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- 1997
- Book
The Differentiated Network: Organizations Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations
By: N. Nohria and S. Ghoshal
- February 1997
- Supplement
WPP--Integrating Icons (Video)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Interviews with Martin Sorrell, Chairman of WPP Group plc, and also with the heads of several companies that are owned with WPP. Discusses corporate culture, strategies for the future, and how the various companies interact. View Details
- 1997
- Chapter
Organizing and Leading 'Heavyweight' Development Teams
By: K. B. Clark and S. C. Wheelwright
- January 1997 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Inc. and CoreStates Financial Corp.
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
A consulting firm specializing in diversity and organizational change assists an 18,000-employee bank with a massive culture change effort. View Details
- Article
Entrepreneurial Creativity Through Motivational Synergy
By: T. M. Amabile
This paper defines and describes entrepreneurial creativity, which is the generation and implementation of novel, appropriate ideas to establish a new venture. Entrepreneurial creativity can be exhibited in established organizations as well as in start-up firms. The... View Details
- December 1996
- Background Note
Environmental Behavior And Corporate Reputation
- December 1996 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Midnight Networks, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Midnight Networks, Inc., is a small computer network validation company. This case describes how the five founders built their business from operations earnings and how they established "best practices" operational processes to run their firm successfully. Operational... View Details
- December 1996 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Cynthia Hogan and the Birth of Novartis
An American woman heads an integration office for merger transition activities between two giant Swiss pharmaceutical companies. She needed to develop an implementation plan to shape the new global powerhouse. View Details
- December 1996 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Colorscope, Inc.
By: V.G. Narayanan and Joseph Cha
A small company in the graphic arts business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. View Details
- December 1996
- Supplement
Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action
By: James E. Austin, Jaan Elias and Andrea L Strimling
Consists of three separate parts. Part 1, The Cleveland Turnaround, describes Cleveland's decline until its bankruptcy in 1978. This is followed by the remedial actions taken by community leaders, starting with the election of a new mayor, the formation of new... View Details
- November 1996 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Stephanie L. Woerner
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) runs one of the nation's most important research libraries and a museum focusing on colonial history. Financial analysis shows that the society has absorbed increased costs of operation over the past decade through slow but... View Details
- November 1996 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
United Way of Southeastern New England (UWSENE)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ellen L. Kaplan / RA
A regional United Way organization, a nonprofit already active in total quality management, implements a Balanced Scorecard to link its strategic planning objectives with day-to-day operations, and is able to translate its vision and strategy into objectives and... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Mobil US Marketing & Refining has shifted from a centralized staff-driven organization to decentralized business-units. Staff functions now must negotiate service agreements with a buyer's committee consisting of representatives from the profit-center business units.... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Regarding NAFTA
By: Debora L. Spar
In the aftermath of World War II, the countries of the industrialized world engaged in an unprecedented round of institution-building, through which historical barriers to international trade, especially tariffs, came tumbling down. The GATT has reshaped the... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the adaptation of the private equity model to corporate and nonprofit settings. View Details