Publications

1985
Chapter

Corporatewide Transformations in Human Resource Management

By: Michael Beer and Bert Spector

April 1995 (Revised June 2002)
Case

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kevin Davis

In order to increase revenues, develop new technologies, and manage information technology more efficiently, Xerox decided to sign a 10-year, $3.2 billion contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). This case describes the events that preceded Xerox's decision to... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology Industry

Educators

2006
Working Paper

Manage Resource Allocation to Craft Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

May 1982
Case

Honeywell Europe: Human Resource Planning (C)--Finland

By: Wickham Skinner, D. Q. Mills and Jean K. Trescott

Keywords: Human Resources; Globalized Firms and Management; Planning; Finland

21 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

U.S. companies spent a staggering $285 billion on advertising in 2006, according to Advertising Age. That's a lot of dollars and expectations being handed to advertising managers to generate returns. But do marketing managers allocate their View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Supplement

Becton Dickinson (D1): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling, Update

By: Michael Beer

Describes reactions to the strategic human resource management process and allows an evaluation of prospects for the future. View Details

Keywords: Human Resources

Research Summary

Network Resources and the Performance of Interorganizational Exchange

By: Ranjay Gulati

My recent book (Managing Network Resources, Oxford University Press) introduced the idea of "network resources," valuable assets that accrue to a firm not from within its boundaries but from its ties to key external constituents including but not... View Details

Research Summary

Fairness and Efficiency in Resource Allocation

In studying the relationship of fairness and efficiency, Professor Trichakis takes the novel approach of looking at varied industries for unifying factors, and he pays special attention to inequities by incorporating both quantitative work in social welfare and the... View Details

September 2023
Case

Blackstone Credit and Delaware Basin Resources

By: Victoria Ivashina and Alys Ferragamo

Educators

August 1996
Teaching Note

Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (A)&(B) TN

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Teaching Note for (9-495-051) and (9-495-052). View Details

Article

Where Do Resources Come from? The Role of Idiosyncratic Situations

By: Gautam Ahuja and Riitta Katila

In this paper, we examine the emergence of resources. Our analysis of technological capability acquisition by global U.S.-based chemical firms shows that the emergence of resources is inherently evolutionary. We find that path-creating search that generates resource... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Resource Allocation

April 1980 (Revised July 1982)
Case

Honeywell: Human Resource Planning (C)

By: Wickham Skinner

Keywords: Human Resources; Planning

2005
Chapter

Corporate Intervention in Resource Allocation

By: T. R. Eisenmann

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy