Publications

January 1989 (Revised March 2009)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (F)

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Pennsylvania

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October 1989 (Revised June 1991)
Teaching Note

General Electric: Valley Forge (A)--(H), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (1-189-009--013), (1-189-015), and (1-189-016). View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

June 2004
Teaching Note

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (TN)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note to (9-104-042). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Pennsylvania

January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (G)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

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January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (E)

Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania

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11 Mar 2014
Other Presentation

Philadelphia Competitiveness Profile

By: Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado and Richard Bryden

Regional Competitiveness Deck for the Philadelphia Metro Region View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; Competition; Philadelphia

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Women's Studies from the Pennsylvania State University. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Villanova University. Kiernan Snyder Kieran Snyder is the CEO and Co-Founder of Textio. She holds a... View Details

21 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

desperate as the day of reckoning approaches. They flood the airwaves with negative ads, especially in closely fought states like Pennsylvania and Indiana where the margin of victory was as important as who wins. Political brands, on the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Jun 2014
News

Roads to Recovery

Step Forward: Incremental Improvement In 2000, Amtrak and the Pennsylvania Department of Trans-portation resolved to make the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia train route "auto-competitive" by 2015. That goal is within reach, thanks to modest... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman

Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details

Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania

October 2018 (Revised September 2020)
Case

Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh

By: Mitchell Weiss and Brittany Urick

Pittsburgh’s mayor had been among the first to welcome self-driving vehicles but was now one of many needing to react after a pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous Uber in Arizona. He had originally preferred to roll out “the red carpet” instead of the “red... View Details

January 2013 (Revised October 2015)
Case

Pittsburgh

By: Eric Werker, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy and Andrew Knauer

The case narrates the development of Pittsburgh from the 1940s to 2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the... View Details

August 2009 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Steel Street

By: Arthur I Segel, William J. Poorvu, Ben Creo and Justin Seth Ginsburgh

The case involves repositioning an old 6-story warehouse in Pittsburgh and many of the issues of rehabilitation and selecting and managing the development team especially in a world of capital market uncertainty. The case also demonstrates the alignment of interests of... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Capital Markets; Financial Management; Investment; Property; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Pittsburgh

February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad

The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia

01 Jan 2012
News

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

Download Carroll profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1956 Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1978 Earns BS, Geology, Skidmore College 1982 Earns MS, Geology, University of Kansas 1982 Joins Amoco Production... View Details

July 2003
Teaching Note

Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Teaching Note for (5-202-045). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Pennsylvania