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- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Appex Corp., Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-082).
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- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s, Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-066).
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Keywords:
Information Technology Industry
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Asea Brown Boveri
In 1987, two European rivals--Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Switzerland--merged to form Asea Brown Boveri. The new company employed 150,000 employees in 850 legal entities operating in 140 countries. The case describes the challenges facing Percy...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Globalization;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership Style;
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Structure;
Reports
Simons, Robert L., and Christopher A. Bartlett. "Asea Brown Boveri." Harvard Business School Case 192-139, May 1992. (Revised January 2000.)
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Profit;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Design;
Accounting Audits;
Growth and Development;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Complexity;
Technology Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System." Harvard Business School Case 192-140, May 1992. (Revised January 2000.)
- May 1992 (Revised June 1995)
- Teaching Note
Symantec, Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-010).
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Keywords:
Information Technology Industry
- May 1992
- Article
Coordination in Split-Award Auctions
By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We analyze split award procurement auctions in which a buyer divides full production between two suppliers or awards all production to a single supplier, and suppliers have private cost information. An intriguing feature of split awards is that the equilibrium bids are...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Balance and Stability;
Cost;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Production;
Five Forces Framework;
Supply and Industry;
Situation or Environment;
Information;
Manufacturing Industry
Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Coordination in Split-Award Auctions." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107, no. 2 (May 1992): 681–707. (Reprinted in P. Klemperer, ed., The Economic Theory of Auctions, Elgar, 2000.) Harvard users click here for full text.)
- April 1992
- Case
Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (B)
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (B)." Harvard Business School Case 792-044, April 1992.
- April 1992
- Background Note
Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis
Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and provides information about actual corporate practice.
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Competition;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Corporate Governance;
Information Management
Porter, Michael E. "Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-088, April 1992.
- 1992
- Book
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
By: J. I. Cash Jr., F. W. McFarlan and J. L. McKenney
Cash, J. I., Jr., F. W. McFarlan, and J. L. McKenney. Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases. 3rd ed. Homewood, IL: Irwin, 1992.
- spring 1992
- Article
Optimal Transfer Pricing under Postcontract Information
By: R. Banker and S. Datar
Banker, R., and S. Datar. "Optimal Transfer Pricing under Postcontract Information." Contemporary Accounting Research 8, no. 2 (spring 1992): 329–352.
- March 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Note on Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows & Macintosh Versions
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Note on Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows & Macintosh Versions." Harvard Business School Background Note 192-112, March 1992. (Revised September 1995.)
- March 1992
- Background Note
Researching and Monitoring Consumer Markets
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the major research techniques for consumer goods new product development, i.e. pre-test markets and electronic purchase monitoring. Provides students with information on availability and utility of these services.
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Dolan, Robert J. "Researching and Monitoring Consumer Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-088, March 1992.
- March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Harley-Davidson, Inc.--1987
By: W. Carl Kester and Julia Morley
After an LBO and near bankruptcy in the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson makes an astonishing recovery, going public in 1986. Its listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1987 provides the occasion of an equity analyst to publish a research report in which she must issue...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Reports;
Crisis Management;
Going Public;
Research;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Japan;
New York (city, NY)
Kester, W. Carl, and Julia Morley. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.--1987." Harvard Business School Case 292-082, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction
By: Dwight B. Crane
Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to...
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Keywords:
Debt Securities;
Managerial Roles;
Ethics;
Market Transactions;
Bonds;
Investment Banking;
Crisis Management;
Auctions;
Legal Liability;
Banking Industry
Crane, Dwight B. "Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction." Harvard Business School Case 292-114, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- March 1992
- Article
Agents As Information Brokers: The Effects of Information Disclosure on Negotiated Outcomes
By: K. L. McGinn, S. B. White, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
McGinn, K. L., S. B. White, M. A. Neale, and M. H. Bazerman. "Agents As Information Brokers: The Effects of Information Disclosure on Negotiated Outcomes." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 51, no. 2 (March 1992): 220–236.
- 1992
- Book
Corporate Information Systems Management: Issues Facing Senior Executives
By: J. I. Cash Jr., F. W. McFarlan and J. L. McKenney
Cash, J. I., Jr., F. W. McFarlan, and J. L. McKenney. Corporate Information Systems Management: Issues Facing Senior Executives. 3rd ed. Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1992.
- March 1992
- Article
The Strategy of Control: How Accounting Information Helps to Formulate and Implement Business Strategy
By: Robert L. Simons
Simons, Robert L. "The Strategy of Control: How Accounting Information Helps to Formulate and Implement Business Strategy." CA Magazine (March 1992), 44–50.
- February 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 392-091, February 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
- February 1992 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-1)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The CEO of Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. must decide what to do when he receives information that the company's supply of apple juice concentrate may be adulterated. The concentrate is used in many of the company's juice products. It appears that others in the company may...
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Keywords:
Quality;
Law;
Ethics;
Nutrition;
Management Teams;
Decisions;
Business or Company Management;
Communication;
Governance Compliance;
Information Management;
Corporate Finance;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Paine, Lynn S. "Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-1)." Harvard Business School Case 392-084, February 1992. (Revised September 2003.)