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- May 1997 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Teradyne: The Aurora Project
By: Joseph L. Bower
Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. This case deals with the problems facing the head of... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Product Launch; Product Development; Corporate Strategy; Semiconductor Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: The Aurora Project." Harvard Business School Case 397-114, May 1997. (Revised October 2007.)
- September 1992
- Background Note
Executive Compensation Debate
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Executive Compensation Debate." Harvard Business School Background Note 393-047, September 1992.
- 1985
- Chapter
Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy." In U.S. Competitiveness in the World Economy, edited by Bruce R. Scott and George C. Lodge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- 1978
- Book
Public Management: Text and Cases
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. Public Management: Text and Cases. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1978.
- 1983
- Book
The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
- October 1988 (Revised May 1991)
- Background Note
Managing Resource Allocation
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Managing Resource Allocation." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-040, October 1988. (Revised May 1991.)
- August 1988 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Industrial Systems, Inc.
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Industrial Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 389-010, August 1988. (Revised August 1989.)
- August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur
By: Joseph L. Bower
Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Investment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
- April 1986 (Revised July 1988)
- Case
Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan." Harvard Business School Case 386-181, April 1986. (Revised July 1988.)
- fall 2001
- Article
News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business." The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University Nieman Reports 55, no. 3 (fall 2001): 82–83.
- August 1984
- Case
Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 385-063, August 1984.
- August 1984
- Case
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 385-061, August 1984.
- Research Summary
Creating Corporate Value Added
By: Joseph L. Bower
In response to dramatic changes in the business environment--hypercompetition in many traditional industries, short product life cycles, and new competitors based in emerging nations--successful companies have responded by repositioning themselves in the global markets... View Details
- June 1972
- Case
Design and Manufacturing Co.
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Design
Bower, Joseph L. "Design and Manufacturing Co." Harvard Business School Case 372-343, June 1972.
- March 2001
- Article
Not All M&As Are Alike--and That Matters
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions
Bower, Joseph L. "Not All M&As Are Alike--and That Matters." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 3 (March 2001): 92–101.
- 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
Bower, Joseph L. "Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study." Behavioral Science 10, no. 3 (1965): 277–289.
- January 2019 (Revised August 2019)
- Teaching Note
JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (A), (B), and (C)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note includes a link to C-case supplemental videos for instructor use during class. View Details
- 2019
- Chapter
The Case Method
By: Joseph L. Bower
The case method was developed concurrently with the emergence of business schools as a way of teaching future executives evidence-based problem solving in the classroom. Harvard Business School faculty led in developing the method. A particular challenge in the writing... View Details
Keywords: Case Method; Case Studies; Case Teaching; Problem-based Learning; Cases; Learning; Teaching
Bower, Joseph L. "The Case Method." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Electronic. (Pre-published, June 2016.)
- February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Teaching Note
Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1 (TN)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for 311030. View Details