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- March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
Describes the incentive system by which Mary Kay Cosmetics motivates the sales force of 200,000 independent agents who comprise the firm's only distribution channel. Illustrates the powerful effect on sales-force behavior that results when creative types of employee...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Cost Management;
Salesforce Management;
Distribution Channels;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-103, March 1990. (Revised October 1999.)
- January 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region
By: Robert L. Simons
Recounts the financial difficulties and management changes experienced by American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region (NER) during the 1980s. After summarizing industry-wide changes in the collection, testing, and distribution of blood and blood products, the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Financial Management;
Restructuring;
Health;
SWOT Analysis;
Social Enterprise;
Marketplace Matching;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Health Industry;
North and Central America
Simons, Robert L. "American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region." Harvard Business School Case 190-078, January 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
- July 1989 (Revised August 1993)
- Supplement
Kanthal (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes actions taken by senior management of Kanthal after seeing the results of the newly installed account management system. Designed as a class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier case by the same author.
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-003, July 1989. (Revised August 1993.)
- winter 1988
- Article
Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts
By: Robert F. Bruner and Lynn S. Paine
Management buyouts, which have played an important role in the recent wave of corporate restructurings, have been criticized from several directions. This article addresses the problems created by management's conflict of interest. As members of the buyout team,...
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Bruner, Robert F., and Lynn S. Paine. "Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts." California Management Review 30, no. 2 (winter 1988): 89–106.
- 1988
- Book
Doing Deals: Investment Banks at Work
By: Robert G. Eccles and Dwight B. Crane
Eccles, Robert G., and Dwight B. Crane. Doing Deals: Investment Banks at Work. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1988.
- Article
Management by Accounting is Not Management Accounting
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Management by Accounting is Not Management Accounting." Forum. CFO 4, no. 7 (July 1988).
- June 1988 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Union Carbide Deal, The
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords:
Chemical Industry
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Union Carbide Deal, The ." Harvard Business School Case 288-065, June 1988. (Revised February 1989.)
- June 1988
- Article
Walking the Tightrope
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Dwight B. Crane
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Dwight B. Crane. "Walking the Tightrope." Global Capital Markets Forum Institutional Investor (June 1988): 16–17.
- May 1988
- Article
Management Dilemmas in Securities Firms
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Dwight B. Crane
Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Management;
Business Ventures;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Services Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Dwight B. Crane. "Management Dilemmas in Securities Firms." Issue 726 International Financing Review (May 1988): 13–14.
- June 1987 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
John Deere Component Works (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Having installed an activity-based system, the division is now exploring the insight provided by that system. In particular, it is studying the economics of lot-size process planning and product mix management.
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Production;
Business or Company Management;
Planning;
Cost Accounting;
Cost Management;
Product Marketing;
Management Practices and Processes;
Consumer Products Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (B)." Harvard Business School Case 187-108, June 1987. (Revised May 1990.)
- March–April 1986
- Article
Must CIM be Justified by Faith Alone?
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Must CIM be Justified by Faith Alone?" Harvard Business Review 64, no. 2 (March–April 1986): 87–95.
- November 1985
- Supplement
Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy, Supplement
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords:
Corporate Strategy
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 286-035, November 1985.
- November 1985
- Case
Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Services Industry
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 286-033, November 1985.
- November 1985
- Case
Paine Webber (B): Implementing a Corporate Strategy
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Paine Webber (B): Implementing a Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 286-034, November 1985.
- August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Bankers Trust New York Corp.
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Bankers Trust New York Corp." Harvard Business School Case 286-005, August 1985. (Revised July 1991.)
- September 1984 (Revised March 1993)
- Background Note
Marketing Planning and Organization
By: Robert J. Dolan
Presents guidelines for effective marketing planning. Provides a general outline of the contents of a typical marketing plan, the process by which the plan is developed, and considers the benefits successful firms reap from their planning efforts and the problems that...
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Dolan, Robert J. "Marketing Planning and Organization." Harvard Business School Background Note 585-106, September 1984. (Revised March 1993.)
- June 1984 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Securities Law and Private Financing
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the issues an entrepreneur faces in the process of raising private funds, and the securities laws which impact the process. Based in part on a note by R.E. Floor of the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar.
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Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Securities Law and Private Financing." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-164, June 1984. (Revised July 1999.)
- February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide
By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Projects;
Chemical Industry
Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
- January 1984
- Article
A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments
By: Robert J. Dolan
Researchers of the strategic implications of the well-known demand (e.g., adoption and diffusion) and supply (e.g., experience effects) dynamics have typically sought analytical solutions. Their success in this has been achieved partly by limiting the richness of the...
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Dolan, Robert J. "A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments." Journal of Business 57, no. 1 (January 1984).
- 1983
- Book
Managing Behavior in Organizations
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro
Keywords:
Behavior
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro, eds. Managing Behavior in Organizations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.