Publications

Keywords: California

September 1994
Case

Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution

By: Joseph L. Bower and John B. Matthews Jr.

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the world's greatest companies. In 1994, its management was chosen the most admired in Europe by 637 peers. The case explores how Sir Richard Greenbury, appointed the new chairman of the company in 1991, transformed his inheritance into... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Europe; United States

November 1981 (Revised November 1991)
Case

Proposition 11 (A)

May 2006 (Revised September 2006)
Teaching Note

Two Tough Calls (TN) (A) and (B)

March 2006
Article

Leadership in Literature

Keywords: Leadership; Information

May 1994
Teaching Note

Malcolm X, Teaching Note

November 1993
Case

Selling Harvard Business School Cases

Keywords: Business Education; Ethics

May 1992 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

AT&T Consumer Products, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-392-108). View Details

Keywords: Asia; Mexico

March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
Case

AT&T Productos de Consumo de Mexico

Describes in detail the decisions AT&T made in designing and staffing their Mexican telephone answering machine plant. Allows students to evaluate a company's detailed implementation decisions on a plant in a developed country--involving wages, benefits, waste... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Executive Compensation; Selection and Staffing; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Mexico

February 1992
Case

McDonnell Douglas and Taiwan Aerospace

Keywords: Aerospace Industry; Taiwan

July 1991
Supplement

Allied Chemical Corp., Supplementary Financial Information

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

May – June 2002
Article

The Anything-But Unremarkable Lessons of the Quiet Leader

Keywords: Leadership

September 1990 (Revised March 1991)
Supplement

RU 486 (B)

Describes how Roussel UCLAF resolved the dilemma. Intended for use as an in-class handout. View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; France; Germany; United States

June 1990 (Revised August 1992)
Case

H. Ross Perot

Keywords: Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry

October 1989
Teaching Note

General Motors' Asian Alliances, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-388-094). View Details

January 1988 (Revised May 1988)
Case

General Motors' Asian Alliances

Describes all of General Motors' major alliances with Asian firms. These include Toyota, Fanuc, Isuzu, Daewoo, Suzuki, Nissan, and Hitachi. Students can discuss the rationale of each alliance, their risks, their management problems, and their likely evolution. Also... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cost Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Risk and Uncertainty; Adoption; Corporate Strategy

Educators

October 1986 (Revised October 1987)
Background Note

Approaches to Leadership - Individual

October 1984 (Revised July 1990)
Case

Southern Packaging (A)