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- 1985
- Working Paper
Sequential Innovation and Market Structure
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
This paper concerns the introduction of a sequence of new, higher-quality durable products in a market in which there already exists a lower-quality substitute. The product has the further attribute that a real resource cost is incurred at the time a higher-quality... View Details
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Sequential Innovation and Market Structure." Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper, No. 1185, October 1985.
- November 1984 (Revised December 1985)
- Background Note
Note on the Ethylene and Commodity Plastics Industries
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Note on the Ethylene and Commodity Plastics Industries." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-066, November 1984. (Revised December 1985.)
- September 1984 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Federated Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan
The market leader in an overcapacity industry with a commodity product is trying to restore industry price levels. Price cutting has hurt overall industry price levels and the leader must determine whether (and how) to bring up price levels or exit the market. View Details
Keywords: Supply and Industry; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Goods and Commodities; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Federated Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-104, September 1984. (Revised December 1992.)
- September 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Teaching Note
Federated Industries (A) TN
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for (9-585-104). View Details
- January 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Exercise
Futures Exercises
By: David E. Bell
Designed to provide introductory practice in the use of futures contracts. View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
Bell, David E. "Futures Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 184-113, January 1984. (Revised January 1994.)
- January 1984
- Background Note
Note on the Textile Industry in the 1980s
By: Kim B. Clark
Presents major developments in textile production technology during the 1970s and early 1980s. Outlines the specific innovations as well as the company and country of origin. View Details
- September 1983 (Revised February 1989)
- Background Note
The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983
Describes the international oil tanker shipping industry both historically and in 1983. Designed to provide a vehicle for practicing industry analysis in a volatile commodity business, and for formulating strategy in such an environment. Also can be used to examine... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goods and Commodities; Volatility; Vertical Integration; Supply and Industry; Shipping Industry
Porter, Michael E. "The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-034, September 1983. (Revised February 1989.)
- December 1982 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Futures Contracts
By: David E. Bell
Provides an introduction to futures contracts, what they are, what their use in hedging is, and their usefulness in providing forecasts. Also covers basic risk. Includes a list of commodities currently traded in futures markets and the necessary properties of a... View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
Bell, David E. "Note on Futures Contracts." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-126, December 1982. (Revised November 2006.)
- 1982
- Article
Incentive Compatibility in a Market with Indivisible Goods
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Incentive Compatibility in a Market with Indivisible Goods." Economics Letters 9, no. 2 (1982): 127–132.
- October 1981 (Revised November 1984)
- Background Note
Farm Commodity Note
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Farm Commodity Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-051, October 1981. (Revised November 1984.)
- August 1977
- Article
Weak Versus Strong Domination in a Market with Indivisible Goods
By: A. E. Roth and A. Postlewaite
Roth, A. E., and A. Postlewaite. "Weak Versus Strong Domination in a Market with Indivisible Goods." Journal of Mathematical Economics 4 (August 1977): 131–137.
- 1975
- Working Paper
Information, Efficiency and Equilibrium
By: Jerry R. Green
When economic agents receive information over time concerning future events it is likely that prices for commodities whose value is influenced by these events will fluctuate in response to changes in the state of knowledge. If such events occur periodically,... View Details
Green, Jerry R. "Information, Efficiency and Equilibrium." Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper, No. 284, December 1975.
- Article
Consumer Behavior, Retailer Power and Performance in Consumer Goods Industries
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Performance; Goods and Commodities; Supply and Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Porter, M. E. "Consumer Behavior, Retailer Power and Performance in Consumer Goods Industries." Review of Economics and Statistics 56, no. 4 (November 1974): 419–436.
- 01 Sep 1974
- Conference Presentation
The Social Functions of Products and the Nature of Organizations
By: R. M. Kanter and B. A. Stein
- August 1974
- Article
On Equilibrium Allocations as Distributions on the Commodity Space
By: Elon Kohlberg, S. Hart and W. Hildenbrand
Keywords: Goods and Commodities
Kohlberg, Elon, S. Hart, and W. Hildenbrand. "On Equilibrium Allocations as Distributions on the Commodity Space." Journal of Mathematical Economics 1 (August 1974): 159–166.
- August 1973 (Revised August 1983)
- Background Note
Agronomic Influences on Agribusiness Commodity Systems
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Agronomic Influences on Agribusiness Commodity Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 374-028, August 1973. (Revised August 1983.)
- May 1969
- Background Note
Commodity Hedging, Technical Note
By: Robert H. Hayes and Ray A. Goldberg
Hayes, Robert H., and Ray A. Goldberg. "Commodity Hedging, Technical Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 313-233, May 1969.
- February 1969
- Article
Test of a Product Cycle Model of International Trade: U.S. Exports of Consumer Durables
By: Louis T Wells Jr
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Test of a Product Cycle Model of International Trade: U.S. Exports of Consumer Durables." Quarterly Journal of Economics 83, no. 1 (February 1969): 152–62. (Also reprinted in Wells, The Product Life Cycle and International Trade.)
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