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- May 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Marks & Spencer: The Phoenix Rises
By: Joseph L. Bower
The great U.K. retailer fell on hard times in 1998. In 2001, a new CEO was recruited who appears to have succeeded in turning around this world-renown company. This case examines the steps he took (strategic, structural, and recruiting key people) and highlights a... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Recruitment; Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Supply and Industry; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Segmentation; Retail Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Marks & Spencer: The Phoenix Rises." Harvard Business School Case 303-096, May 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
- January 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Merloni Elettrodomestici: The New Century Begins
By: Joseph L. Bower
Merloni Elettrodomestici was founded in 1975. This case traces the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and management as it becomes the #3 player in Europe (the #1 in Eastern Europe). Issues involve questions of geographic expansion, resource allocation,... View Details
Keywords: Management; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Expansion
Bower, Joseph L. "Merloni Elettrodomestici: The New Century Begins." Harvard Business School Case 303-062, January 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- February 2001
- Teaching Note
DoubleTwist, Inc. TN
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-301-023). View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- August 2000
- Supplement
The Atchison Corporation (C)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
Bower, Joseph L. "The Atchison Corporation (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 301-022, August 2000.
- August 2000 (Revised August 2018)
- Supplement
The Atchison Corporation (B)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
Bower, Joseph L. "The Atchison Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 301-021, August 2000. (Revised August 2018.)
- April 2000
- Teaching Note
Merloni Elettrodomestici spa: Building for Profit TN
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-300-118). A rewritten version of an earlier teaching note. View Details
Keywords: Europe
- February 1985
- Background Note
Note on the Boston Area Teaching Hospitals
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Note on the Boston Area Teaching Hospitals." Harvard Business School Background Note 185-096, February 1985.
- July–August 1990
- Book Review
Business and Battles: Lessons from Defeat
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Learning
Bower, Joseph L. "Business and Battles: Lessons from Defeat." Harvard Business Review 68, no. 4 (July–August 1990): 4–8.
- November/December 2003
- Article
Building the Velcro Organization: Creating Value Through Integration and Maintaining Organization-Wide Efficiency
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Building the Velcro Organization: Creating Value Through Integration and Maintaining Organization-Wide Efficiency." Ivey Business Journal (Online) (November/December 2003).
- May 1997 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Teradyne: The Aurora Project
By: Joseph L. Bower
Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. This case deals with the problems facing the head of... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Product Launch; Product Development; Corporate Strategy; Semiconductor Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: The Aurora Project." Harvard Business School Case 397-114, May 1997. (Revised October 2007.)
- September 1992
- Background Note
Executive Compensation Debate
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Executive Compensation Debate." Harvard Business School Background Note 393-047, September 1992.
- 1985
- Chapter
Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy." In U.S. Competitiveness in the World Economy, edited by Bruce R. Scott and George C. Lodge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- 1978
- Book
Public Management: Text and Cases
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. Public Management: Text and Cases. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1978.
- 1983
- Book
The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
- October 1988 (Revised May 1991)
- Background Note
Managing Resource Allocation
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Managing Resource Allocation." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-040, October 1988. (Revised May 1991.)
- August 1988 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Industrial Systems, Inc.
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Industrial Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 389-010, August 1988. (Revised August 1989.)
- April 1986 (Revised July 1988)
- Case
Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan." Harvard Business School Case 386-181, April 1986. (Revised July 1988.)
- fall 2001
- Article
News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business." The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University Nieman Reports 55, no. 3 (fall 2001): 82–83.
- August 1984
- Case
Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 385-063, August 1984.