Publications

November 1981
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International, Part II, Interviews with Top Management, Video

Presents tapes of interviews with Tom MacAvoy (Corning Glass president) and James Houghton (Corning Glass vice-chairman). View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry

March 1981 (Revised October 1998)
Case

Corning Glass Works International (A)

Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Traces two failed attempts at bringing a business perspective to a geographic organization, and poses the problem of what the international division president... View Details

Keywords: Disruption; Framework; Global Strategy; Organizational Structure; Perspective; Power and Influence

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March 1981 (Revised October 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (B1)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 1981 (Revised October 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (B2)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (C1)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (C2)

Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Reviews the company's subsequent performance internationally. Also presents reflections by top management on future possible change in the organization... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Change; Performance; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry

February 1981 (Revised October 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (D)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

1981
Book

PQWL: The Productivity-Quality of Work Life Program

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Quality; Work-Life Balance; Programs

1981
Book

The Ecology of Work: Improving Productivity and the Quality of Work Life: Readings for the fourth Ecology of Work Conference

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Tom Chase

June 1980 (Revised September 1980)
Background Note

Some Criteria for Evaluating Your Work on the Process Engineering Proposal

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

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1980
Article

Consumer Impulse Purchase and Credit Card Usage: An Empirical Examination Using the Log Linear Model

By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan

Most of the work in impulse purchase behavior has investigated the association of socioeconomic variables and unplanned purchases with equivocal results. This paper examines the interrelationship between impulse purchases, credit card usage, cost of items bought, and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Mathematical Methods; Credit Cards; Income

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1980
Article

R&D Performance as a Function of Internal Communication, Project Management, and the Nature of the Work

By: Thomas J. Allen, Denis M.S. Lee and Michael Tushman

Keywords: Research and Development; Performance; Communication; Projects; Management

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01 Jan 1980
Conference Presentation

The Impact of Public and Private Institutional Policies on Families: The Work Place

By: R. M. Kanter and A. R. Cohen

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Policy

1979
Book

Life in Organizations: Workplaces as People Experience Them

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and B. A. Stein

Keywords: Working Conditions

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01 Aug 1979
Conference Presentation

Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory

By: R. M. Kanter, B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff and Daniel J. Isenberg

Keywords: Employees; Working Conditions; Change; Electronics Industry