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- winter 1996
- Article
Rebuilding Behavioral Context: A Blueprint for Corporate Renewal
By: S. Ghoshal and C. A. Bartlett
Keywords:
Behavior
Ghoshal, S., and C. A. Bartlett. "Rebuilding Behavioral Context: A Blueprint for Corporate Renewal." MIT Sloan Management Review 37, no. 2 (winter 1996): 11–23. (Winner of Richard Beckhard Award For the most outstanding MIT Sloan Management Review article on planned change and organizational development.)
- December 1995 (Revised November 1996)
- Background Note
Corporate Purpose and Responsibility
By: Lynn S. Paine
Presents several conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility as articulated by a variety of groups and individuals during the period 1970-95. Included are materials from the Business Roundtable, the American Law Institute, the Royal Society of Arts and...
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Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Purpose and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-201, December 1995. (Revised November 1996.)
- November 1995
- Case
"Marketing" at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Describes the history and unique operating principles of the most successful corporate law firm in the country. Closes with a lengthy quotation by Martin Lipton, who is one of the firm's founding partners and who is described in an American Lawyer article as the "Elvis...
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Marketing" at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Harvard Business School Case 496-037, November 1995.
- 28 Sep 1995
- Lecture
Managing Corporate Integrity." Speaker. "American Corporate Counsel Association Regional Meeting."
By: Lynn S. Paine
Keywords:
Trust
- September 1995 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
RogersCasey Alternative Investments faces the challenge of managing distributions of stock by the private equity investors in which their clients have invested. These distributed shares appear to behave in complex ways, apparently at odds with market efficiency. A...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Stocks;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Innovation Strategy;
Management;
Distribution;
Performance;
Behavior
Lerner, Josh. "RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-024, September 1995. (Revised May 1998.)
- September 1995 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Exporting American Culture
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
A large entertainment company, extensively criticized for producing violent, offensive, and anti-social material, is considering whether to sell its material to a semi-illegal operation that is beaming satellite TV into Turkey. The opportunity raises many questions...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Media;
Business and Community Relations;
Opportunities;
Social Issues;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "Exporting American Culture." Harvard Business School Case 396-055, September 1995. (Revised April 1999.)
- 1995
- Chapter
Investment in Pollution Compliance Options: The Case of Georgia Power
By: F. L. Reinhardt and M. Edleson
Keywords:
Pollutants;
Investment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Energy Industry;
Georgia (state, US)
Reinhardt, F. L., and M. Edleson. "Investment in Pollution Compliance Options: The Case of Georgia Power." In Real Options in Capital Investment: Models, Strategies, and Applications, edited by L. Trigeorgis. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995.
- June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Chemicals;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Chemical Industry;
United States;
India
Spar, Debora L., Suzanne Hull, and Julia Kou. "Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 795-070, June 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- April 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Governance at Metallgesellschaft (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
MG Corp., a U.S. subsidiary of Germany's international conglomerate, Metallgesellschaft, engaged in a disastrous hedging strategy that nearly dragged the entire enterprise into bankruptcy. This case explores issues of responsibility and accountability among the...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Corporate Accountability;
Business Conglomerates;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Corporate Governance;
Mining Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Germany;
United States
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Governance at Metallgesellschaft (A)." Harvard Business School Case 495-055, April 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Mounting financial losses and increasing public scrutiny present many challenges to the board of directors of a large nonprofit health insurer. This case series presents chronologically the increasing problems of the company.
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Condition;
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Insurance Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-216, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- March 1995 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
A Wall Street analyst has just learned that FPL (the holding company for Florida's largest electric utility) may cut its dividend in several days despite a 47-year streak of consecutive dividend increases. In response to the deregulation of the electric utility...
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Keywords:
Investment Return;
Corporate Strategy;
Policy;
Competitive Strategy;
Financial Strategy;
Fluctuation;
Energy Sources;
Emerging Markets;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
Florida
Esty, Benjamin C., and Craig F Schreiber. "Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 295-059, March 1995. (Revised December 1995.)
- Article
A Brand's Eye View of Response Segmentation in Consumer Choice Behavior
By: Randolph E. Bucklin, Sunil Gupta and Sangman Han
Bucklin, Randolph E., Sunil Gupta, and Sangman Han. "A Brand's Eye View of Response Segmentation in Consumer Choice Behavior." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 32, no. 1 (February 1995): 66–74.
- January–February 1995
- Article
Corporate Reputation: Aid to Growth and Shield
By: S. A. Greyser
Greyser, S. A. "Corporate Reputation: Aid to Growth and Shield." Inside PR's Magazine of Reputation Management (January–February 1995).
- Article
The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work
By: R. J. Ely
This study examined how women's proportional representation in the upper echelons of organizations affects professional women's social constructions of gender difference and gender identity at work. Qualitative and quantitative data were used. Results suggest that sex...
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Ely, R. J. "The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work." Academy of Management Journal 38, no. 3 (June 1995): 589–634. (Winner, Academy of Management Journal Impact Award, 2021.)
- 29 Nov 1994
- Lecture
Regional Patterns of Corporate Governance: Conflict or Convergence in the 21st Century
By: W. Carl Kester
Kester, W. Carl. "Regional Patterns of Corporate Governance: Conflict or Convergence in the 21st Century." Lecture at the Conference on Corporate Competitiveness and Corporate Governance, Chung-Ang University, Management Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, November 29, 1994. (Invited keynote speaker.)
- June 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Cunard Line Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications
Cunard, the world's oldest luxury line company, is confronted with several key issues involving its marketing and marketing communications strategy. One concerns the balance between image/positioning advertising and short-term-oriented promotional...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Consumer Behavior;
Organizational Structure;
Identity;
Balance and Stability;
Shipping Industry
Greyser, Stephen A. "Cunard Line Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications." Harvard Business School Case 594-046, June 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- May 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office
Describes the three business segments of PepsiCo (beverages, snack foods, and restaurants). It then explores the competitive environment within each segment and the response of PepsiCo's businesses. It seeks to show how PepsiCo CEO, D. Wayne Calloway, in a very...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Change;
Governance Controls;
Management Style;
Organizational Structure;
Situation or Environment;
Competitive Strategy;
Value;
Food and Beverage Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office." Harvard Business School Case 694-078, May 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- 29 Jan 1994
- Lecture
Multinational Governance in Global Companies: The Conflict Between Companies that Have Become Global and Boards that are Still National
By: W. Carl Kester
Kester, W. Carl. "Multinational Governance in Global Companies: The Conflict Between Companies that Have Become Global and Boards that are Still National." Lecture at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 1994. (Moderator for the panel discussion.)