Publications

Educators

April 1983 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Trade In Services and American Express

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and David B. Yoffie

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

April 1983 (Revised May 1984)
Case

Environmental Pressures (A&B) (Condensed)

By: Norman A. Berg and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

April 1982
Background Note

Note on Corporate Strategy and Politics

Keywords: Corporate Strategy

November 1981 (Revised November 1991)
Case

Proposition 11 (A)

November 1981 (Revised November 1991)
Supplement

Proposition 11 (B)

Keywords: Laws and Statutes

November 1981 (Revised November 1991)
Supplement

Proposition 11 (C)

Keywords: Laws and Statutes

March 1979 (Revised December 1982)
Case

Allied Chemical Corp. (B)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Describes Allied's cooperative approach to government relations and the approach of some of the regulatory agencies Allied deals with. Based mainly on quotes from Allied and government officials. Asks the student to evaluate Allied's government relations--in general... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Cooperation; Chemical Industry

Educators

March 1979
Supplement

Allied Chemical Corp. (C)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Supplements the (B) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

February 1979 (Revised December 1983)
Case

Allied Chemical Corp. (A)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976. The executive in the case must decide whether the company should support the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an... View Details

Keywords: Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Laws and Statutes; Welfare; Legal Liability; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry

September 1972 (Revised April 1984)
Case

Crown Cork & Seal and the Metal Container Industry

By: Joseph L. Bower

Discusses the technical, economic, and packaging trends in the metal container industry, and the impact of these trends on major companies within the industry. Shows the response of Crown Cork & Seal Co. to these trends. Based on Crown Cork & Seal Co. and Note on the... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Operations; Supply and Industry; Economics; Trends; Manufacturing Industry

Educators

March 1969 (Revised January 2000)
Case

Industrial Products, Inc.

By: Joseph L. Bower and John W. Rosenblum

Involves the decision of whether to construct a new plant in another part of the country for a line of fire protection equipment. Capital funds set aside for the construction are blocked by Fireguard's continued record of substantial operating losses and divisional... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Capital; Construction; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Business Earnings; Markets; Product; Manufacturing Industry

1965
Article

Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study

By: Joseph L. Bower

When a group of people must decide on some one action, such as where shall we go out to dinner, or in an investment club which stock shall we buy, how do the individual members come to a decision that affords the best resolution of the question at hand for the group as... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Conflict Management