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      • March–April 1979
      • Article

      Choosing Strategies for Change

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and John P. Kotter
      "From the frying pan into the fire," "let sleeping dogs lie," and "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" are all well-known sayings born of the fear of change. When people are threatened with change in organizations, similar maxims about certain people and departments... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Change Management
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and John P. Kotter. "Choosing Strategies for Change." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 2 (March–April 1979).
      • March 1979 (Revised June 1985)
      • Case

      Chain Saw Industry in 1974

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Describes the structure of the chain saw industry in 1974, when it is on the threshold of a major period of growth. Data are provided on each significant competitor. The discussion should center around strategies in a growing market for differently situated... View Details
      Keywords: Industry Growth; Corporate Strategy; Industry Structures; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "Chain Saw Industry in 1974." Harvard Business School Case 379-157, March 1979. (Revised June 1985.)
      • spring 1979
      • Article

      Timing of Mandated Investments -- A Framework for Decision-Making

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
      Keywords: Investment; Framework; Decision Making
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Timing of Mandated Investments -- A Framework for Decision-Making." MIT Sloan Management Review 20, no. 3 (spring 1979).
      • February 1979
      • Case

      Systems Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Choosing an equity offering or an offering of straight subordinated debt with a CCC credit rating and a 12.5% coupon. View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Computer Industry
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Systems Engineering Laboratories, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 279-074, February 1979.
      • February 1979 (Revised December 1983)
      • Case

      Allied Chemical Corp. (A)

      By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
      Describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976. The executive in the case must decide whether the company should support the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an... View Details
      Keywords: Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Laws and Statutes; Welfare; Legal Liability; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry
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      Lodge, George C., and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. "Allied Chemical Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 379-137, February 1979. (Revised December 1983.)
      • February 1979
      • Article

      Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity

      By: T. M. Amabile
      Examined the conditions under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. 95 female undergraduates worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment
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      Amabile, T. M. "Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 37, no. 2 (February 1979): 221–233.
      • April 1978 (Revised October 1994)
      • Case

      Cumberland Metal Industries (A): Model Year 1978 Negotiations with Beta Motors

      By: Benson P. Shapiro
      Provides the background on Cumberland Metal Industries' entry into the automotive components market as a supplier of emission control equipment parts. Cumberland Metal must decide what bid to quote on Beta Motor's 1978 model year business. The company previously had a... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Bids and Bidding; Market Participation; Negotiation; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Shapiro, Benson P. "Cumberland Metal Industries (A): Model Year 1978 Negotiations with Beta Motors." Harvard Business School Case 578-170, April 1978. (Revised October 1994.)
      • April 1978 (Revised January 1985)
      • Case

      Searle Medical Instruments Group (Abridged)

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      SMIG, a division of G.D. Searle, was a fast growing high market-share company in the field of nuclear medical instruments. It manufactured two basically different product lines, one very successful and the other less so. Although marketing was separate for these... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Brands and Branding; Market Participation; Production; Success; Performance Capacity; Expansion; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Searle Medical Instruments Group (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 678-189, April 1978. (Revised January 1985.)
      • 1978
      • Article

      Perceptions of Unfair Marketing Practices: Consumerism Implications

      By: Gerald Zaltman, Rajendra K. Srivastava and Rohit Deshpandé
      Previous research in complaint behavior has ignored the perception of unfair marketing practices as an explanatory variable. Perceptions of unfair marketing practices are related to consumer complaint behavior, although differentially related across different ages.... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Marketing
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      Zaltman, Gerald, Rajendra K. Srivastava, and Rohit Deshpandé. "Perceptions of Unfair Marketing Practices: Consumerism Implications." Advances in Consumer Research 5 (1978): 247–253.
      • November 1976
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      Partial Equilibrium Approach to the Free-Rider Problem

      By: Jerry R. Green, Elon Kohlberg and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      Groves and others have shown that truthful answers concerning preferences for public goods can be elicited as dominant strategies if appropriate tax-subsidies rules are applied. This paper studies the statistical properties of the total revenues generated by one of the... View Details
      Keywords: Problems and Challenges
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      Green, Jerry R., Elon Kohlberg, and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Partial Equilibrium Approach to the Free-Rider Problem." Journal of Public Economics 6, no. 4 (November 1976): 375–394.
      • February 1976 (Revised November 1983)
      • Case

      EG&G, Inc. (B)

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Raises the dilemmas of making strategic decisions within an organizational construct. The divestment of a division of the company raises not only strategic issues but organizational and interpersonal ones as well. The decision is framed through the strategic planning... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Organizations; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Service Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "EG&G, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 376-188, February 1976. (Revised November 1983.)
      • April 1975 (Revised November 1984)
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      Enzone Petroleum Corp.

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A large integrated oil company is debating whether to switch from a single hurdle rate to multiple hurdle rates for project analysis purposes. Raises questions on: 1) determination of the cost of equity; 2) the usefulness of multiple hurdle rates to adjust for project... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Cost; Investment Return; Equity; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Enzone Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Case 275-113, April 1975. (Revised November 1984.)
      • April 1975 (Revised December 1991)
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      Consolidated Edison Co. (Abridged)

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      Faced with large external financing needs and a low stock price, Con Ed management must decide whether to pay a cash dividend in April 1974. Based on Consolidated Edison by G.C. Lodge. View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Energy Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Consolidated Edison Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 275-116, April 1975. (Revised December 1991.)
      • November 1974 (Revised May 1994)
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      Science Technology Co.

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      The president of a medium-sized electronics company is evaluating the financial forecasts and proposed financing program submitted by the chief financial officer. The forecasts are prepared in constant dollars, on which basis the proposed financing plan seems... View Details
      Keywords: Currency; Financial Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Inflation and Deflation; Risk and Uncertainty; Outcome or Result; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Science Technology Co." Harvard Business School Case 275-058, November 1974. (Revised May 1994.)
      • December 1973 (Revised November 1993)
      • Case

      Cooper Industries, Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      The executive president of a major industrial company must decide 1) whether to acquire a small hand tool company and, if so, 2) the value and form that the acquisition package should take. View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Valuation; Acquisition; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Cooper Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 274-116, December 1973. (Revised November 1993.)
      • December 1971 (Revised December 1994)
      • Background Note

      Capital Structure Decision: Underlying Theory

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Demonstrates hypothetically and numerically the share price valuation impact of changes in a firm's capital structure. View Details
      Keywords: Capital Structure; Decisions
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Capital Structure Decision: Underlying Theory." Harvard Business School Background Note 272-096, December 1971. (Revised December 1994.)
      • March 1969 (Revised January 2000)
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      Industrial Products, Inc.

      By: Joseph L. Bower and John W. Rosenblum
      Involves the decision of whether to construct a new plant in another part of the country for a line of fire protection equipment. Capital funds set aside for the construction are blocked by Fireguard's continued record of substantial operating losses and divisional... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Capital; Construction; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Business Earnings; Markets; Product; Manufacturing Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L., and John W. Rosenblum. "Industrial Products, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 369-019, March 1969. (Revised January 2000.)
      • 1965
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      Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      When a group of people must decide on some one action, such as where shall we go out to dinner, or in an investment club which stock shall we buy, how do the individual members come to a decision that affords the best resolution of the question at hand for the group as... View Details
      Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Conflict Management
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study." Behavioral Science 10, no. 3 (1965): 277–289.
      • December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
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      Plowman Poultry Farm

      By: Samuel L. Hayes III
      A poultry farmer wanted to expand production greatly and sought a large extension of his line of credit from his bank in addition to his existing loan on which he had not made payment. The Board of Directors must review a detailed account of events leading to this... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Commercial Banking; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Plowman Poultry Farm." Harvard Business School Case 262-003, December 1961. (Revised January 1994.)
      • Research Summary

      By: Ashish Nanda
      Ashish Nanda's research focuses on ethics and economics of managing professional service firms.

      Nanda is working on a project that studies how management of conflict of interest influences professional identity, the role of professional associations, and the... View Details

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