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- August 1983
- Background Note
Global Agribusiness System
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Global Agribusiness System." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-010, August 1983.
- 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.)
- May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.
Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Information Infrastructure;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Valuation;
Negotiation Tactics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Information Industry;
Service Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp." Harvard Business School Case 283-072, May 1983. (Revised December 1987.)
- May 1983 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan
Contains materials extracted from a business plan developed by the company in 1980. The purpose of the business plan was to raise $100,000 to finance the commencement of operations. The firm intended to provide analytical services to bond market traders. The product...
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Keywords:
Business Plan
Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan." Harvard Business School Case 283-073, May 1983. (Revised November 1987.)
- March 1983 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Benjamin Franklin and the Definition of American Values
Discusses the value systems and their relationship to the conduct of business in 18th Century America. Also focuses on Benjamin Franklin, the preeminent colonial American, to examine how business was conducted in his era. Based on an earlier case by B.E. Supple.
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Values and Beliefs;
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
United States
Tedlow, Richard S. "Benjamin Franklin and the Definition of American Values." Harvard Business School Case 383-160, March 1983. (Revised March 2008.)
- March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
- Teaching Note
Corning Glass: Information Systems Planning, Teaching Note
- March 1983
- Teaching Note
Marrett Corp.: Systems Planning Committee, Teaching Note
- 1983
- Article
Consistency of Finite Systems of Convex Inequalities
By: Elon Kohlberg
Keywords:
System
Kohlberg, Elon. "Consistency of Finite Systems of Convex Inequalities." Mathematical Programming 25 (1983): 359 – 362.
- August 1982 (Revised January 1989)
- Teaching Note
Perkin-Elmer: Data Systems Group, Teaching Note
By: Robert J. Dolan
- Article
Managing Information Systems by Committee
By: R. L. Nolan
Nolan, R. L. "Managing Information Systems by Committee." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 4 (July–August 1982).
- May 1982 (Revised June 1982)
- Case
Air Traffic Controllers
By: Michael Beer
On August 3, 1981 President Ronald Reagan terminated 12,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, for violating their no-strike oath. Provides background on the human resources policies and practices of the Federal...
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Keywords:
Resignation and Termination;
Labor and Management Relations;
Government and Politics;
Labor Unions;
Negotiation;
Employees;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Beer, Michael. "Air Traffic Controllers." Harvard Business School Case 482-056, May 1982. (Revised June 1982.)
- April 1982
- Background Note
Note on Kanban and Just-In-Time Inventory Systems
By: Kim B. Clark
Keywords:
Asset Management
Clark, Kim B. "Note on Kanban and Just-In-Time Inventory Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 682-094, April 1982.
- April 1982
- Case
Honeywell Corp.: Defense Systems Division (B)
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Honeywell Corp.: Defense Systems Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 182-242, April 1982.
- March 1982 (Revised August 1985)
- Case
Perkin-Elmer: Data Systems Group
By: Robert J. Dolan
Dolan, Robert J. "Perkin-Elmer: Data Systems Group." Harvard Business School Case 582-101, March 1982. (Revised August 1985.)
- February 1982
- Case
Honeywell Corp.: Defense Systems Division (A)
Keywords:
Manufacturing Industry
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Honeywell Corp.: Defense Systems Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 182-169, February 1982.
- 1982
- Article
The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives
By: Alvin E. Roth
Roth, Alvin E. "The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives." Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 7 (1982): 617–628.
- October 1981
- Background Note
Note on Rewards Systems
By: Michael Beer
Looks at rewards in general, and pay in particular, and studies the conditions that may enhance or detract from employee satisfaction and organizational effectiveness.
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Wages;
Organizations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Motivation and Incentives;
Satisfaction
Beer, Michael. "Note on Rewards Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 482-017, October 1981.
- July 1981
- Case
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Evaluation of End-User Systems
Keywords:
Chemical Industry
Cash, James I., Jr. "Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Evaluation of End-User Systems." Harvard Business School Case 182-005, July 1981.
- April 1981 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
General Electric: Strategic Position--1981
By: Francis Aguilar and Richard G. Hamermesh
Describes the introduction and evolution of General Electric's strategic planning system from the 1960s to Jack Welch's tenure. Allows discussion of the interplay of problems and circumstances to the evolution of the strategic planning system, and how Welch might use...
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Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric: Strategic Position--1981." Harvard Business School Case 381-174, April 1981. (Revised March 1993.)