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- August 1989 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Fan Pier
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
The owner of the Fan Pier site in South Boston has been found legally responsible for blocking the efforts of his development partner in attaining the approval necessary to build the $800 million megaproject they had planned together. It was believed that the owner...
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Keywords:
Partners and Partnerships;
Law;
Projects;
Design;
Organizational Design;
Marketing Strategy;
Government and Politics;
Property;
Real Estate Industry;
Boston
Poorvu, William J., and Katherine Sweetman. "Fan Pier." Harvard Business School Case 390-012, August 1989. (Revised October 2003.)
- 1989
- Chapter
Analytic Themes of the U.S. Program on the Processes of International Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius and Howard Raiffa
- January 1989 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
General Electric: Valley Forge (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
A series of eight vignette cases designed to be taught in one classroom session. This case describes a potential problem in the way that General Electric has billed the government under a large defense contract. Designed to allow students to discuss what actions top...
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Keywords:
Government Administration;
Contracts;
Policy;
Accounting;
Management Teams;
Business and Government Relations;
Industrial Products Industry
Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (A)." Harvard Business School Case 189-009, January 1989. (Revised April 1991.)
- December 1988 (Revised December 1989)
- Background Note
Country Analysis Framework
By: James E. Austin
Presents basic framework for country analysis as used in Business, Government, and the International Economy course.
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Austin, James E. "Country Analysis Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-080, December 1988. (Revised December 1989.)
- 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.)
- July 1988
- Article
Nutrition Policy: Building the Bridge between Science and Politics
By: James E. Austin and C. Overholt
Austin, James E., and C. Overholt. "Nutrition Policy: Building the Bridge between Science and Politics." Annual Review of Nutrition 8 (July 1988): 1–20.
- May 1988
- Background Note
Roles and Relationships of Business and Government
By: George C. Lodge
Synthesizes a wide range of literature and experience concerning comparative government-business relations, focusing especially on Japan, Europe, and the United States with some references to Brazil and Mexico. Designed for discussion in two consecutive class sessions....
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Framework;
Government and Politics;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Structure;
Business and Government Relations;
Mathematical Methods;
System;
Japan;
Europe;
Mexico;
United States;
Brazil
Lodge, George C. "Roles and Relationships of Business and Government." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-159, May 1988.
- 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.)
- 1987
- Chapter
Amnesty, Enforcement, and Tax Policy
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Leonard, Dutch, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Amnesty, Enforcement, and Tax Policy." In Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, edited by Lawrence Summers, 55–85. NBER and MIT Press Journals, 1987.
- October 1987 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Gruppo Ferruzzi: Economics, Politics and Ethanol
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords:
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A. "Gruppo Ferruzzi: Economics, Politics and Ethanol." Harvard Business School Case 588-002, October 1987. (Revised November 1987.)
- June 1987
- Case
Aircraft Industry's Political Profile
Salter, Malcolm S. "Aircraft Industry's Political Profile." Harvard Business School Case 387-190, June 1987.
- 1987
- Book
Banking and Oil
By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the second of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Economics;
Banks and Banking;
Government and Politics;
Growth and Development;
Business History;
Problems and Challenges;
Iran;
Jordan;
Kuwait;
Oman;
Dubai
Jones, Geoffrey. Banking and Oil. Vol. 2, History of the British Bank of the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- April 1987 (Revised June 1987)
- Background Note
Apparel Industry's Political Profile
Salter, Malcolm S. "Apparel Industry's Political Profile." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-161, April 1987. (Revised June 1987.)
- spring 1987
- Article
Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
We examine a dynamic model of price competition in defense procurement that incorporates the experience curve, asymmetric cost information, and the availability of a higher cost alternative system. We model acquisition as a two-stage process in which initial production...
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Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement." RAND Journal of Economics 18, no. 1 (spring 1987): 57–76. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 1987
- Book
Ideology and National Competitiveness : An Analysis of Nine Countries
By: George C. Lodge and Ezra F. Vogel
Lodge, George C., and Ezra F. Vogel. Ideology and National Competitiveness : An Analysis of Nine Countries. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987.