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- February 1989
- Case
Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems
Hammond, Janice H. "Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 689-026, February 1989.
- August 2002
- Article
Consumer Control and Empowerment: A Primer
By: Luc Wathieu, Lyle Brenner, Ziv Carmon, Amitava Chattopadhyay, Aimee Drolet, John T. Gourville, A.V. Muthukrishnan, Nathan Novemsky, Rebecca Ratner, Klaus Wertenbroch and George Wu
Wathieu, Luc, Lyle Brenner, Ziv Carmon, Amitava Chattopadhyay, Aimee Drolet, John T. Gourville, A.V. Muthukrishnan, Nathan Novemsky, Rebecca Ratner, Klaus Wertenbroch, and George Wu. "Consumer Control and Empowerment: A Primer." Marketing Letters 13, no. 3 (August 2002): 297–305.
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage
By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon
The business press plays a significant role in distributing firm news to investors. We investigate the extent to which managers can influence their firm's level of coverage in newswires and newspapers. We consider three choices under managerial control: press release... View Details
Keywords: Announcements; Governance Controls; News; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry
Soltes, Eugene F., and David H. Solomon. "Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage." October 2012.
- Research Summary
Information and Control in Modern Manufacturing
Ratna Sarkar's research in management accounting focuses on the effect of information and incentives on performance. She has investigated the role of worker empowerment, training and inventory in modern manufacturing settings and her findings suggest that these... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Controlling Versus Enabling — Online Appendix
By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright
Section 1 of this online appendix contains the proof of the technical Lemma (Lemma 2) used in the Proof of Lemma 1 in the main paper, which states that Ω* (.) is continuous and differentiable at R*. Section 2 provides the linear example with cost differences between... View Details
Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright. "Controlling Versus Enabling — Online Appendix." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-004, July 2015. (Revised July 2016.)
- August 1994
- Teaching Note
Topcon Corporation: Production Control System TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
- May 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Case
CIBA-GEIGY (A): Information and Control System
Merchant, Kenneth A. "CIBA-GEIGY (A): Information and Control System." Harvard Business School Case 184-185, May 1984. (Revised May 1985.)
- January 1983
- Exercise
Control Course -- Supplemental Problem Set
Dearden, John. "Control Course -- Supplemental Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 183-051, January 1983.
- 25 Nov 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effect of Systems of Management Controls on Misreporting
- Article
Guilt Enhances the Sense of Control and Drives Risky Judgments
By: Maryam Kouchaki, Christopher Oveis and F. Gino
The present studies investigate the hypothesis that guilt influences risk-taking by enhancing one's sense of control. Across multiple inductions of guilt, we demonstrate that experimentally induced guilt enhances optimism about risks for the self (Study 1), preferences... View Details
Kouchaki, Maryam, Christopher Oveis, and F. Gino. "Guilt Enhances the Sense of Control and Drives Risky Judgments." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 143, no. 6 (December 2014): 2103–2110.
- Article
Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances
By: Josh Lerner and Dan Elfenbein
We explore the relationship between exclusivity and state-contingent control rights using a sample of over 100 Internet portal alliance contracts. We find that stronger exclusivity arrangements are associated with more frequent usage of contingent control rights. For... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Dan Elfenbein. "Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 28, no. 1 (April 2012): 45–76.
- March 2018 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
China Vanke: Battle for Control (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo
In June 2016, the board of China Vanke, one of China’s largest and best-known private residential real estate developers, must vote on a proposed acquisition that is opposed by its largest shareholders, state-owned China Resources Co. and the lesser-known property... View Details
Keywords: China Vanke; China Resources; Hostile Takeover; Board Of Directors; Shareholding Structure; Shareholder Rights; Asset Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Real Estate Industry; China
Paine, Lynn S., Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau, and Anthony K. Woo. "China Vanke: Battle for Control (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-117, March 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital
By: Robert S. Huckman and Nikolaos Trichakis
- June 2006
- Teaching Note
Process Control at Polaroid (A) (TN)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
Teaching Note to 693047. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
- November–December 1983
- Article
Control with Fairness in Transfer Pricing
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Control with Fairness in Transfer Pricing." Harvard Business Review 61, no. 6 (November–December 1983): 149–161.
- spring 1991
- Article
New Systems for Measurement and Control
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "New Systems for Measurement and Control." Engineering Economist (spring 1991): 201–218.
- August 1988
- Article
Control vs. Resources in Channel Design
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Design
Cespedes, Frank V. "Control vs. Resources in Channel Design." Industrial Marketing Management 17, no. 3 (August 1988): 215–227.
- May 1987 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Westinghouse Electric Corp. (B): Control House
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "Westinghouse Electric Corp. (B): Control House." Harvard Business School Case 587-161, May 1987. (Revised May 1989.)
- 06 Jun 2002
- Conference Presentation
The Seduction of Command and Control
By: Scott A. Snook
Keywords: Power and Influence
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination
By: Sara Bormann, Jan Bouwens and Christian Hofmann
This study examines how control elements of a firm affect coordination among profit centers. The firm operates a network of 59 profit centers. It uses a transfer-pricing system designed to account for interdependencies between profit centers and to induce coordination.... View Details
Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann. "The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-092, March 2014.