Publications

August 2008
Case

Du Pont: The Birth of the Modern Multidivisional Corporation

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Du Pont's realization in 1921 that its "U-form" corporate structure was ill-suited to its new diversification strategy led to a pioneering new kind of organization—the "M" or multidivisional form—that has been called the most important innovation of capitalism in the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy

Purchase

October 15, 2008
Editorial

Fast Track the New President

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

January – February 2008
Article

The Dangers of Wishful Thinking

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Too many U.S. businesses (including tires, super-markets, and information technology) have been infected with the disease of denial. The answer? In Lincoln's words, “We must disenthrall ourselves.” View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Success; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking

Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

25 Mar 2008
News

Will History Happen to your Company

03 Sep 2009
News

Paranoid survivor

01 Jun 2005
News

The Nature of Change

“The Class the Dollars Fell On” by Fortune magazine). The case, authored by HBS professors Richard Tedlow and Nancy Koehn in 2001, was originally taught in The Coming of Managerial Capitalism, where View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; The Class the Dollars Fell On; case; capstone course; John Shad (MBA 1949); class of 49; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Globalization Revisited

was no disputing the significance of Levitt’s contribution to the theory and practice of global marketing and to the ongoing assessment of its impact. As HBS professor Richard S. View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

November 2008 (Revised June 2009)
Case

Sole-Sourcing the Intel 386: A Company and Industry Transformed

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Intel's precedent-breaking decision not to second-source its groundbreaking 386 microprocessor in 1986 propelled Intel to new heights and fundamentally transformed the computer industry. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Technological Innovation; Production; Information Infrastructure; Transformation; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Computer Industry; United States

2004
Chapter

Theodore Levitt's 'The Globalization of Markets': An Evaluation After Two Decades

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Rawi Abdelal

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries

August 1989 (Revised October 2005)
Case

James Burke: A Career in American Business (B)

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith

Covers the history of Tylenol from the autumn of 1982 through the second tampering incident in February 1986. Also deals with other developments in the history of Johnson & Johnson, especially the acquisition and divestiture of Technicare. View Details

Keywords: History; Pharmaceutical Industry

Purchase

Web

Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities | Information Technology

business better and you can make the world better by reaching out to a different community for employees than you have before. Richard S. Ruback ; Baker Foundation Professor Willard Prescott Smith Professor... View Details

July 10, 2009
Journal Article

Sears' Edifice Complex

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Read Now

10 Jul 2009
News

Sears' Edifice Complex

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

exploring the unexpected challenges faced by M. Douglas Ivester in exercising effective leadership during his two-year tenure as chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company. Professor Richard Tedlow then dealt... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

October 1980 (Revised October 1981)
Case

Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A1)

By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Law

November 1981 (Revised January 1983)
Case

Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (B)

By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Law

June 1984
Case

Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers

By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Monopoly; Courts and Trials; Food and Beverage Industry; United States