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Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity
By Arthur I Segel, Ben Creo. 2008
Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel…
is planning to purchase and renovate a nine unit apartment building. Is the market good? Should he sell or lease the units? How should he handle other issues like the architectural designs, the construction process, and the legal process? How should he balance all the competing demands on his time? This case serves as an introduction to the multifamily property type.Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A)
By V. G. Narayanan, James A. Evans. 1995
Following Intel Inc.'s decision to replace flawed Pentium chips, the company faces revenue recognition choices. Events leading up to IBM's…
decision to halt shipment of computers that have Intel's microprocessor inside and Intel's decision to replace all the flawed chips are outlined. Intel must decide whether to: make a provision for the costs of replacing the chips, defer recognition of revenue on the flawed chips that it has now agreed to replace, or make no entries on grounds of materiality.Marion Boats, Inc.
By David F. Hawkins. 1995
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (D)
By Andre F. Perold. 1999
Inventory
By David F. Hawkins. 1995
Managerial Problem Solving: A Congruence Approach
By Michael L. Tushman, Charles A. O'Reilly. 2002
Unless managers and their teams clearly understand the roots of today's barriers to achieving strategic opportunities, their attempts to solve…
these problems are likely to be ineffective. In this chapter, the authors introduce a congruence-based approach to problem solving that will drive today's success.San Francisco Bay Consulting
By George P. Baker, Karin B. Monsler. 1994
San Francisco Bay Consulting leads the field of economic consulting and litigation support in the application of powerful computers and…
cutting edge software to manipulate and analyze large data sets. The transfer pricing system, used to facilitate the purchasing and payment of computer resources, is falling apart as computer prices drop and consultant demands broaden. Researchers, forbidden to go outside for their hardware or software needs, range from frustrated to furious when they can't get the software they want or when transfer prices yield charges to clients that are greater than their computer's current market price. The case presents the company as it evaluates the system and discusses possible changes in pricing and sourcing policies.Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (B)
By Andre F. Perold. 1999
Precision Worldwide, Inc.
By William J. Bruns. 1997
A competitor has developed and introduced a superior product that is less costly to manufacture. Precision Worldwide must decide whether…
to match the competitor's product, when to do so, and how to price, given that it holds a large inventory of its now inferior product.Romeo Engine Plant (Abridged)
By Robert S. Kaplan, Amy P. Hutton. 1997
A newly reopened automobile engine plant has been organized along total quality and teamwork principles. Employees now solve problems and…
ensure quality, rather than watch parts being produced. New operating and financial systems have been installed to promote continuous improvement, waste elimination, and cost reduction activities.Higashimaru Shoyu Co. Ltd. (A): Price Control System
By Robin Cooper. 1994
Illustrates how Japanese firms use profit pressures to increase efficiency. In particular, explores how pseudo profit centers create pressure on…
workers to increase revenues and reduce costs, and the use of semiautonomous teams in a traditional Japanese workforce.ATH MicroTechnologies, Inc. (C)
By Robert L. Simons. 2008
Dynamics of Controlling Strategy
By Robert L. Simons. 1994
Control of business strategy is achieved by integrating the four levers of control. This chapter presents an integrated framework, illustrating…
that the power of the control levers lies in how they complement each other when used together.National Youth Association
By Robert N. Anthony. 1993
Prestige Telephone Co.
By William J. Bruns. 1997
An independent regulated telephone company has established a computer services subsidiary that seems to remain unprofitable. Managers must determine whether…
it is profitable or not and consider changes in pricing or promotion that might improve profitability. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Arch Communications Group, Inc.
By Krishna G. Palepu, Sarayu Srinivasan. 1997
Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples
By William J. Bruns, Julie H. Hertenstein. 1993
Accounting for Business Combinations: Acquisition Method
By David F. Hawkins, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez. 2008
Guiding Your Brightest Stars: The Three-Hat Challenge
By Jay W. Lorsch, Thomas J. Tierney. 2002
Partner level stars are a professional service firm's scarcest and most valuable resource. Whether the firm succeeds or fails depends…
on their performance and leadership, and ultimately on the alignment of their goals with the firm's goals. This chapter discusses how great firms guide and motivate their senior stars.The Manager's Agenda for Change: Setting Strategies in Motion to Avert a Workforce Crisis
By Ken Dychtwald, Tamara J. Erickson, Robert Morison. 2006
Organizations that adapt to the evolving workforce mix early and effectively will attract and retain better talent and thus hold…
a competitive advantage, turning the potential threat of labor and skills shortages into realized opportunities. This chapter addresses core questions for corporate leadership in developing a coherent and ongoing workforce strategy that will position their organization for tomorrow's labor market and improve performance along the way.