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- March 1983
- Article
Brilliant but Cruel: Perceptions of Negative Evaluators
By: T. M. Amabile
Using edited excerpts from actual negative and positive book reviews, this research examined the hypothesis that negative evaluators of intellectual products will be perceived as more intelligent than positive evaluators. The results strongly supported the hypothesis.... View Details
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (A)
By: W. Carl Kester
HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio for HCA in light of its growth objectives, its acquisition strategy and its changing regulatory environment. View Details
- 1983
- Chapter
Incentives for Ocean Mining Under the Convention
By: James K. Sebenius and Lance Antrim
- December 1982 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Breakfast Foods Corp. (B)
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- December 1982
- Article
Determinants of Food Consumption in American Households
By: D. Schmalensee and J. Quelch
- September 1982
- Teaching Note
Mattson Foods, Inc.: The Bardolini Division, Teaching Note
By: W. Earl Sasser
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- 1982
- Chapter
The Capacity Expansion Process in a Growing Oligopoly: The Case of Corn Wet Milling
By: A. Michael Spence and M. E. Porter
- July 1982 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Esmark, Inc. (A)
Involves the management of a firm with a market value of a going concern that is less than its breakup value. How does management maximize value for shareholders in this environment? View Details
- April 1982 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (B)
By: James E. Austin
- April 1982
- Case
Total Cereal
By: Stephen A. Greyser and John A. Quelch
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- February 1982 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Breakfast Foods Corp. (A)
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- January 1982 (Revised November 1982)
- Case
General Foods: Productivity Measurement Program
By: Robert H. Hayes and Kim B. Clark
- January 1982
- Article
A Negativity Bias in Interpersonal Evaluation
By: T. M. Amabile and A. H. Glazebrook
Two studies were conducted to demonstrate a bias toward negativity in evaluations of persons or their work in particular social circumstances. In Study 1, subjects evaluated materials written by peers. Those working under conditions that placed them in low status... View Details
- 1982
- Article
Children's Artistic Creativity: Detrimental Effects of Competition in a Field Setting
By: T. M. Amabile
Girls whose ages ranged from 7 to 11 years made paper collages during 1 of 2 residential parties. Those in the experimental group were competing for prizes, whereas those in the control group expected that the prizes would be raffled off. Artist-judges later rated each... View Details
- 1982
- Chapter
Deep Ocean Mineral Resources
- December 1981 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Ocean Drilling, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
Management must choose between two mutually exclusive bids to build two drilling rigs. Both bids involve attractive export credit financing denominated in foreign currencies. View Details
- November 1981
- Supplement
General Foods: Food Service Division (B)
By: John P. Kotter
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- November 1981 (Revised October 1985)
- Supplement
General Foods: Food Service Division (C)
By: John P. Kotter
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry