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- December 1988 (Revised October 1989)
- Teaching Note
Atlas Copco (A): Gaining and Building Distribution Channels, (B) and (C): The Conflict Episode, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-588-004), (9-588-020), and (9-588-021).
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- November 1988
- Teaching Note
IBM Marketing Organization (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Keywords:
Marketing
- November 1988 (Revised December 1992)
- Teaching Note
Foreign Exchange Market Background Note and Problem Set, The (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-287-033).
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Keywords:
International Finance
- November 1988
- Case
Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development
Describes three different product development efforts at the Residential Controls division of Honeywell, Inc. Each of the three projects was for a different market and competitive environment. Each was tackled in a somewhat different way within the Honeywell...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Construction;
Outcome or Result;
Situation or Environment;
Business Divisions;
Product Design;
Change Management;
Construction Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 689-035, November 1988.
- November 1988
- Article
Impact of Sales Promotions on When, What, and How Much to Buy
By: Sunil Gupta
Gupta, Sunil. "Impact of Sales Promotions on When, What, and How Much to Buy." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 25 (November 1988): 342–355. (Winner of William F. O'Dell Award For the Journal of Marketing Research article that has made the most significant, long-term contribution to marketing theory, methodology, and/or practice presented by American Marketing Association.)
- October 1988 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
General Electric: Consumer Electronics Group
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Highlights the General Electric takeover of RCA and the consolidation of the two companies' consumer electronic groups. Starting first with a history of the television industry in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and then a brief discussion of the main competitors...
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Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "General Electric: Consumer Electronics Group." Harvard Business School Case 389-048, October 1988. (Revised May 1989.)
- October 1988 (Revised October 1989)
- Background Note
Aspects of Marketing Organization: An Introduction
Discusses the typical strengths, vulnerabilities, and key management skills associated with three common forms of marketing organization: a product-focused organization, a market-focused organization, and a functionally-focused organization. It considers how the nature...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy
Cespedes, Frank V. "Aspects of Marketing Organization: An Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-062, October 1988. (Revised October 1989.)
- October 1988 (Revised December 1994)
- Supplement
Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Updates developments in the industry. Included among these are GE's reinvestment program, GE and Whirlpool's bidding war for Roper, Sears' expansion into selling brand names, Whirlpool's expansion into the European markets, and a number of other examples of this kind...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Investment;
Globalization;
Brands and Branding;
Bids and Bidding;
Expansion;
Europe
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988." Harvard Business School Supplement 389-056, October 1988. (Revised December 1994.)
- October 1988
- Case
Pepsi-Cola Fountain Beverage Division: Marketing Organization
Cespedes, Frank V. "Pepsi-Cola Fountain Beverage Division: Marketing Organization." Harvard Business School Case 589-045, October 1988.
- September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-051, September 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
- September 1988 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Suzuki Samurai
By: John A. Quelch
Suzuki and advertising agency executives are debating the product positioning and accompanying copy strategy alternatives for the Suzuki Samurai prior to its U.S. introduction.
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Advertising Campaigns;
Advertising Industry;
Auto Industry;
Japan;
United States
Quelch, John A. "Suzuki Samurai." Harvard Business School Case 589-028, September 1988. (Revised October 1992.)
- September 1988
- Supplement
Reebok Commercials--1988, Video
By: John A. Quelch
Set of seven commercials to accompany Reebok International Ltd.
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Quelch, John A. "Reebok Commercials--1988, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 889-507, September 1988.
- September 1988
- Case
Skil Corp.
The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately $1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the U.S. market, of which five were U.S. companies. Skil was the third largest U.S. competitor. Skil was acquired by...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
United States
Porter, Michael E. "Skil Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-005, September 1988.
- September 1988 (Revised January 1990)
- Case
Federal Assistance to the Farm Credit System: The Road to Recovery?
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Welfare;
Government and Politics;
Credit;
Business and Government Relations;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A. "Federal Assistance to the Farm Credit System: The Road to Recovery?" Harvard Business School Case 589-040, September 1988. (Revised January 1990.)
- August 1988 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Reebok International Ltd.
By: John A. Quelch
Reebok executives are reviewing the company's advertising and promotion programs for the second half of 1988. These include sponsorship of the 1988 Summer Olympics and a rock concert tour organized by Amnesty International. In addition, Reebok is launching a new...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Music Entertainment;
Advertising Campaigns;
Sports;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Quelch, John A. "Reebok International Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 589-027, August 1988. (Revised November 1989.)
- August 1988 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard (A): Organizing New Product Sales Channels--1986
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Joseph G. Finegold
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Joseph G. Finegold. "Hewlett-Packard (A): Organizing New Product Sales Channels--1986." Harvard Business School Case 589-019, August 1988. (Revised January 1992.)
- August 1988
- Article
Interior Points in the Core of Two-Sided Matching Markets
By: A. E. Roth and M. Sotomayor
Keywords:
Markets
Roth, A. E., and M. Sotomayor. "Interior Points in the Core of Two-Sided Matching Markets." Journal of Economic Theory 45 (August 1988): 85–101.
- Article
Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand: Impediments to Economic Activity, Market Failures, and Profitability
By: Dennis Yao
In this paper it is argued that failures of the competitive market are necessary conditions for supranormal profitability. Three fundamental causes of these market failures-production economies and sunk costs, transactions costs, and imperfect information-are developed...
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Keywords:
Economics;
Markets;
Failure;
Profit;
Cost;
Information;
Market Transactions;
Competition;
Strategy;
Production
Yao, Dennis. "Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand: Impediments to Economic Activity, Market Failures, and Profitability." Strategic Management Journal 9 (Summer 1988): 59–70. (Harvard users click here for full text.)