Publications

Teaching Note for (9-303-096). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

April 2001 (Revised September 2001)
Case

Merloni Elettrodomestici: Building for a New Century

In 2001 a young new CEO has to develop a strategy to move his company beyond the hyper-competitive conditions of Western Europe. A major acquisition in Russia and a new Web-based service business provide interesting new directions. This case traces the development of... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Web; Russia

Educators

August 2000
Case

Belmont Industries, Inc. (C)

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details

Keywords: Wages; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Performance; Goals and Objectives; Labor and Management Relations

Educators

1991
Working Paper

The Organization of Markets

June 1998
Teaching Note

Industrial Products, Inc. TN

Teaching Note for (9-369-019). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

June 1998
Teaching Note

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. TN

June 1998
Teaching Note

Marks & Spencer, Limted(A) TN

Teaching Note for (9-375-358). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change

Two cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case deals with the problems facing the head of a start-up division responsible for developing and bringing to market a new product based on technology deemed... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology

May 1997 (Revised March 1998)
Case

Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change

Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. Teradyne: The Aurora Project deals with the problems facing the head of a... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Change Management; Business or Company Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology

November 1995
Teaching Note

Marks & Spencer Go Global TN

Teaching Note for (1-395-524). View Details

Keywords: Management

June 1995
Teaching Note

Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary TN

Teaching Note for (9-394-065). View Details

July 1991
Case

Finland--1991

Keywords: Finland

October 1990
Case

Deming's Demons

1988
Chapter

The Managerial Estate

Keywords: Management

November 1984
Background Note

Note on the Major Home Appliance Industry--1984 (Condensed)

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

August 1984
Case

American Industrial Health Council (Condensed)

Keywords: Working Conditions; Business and Government Relations

August 1984
Case

Competitive Positioning in the Dishwasher Industry (E): Sears' Dishwasher Dilemma

Keywords: Product Positioning; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry

August 1984
Case

Competitive Positioning in the Dishwasher Industry (B): Design and Manufacturing Co. (D&M)

Keywords: Product Positioning; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

September 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions By: Badaracco, Joseph L. Abstract—The toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

June 1972
Case

Design and Manufacturing Co.

Keywords: Design