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- March 1996
- Case
New Product Development at Canon: The Contact Sensor Project
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Partington
Canon is one of the leading innovators in the world. This case describes the processes by which Canon manages the flow of ideas from basic science to new products, and how it harnesses product innovation to a strategy of diversification. View Details
- March 1996
- Article
Customer Power, Strategic Investment, and the Failure of Leading Firms
By: J. L. Bower and C. M. Christensen
- February 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem
By: Joseph L. Bower and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Viacom has reached a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and very bold acquisitions. Now its further expansion is challenged by the moves of Rupert Murdock's News Corp. Different businesses within Viacom have contradictory positions... View Details
- February 1996 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Brown Group, Inc.--The Dividend Decision
By: Joseph L. Bower
- February 1996 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge
By: Joseph L. Bower
Martin Sorrell has used WPP to acquire a large portfolio of marketing service firms including J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather. How did he make this minnow-swallows-many-whales trick work, and can he make the whole into something bigger than the parts? View Details
- November 1995
- Teaching Note
Marks & Spencer Go Global TN
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (1-395-524). View Details
Keywords: Management
- June 1995
- Supplement
Marks & Spencer p.l.c.: The Challenges of Complexity-- An Interview with Sir Richard Greenbury, Videotape
By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Basic Industries TN
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-313-121). View Details
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary TN
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-394-065). View Details
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution TN
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-395-054). View Details
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Cleveland Twist Drill (A) and (B) TN
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-384-083) and (9-384-163). View Details
- 1995
- Book
Business Policy: Managing Strategic Processes
By: Joseph L. Bower, Hugo E.R. Uyterhoeven and Richard E. Walton
- 1995
- Book
Business Policy: Managing Strategic Processes
By: Joseph L. Bower, Christopher A. Bartlett, Hugo Uyterhoeven and Richard E. Walton
- January–February 1995
- Article
Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave
By: J. L. Bower and C. M. Christensen
- October 1994
- Supplement
General Electric: Interview with Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO, Summer of 1994, Video
By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson
- September 1994
- Case
Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution
By: Joseph L. Bower and John B. Matthews Jr.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the world's greatest companies. In 1994, its management was chosen the most admired in Europe by 637 peers. The case explores how Sir Richard Greenbury, appointed the new chairman of the company in 1991, transformed his inheritance into... View Details
- October 1993 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary
By: Joseph L. Bower and Jay Dial
Describes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out."... View Details
- 1993
- Other Unpublished Work
Catching the Next Wave: Why Good Customers Make It Hard
By: Joseph L. Bower and C. M. Christensen