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- February 1999
- Case
PDVSA & Citgo (B): Fully Integrated?
By: Ashish Nanda
Concerned that Citgo investments are not yielding sufficient returns, PDVSA constrains Citgo management's autonomy, leading to Citgo senior management turnover. The case closes with Citgo's new CEO reflecting on what he needs to do to align Citgo's strategy and... View Details
- February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Bain & Company, Inc.: Making Partner
By: Ashish Nanda
In June 1998, Bain's compensation and policy committee meets to review candidates for elevation to partnership. The case presents the profiles of four candidates and ends with the promotion committee debating the merits of the candidates. View Details
- January 1999
- Background Note
The Professional Pledge and Conflict of Interest
By: Ashish Nanda
It is argued that professionals pledge fiduciary responsibility towards their clients to minimize the occurrence of conflicts of interest, which are socially inefficient. Professional associations are formed to ensure that in their practices, professionals live by... View Details
- December 1998
- Supplement
Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born
By: Ashish Nanda
The founding team of Vermeer Technologies, an entrepreneurial software start-up, discusses the opportunities and challenges confronting the company. View Details
- December 1998
- Supplement
Vermeer Technologies: Making Transitions
By: Ashish Nanda
After being acquired by Microsoft, Vermeer Technologies executives discuss the process of integrating their team into Microsoft. View Details
- December 1998
- Supplement
Vermeer Technologies: Realizing the Dream
By: Ashish Nanda
The Vermeer team discusses the organizational and strategic challenges they confront as product development and marketing proceed at the breakneck pace of "Internet time." View Details
- July 1998
- Supplement
Organizational Change at Andersen Consulting - EMEAI
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization. An alternative to video Organizational Change at Anderson Consulting - EMEAI, Video. View Details
- July 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Background Note
A User's Guide to the General Management Course
By: Ashish Nanda
Offered at the beginning of a twenty-five session course on general management, this note presents a structure and an outline intended to serve as a reference and provide orientation to the students as the course progresses. View Details
Keywords: Management
- July 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Background Note
Down General Management Memory Lane
By: Ashish Nanda
Offered at the end of a twenty-five session course on general management, this note reviews the course and reflects on major parts of learning. View Details
Keywords: Management
- June 1998
- Case
PDVSA & CITGO: Plans for Transformation
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements PDVSA & CITGO: Seeking Stability in an Uncertain World. View Details
- June 1998 (Revised October 2005)
- Background Note
Ecolab, Inc. (B)
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of earlier cases. View Details
- June 1998 (Revised October 2005)
- Supplement
Ecolab, Inc. (D)
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- June 1998 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Ecolab, Inc. (E)
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
- June 1998 (Revised October 2005)
- Supplement
Ecolab, Inc. (F)
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Komatsu and Dresser: Putting Two Plus Two Together
By: Ashish Nanda
In 1987, Komatsu Ltd., looking to expand its presence in the U.S. earth-moving equipment (EME) industry, enters into a 50-50 joint venture with Dresser. The management of the Komatsu Dresser joint venture faces difficulty in bringing the two halves together. The rift... View Details
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur
By: Ashish Nanda
Profiles the career of a Emmet Stephenson, the founder of over a dozen successful companies, as a model of entrepreneurship and management. View Details
- July 1997
- Case
Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations
By: Ashish Nanda
The case describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. It focuses on how he has gone about establishing a regional office and knitting local operations closer together, the... View Details
- May 1997 (Revised October 2005)
- Supplement
Ecolab, Inc. (G): Institutional Sales Conference
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. Includes excerpts from speeches by Ecolab president Al Schuman, CEO Sandy Grieve, and three senior sales executives, and highlights the camaraderie and goodwill among senior executives of Ecolab's Institutional Division. May be used in place... View Details