: N. Nohria and J. D. Berkley
    Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Power and Influence
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    Nohria, N., and J. D. Berkley. "The Virtual Organization: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control." In The Post-Bureaucratic Organization: New Perspectives on Organizational Change, edited by Anne Donnellon and Charles C Heckscher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994.
    • December 1982 (Revised June 1985)
    • Background Note

    Note on Management Control Systems, Part V: Measurement of Performance

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    Dearden, John. "Note on Management Control Systems, Part V: Measurement of Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-130, December 1982. (Revised June 1985.)
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