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- March 1990
- Case
Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (Abridged)
Describes the growth of a construction management company and the operating problems it now encounters. Designed to introduce students to the value of competition in the construction industry, to show how the techniques of value analysis can be used to strategic...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Operations;
Construction;
Growth Management;
Quality;
Competition;
Problems and Challenges;
Performance Productivity;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Construction Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 690-074, March 1990.
- March 1990 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
USSR--1990
Describes the political, economic, and social development of the USSR from 1921-90. Particular emphasis is placed on 1) institutional change, 2) the costs and benefits of central economic planning, and 3) the political economy of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev....
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Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990." Harvard Business School Case 390-155, March 1990. (Revised May 1993.)
- March 1990 (Revised December 1992)
- Teaching Note
Bank for International Development (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester and Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-289-034).
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- March 1990 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
MCI Communications: Planning for the 1990s
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
Concentrates on the evolution of MCI's strategy-setting process following a period of dramatic growth. Opportunistic strategies during MCI's early years have given top managers a dislike of formal strategic planning and a strongly-held belief in top down strategy...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Growth and Development;
Planning;
Strategic Planning;
Growth Management;
Business or Company Management;
Competition;
Alignment;
Communications Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "MCI Communications: Planning for the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 190-136, March 1990. (Revised November 1999.)
- March 1990 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
New York Against AIDS (A): The Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Advertising Campaign
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sohel Karim
Describes the background leading to the development of an advertising campaign to help prevention of AIDS in New York City. The three television networks, however, for various reasons reject the campaign, to the dismay of Saatchi & Saatchi executives.
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Growth and Development;
Health Care and Treatment;
Marketing Communications;
Failure;
Advertising Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sohel Karim. "New York Against AIDS (A): The Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Advertising Campaign." Harvard Business School Case 590-036, March 1990. (Revised March 1992.)
- March 1990
- Teaching Note
Instructor's Note on Development Project Audits
By: Steven C. Wheelwright, Geoff K. Gill and Kim B. Clark
- March 1990
- Article
The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis
By: Gary P. Pisano
Pisano, Gary P. "The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly 35, no. 1 (March 1990): 153–176.
- February 1990
- Supplement
James Burke: A Career in American Business, Video
Tedlow, Richard S. "James Burke: A Career in American Business, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-513, February 1990.
- February 1990
- Teaching Note
Adult Development: Readings from Robert Kegan, Instructor's Note
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Keywords:
Personal Development and Career
- February 1990
- Background Note
Career Choice-Making Case Assignment
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Keywords:
Personal Development and Career
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Career Choice-Making Case Assignment." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-075, February 1990.
- February 1990
- Teaching Note
Self-Assessment and Career Development, Instructor's Note
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Keywords:
Personal Development and Career
- February 1990
- Article
Developing the Competitive Organization: Interventions and Strategies
By: M. Beer
Beer, M. "Developing the Competitive Organization: Interventions and Strategies." American Psychologist 45, no. 2 (February 1990): 154–161.
- January 1990
- Teaching Note
Student Cases on Career Choice-Making, Instructor's Note
By: Shoshana Zuboff
- January 1990 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Colliers International Property Consultants
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes the origins, organizational structure, management practices, and use of information technology (IT) in Colliers, a real estate network. Colliers provides local firms with a way to maintain local autonomy while gaining national and international coverage....
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Keywords:
Property;
Organizational Structure;
Information Technology;
Management Practices and Processes;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Model;
Mission and Purpose;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Quality;
Real Estate Industry
Nohria, Nitin. "Colliers International Property Consultants." Harvard Business School Case 490-049, January 1990. (Revised June 1995.)
- 1990
- Published Proceedings
Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing
By: A. Parasuraman, William Bearden, Rohit Deshpandé, Valerie S. Folkes, Thomas J. Madden, David W. Stewart, Rajan Varadarajan and William L. Wilkie
Parasuraman, A., William Bearden, Rohit Deshpandé, Valerie S. Folkes, Thomas J. Madden, David W. Stewart, Rajan Varadarajan, and William L. Wilkie. Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing. AMA Educators' Proceedings. Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association, 1990.
- December 1989 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project
Describes the development of a fully automated production line for manufacturing radio pagers. The company regarded the project as highly successful; it becomes clear in the case, however, that there were some shortcomings as well. Some marketing issues were not...
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Keywords:
Time Management;
Marketing;
Product Development;
Production;
Success;
Projects;
Technology;
Telecommunications Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project." Harvard Business School Case 690-043, December 1989. (Revised June 1991.)
- December 1989 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Manufactured Homes, Inc.
Focuses on analyzing the growth potential of the company using the company's financial statements.
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Palepu, Krishna G. "Manufactured Homes, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 190-090, December 1989. (Revised December 1996.)
- December 1989
- Article
On the Consistency of Short-Run and Long-Run Exchange Rate Expectations
By: K. A. Froot and T. Ito
This paper examines whether short-term exchange rate expectations 'overreact' by comparing them with long-term expectations. We develop a set of nonlinear restrictions linking expectations at different forecast horizons. The restrictions impose consistency, a property...
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Keywords:
Currencies;
Exchange Rates;
International Macroeconomics;
Monetary Policy;
Currency Controls;
Fixed Exchange Rates;
Floating Exchange Rates;
Currency Bands;
Currency Zones;
Currency Areas;
Rational Expectations;
Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and T. Ito. "On the Consistency of Short-Run and Long-Run Exchange Rate Expectations." Journal of International Money and Finance 8, no. 4 (December 1989): 487–510. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2577, May 1988.)
- November 1989 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service
Since Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Co., Ford vehicles have been sold and serviced the same way. By the late 1980s Ford began to consider making changes in its sales and service process. Two developments forced Ford to reconsider these processes. First, Ford found...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Distribution Channels;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Service Industry;
Auto Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service." Harvard Business School Case 690-030, November 1989. (Revised February 1992.)
- November 1989
- Case
NYNEX: An Executive Development Process
By: D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen
Mills, D. Quinn, and G. Bruce Friesen. "NYNEX: An Executive Development Process." Harvard Business School Case 490-020, November 1989.