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- October 1987 (Revised October 1989)
- Background Note
Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change
Discusses elements in organizing a large scale change effort: defining a shared vision, coalition building, management structure and process, communication and education, local participation and innovation, standards and measures, and symbols and signals. View Details
- 1987
- Book
Banking and Oil
By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the second of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its... View Details
- April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Tiberg Co.
By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
- spring 1987
- Article
Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
We examine a dynamic model of price competition in defense procurement that incorporates the experience curve, asymmetric cost information, and the availability of a higher cost alternative system. We model acquisition as a two-stage process in which initial production... View Details
- December 1986 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986
Provides an update to the global competitive interaction between Caterpillar and Komatsu described in companion cases Caterpillar Tractor and Komatsu Ltd. Caterpillar's response to Komatsu's growing market share is outlined, then the impact of rapidly changing... View Details
- 1986
- Book
Banking and Empire in Iran
By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the first of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its development... View Details
- September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Pressco, Inc.--1984
A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations. View Details
- February 1986
- Article
The Derivation of the Bayesian Ramsey Pricing Rule
By: Dutch Leonard and William B. Tye
- February 1985 (Revised September 1988)
- Case
Komatsu Ltd.
Reviews and updates the structure and characteristics of the earth-moving equipment industry presented in the companion case, Caterpillar Tractor Co. After revealing that CAT has suffered major financial losses during the period from 1981 through 1984, the case... View Details
- December 1984
- Article
An Approach for Developing an Optimal Discount Pricing Policy
By: R. Lal and Richard Staelin
- 1984
- Article
Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christine E. Bishop
- 1983
- Other Unpublished Work
Federal and State Infrastructure Banking: Political and Institutional Issues
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard P. Nathan
- 1983
- Book
The Effects of Banking Deregulation
By: D. B. Crane, Ralph C. Kimball and William C. Gregor
- September 1983
- Article
Budgetary Time Bombs: Controlling Government Loan Guarantees
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Donald R. Lessard and Scott P. Mason