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- November–December 1988
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Fast-Cycle Capability for Competitive Power
By: Joseph L. Bower and Thomas M. Hout
Bower, Joseph L., and Thomas M. Hout. "Fast-Cycle Capability for Competitive Power." Harvard Business Review 66, no. 6 (November–December 1988).
- October 1988
- Case
Atherton Paint Corp.
By: James L. Heskett
Keywords:
Competitive Strategy
Heskett, James L. "Atherton Paint Corp." Harvard Business School Case 589-064, October 1988.
- 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
- Case
Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout
Describes set of issues confronting Alison Lassiter, who is trying to help Charlie Harris arrange a leveraged buyout of the shrimp company he runs, a division of a publicly traded company, Katy Industries. Lassiter has prepared a memorandum discussing and analyzing the...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Equity;
Cost vs Benefits;
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Preparation;
Financial Management;
Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Planning;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 289-019, October 1988.
- 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 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Maytag in 1984
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Highlights Maytag's unique position in the industry in 1984. Maytag, a much smaller player than its competitors has prior to 1984 been successful in producing high quality merchandise and charging a premium for it. By 1984 Maytag is also attempting expansion....
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business or Company Management;
Production;
Quality;
Rank and Position;
Competition;
Expansion;
Electronics Industry
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Maytag in 1984." Harvard Business School Case 389-055, October 1988. (Revised December 1994.)
- October 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Du Pont: Biotechnology in Agricultural Products
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Du Pont: Biotechnology in Agricultural Products." Harvard Business School Case 589-058, October 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
- October 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
NutraSweet Co.: Technology to Tailor-Make Foods
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "NutraSweet Co.: Technology to Tailor-Make Foods." Harvard Business School Case 589-050, October 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
- September 1988
- Case
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A) (Condensed)
Describes a regional airline that is on the losing end of a strategic application of information technology. Management is focusing on internal data processing issues while its principal, and larger, competitor is using its computerized reservations system to gain...
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Keywords:
Adoption;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Air Transportation;
Air Transportation Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 189-074, September 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 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
American Rice: A Farmers Cooperative Goes Public
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
Restructuring;
Competitive Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A. "American Rice: A Farmers Cooperative Goes Public." Harvard Business School Case 589-044, September 1988. (Revised November 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 June 1993)
- Case
Ring Medical
Describes the progress of a new product launch (HCS-100, a hospital communication system). Ring Medical has sold only five systems in six months against an annual target of 30. There is a lack of agreement internally on how the new product effort should be organized....
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Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Ring Medical." Harvard Business School Case 589-046, September 1988. (Revised June 1993.)
- 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;
Advertising Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry
Quelch, John A. "Reebok International Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 589-027, August 1988. (Revised November 1989.)
- August 1988 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic
Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Crisis Management;
Resource Allocation;
Production;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Motorcycle Industry;
Japan;
United Kingdom
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jon Skofic. "Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-013, August 1988. (Revised February 1992.)
- August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur
By: Joseph L. Bower
Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
- 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.)
- June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
IBM Computer Conferencing
Applegate, Lynda M. "IBM Computer Conferencing." Harvard Business School Case 188-039, June 1988. (Revised December 1991.)