Publications

November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
Case

Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Royal Dutch/Shell Group

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry; Europe

November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
Case

Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Imperial Chemical Industries, P.L.C.

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry; Europe

04 May 2017
News

The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

1998
Chapter

Process Research on Strategic Decisions: A Personal Perspective

By: J. L. Bower

Keywords: Decisions; Strategy; Research

30 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderators: Joseph View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

9 Feb 2012
Keynote Speech

Capitalism at Risk

By: Lynn S. Paine, Joseph L. Bower and Dutch Leonard

01 Sep 2013
News

Faculty Books

a small one. See hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7271.html. The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World by Joseph L. Badaracco (Harvard Business Review Press) Leading responsibly is crucial in... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

A Force for Good

financial ones. To do so, we need to support managers who want to learn how to fulfill both goals.” —Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, HBS; Alan L. Gleitsman Professor... View Details

March 1996
Article

Customer Power, Strategic Investment, and the Failure of Leading Firms

By: J. L. Bower and C. M. Christensen

Keywords: Customers; Strategy; Failure; Business Ventures

May 1992
Teaching Note

Ann Hopkins (A) and (B), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-391-155) and (9-391-170). View Details

Keywords: Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Rights

Purchase

May 1992
Teaching Note

H. Ross Perot, Teaching Note

Keywords: Energy Generation; Energy Industry

July 1991 (Revised July 1995)
Background Note

Decision Making and Ethical Values, Overview and Assignments

February 1991
Case

Veil of Ignorance

January 1991
Case

Tom Reese

May 1990 (Revised April 1991)
Background Note

Dirty Hands

A one-paragraph excerpt from a play by Jean-Paul Sartre. Describes in the words of one character, the ethical problem of "dirty hands": the problem that doing the morally superior thing in some circumstances inevitably involves doing some things that are morally wrong.... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Management; Problems and Challenges; Personal Characteristics; Value

March 1990 (Revised October 1994)
Case

IBM-Fujitsu Dispute

Describes a dispute between IBM and Fujitsu over allegations that Fujitsu stole proprietary IBM software for controlling mainframe computers. Also describes a novel arbitration agreement intended to resolve the dispute, an overview of intellectual property law in the... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Ethics; Intellectual Property; Law; Negotiation Process; Relationships; Software; Information Technology Industry