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- January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Merck & Co., Inc.: Corporate Strategy, Organization and Culture (B)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: United States
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck & Co., Inc.: Corporate Strategy, Organization and Culture (B)." Harvard Business School Case 499-046, January 1999. (Revised March 1999.)
- October 1997 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Asda (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
In the mid-1980s, Asda was one of the most successful retail companies in the United Kingdom. By 1991, the chain of 200 grocery stores had a lack of direction, a demoralized workforce, declining profits, rising debt, collapsing stock price, and was facing bankruptcy.... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-005, October 1997. (Revised January 2008.)
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
Berryman and Gary A. Zebrowski purchased the near-bankrupt Nashville, Tennessee, company in 1986. Gibson was suffering from the neglect and mismanagement of its previous owner of nearly twenty years - an Ecuadorian conglomerate that specialized in View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
July 2004, Shiv, Nand, and Uday Khemka are discussing their holdings in SUN Interbrew, a leading Russian beer producer that is part of the family's global portfolio of businesses. SUN Interbrew has been operating as a joint venture since... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2009
- News
Firm Offers Blueprint for Makeover in a Spinoff
- 1996
- Chapter
Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementationand Reformulation: A Preliminary Test
By: Russell Eisenstat and M. Beer
Eisenstat, Russell, and M. Beer. "Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementationand Reformulation: A Preliminary Test." In Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage, by B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson. London: Sage Publications, 1996.
- 2000
- Book
Breaking the Code of Change
By: Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Change
Beer, Michael and Nitin Nohria, eds. Breaking the Code of Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
- 1984
- Working Paper
Human Resources Management: The Integration of Industrial Relations and Organizational Development
By: Michael Beer and Bert Spector
- 2003
- Article
The Silent Killers: Overcoming the Silent Killers to Organizational Fitness
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
- 1985
- Chapter
Corporatewide Transformations in Human Resource Management
By: Michael Beer and Bert Spector
Beer, Michael, and Bert Spector. "Corporatewide Transformations in Human Resource Management." In HRM Trends and Challenges, edited by Richard E. Walton and Paul Lawrence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- July 2012
- Teaching Note
Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc. (Brief Case)
By: John Bingham and Michael Beer
- November 2011
- Teaching Note
Celeritas, Inc.: Leadership Challenges in a Fast-Growth Industry (Brief Case)
By: Michael Beer and Ingrid Vargas
Teaching Note for 4360. View Details
- October 2011 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
United Stationers: Enabling Our Partners to Succeed
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
The case depicts a mission- and values-driven company. It describes the development of the firm over time, its leadership and challenges it faces to sustain its culture. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy
Beer, Michael, and Russell Eisenstat. "United Stationers: Enabling Our Partners to Succeed." Harvard Business School Case 912-407, October 2011. (Revised August 2015.)
- February 2003
- Case
Whitbread Hotel Company (B)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Integration; Business or Company Management; Strategy
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Whitbread Hotel Company (B)." Harvard Business School Case 403-103, February 2003.
- February 2003
- Case
Whitbread Hotel Company (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Alan Parker has developed an effective organization using organizational fitness profiling and other change methodologies. Parker knows that as Whitbread continues to grow, both internally and through acquisitions, the company will have to change its organization... View Details
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Whitbread Hotel Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-102, February 2003.
- March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Merck Latin America (D): Mexico
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Examines Merck's change effort in Mexico from the perspective of the local employees. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Operations; Perspective; Pharmaceutical Industry; Mexico
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck Latin America (D): Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 401-032, March 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Merck Latin America (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Introduces Grey Warner, the vice president of Merck's Latin America region, and his efforts to improve the organizational effectiveness of the region and to introduce a more global business culture and values. Discusses Merck's ethics and values, its Latin American... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Ethics; Business Processes; Strategic Planning; Change Management; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Employee Relationship Management; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Economy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Latin America
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck Latin America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 401-029, March 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- May 2000 (Revised December 2018)
- Supplement
SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (B)
By: Michael Beer and Michael Tushman
Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy suggested by the organizational development group for the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Beer, Michael, and Michael Tushman. "SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 400-085, May 2000. (Revised December 2018.)
- October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Asda (A1)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 498-006, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- Web
Instrument of Pictorial Publicity - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
(1934):133. By permission of the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution. Victor Keppler. Beer and Target, ca. 1934. olvwork490099 Documentary, public relations, and advertising... View Details