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- July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)
Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Going Public;
Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Investment Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Planning;
Corporate Finance;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
- August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Railroad Problem and the Solution
A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Keywords:
Transportation;
Rail Transportation;
Fluctuation;
Outcome or Result;
Public Sector;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
Complexity;
Problems and Challenges;
Rail Industry
Tedlow, Richard S. "Railroad Problem and the Solution." Harvard Business School Case 384-032, August 1983. (Revised March 1995.)
- 1983
- Chapter
On Consumption-Indexed Public Pension Plans
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "On Consumption-Indexed Public Pension Plans." In Financial Aspects of the U.S. Pension System, edited by Zvi Bodie and John B. Shoven. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. (Chapter 18 in Continuous-Time Finance. Reprinted in The Foundations of Pension Finance, Volume I, Zvi Bodie and E. Philip Davis, eds., Edward Elger, 2000.)
- October 1982 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords:
Government Administration;
Labor and Management Relations;
Human Resources;
Management;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Beer, Michael. "Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 483-054, October 1982. (Revised December 1984.)
- 1980
- Book
Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia
By: Malcolm Gillis, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr. and Ulrich Peterson
Keywords:
Taxation;
Investment;
Policy;
Metals and Minerals;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Indonesia
Gillis, Malcolm, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr., and Ulrich Peterson. Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia. MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1980. (Wells wrote chapter 20.)
- 1978
- Chapter
Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Equality and Inequality;
Public Sector;
Service Operations;
Gender
Kanter, R. M. "Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems." In The United Nations and Decision-Making: The Role of Women. Vol. 2, edited by D. Nicol and M. Croke. New York: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1978.
- 1978
- Book
Public Management: Text and Cases
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. Public Management: Text and Cases. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1978.
- November 1977 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Cargill, Inc.: Managing Corporate Public Policy
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Cargill, Inc.: Managing Corporate Public Policy." Harvard Business School Case 578-088, November 1977. (Revised March 1984.)
- 1977
- Working Paper
Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance
By: Jerry R. Green
A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of...
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Keywords:
Social Insurance;
Econometric Models;
Public Sector;
Government Administration;
Policy;
Human Needs;
Social Issues;
Risk and Uncertainty
Green, Jerry R. "Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 215, November 1977.
- March–April 1977
- Article
Effective Public Management
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords:
Management
Bower, Joseph L. "Effective Public Management." Harvard Business Review 55, no. 2 (March–April 1977): 131–140.
- 1977
- Other Unpublished Work
Indexing Social Security: An Analysis of the Issues
By: Robert S. Kaplan
- 1977
- Article
The Management of Marketing Conflict: Implications for Public Policy
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Rajendra K. Srivastava
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Rajendra K. Srivastava. "The Management of Marketing Conflict: Implications for Public Policy." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1977): 542.
- October 1971 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
Sturdivant Electric Corp.
By: Richard L. Nolan
A unit manager on a field computer installation job is faced with recurring conflict between a programmer and his immediate supervisor.
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Keywords:
Planning;
Rank and Position;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict and Resolution;
Attitudes;
Jobs and Positions;
Management Teams;
Managerial Roles;
Public Relations Industry;
Public Relations Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "Sturdivant Electric Corp." Harvard Business School Case 172-123, October 1971. (Revised September 1983.)
- Research Summary
A Hippocratic Oath for Management
By: Nitin Nohria
The conduct of doctors is guided by the Hippocratic Oath, which provides a normative framework that shapes their identity and orientation towards society. In light of the diminished public trust in business managers, is it time for management to embrace its... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Africa: Building Cities: Immersive Field Course
By: John D. Macomber
This second year elective takes students into the field to assess and report on the opprtunities in the next decade for the private finance and delivery of public infrastructure in the Global South. In January of 2016 and 2017 the cities studied were Addis Ababa,...
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Keywords:
Cities;
Urbanization;
Economic Development;
Infrastructure;
Sustainability;
Africa;
Latin America;
Peru;
Argentina;
Ethiopia;
Tanzania