Publications

January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
Case

General Scanning, Inc. (B)

By: H. Kent Bowen, Sean McClenaghan and Charles Tillen

After meeting with a mediator, Montagu and Davis decided their goals were not in accordance, and Davis left General Scanning. Montagu and Brosens wrote three-year objectives for the company and proceeded to search for a new professional manager. Chuck Winston took on... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Restructuring; Change; Business or Company Management; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Hardware

Educators

Research Summary

General research interests

Effects of marketing actions on food choices, energy intake, and obesity.
Psychophysics of package and portion size perception and preferences.
Mere-measurement and self-generated validity effects in survey research.
Attention and choice... View Details

December 1963
Case

General Electric Co.

June 2016
Case

The Wealthfront Generation

By: Luis Viceira and Allison Ciechanover

Keywords: Automated Investment Advisor; Millennials; Fintech; Customers; Asset Management; Internet and the Web; Age; Investment; Business Startups; California

Educators

January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
Case

General Electric Healthcare, 2006

By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe

In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Cost vs Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Machinery and Machining; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Product Design; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Value Creation; Business Subsidiaries; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Educators

March 2024
Teaching Note

'Storrowed': A Generative AI Exercise

By: Mitchell Weiss

Teaching Note for HBS Exercise No. 824-188. “Storrowed” is an exercise to help participants raise their proficiency with generative AI. It begins by highlighting a problem: trucks getting wedged underneath bridges in Boston, Massachusetts on the city’s Storrow Drive.... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Government Administration; Transportation Industry; Public Administration Industry

January 1989 (Revised March 2009)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (C)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Pennsylvania

January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (D)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (B)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (G)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (E)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

January 1980
Supplement

General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (C)

By: Michael E. Porter

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; United States

Teaching Interest

General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Computer Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; Video Game Industry; China; India; United States

April 1971 (Revised April 1983)
Case

General Electric Co.--1970

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

June 2007 (Revised April 2009)
Supplement

Dollar General (B)

By: Willy C. Shih and Rebecca McKillican

Keywords: Retail Industry

1986
Book

The General Managers

By: J. P. Kotter

Keywords: Managerial Roles

June 2020
Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm. View Details