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- February 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A)
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Focuses on the decision confronting senior administrators at the Brigham and Women's Hospital: whether to enter into an affiliation with the Massachusetts General Hospital. Requires students to analyze the complex institutional changes in the health environment and to... View Details
- November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details
- October 1995 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Executive Shirt Company, Inc.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Sylvie Ryckebusch
The Executive Shirt Co. is contemplating a move into custom-made shirts. The company's general manager has charged two of his managers to come up with plans for incorporating production of custom shirts into the existing manufacturing process. View Details
- August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Designing and Managing the Information Age IT Architecture
The co-evolution of technology, work, and the workforce over the past 30 years has dramatically influenced our concept of organizations and the industries within which they compete. No longer simply a tool to support "back-office" transactions, IT has become a... View Details
- August 1995
- Background Note
Managing in an Information Age: IT Challenges and Opportunities
The co-evolution of technology, work, and the workforce over the past 30 years has dramatically influenced our concept of organizations and the industries within which they compete. No longer simply a tool to support "back-office" transactions, IT has become a... View Details
- June 1995
- Case
Polaroid Corporation: European Distribution System
By: Janice H. Hammond and Afroze A Mohammed
Describes distribution operations in Polaroid Europe. In the late 1980s, Polaroid senior management in the United States proposed moving from a system of 12 decentralized warehouses to a centralized distribution system in which all inventory for European retailers... View Details
- June 1995 (Revised September 2019)
- Teaching Note
Richardson Sheffield
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
This note was prepared to aid instructors in the use of "Richardson Sheffield," HBS No. 392-089. The case traces Bryan Upton’s 20-plus years as managing director of a Sheffield-based cutlery company and describes the strategic and organizational actions he took to... View Details
Keywords: Development; General Management; Human Resources; Management; Leadership; Strategy; United Kingdom
- April 1995 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Kraft General Foods: The Merger (B)
By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Discusses the recent decision to blend the previously separate Kraft and General Foods units into one operating company with a focus on the creation of a single massive sales force. View Details
- January 1995
- Case
3M: Profile of an Innovating Company
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Afroze A Mohammed
Traces the birth and development of 3M Corp., focusing in particular on the origins of its entrepreneurially-based ability to innovate. In particular, it highlights the role of CEO William L. McKnight in creating a unique set of values, policies, and structures to... View Details
- April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)
Describes the changes in structure, management systems, people, and processes instituted by the company. Provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature of "IT-enabled" organizational change and the process through which it is implemented. Also enables a... View Details
- April 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
China (C): Energy and the Environment
Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local and... View Details
- April 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
KENETECH Corporation
Involves a strategic decision about how fast to ramp up sales. Improvements in technology have driven down the cost of electric power generated from wind turbines to the point where they are competitive with fossil-fuel plants. KENETECH needs to raise equity capital to... View Details
- March 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Reading Energy
Reading Energy builds facilities that produce energy from nontraditional fuels. A privately held, entrepreneurial organization, it has spent six years developing a plan to build a waste-to-energy plant in the town of Robbins, Illinois. The plant would burn municipal... View Details
- January 1994 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
By: Dwight B. Crane and W. James Whalen
Early in 1993, Sears was in the process of spinning off its Dean Witter, Discover subsidiary. This subsidiary consisted of a securities brokerage that was acquired in 1981 and also the Discover Card, a general purpose credit card, the firm introduced in 1985. The key... View Details
- December 1993
- Case
Bay State Milling Co.
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Flour milling in recent years has had a great deal of consolidation. The fourth generation of a privately held firm is debating how to protect themselves in the industry as consumption, production, competition, logistics, technology, and patterns are all changing. View Details
- December 1993 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Kochman, Reidt + Haigh, Inc.
By: Richard S. Ruback and Roy Burstin
A small company faces the dilemma of how to finance growth (i.e., internally generated cash flows vs. outside financing sources). An innovative concept positions the company in promoting a niche within the kitchen-cabinet industry and in looking for an optimal way of... View Details
- August 1993
- Background Note
Executing Change: Three Generic Strategies
By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
Describes the strengths and weaknesses of three generic strategies for implementing change--programmatic change, discontinuous change, and emergent change. View Details
- July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (B)
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Presents a continuation of the (A) case. New legal and social issues arise. View Details
- July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (D)
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Presents a continuation of the (A), (B), and (C) cases. View Details
- June 1993
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A) and (B) (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine N. Seger
Describes the largest information systems outsourcing agreement in the industry from the perspectives of both companies involved in the deal. View Details