Filter Results
:
(452)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,814)
- Faculty Publications (452)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,814)
- Faculty Publications (452)
- March 1987 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords:
Utilities Industry
Beer, Michael. "Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-008, March 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
- February 1987 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Polysar Limited
By: Robert L. Simons
Canada's largest chemical company produces and markets butyl rubber in two divisions, each treated as a profit center. The new plant in the North American Division operates below capacity resulting in a significant volume variance and an operating loss. The European...
View Details
Keywords:
Loss;
Profit;
Financial Management;
Volume;
Performance Capacity;
Financial Statements;
For-Profit Firms;
Market Participation;
Chemical Industry;
Rubber Industry;
Canada
Simons, Robert L. "Polysar Limited." Harvard Business School Case 187-098, February 1987. (Revised February 2000.)
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Re-Establishing the Regulatory Bargain in the Electric Utility Industry
By: Dutch Leonard, Joseph P. Kalt and Henry Lee
- Article
Truth Tests and Utility Tests: Private Sector Decision Makers' Frames of Reference for Social Science Research
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Truth Tests and Utility Tests: Private Sector Decision Makers' Frames of Reference for Social Science Research." Social Science Quarterly 67, no. 1 (March 1986): 39–52.
- December 1985
- Case
Water Meter Industry in 1982
Porter, Michael E. "Water Meter Industry in 1982." Harvard Business School Case 386-128, December 1985.
- November 1985 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Harnischfeger Corp.
Presents an analysis of Harnischfeger's quality of earnings, and the investment potential of the company's stock in light of the company's turnaround strategy.
View Details
Keywords:
Financial Condition;
Revenue;
Stock Shares;
Profit;
Economic Growth;
Financial Reporting;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Safety;
Utilities Industry
Palepu, Krishna G. "Harnischfeger Corp." Harvard Business School Case 186-160, November 1985. (Revised August 1997.)
- July 1984 (Revised February 1987)
- Teaching Note
Boston Edison: Overload, Teaching Note
Keywords:
Utilities Industry
- May 1984 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Western Electric at Merrimack Valley
By: W. Earl Sasser and Dorothy Leonard-Barton
Keywords:
Utilities Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, and Dorothy Leonard-Barton. "Western Electric at Merrimack Valley." Harvard Business School Case 684-072, May 1984. (Revised December 1984.)
- April 1984 (Revised May 1984)
- Teaching Note
Commonwealth Edison (A), Teaching Note
Keywords:
Utilities Industry
- January 1984 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Commonwealth Edison (A)
Keywords:
Utilities Industry
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Commonwealth Edison (A)." Harvard Business School Case 384-190, January 1984. (Revised November 1987.)
- Article
Participation Constraints in the Vickrey Auction
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Economic agents are characterized by two privately observable parameters: their willingness to pay for an item being auctioned, and their reservation utility level which must be exceeded, in expectation, to induce them to participate in this auction. This creates a...
View Details
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Participation Constraints in the Vickrey Auction." Economics Letters 16, nos. 1-2 (1984): 31–36.
- November 1983 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Boston Edison: Overload
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Boston Edison: Overload." Harvard Business School Case 384-148, November 1983. (Revised September 1987.)
- February 1982 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Boston Gas Co.: Winter 1980-81
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Boston Gas Co.: Winter 1980-81." Harvard Business School Case 182-196, February 1982. (Revised June 1994.)
- February 1982 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
El Paso Natural Gas Co. and the FPC
Vietor, Richard H.K. "El Paso Natural Gas Co. and the FPC." Harvard Business School Case 382-038, February 1982. (Revised September 1987.)
- September 1981 (Revised November 1983)
- Case
El Paso - PNW Merger (A)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "El Paso - PNW Merger (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-040, September 1981. (Revised November 1983.)
- September 1981 (Revised November 1983)
- Case
El Paso - PNW Merger (B)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "El Paso - PNW Merger (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-041, September 1981. (Revised November 1983.)
- September 1981 (Revised October 1984)
- Case
El Paso - PNW Merger (C)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "El Paso - PNW Merger (C)." Harvard Business School Case 382-042, September 1981. (Revised October 1984.)
- June 1981 (Revised December 1983)
- Case
Reliance Electric
By: David E. Bell
Keywords:
Utilities Industry
Bell, David E. "Reliance Electric." Harvard Business School Case 181-130, June 1981. (Revised December 1983.)
- 1980
- Chapter
Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, and Complaining Behavior: A Comprehensive Study of Rentals, Public Transportation and Utilities
By: S. Ash and J. Quelch
Ash, S., and J. Quelch. "Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, and Complaining Behavior: A Comprehensive Study of Rentals, Public Transportation and Utilities." In Refining the Conceptualization and Measurement of Consumer Satisfaction and Complaining Behavior, edited by H. Hunt and R. Day, 120–130. Bloomington: Indiana University, School of Business, 1980.
- 1980
- Working Paper
Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process
By: Alan J. Auerbach and Jerry R. Green
This paper presents a structural model of production and inventory accumulation based on the hypothesis of cost minimization. It differs from previous attempts in several respects. First, it integrates the analysis of input inventories with output inventories, treating...
View Details
Auerbach, Alan J., and Jerry R. Green. "Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 491, June 1980.