Publications

January 1993 (Revised July 1993)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (Consolidated)

The setting is a food manufacturing company that has stumbled in terms of its historic growth and profit achievements. In trying to recapture its momentum, the president has used information technology as one element in his program of transition. The case focuses on... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Information Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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December 1992
Article

New Information Systems Leaders: A Changing Role in a Changing World

By: L. M. Applegate and Joyce J. Elam

Keywords: Information Technology; System; Leadership; Change

October 1992
Teaching Note

Otisline (A) & (B) TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard

Teaching Note for (9-186-304) and (9-190-149). View Details

October 1992
Supplement

Eastman Kodak Co.: Perspectives on Outsourcing

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Perspective; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

October 1992
Teaching Note

Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A) and (B) TN

Teaching Note for (9-184-041) and (9-186-191). View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

1992
Chapter

A Case Study in the Assimilation of Technology Support for Teams

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation

October 1992
Teaching Note

Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN

Teaching Note for (9-188-080). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Competitive Advantage; Information Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

September 1992 (Revised July 1993)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (D)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Melinda Conrad and Charles S. Osborn

Provides a thorough overview of the company's 1990 and 1991 reorganizations and the resulting demand for information technology in lower levels of the organization. Closes with a discussion of Frito-Lay's most recent information technology projects, Explorer and... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Negotiation Deal; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Design; Projects; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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September 1992
Teaching Note

Capital Holding Corporation TN

Keywords: Stocks

September 1992 (Revised October 1995)
Teaching Note

Eastman Kodak Co.: Managing Information Systems Through Strategic Alliances TN

Teaching Note for (9-192-030). View Details

Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Strategy; Alliances; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

August 1992 (Revised October 2001)
Teaching Note

Mrs. Fields Cookies TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-189-056). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

March 1992 (Revised September 1995)
Background Note

Note on Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows & Macintosh Versions

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard

Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Banking Industry

1 Feb 1992
Conference Presentation

Information Technology and Business Transformation

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Technology; Business Ventures; Transformation

1991
Chapter

Executive Information Systems

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Management; Knowledge Management

July 1991 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Eastman Kodak Co.: Managing Information Systems Through Strategic Alliances

In January 1988, Colby Chandler, Kodak CEO, created the Corporate Information Systems (CIS) and appointed Katherine Hudson head. She at once became the first head of IT and first woman corporate vice president in the company. Throughout 1989, Hudson inaugurated a... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Partners and Partnerships; Organizational Structure; Success; Trends; Information Management; Service Operations; Manufacturing Industry

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