Publications

September 1988
Case

Skil Corp.

By: Michael E. Porter

The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately $1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the U.S. market, of which five were U.S. companies. Skil was the third largest U.S. competitor. Skil was acquired by... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Emerging Markets; United States

September 1988
Case

Wear-Guard (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts and Howard H. Stevenson

September 1988
Supplement

Wear-Guard (B)

By: Michael J. Roberts and Howard H. Stevenson

June 1988
Supplement

Bethoney Manufacturing: Interview with Plant Manager and Union President, Video

Keywords: Labor and Management Relations

1988
Chapter

Joint Ventures and Collaborative Arrangements in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry

By: Gary P. Pisano, Michael Russo and David Teece

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cooperation; Communication Technology; Telecommunications Industry

April 1988 (Revised January 1992)
Case

General Mills, Inc.: Corporate Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

1988
Book

Strategic Organization Design

By: D. Nadler and Michael Tushman

Keywords: Organizational Design; Strategy

January 1988
Case

Line Technologies Immunocytometry Systems

January 1988 (Revised January 2007)
Background Note

Leading Change

Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the process of leading organizational change. Change leaders must create dissatisfaction with the status quo, develop a vision of the future state, and manage a process that sequences and orchestrates events and changes... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Leading Change

1988
Chapter

The Critical Path for Change: Keys to Success and Failure in Six Companies

By: Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat and Bert Spector

November 1987
Supplement

Gannett Co., Inc., Video

By: Robert W. Ackerman and Michael Y. Yoshino

October 1987
Case

Philips Group--1987, The

By: Francis Aguilar and Michael Y. Yoshino

Discusses how Philips, a major Dutch-based multinational company, attempts to bring about a fundamental change in its strategy, organization, and culture in response to a rapidly changing market and competitive environment. View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Markets; Change Management; Netherlands

October 1987 (Revised January 1991)
Case

Dana Corp.: The Richmond Camshaft Plant (Condensed)

Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity

May 1987
Supplement

NIKE Series: Questions/Answers with Phil Knight, Video

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

April 1987
Case

Giant Systems Division: The Personnel Function

Keywords: Human Resources; Management

April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
Case

Tiberg Co.

By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg

Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence