Classic Cases

Selling Innovation: FOG-M, William McCorkle and the US Army (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

Throughout military history, soldiers have searched for new technology and new weapons that would give them a decisive advantage over their enemies. Some of these inventions -- the atomic-powered airplane, for example -- were met with great...

Selling Innovation: FOG-M, William McCorkle and the US Army

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

Throughout military history, soldiers have searched for new technology and new weapons that would give them a decisive advantage over their enemies. Some of these inventions -- the atomic-powered airplane, for example -- were met with great...

Siege Mentality: ABC, the White House and the Iran Hostage Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

The Iran hostage crisis of 1979-80 drew an unprecedented amount of press coverage in the US, especially from the major networks, which devoted a third of their time to the hostage story during the first six months. Of the three networks, ABC...

Certifying AMRAAM

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In March 1986, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was required by Congress to certify in writing that the Air Force's Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) program was proceeding according to plan: that its design was complete,...

Managing Viper: Epilogue

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In August 1977, Col. Hubert Lacquement was facing the toughest challenge of his career. The Army project he was managing, the Viper assault/anti-tank weapon, had become more expensive than predicted and had fallen behind its production schedule...

Managing Viper

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In August 1977, Col. Hubert Lacquement was facing the toughest challenge of his career. The Army project he was managing, the Viper assault/anti-tank weapon, had become more expensive than predicted and had fallen behind its production schedule...

Taking Toshiba Public

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1986, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learned of an illegal sale of sophisticated milling machine equipment to the Soviet Union by Japanese and Norwegian companies. What became known to the public as the Toshiba case--although the...

Trident: Setting the Requirements

Publication Date: January 1, 1988

The case chronicles the evolution of the Trident nuclear submarine from its origins in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 1966 as a cost-effective missile platform of modest capability, to its authorization in 1972 as the largest, most...

Interest Withholding Tax (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In January 1982, Senator Robert Dole successfully pushed through Congress a package of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements" that included a ten percent withholding tax on interest and dividends. This case examines Dole's methods and the...

Interest Withholding Tax (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In January 1982, Senator Robert Dole successfully pushed through Congress a package of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements" that included a ten percent withholding tax on interest and dividends. This case examines Dole's methods and the...

Interest Withholding Tax (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In January 1982, Senator Robert Dole successfully pushed through Congress a package of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements" that included a ten percent withholding tax on interest and dividends. This case examines Dole's methods and the...

Battle on Brimmer Street: Mental Health Siting Dispute in the State of Maine (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The protagonists of this decision-forcing case are a non-profit housing developer and a state agency, who are working cooperatively to establish a group home for mentally handicapped adults in a residential neighborhood of Brewer, Maine. To head...