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- November 1987 (Revised March 1988)
- Case
Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983
By: David B. Yoffie
In 1983 the National Machine Tools Builder Association was predicting a declining market for the United States and rising imports. Machine tool manufacturers had to decide if they should ask the U.S. government for help, and if they did, which administrative channels...
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Keywords:
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Machinery and Machining;
Government and Politics;
Law;
Production;
Business and Government Relations;
Competition;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan;
Germany;
United States
Yoffie, David B. "Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983." Harvard Business School Case 388-071, November 1987. (Revised March 1988.)
- August 1987
- Case
Government Intervention in the European Computer and Semiconductor Industries
Salter, Malcolm S. "Government Intervention in the European Computer and Semiconductor Industries." Harvard Business School Case 388-023, August 1987.
- July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis
The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Information Management;
Governance Controls;
Organizational Design;
Crisis Management;
Communication;
Management Teams;
Growth Management;
Mining Industry;
Mining Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M. "Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 189-006, July 1987. (Revised October 1995.)
- June 1987
- Case
Aircraft Industry's Political Profile
Salter, Malcolm S. "Aircraft Industry's Political Profile." Harvard Business School Case 387-190, June 1987.
- June 1987 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency
Keywords:
Competition;
Trade;
Business and Government Relations;
Semiconductor Industry;
Japan;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency." Harvard Business School Case 387-210, June 1987. (Revised September 1987.)
- April 1987
- Background Note
Deregulation in the Airline Industry: Implications for Industrial Governance
Salter, Malcolm S. "Deregulation in the Airline Industry: Implications for Industrial Governance." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-028, April 1987.
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Re-Establishing the Regulatory Bargain in the Electric Utility Industry
By: Dutch Leonard, Joseph P. Kalt and Henry Lee
- December 1986 (Revised October 1987)
- Case
Mexican Debt and Agricultural Policy
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Mexican Debt and Agricultural Policy." Harvard Business School Case 587-087, December 1986. (Revised October 1987.)
- December 1986 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986
Provides an update to the global competitive interaction between Caterpillar and Komatsu described in companion cases Caterpillar Tractor and Komatsu Ltd. Caterpillar's response to Komatsu's growing market share is outlined, then the impact of rapidly changing...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Price;
Global Strategy;
Policy;
Market Participation;
Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-095, December 1986. (Revised March 1991.)
- November 1986 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd.
Describes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful....
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Strategic Planning;
Agency Theory;
Perspective;
Corporate Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 387-043, November 1986. (Revised December 1992.)
- November 1986
- Supplement
People Express - May 1985
By: D. Quinn Mills
Describes situation facing Don Burr at People Express in May of 1985. Purpose is to get students to make a business policy decision. Follow-up to People Express - March 1984.
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Mills, D. Quinn. "People Express - May 1985." Harvard Business School Supplement 487-044, November 1986.
- October 1986 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
B-W Footwear
By: David B. Yoffie
As import penetration into the American footwear market reached 81% in 1986, B-W Footwear, along with all of its American competitors, was struggling. Supply lines were deteriorating, retailers and importers were gaining power, and the government had rejected two...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Management;
Globalization;
Government and Politics;
Business Strategy;
Trade;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
Yoffie, David B. "B-W Footwear." Harvard Business School Case 387-022, October 1986. (Revised November 1988.)
- September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Pressco, Inc.--1984
A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations.
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Keywords:
Machinery and Machining;
Valuation;
Product Positioning;
Performance Evaluation;
Taxation;
Price;
United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 287-025, September 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
- August 1986 (Revised February 1991)
- Supplement
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video
Population Services International, a not-for-profit agency founded to promote family planning information and to market birth control products, had an agreement with the government of Bangladesh to conduct a social marketing program using modern marketing techniques to...
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Keywords:
Social Marketing;
Health;
Advertising;
Marketing;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Government and Politics;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Health Industry;
Bangladesh
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-506, August 1986. (Revised February 1991.)
- 1986
- Chapter
Food Marketing Public Enterprises
By: James E. Austin and Michael J. Buckley
Keywords:
Food;
Marketing;
Distribution;
Public Sector;
Government and Politics;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Austin, James E., and Michael J. Buckley. "Food Marketing Public Enterprises." In Marketing Perspectives of Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, edited by K.L.K. Rao.ICPE Monograph Series. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, 1986.
- May 1986 (Revised November 1990)
- Case
Airbus vs. Boeing (A): Turbulent Skies
Presents the economic and political dimensions of competition in the commercial aircraft industry, as demonstrated by Airbus of Europe and Boeing of the United States.
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Keywords:
Economics;
Government and Politics;
Competition;
Aerospace Industry;
Europe;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Airbus vs. Boeing (A): Turbulent Skies." Harvard Business School Case 386-193, May 1986. (Revised November 1990.)
- January 1986
- Case
Telecommunications in Transition: Managing Business and Regulatory Change
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Telecommunications in Transition: Managing Business and Regulatory Change." Harvard Business School Case 986-001, January 1986.
- 1985
- Chapter
Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy." In U.S. Competitiveness in the World Economy, edited by Bruce R. Scott and George C. Lodge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- April 1985 (Revised October 1988)
- Case
Everest Computer (A): The Development of the SuperMOS Process
By: Kim B. Clark
The research and development lab at the semiconductor development and manufacturing facility of a computer systems manufacturer has embarked on a radically improved semiconductor manufacturing process for application in a new computer system. The case offers a detailed...
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