Publications

Teaching Note for (9-399-007) and (9-399-113). View Details

Keywords: Food; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1999
Supplement

McKinsey & Company: Managing the Global Knowledge Network Video

September 1999
Supplement

Jollibee Foods Corporation: International Expansion

Presents interviews with CEO Tony Tan Caktiong and international division VP, Noli Tingzon, elaborating on issues and raising new issues on Jollibee's global strategy and organization. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Globalized Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry

February 1985
Supplement

Intercon International: Interview with Peter Davis, Video

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October 1982
Supplement

Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson, Video

A two-part taped interview with Pat Paterson. Paterson describes the action he took in dealing with his company's profit problems, then talks about the outcome. His decision to dismiss 1,500 workers may have accelerated the company's bankruptcy. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Resignation and Termination; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges

March 1998
Teaching Note

ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix TN

Teaching Note for (9-394-016). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 1998
Teaching Note

Komatsu Ltd: Project G's Globalization and Komatsu and Project G (A-C) TN

Teaching Note for (9-398-016), (9-395-001), (9-395-002), and (9-395-003). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Japan

2002
Chapter

Helping Managers Assess the Value of Human Capital

Keywords: Human Capital; Valuation

January 1995
Teaching Note

Body Shop International, The TN

Teaching Note for (9-392-032). View Details

February 1992
Teaching Note

Industrias Gessy-Lever Limitada, Teaching Note

September 1989 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Caterpillar, Inc.: George Schaefer Takes Charge

For over half a century, Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) had been a world leader in the manufacture of earthmoving and construction machinery. In 1982, just months after it recorded the highest sales and profits in its history, CAT experienced its greatest crisis. Demand fell... View Details

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Crisis Management; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

thinkers formed an impression unbiased by the stereotype, suggesting a bottom-up strategy, whereas conscious thinkers relied on the stereotype, suggesting a top-down strategy. That is, when thinking consciously, participants relied more... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

Christopher L. Magee Abstract Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This paper... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

organizational studies research. We empirically assess this assertion by analyzing studies of negotiation published in top peer-reviewed management, psychology, sociology, and industrial relations journals from 1990 to 2005. Our findings... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2006
Book

Global Marketing Management

By: John A. Quelch and Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Marketing; Management

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February 2012
Teaching Note

Kent Chemical: Organizing for International Growth (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Laura Winig

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Keywords: International Business; Organizational Change; Multinational Corporations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; International Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy

February 2010
Teaching Note

Applied Research Technologies, Inc.: Global Innovation's Challenges (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Heather Beckham

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April 2002 (Revised May 2005)
Case

GE's Digital Revolution: Redefining the E in GE

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Glinska

This case details the implementation of the e-business initiative--the last of Jack Welch's four company-wide strategic thrusts. First, it summarizes the 20-year change process that Welch led, detailing the initiatives he put in place. It then traces how Gerry Podesta,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web

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October 2000
Case

GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership Multimedia Case

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny

General Electric is faced with Welch's impending retirement, and the question on many minds is whether anyone can sustain the blistering pace of change and growth characteristic of the Welch era. After briefly describing GE's heritage and Welch's transformation of the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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