Publications

1985
Chapter

Food Policy

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Policy; Government and Politics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

1984
Book

Energy Policy in America Since 1945: A Study of Business-Government Relations

By: Richard Vietor

Follows the history of government intervention in U.S. energy markets from 1945 to the present and shows how shifting market conditions of surplus and shortage and above all, price have played a determining role in the political process and U.S. fuel policy... View Details

Keywords: Political Economy; United States; Postwar Policy; Energy; Energy Sources; Policy; United States

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Article

Political Forecasting as a Management Tool

By: James E. Austin and David Yoffie

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Government and Politics; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
Teaching Note

Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics, Teaching Note

Keywords: Monopoly; Government and Politics

January 1984
Background Note

U.S. Taxation of Foreign Source Income

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Taxation; United States

1984
Chapter

Taxation and the Poor

By: Dutch Leonard and Helen F. Ladd

Keywords: Taxation; Poverty

November 1983 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Federal Government and Employment

Provides a vehicle for a discussion of the Employment Act of 1946. View Details

Keywords: Employment; Government Legislation; United States

1983
Other Unpublished Work

Federal and State Infrastructure Banking: Political and Institutional Issues

By: Dutch Leonard and Richard P. Nathan

Keywords: Government and Politics; Infrastructure; Sovereign Finance

September 1983 (Revised May 1999)
Case

Allen Lane

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Describes Allen Lane's search for a business to buy. The case explores several failed attempts and the ethical, business, and tax issues that surround the acquisition business. Ends with a description of a new acquisition candidate, an independent valuation report of... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Ethics; Taxation; Failure; Valuation

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September 1983
Article

Budgetary Time Bombs: Controlling Government Loan Guarantees

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Donald R. Lessard and Scott P. Mason

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Government and Politics; Financing and Loans

August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
Case

Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics

Keywords: Monopoly; Government and Politics; Industry Structures; Business History

August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Railroad Problem and the Solution

A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act. View Details

Keywords: Transportation; Rail Transportation; Fluctuation; Outcome or Result; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Business History; Complexity; Problems and Challenges; Rail Industry

1983
Book

The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Management; Leadership; Business Ventures; Government and Politics; United States

March 1983
Case

European-United States Steel Dispute of 1982

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Steel Industry; Europe; United States

1983
Chapter

Incentives for Ocean Mining Under the Convention

By: James K. Sebenius and Lance Antrim

Keywords: Mining; Natural Environment; Motivation and Incentives; International Relations; Trade; Mining Industry

October 1982 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Government Administration; Labor and Management Relations; Human Resources; Management; Public Administration Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States

Article

Bargaining Power of Multinationals and Host Governments

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and N. Fagre

Keywords: Negotiation; Power and Influence; Government and Politics

fall 1982
Article

Risk-Spreading Properties of Common Tax and Contract Instruments

By: James K. Sebenius and Peter Stan

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Taxation; Contracts

May 1982 (Revised June 1982)
Case

Air Traffic Controllers

By: Michael Beer

On August 3, 1981 President Ronald Reagan terminated 12,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, for violating their no-strike oath. Provides background on the human resources policies and practices of the Federal... View Details

Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Labor and Management Relations; Government and Politics; Labor Unions; Negotiation; Employees; Air Transportation Industry; United States