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      • 1998
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      Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty

      By: J. H. Hammond, Marshall L. Fisher, Walter Obermeyer and A. Raman
      Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Cost Management; Demand and Consumers; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Hammond, J. H., Marshall L. Fisher, Walter Obermeyer, and A. Raman. "Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty." In Global Supply Chain and Technology Management. Vol. 1, edited by Hau Lee and Shu Ming Ng, 76–90. POMS Series in Technology and Operations Management. Miami: Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 1998.
      • September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
      • Case

      Costco Companies, Inc.

      By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
      Costco Companies, one of the major players in the wholesale club industry, has developed a new class of membership that offers discounted services--auto, health, and home insurance, business credit card processing, real estate services--in exchange for a higher annual... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Cost Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply and Industry; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Risk and Uncertainty; Retail Industry
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      Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Costco Companies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 599-041, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
      • September 1998
      • Case

      Vanguard Group, Inc. (1998), The

      By: Andre F. Perold
      Since the beginning of 1997, Vanguard's assets under management have increased more than 60% from $240 billion to almost $400 billion, making it second in market share only to Fidelity. Vanguard views this success as another vindication of its low-cost strategy of... View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Cost Management; Investment Funds; Product; Service Operations; Performance Expectations; Competition; Consolidation; Expansion; Internet; Financial Services Industry
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      Perold, Andre F. "Vanguard Group, Inc. (1998), The." Harvard Business School Case 299-002, September 1998.
      • August 1998
      • Case

      Electronic Commerce at Air Products

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
      In 1998,chief information officers (CIOs) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals business faced the reality that electronic commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys of technology officers in the chemical industry... View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Globalized Markets and Industries; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Chemical Industry; United States
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Electronic Commerce at Air Products." Harvard Business School Case 399-035, August 1998.
      • August 1998 (Revised February 1999)
      • Case

      Product Development at Dell Computer Corporation

      By: Stefan H. Thomke, Vish V. Krishnan and Ashok Nimgade
      Describes how Dell redesigned its new product development process after experiencing a major product setback and a significant decline in firm profits in 1993. Dell's new process is challenged during the development of a new line of portable computers when the incoming... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Profit; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Product Development; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Hardware; Computer Industry
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      Thomke, Stefan H., Vish V. Krishnan, and Ashok Nimgade. "Product Development at Dell Computer Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 699-010, August 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
      • July 1998
      • Teaching Note

      Hawthorne Plastics, Inc. TN

      By: Paul W. Marshall, John S. Hammond and William L Berry
      Teaching Note for (9-171-004). View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Production; Cost; Quality; Theory; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions
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      Marshall, Paul W., John S. Hammond, and William L Berry. "Hawthorne Plastics, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-004, July 1998.
      • Summer 1998
      • Article

      A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions

      By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein
      Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
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      Froot, K. A., and J. Stein. "A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions." Bank of America Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 11, no. 2 (Summer 1998): 59–69.
      • July – August 1998
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      The Promise--and Peril--of Integrated Cost Systems

      By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
      Keywords: Cost; System
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      Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "The Promise--and Peril--of Integrated Cost Systems." HBR 98403. Harvard Business Review 76, no. 4 (July–August 1998): 109–119.
      • June 1998 (Revised January 2000)
      • Case

      Egghead.com

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
      Egghead Software, an entrenched traditional chain retailer specializing in computer software and peripherals, had established a nationwide chain of mall and shopping center stores and a well-organized national brand. In early 1998, management made a highly unusual, and... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., Jeremy Dann, and Robert C Schmults. "Egghead.com." Harvard Business School Case 898-283, June 1998. (Revised January 2000.)
      • 1998
      • Chapter

      Risk-Taking Incentives and the Cost of Insurance Company Failures

      By: Brian J. Hall
      Keywords: Insurance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Motivation and Incentives; Insurance Industry
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      Hall, Brian J. "Risk-Taking Incentives and the Cost of Insurance Company Failures." In Alternative Approaches to Insurance Regulation, edited by Robert W. Klein. Kansas City, MO: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1998.
      • April 1998
      • Case

      Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
      Jim Sharpe, president of Extrusion Technology, describes the first five years at the aluminum extrusion company he purchased. He begins with day one as he introduced himself to the employees in 1987 and assured them of the company's continuity. Over the next two years,... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Profit; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mining Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-096, April 1998.
      • April 1998 (Revised September 1998)
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      Classic Pen Company, The: Developing an ABC Model

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Classic Pen has diversified from its core blue and black pen business by introducing new specialized colors. But costs have risen and margins on blue and black pens are decreasing. The controller turns to activity-based costing (ABC) for an explanation. View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Manufacturing Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Classic Pen Company, The: Developing an ABC Model." Harvard Business School Case 198-117, April 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
      • 1998
      • Chapter

      The Cost of P&C Insurance Company Failures

      By: Brian J. Hall and James G. Bohn
      Keywords: Insurance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Cost; Insurance Industry
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      Hall, Brian J., and James G. Bohn. "The Cost of P&C Insurance Company Failures." In The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, edited by David Bradford. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
      • March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
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      Lehigh Steel

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Laura Donohue
      Lehigh Steel is a specialty steel manufacturer that plummeted from record profits to record losses in less than three years, driven by an inability to distinguish between profitable and unprofitable business. The scale and growth of service activities and overhead... View Details
      Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Product; Cost; Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Accounting; Corporate Finance; Steel Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Laura Donohue. "Lehigh Steel." Harvard Business School Case 198-085, March 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
      • March 1998 (Revised March 2001)
      • Case

      Concordia Electronic Systems Test

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      The management of an electronics company must decide whether to use a single hurdle rate for all projects or to move to a system of different hurdle rates for each of its two divisions. The divisions differ substantially in terms of risk and seem to have substantially... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Business Divisions; Electronics Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Concordia Electronic Systems Test." Harvard Business School Case 298-115, March 1998. (Revised March 2001.)
      • 1998
      • Working Paper

      Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
      It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Employment; Surveys; Programs; Government and Politics; Age; Income; Residency; Welfare; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost vs Benefits; Satisfaction; United Kingdom
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-092, March 1998.
      • February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
      • Case

      FreeMarkets OnLine

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Describes the marketing strategy of an entrepreneurial start-up engaged in electronic purchasing for large manufacturers. By creating an electronic bidding platform, the company has been able to cut down procurement costs by about 15%. The case question concerns how... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Production; Electronics Industry
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "FreeMarkets OnLine." Harvard Business School Case 598-109, February 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
      • February 1998 (Revised March 2000)
      • Case

      Burma Pipeline, The

      By: Debora L. Spar and Lane LaMure
      In 1996, Unocal Corp. joined forces with the French Total company to construct an ambitious natural gas pipeline from the Andaman Sea across the southern tip of Burma and into Thailand. At an estimated cost of $1.2 billion, the pipeline was designed to bring sorely... View Details
      Keywords: Political Risk; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Foreign Direct Investment; Energy Industry; Asia
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      Spar, Debora L., and Lane LaMure. "Burma Pipeline, The." Harvard Business School Case 798-078, February 1998. (Revised March 2000.)
      • February 1998 (Revised May 1998)
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      SITEL Corporation

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Martha Gershun
      SITEL has grown extremely rapidly and is now operating worldwide with operations in more than 30 countries. Since many of its locations serve the same customers, the officers are debating the costs and benefits of additional centralization. Some feel that the autonomy... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth Management; Success
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Martha Gershun. "SITEL Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 898-153, February 1998. (Revised May 1998.)
      • February 1998 (Revised September 1998)
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      Insteel Wire Products: ABM at Andrews

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Ratna G. Sarkar
      Insteel implements an activity-based costing (ABC) system in 1996. It finds pallet nails to be its most profitable product and decides to expand the number of cells making pallet nails from two to four. A repeat of the ABC study in 1997 shows pallet nails have become... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Expansion; Resource Allocation; Activity Based Costing and Management
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Ratna G. Sarkar. "Insteel Wire Products: ABM at Andrews." Harvard Business School Case 198-087, February 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
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