Publications

January 1980 (Revised August 1986)
Case

General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (A)

Describes the U.S. large turbine generator industry in early 1963, a period of severe price cutting and depressed industry conditions. Presents data to allow a structural analysis of the industry and an analysis of the strategies of the major players since 1946. The... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Machinery and Machining; Cost Management; Price; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Industry Structures; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; United States

Educators

January 1980 (Revised May 1980)
Supplement

General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (B)

Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Industrial Products Industry

January 1980
Supplement

General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (C)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; United States

1980
Article

R&D Performance as a Function of Internal Communication, Project Management, and the Nature of the Work

By: Thomas J. Allen, Denis M.S. Lee and Michael Tushman

Keywords: Research and Development; Performance; Communication; Projects; Management

winter 1979
Article

Managing Communication Networks in Research and Development Laboratories

By: Michael Tushman

Keywords: Research and Development; Communication; Management

November 1979
Supplement

Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry, Supplement

Keywords: Distribution; Electronics Industry

October 1979
Article

Social Network Analysis for Organizations

By: N. Tichy, Michael Tushman and C. Fombrum

Article

The Impact of Listed Options on the Underlying Shares

By: Samuel Hayes and Michael Tennenbaum

September 1979
Article

Impacts of Perceived Environmental Variability of Patterns of Work-Related Communication

By: Michael Tushman

Keywords: Communication; Perception

July 1979 (Revised August 2019)
Background Note

Note on Taxation

By: William J. Poorvu, Arthur I Segel, Glenn S. Miller, Michael D. Kummer, Charles F. Wu, Po Sit and Joseph M. Gerstel

Every real-estate transaction is affected by the tax consequences that result from its form and substance. Structuring a transaction without a thorough understanding of its tax considerations is likely to reduce the transaction's potential value. The failure to utilize... View Details

Keywords: Property; Taxation; Investment

Educators

April 1979 (Revised October 1983)
Case

U.S. Securities Industry in 1979

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States

April 1979 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Receiving Tube Industry in 1967-78

Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy

April 1979 (Revised June 1988)
Case

Chain Saw Industry in 1978

By: Michael E. Porter and David J. Collis

For use on the second day of a two-day sequence on the U.S. chain saw industry. Describes the evolution of the industry since 1974. Illustrates issues in industry evolution, the forces causing evolution, and the strategic issues raised by evolution. The discussion can... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Industry Growth; Manufacturing Industry; United States

Educators