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      • February 1995 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Doing Business in a Distributed World: Clients, Servers, and the Stuff in Between

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
      Examines business computing as it is evolving in the 1990s. Compares the highly centralized and tightly controlled systems of the past with today's flexible, networked, client/server technology. Serves as an introduction to client/server terminology and technology. View Details
      Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Performance Improvement; Transformation; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Adoption; Information Technology Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Geoffrey Bock. "Doing Business in a Distributed World: Clients, Servers, and the Stuff in Between." Harvard Business School Case 195-211, February 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
      • 1995
      • Book

      Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal

      By: R. Simons
      Keywords: Management Systems
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      Simons, R. Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
      • 1995
      • Article

      Moral Hazard and Management Control in Just-in-time Settings

      By: M. Alles, S. Datar and R. Lambert
      Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Management
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      Alles, M., S. Datar, and R. Lambert. "Moral Hazard and Management Control in Just-in-time Settings." Journal of Accounting Research 33 (1995): 177–204.
      • December 1994
      • Supplement

      3M Optical Systems: Management Interviews, Part 1; Part 2, Videotape

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Keywords: System
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "3M Optical Systems: Management Interviews, Part 1; Part 2, Videotape." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 395-514, December 1994.
      • December 1994 (Revised October 2009)
      • Case

      AES Honeycomb (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah C. Mavrinac
      Senior managers of the AES Corp., an independent power producer, must decide whether to drop the company's emphasis on corporate values and revamp organizational controls as advised by investment analysts and outside counsel. The company is recovering from an incident... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Energy Generation; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah C. Mavrinac. "AES Honeycomb (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-132, December 1994. (Revised October 2009.)
      • December 1994
      • Case

      AB SKA (Sweden)

      By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan and Robert L. Simons
      A senior manager faces three accounting and control decisions related to a new R&D project: to expense or capitalize, how to implement management control over the R&D function, and how to use activity-based cost drivers for product costing. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Management Practices and Processes; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Research and Development; Sweden
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      Hawkins, David F., V.G. Narayanan, and Robert L. Simons. "AB SKA (Sweden)." Harvard Business School Case 195-180, December 1994.
      • October 1994 (Revised March 1999)
      • Case

      Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer

      By: W. Earl Sasser, Thomas O. Jones and Norman Klein
      Explores the interface of an information system that keeps track of guests and their preferences, and the people systems that deliver multiple services at Ritz-Carlton hotels. The luxury hotel chain's unique service credo and commitment to quality principles are... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Satisfaction; Training; Recruitment; Service Delivery; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Balance and Stability; Information Technology
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      Sasser, W. Earl, Thomas O. Jones, and Norman Klein. "Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 395-064, October 1994. (Revised March 1999.)
      • October 1994
      • Case

      Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Abridged)

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Describes a decision facing Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. in June 1985: whether to continue to compete in the silicon steel business in the face of stiff competition from imports. Includes a complete description of the company's productivity improvement systems and... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Strategy; Performance Improvement; Management Systems; Technology; Steel Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 695-023, October 1994.
      • 1994
      • Chapter

      Traditions of Centrality, Authority and Management in Modern China's Foreign Relations

      By: William C. Kirby
      Keywords: History; Governance Controls; International Relations; Policy; China
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      Kirby, William C. "Traditions of Centrality, Authority and Management in Modern China's Foreign Relations." In Ideas and Interpretations in Chinese Foreign Policy, edited by David Shambaugh and Thomas Robinson, 13–30. New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1994.
      • October 1994
      • Case

      Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System

      By: Robin Cooper, Takeo Yoshikawa and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management
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      Cooper, Robin, Takeo Yoshikawa, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Yamatake-Honeywell Company, Ltd.: Activity-Based Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 195-106, October 1994.
      • October 1994 (Revised November 1995)
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      N.V. Philips Electronics - Currency Hedging Policies

      By: Richard F. Meyer
      Describes Philips Electronics' policies and problems relating to foreign exchange risk and hedging. Explains centralization versus decentralization of currency hedging, economic role versus transaction role, the difficulties of capturing the necessary information... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Currency Exchange Rate; International Finance; Globalization; Policy; Information Management; Management; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Meyer, Richard F. "N.V. Philips Electronics - Currency Hedging Policies." Harvard Business School Case 295-055, October 1994. (Revised November 1995.)
      • September 1994 (Revised June 2017)
      • Case

      Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis

      By: Robert Simons and Antonio Davila
      Students are asked to use actual and pro forma financial statements to prepare a statement of cash flows under both the direct and indirect method. View Details
      Keywords: Cash Flow Analysis; Strategy Execution; Management Control Systems; Analysis; Cash Flow; Financial Statements
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      Simons, Robert, and Antonio Davila. "Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 195-130, September 1994. (Revised June 2017.)
      • September 1994
      • Case

      American Airlines: Object Oriented Flight Dispatching Systems

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Espen Andersen
      American Airlines Describes has organized and developed their Systems Operation Control (SOC) center in Dallas, from which the day-to-day running of the airline takes place. This case details the decision support system used by the flight dispatchers, and the... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Development; Programs; Complexity; Technology Adoption; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Espen Andersen. "American Airlines: Object Oriented Flight Dispatching Systems." Harvard Business School Case 195-046, September 1994.
      • August 1994
      • Case

      Topcon Corporation: Production Control System

      By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Production
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      Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Topcon Corporation: Production Control System." Harvard Business School Case 195-082, August 1994.
      • August 1994
      • Teaching Note

      Topcon Corporation: Production Control System TN

      By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: System; Production
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      Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Topcon Corporation: Production Control System TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 195-083, August 1994.
      • August 1994 (Revised May 2001)
      • Case

      ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Sharon L. Rossi
      ITT Automotive is in the process of developing a new-generation antilock brake system (ABS), designated the MK-20. The case focuses on the level of automation to be used in the production of this new system, and whether all plants should use the same process... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation Strategy; Production; Product Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Performance Productivity; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Belgium; Germany; United States
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Sharon L. Rossi. "ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)." Harvard Business School Case 695-002, August 1994. (Revised May 2001.)
      • June 1994 (Revised August 1994)
      • Case

      Cunard Line Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Cunard, the world's oldest luxury line company, is confronted with several key issues involving its marketing and marketing communications strategy. One concerns the balance between image/positioning advertising and short-term-oriented promotional... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Structure; Identity; Balance and Stability; Shipping Industry
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      Greyser, Stephen A. "Cunard Line Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications." Harvard Business School Case 594-046, June 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
      • June 1994 (Revised October 1999)
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      Beer Game, The: Board Version

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      The beer game is an exercise that demonstrates supply channel dynamics. Simulates the flow of material and information in a simplified channel of beer production and distribution, focusing on the linkages among a beer manufacturer, its distributors, a wholesaler, and a... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Information; Distribution Channels; Production; Supply Chain Management; Problems and Challenges
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Beer Game, The: Board Version." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-104, June 1994. (Revised October 1999.)
      • June 1994 (Revised October 2001)
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      Mrs. Fields, Inc. 1993

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Keri O. Pearlson
      A compilation of press remarks that detail the changes in control and management initiated by the company. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Systems; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Keri O. Pearlson. "Mrs. Fields, Inc. 1993." Harvard Business School Supplement 194-066, June 1994. (Revised October 2001.)
      • May 1994
      • Background Note

      Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three... View Details
      Keywords: Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Complexity; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Product Marketing; Markets; Product
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-119, May 1994.
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