Publications

Keywords: Media

April 2007 (Revised March 2018)
Case

M-TRONICS (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynda M. Applegate

The new CEO of a small manufacturing firm pursues growth through the launch of Entrepreneurial Subsidiaries. While the firm grows revenues from $600 million to over $2 billion in 10 years, problems surface as the subsidiaries are integrated into the established... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Model; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration

April 2007 (Revised November 2007)
Background Note

M-TRONICS (B)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynda M. Applegate

February 2007
Article

How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company's Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

Keywords: Management; Decision Making; Strategy; Business Ventures

Find at Harvard

2007
Other Teaching and Training Material

Interview with Stuart Rose, CEO, Marks & Spencer

Keywords: Leadership

September 2006
Supplement

Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)

Brainard, Bennis and Farrel is a short case designed to explore the challenge of establishing appropriate compensation from a general management/CEO perspective. Brainard (B) is a one-page handout that is designed to show how an already difficult problem is made more... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Relationships; Strategy

September 2006
Case

5 Years On The Job: Interview with Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE March 24, 2006

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Leadership

2006
Working Paper

Manage Resource Allocation to Craft Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

March 2006
Teaching Note

Entrepreneurial Insights (TN)

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

March 2006 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Entrepreneurial Insights

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonya Hout

Presents a matrix of 42 video clips of interviews with seven entrepreneurial managers answering the same six questions about their experiences building their companies. The individual entrepreneurs (Vittorio Merloni, Merloni Elettrodomestici; Alex d'Arbeloff, Teradyne,... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Personal Characteristics