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      • July 2000
      • Case

      Dawn Riley at America True (C1)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
      This version of the (C) case can be taught independently of the (A) and (B) cases. Dawn Riley, CEO/Captain of America True, the first coed syndicate to race for the America's Cup, is based in Auckland, New Zealand, where racing will begin in six weeks. Riley has built... View Details
      Keywords: Management Style; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender; Management Teams; Sports; Business Startups; New Zealand; North and Central America
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      Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Dawn Riley at America True (C1)." Harvard Business School Case 401-011, July 2000.
      • May 2000 (Revised September 2000)
      • Exercise

      Tyrell Web Developers Inc. (A)

      By: Alan D. MacCormack and Andrew P. McAfee
      An integrated exercise culminating in a team project to design and develop a Web site for a fictitious company. Allows instructors to establish a technical baseline for students prior to starting the team project. Students are asked to develop a personal web site which... View Details
      Keywords: Web Sites; Software; Product Development; Design; Internet
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      MacCormack, Alan D., and Andrew P. McAfee. "Tyrell Web Developers Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 600-025, May 2000. (Revised September 2000.)
      • February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Boston.com

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
      How aggressively should an incumbent move when developing an online business that threatens its core product? With Internet competitors taking direct aim at the traditional print newspaper business model, the Boston Globe fought back with its own web initiative,... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Change Management; Internet and the Web; Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "Boston.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-165, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
      • 1999
      • Chapter

      The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital

      By: M. C. Higgins and N. Nohria
      Keywords: Human Capital; Relationships; Training; Personal Development and Career; Social Psychology
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      Higgins, M. C., and N. Nohria. "The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital." In Corporate Social Capital and Liability, edited by S. Gabbay and R. Leenders. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
      • 1999
      • Chapter

      Beyond the Simple Demography-Power Hypothesis: How Blacks in Power Influence Whites to Mentors Blacks

      By: D. A. Thomas
      Keywords: Training; Power and Influence; Race
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      Thomas, D. A. "Beyond the Simple Demography-Power Hypothesis: How Blacks in Power Influence Whites to Mentors Blacks." In Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural Organizations, edited by A. Murrell, F. Crosby, and R. Ely. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
      • 1999
      • Article

      Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity

      By: A. M. Ruscio and T. M. Amabile
      This study sought to determine the impact of 2 differing instructional approaches on creative problem-solving performance. Eighty-two college students completed a novel structure-building task after receiving algorithmic instruction (providing a rote, step-by-step... View Details
      Keywords: Training; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Performance; Learning
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      Ruscio, A. M., and T. M. Amabile. "Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity." Creativity Research Journal 12, no. 4 (1999): 251–266.
      • December 1998
      • Article

      Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France

      By: Tom Nicholas, Elisa Boccaletti and James Foreman-Peck
      A popular explanation for the supposed "delayed industrialisation" of the nineteenth century French economy has been the inappropriate attitudes and actions of the managerial classes and family firms. To address these claims we model the supply and demand for... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Performance; Economy; Management; Success; Opportunities; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Saving; Higher Education; Training; Demand and Consumers; France
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      Nicholas, Tom, Elisa Boccaletti, and James Foreman-Peck. "Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France." European Review of Economic History (December 1998).
      • October 1998
      • Case

      "Pathways to Independence": Welfare-to-Work at Marriott International

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
      In 1991 Marriott International established a program called Pathways to Independence to recruit and train people from the welfare rolls. The program graduated over 1,000 people in eight years and retained about 20% more of its participants than regular hires. Now the... View Details
      Keywords: Recruitment; Retention; Training; Expansion; Quality; Poverty; Programs
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Pathways to Independence": Welfare-to-Work at Marriott International. Harvard Business School Case 399-067, October 1998.
      • April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
      • Case

      CitySoft, Inc.

      By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti, Andrea H. Chermayeff and Diana S. Gardner
      Two entrepreneurs are discussing how to scale-up their new company. They face a variety of issues, ranging from hiring and training to strategy and focus. View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Business Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Selection and Staffing; Internet; Web Services Industry
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      Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, Andrea H. Chermayeff, and Diana S. Gardner. "CitySoft, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-080, April 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
      • March 1998 (Revised June 1999)
      • Case

      DigitalThink: Building a Sales Force

      By: Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Christina L. Darwall
      A broad set of issues faces a young company in the Internet-based training business as it begins to sell its product to corporate customers. Issues include: profile of attractive candidates, compensation, definition of territory, definition of quotas, and role of... View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Salesforce Management; Business Startups; Service Industry
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      Roberts, Michael J., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Christina L. Darwall. "DigitalThink: Building a Sales Force." Harvard Business School Case 898-193, March 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
      • February 1998 (Revised June 1999)
      • Case

      DigitalThink: Startup

      By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
      Describes a recent Berkeley MBA's attempts to start a business aimed at corporate training via the Internet. Describes the very early efforts at finding an attorney, accountant, and financing, and the interrelationships among these choices. View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Service Industry
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      Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Christina L. Darwall. "DigitalThink: Startup." Harvard Business School Case 898-186, February 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Andy Youmans, executive vice president of CSSC, joins a group of U.S. executives on a tour of Japanese factories that practice the TPS. Three of the factories produce products similar to CSSC's, and even though they use similar equipment, they are significantly more... View Details
      Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; System; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Training; Quality; Business Ventures; Competency and Skills; Production; Adoption
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-039, January 1998.
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC), a 50-year-old spring manufacturing and metal stamping firm, is experiencing slow sales growth and feeling the impact of global competition. The company has over 800 customers but little understanding of those customers'... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Competency and Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Customer Relationship Management; Quality; Training; Performance Efficiency; Cost Management; Sales; System
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-038, January 1998.
      • 1997
      • Chapter

      Beyond the Myth of the Perfect Mentor

      By: L. Hill
      Keywords: Training; Personal Development and Career
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      Hill, L. "Beyond the Myth of the Perfect Mentor." In Empleo y Carrerras Directivas, edited by J. Alvarez. Bibao, Spain: Ediciones Deusto, S.A., 1997.
      • March 1996 (Revised February 1997)
      • Case

      Change Agent Program at Siemens Nixdorf, The

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, John F. McGuire and Afroze A Mohammed
      To change its culture, the German computer giant Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems launched a program to train 21 "change agents" who would lead entrepreneurial projects designed to get results and to serve as models of a new style. View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Culture; Training; Leadership Development; Programs; Human Resources; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Computer Industry; Germany
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., John F. McGuire, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Change Agent Program at Siemens Nixdorf, The." Harvard Business School Case 396-203, March 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
      • 1995
      • Article

      The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning

      By: R. Conti, T. M. Amabile and S. Pollack
      This study assessed the effectiveness of engaging students in a creative activity on a topic as a means of encouraging an active cognitive set toward learning that topic area. This technique was examined in three motivational contexts. Before reading a short... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Behavior; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Training
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      Conti, R., T. M. Amabile, and S. Pollack. "The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21 (1995): 1107–1116.
      • October 1994 (Revised March 1999)
      • Case

      Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer

      By: W. Earl Sasser, Thomas O. Jones and Norman Klein
      Explores the interface of an information system that keeps track of guests and their preferences, and the people systems that deliver multiple services at Ritz-Carlton hotels. The luxury hotel chain's unique service credo and commitment to quality principles are... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Satisfaction; Training; Recruitment; Service Delivery; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Balance and Stability; Information Technology
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      Sasser, W. Earl, Thomas O. Jones, and Norman Klein. "Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 395-064, October 1994. (Revised March 1999.)
      • May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
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      Motorola-Penang

      By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
      S.K. Ko managed Motorola's Penang, Malaysia factory, producing telecommunications components and equipment. As a female manager of a multi-ethnic and labor-intensive plant in Asia, Ko faced a number of challenges. She had already promoted quality circles and quality... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Transformation; Decision Making; Ethnicity; Gender; Training; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Problems and Challenges; Technology Industry; Malaysia
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      Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola-Penang." Harvard Business School Case 494-135, May 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
      • May 1994 (Revised October 1994)
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      Motorola: Institutionalizing Corporate Initiatives

      By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
      Motorola became a recognized quality leader in large part by becoming a leader in employee education and by encouraging "participative management." Through the Motorola Training and Education Center, later Motorola University, the company invested substantial resources... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Customer Satisfaction; Training; Human Resources; Leadership; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Strategy; Education Industry
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      Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola: Institutionalizing Corporate Initiatives." Harvard Business School Case 494-139, May 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
      • 1993
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      Mentoring and Irrationality: The Role of Racial Taboos

      By: D. A. Thomas
      Keywords: Training; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Perception
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      Thomas, D. A. "Mentoring and Irrationality: The Role of Racial Taboos." In The Psychodynamics of Organizations, edited by L. Hirschorn and C. K. Barnett. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993.
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