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- 1999
- Article
Commercial Use of UPC Scanner Data: Industry and Academic Perspectives
By: Randolph E. Bucklin and Sunil Gupta
Keywords:
Analytics and Data Science;
Information Technology;
Perspective;
Education;
Supply and Industry
Bucklin, Randolph E., and Sunil Gupta. "Commercial Use of UPC Scanner Data: Industry and Academic Perspectives." Marketing Science 18, no. 3 (1999): 247–273.
- Article
Measurement of Multiple Sites in Service Firms with Data Envelopment Analysis
By: R. Metters, F. Frei and V. Vargas
Metters, R., F. Frei, and V. Vargas. "Measurement of Multiple Sites in Service Firms with Data Envelopment Analysis." Production and Operations Management 8, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 264–281.
- Article
Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance
By: Tom Nicholas
This paper refutes the hypothesis put forward by W.D. Rubinstein that a disproportionately large share of Britain's wealth makers were active in commercial and financial trades in London. We use a data set of businessmen active in nineteenth- and early...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Finance;
Commercialization;
Mathematical Methods;
Wealth and Poverty;
Great Britain;
London
Nicholas, Tom. "Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance." Business History 41, no. 1 (January 1999).
- December 1998
- Case
Origins of National Income Accounting
By: David A. Moss and Joseph P Gownder
Set in the Great Depression, this case explores the origins of national income accounting in the United States. Highlights Senator La Follette's 1932 proposal for the federal government to begin collecting national income statistics.
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Financial Crisis;
Analytics and Data Science;
Mathematical Methods;
United States
Moss, David A., and Joseph P Gownder. "Origins of National Income Accounting." Harvard Business School Case 799-080, December 1998.
- December 1998
- Article
Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France
By: Tom Nicholas, Elisa Boccaletti and James Foreman-Peck
A popular explanation for the supposed "delayed industrialisation" of the nineteenth century French economy has been the inappropriate attitudes and actions of the managerial classes and family firms. To address these claims we model the supply and demand for...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Performance;
Economy;
Management;
Success;
Opportunities;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Saving;
Higher Education;
Training;
Demand and Consumers;
France
Nicholas, Tom, Elisa Boccaletti, and James Foreman-Peck. "Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France." European Review of Economic History (December 1998).
- 1998
- Working Paper
The Consequences of Labour Market Flexibility: Panel Evidence Based on Survey Data
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
- November 1998
- Teaching Note
Working with your "Shadow Partner" TN
By: Richard L. Nolan
Teaching Note for (9-399-051).
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- November 1998
- Article
Modeling Large Data Sets in Marketing
By: Sridhar Balasubramanian, Sunil Gupta, Wagner Kamakura and Michel Wedel
Balasubramanian, Sridhar, Sunil Gupta, Wagner Kamakura, and Michel Wedel. "Modeling Large Data Sets in Marketing." Special Issue on Large Data Sets in Business Economics. Statistica Neerlandica 52, no. 3 (November 1998).
- September 1998 (Revised September 2001)
- Case
IBM's Reinventing Education (A)
Describes IBM's national innovation strategy to transform K-12 public education through new solutions developed by IBM engineers and consultants using information technology. Examples are: data warehousing in Broward County, FL schools, tracking software for the...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Innovation Strategy;
Information Technology;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Information Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
San Jose;
Philadelphia;
Ohio;
Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "IBM's Reinventing Education (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-008, September 1998. (Revised September 2001.)
- August 1998
- Teaching Note
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) TN
Teaching Note for (9-398-072).
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- April 1998
- Supplement
United States Financial Crisis of 1931, Note on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and A Keynesian Cure for The Depression,The Data Supplement
Supplement to (9-384-115), (9-382-073), and (9-382-065).
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Keywords:
Government and Politics;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Financial Crisis;
Macroeconomics;
United States
Emmons, Willis M., III. "United States Financial Crisis of 1931, Note on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and A Keynesian Cure for The Depression,The Data Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 798-093, April 1998.
- April 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform
By: Robert L. Simons, Alex C. Sapir '97 and Indra Reinbergs
Bausch & Lomb is the subject of press attacks and experiences a sharp fall in stock price when management practices are exposed. Aggressive goal setting, supported by financial market expectations, is discussed as a precursor to a series of events that results in...
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Keywords:
Performance Expectations;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Financial Markets;
Financial Statements;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Simons, Robert L., Alex C. Sapir '97, and Indra Reinbergs. "Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform." Harvard Business School Case 198-009, April 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
- March 1998 (Revised September 1999)
- Supplement
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)Supplement: A Personal Diary of A GVD Experience, Mexico City, October 4, 1997
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
Supplements the case.
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Thomas Dretler. "Electronic Data Systems (EDS)Supplement: A Personal Diary of A GVD Experience, Mexico City, October 4, 1997." Harvard Business School Supplement 398-075, March 1998. (Revised September 1999.)
- March 1998 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
Explores a global program of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) called "Global Volunteer Day" and examines the activities and business situation of the company in four countries. Asks students to address whether American values like "volunteerism" can be exported.
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Keywords:
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Community Relations;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Thomas Dretler. "Electronic Data Systems (EDS)." Harvard Business School Case 398-072, March 1998. (Revised October 1999.)
- 1998
- Working Paper
Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits...
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- February 1998 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Airborne Express
By: Jan W. Rivkin
In the wake of a highly successful quarter, senior managers of Airborne Express, the third largest player in the express mail industry, review the firm's competitive position. Airborne has survived, and recently prospered, in an industry with significant economies of...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Business Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Global Strategy;
Rank and Position;
Service Industry
Rivkin, Jan W. "Airborne Express." Harvard Business School Case 798-070, February 1998. (Revised May 2007.)
- January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and Darryl S. Romanow
This case provides a realistic, current, and detailed view of software procurement in an international business environment where the competition in enterprise-wide software solutions is growing. Focuses on the selection of packaged software to serve multiple sites...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Information Technology;
Analytics and Data Science;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Operations;
Management Practices and Processes;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, Mark Keil, and Darryl S. Romanow. "Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project." Harvard Business School Case 398-085, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
- January 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
German Hyperinflation of 1923, The
By: David A. Moss and Julio J. Rotemberg
Presents a compilation of primary and secondary sources as well as a set of data exhibits on the German hyperinflation of 1923. The hyperinflation represented a defining moment in German history and certainly one of the two or three most important economic events of...
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Keywords:
History;
Price;
Production;
Money;
Inflation and Deflation;
Policy;
Economy;
Government and Politics;
Germany
Moss, David A., and Julio J. Rotemberg. "German Hyperinflation of 1923, The." Harvard Business School Case 798-048, January 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
- December 1997
- Supplement
Data Supplement The Tax Cut of 1964
By: David A. Moss, Louis T. Wells Jr. and Courtenay Sprague
Supplements Tax Cut of 1964.
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Moss, David A., Louis T. Wells Jr., and Courtenay Sprague. "Data Supplement The Tax Cut of 1964." Harvard Business School Supplement 798-045, December 1997.
- November 1997 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Martin Smith: January 2002
By: Josh Lerner
An MBA student must choose between offers from three private equity organizations. Each organization has distinct strengths and weaknesses, and different implications for the student's career development. The case presents compensation and employment data about the...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Compensation and Benefits;
Analytics and Data Science;
Job Offer;
Personal Development and Career
Lerner, Josh. "Martin Smith: January 2002." Harvard Business School Case 298-076, November 1997. (Revised January 2003.)