Publications

22 Oct 2024
News

National Academy of Medicine Elects 12 from Harvard

April 1979 (Revised November 1981)
Case

Southern Peru Copper Corp. and Monmouth National Bank

By: Thomas R. Piper

December 2018
Case

OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)

By: Juan Alcacer, Jérôme Lenhardt and Emer Moloney

In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE. OTE still exhibited many traits of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Economy; Crisis Management; Telecommunications Industry; Greece

Educators

October 2012 (Revised June 2013)
Case

YPF — The Argentine Oil Nationalization of 2012

By: Noel Maurer and Gustavo A. Herrero

Keywords: Oil Prices; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Industry; Argentina; South America

Educators

March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
Teaching Note

Metropolitan National Bank (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Banking Industry

1997
Working Paper

Intermedia Substitutability in the U.S. National Advertising Market

By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt

2001
Other Unpublished Work

Intermedia Substitutability and Market Demand by National Advertisers

By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt

Keywords: Advertising; Media; Demand and Consumers; Advertising Industry

April 2022
Article

National Customer Orientation: A Framework, Propositions and Agenda for Future Research

By: Ofer Mintz, Imran S. Currim and Rohit Deshpandé

Purpose: This paper aims to propose a new country-level construct, national customer orientation, to provide a benchmark for global headquartered managers’ decisions and scholars investigating cross-national research.
Design/methodology/approach: A conceptual... View Details

Keywords: International Marketing; Macro-marketing; Marketing; Financial Crisis; Customer Focus and Relationships; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation

November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
Case

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett

The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry

October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
Case

Pete Carroll: Building a Winning Organization through Purpose, Caring, and Inclusion

By: Ranjay Gulati, Matthew Breitfelder and Monte Burke

Competing at the highest levels of the National Football League (NFL) requires tremendous skill, dedication and persistence. The most successful coaches in the NFL know how to draw out a higher level of performance and consistency from their players. This is typically... View Details

Keywords: National Football League; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Relationships; Performance; Success; Sports; Sports Industry

Educators

March 1, 2022
Article

Widespread Use of National Academies Consensus Reports by the American Public

By: Diana Hicks, Matteo Zullo, Ameet Doshi and Omar Isaac Asensio

In seeking to understand how to protect the public information sphere from corruption, researchers understandably focus on dysfunction. However, parts of the public information ecosystem function very well, and understanding this as well will help in protecting and... View Details

Keywords: Reports; Surveys; AI and Machine Learning; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Use and Leverage

October 2020
Article

Why Time Poverty Matters for Individuals, Organisations, and Nations

By: Laura Giurge, Ashley V. Whillans and Colin West

Over the last two decades, global wealth has risen. Yet, material affluence has not translated into time affluence. Instead, most people today report feeling persistently “time poor”—like they have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. This is critical... View Details

Keywords: Time Poverty; Health; Well-being; Human Needs; Global Range

December 1977
Case

Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. (A)

December 1974 (Revised December 1983)
Case

France (B): Formulation of the Fourth National Plan

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Economy; Planning; France

7 Nov 2001
Other Presentation

Building a Competitive Argentina: Towards a National Agenda

By: Michael E. Porter

Presentation delivered at the competitive advantage seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Argentina

October 2007
Teaching Note

Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (TN)

By: Scott A. Snook and Steven Shafer

Keywords: Education

11 Sep 2012
News

Top 1,000 Companies Wield Power Reserved for Nations

January 2022
Teaching Note

Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (A) and (B)

By: John Beshears and Christine Exley

Teaching note for "Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (A) and (B), nos. 920-029 and 920-030. View Details

May–June 2021
Article

Case Study: What Role Should a Company Play in a National Crisis?

By: Christopher J. Malloy

The article presents a fictionalized case study asking what type of role should a company play in a national crisis, specifically a tsunami hitting Indonesia, similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Topics include how disasters can impact family-owned companies, the... View Details

Keywords: Emergency Preparedness; Disaster Relief; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management