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- October 2006 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Vitreon Corporation: The Hyalite Project
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative, and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Production;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Productivity;
Groups and Teams;
Conflict Management;
Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Roy D. "Vitreon Corporation: The Hyalite Project." Harvard Business School Case 607-031, October 2006. (Revised January 2009.)
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Limits of Authority: Motivation versus Coordination
This paper studies the effects of open disagreement on motivation and coordination. It shows how, in the presence of differing priors, motivation and coordination impose conflicting demands on the allocation of authority, leading to a trade-off between the... View Details
Keywords:
Decisions;
Governance Controls;
Organizational Culture;
Agency Theory;
Conflict and Resolution;
Motivation and Incentives
Van den Steen, Eric J. "The Limits of Authority: Motivation versus Coordination." Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 4626-06, January 2006. (Available at SSRN.)
- November 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Richmond Events
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kristin Lieb
The managers of British business forum planner, Richmond Events, are struggling to expand their conference offerings into new territories. At the same time, they are trying to decide how product managers, who are critical to event success, should be hired, trained,...
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Keywords:
Conferences;
Innovation and Management;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Conflict Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Service Industry;
United Kingdom;
Asia
Edmondson, Amy C., and Kristin Lieb. "Richmond Events." Harvard Business School Case 604-055, November 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Cost of Capital at Ameritrade
By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Asset Pricing;
Cash Flow;
Cost of Capital;
Investment;
Marketing;
Mathematical Methods;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Financial Services Industry
Mitchell, Mark L., and Erik Stafford. "Cost of Capital at Ameritrade." Harvard Business School Case 201-046, October 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
- February 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Atlantic Energy/Delmarva Power & Light (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mathew M Millett and Tracy Aronson
Delmarva Power & Light and Atlantic Energy are neighboring electric utilities based in Delaware and New Jersey, respectively. In early 1996, they entered into merger negotiations, but were unable to reach an agreement on price because they could not agree on what...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Negotiation Offer;
Government Legislation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Contracts;
Utilities Industry;
Delaware;
New Jersey
Esty, Benjamin C., Mathew M Millett, and Tracy Aronson. "Atlantic Energy/Delmarva Power & Light (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-034, February 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- February 1996 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
America Online, Inc.
By: Amy P. Hutton and Krishna G. Palepu
America Online's (AOL) stock price has soared nearly 2,000% since its IPO. However, there is considerable disagreement among analysts regarding the future prospects of AOL. Although many analysts are bullish on the stock, short sellers have sold around 7 million...
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Analysis;
Stocks;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Statements;
Business Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Hutton, Amy P., and Krishna G. Palepu. "America Online, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 196-130, February 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
- June 1981
- Article
Disagreement in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
By: M. Malouf and A. E. Roth
Keywords:
Negotiation
Malouf, M., and A. E. Roth. "Disagreement in Bargaining: An Experimental Study." Journal of Conflict Resolution 25, no. 2 (June 1981): 329–348.
- April 1981 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project
By: Kim B. Clark
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to fix...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Production;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict Management;
Performance Productivity;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Groups and Teams;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Clark, Kim B. "Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project." Harvard Business School Case 681-091, April 1981. (Revised January 1997.)
- Aug 2014
- Conference Presentation
Online Word of Mouth and Product Quality Disagreement
By: Frank Nagle
- Research Summary
Overview
My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details