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- January 1998 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura
In the summer of 1997, a consultant at Japan's Funai Consulting Co. Ltd., must decide how to respond to a client's proposal to offer "open pricing" (based on willingness to pay) to customers unable to pay the standard price for the client's product. The client, Akita... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Sideco Americana S.A. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a... View Details
- 3 Dec 1997
- Keynote Speech
The US Corporation as a Citizen of the World." Speaker. "CEO Forum & Annual Dinner
By: Lynn S. Paine
- September 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Siam Cement Group,The: Corporate Philosophy (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
In the face of Thailand's 1990 cement shortage, managers at Siam Cement Co., Thailand's largest cement provider, must decide how to allocate available supply and whether to attempt to uphold government-controlled prices among the company's agents. At issue is the... View Details
- May 1997
- Case
Donna Karan International Inc.
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
Designer Donna Karan takes her firm public. After eager anticipation from Wall Street, the stock loses 60% of its value. This case addresses the questions: Is Karan's company ready to undertake responsibilities of being public? Is the company's strategy sustainable?... View Details
- March 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc.
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Dean Whitney
Rubbermaid, a consumer-products company widely praised for its innovation, has instituted a company-wide experiment to stimulate innovation even further. The experiment consists of creating small cross-functional business teams within each division, with each team... View Details
- December 1996
- Background Note
Environmental Behavior And Corporate Reputation
- August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)
By: Linda A. Hill and Jaan Elias
Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their... View Details
- December 1995 (Revised November 1996)
- Background Note
Corporate Purpose and Responsibility
By: Lynn S. Paine
Presents several conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility as articulated by a variety of groups and individuals during the period 1970-95. Included are materials from the Business Roundtable, the American Law Institute, the Royal Society of Arts and... View Details
- 1995
- Chapter
Investment in Pollution Compliance Options: The Case of Georgia Power
By: F. L. Reinhardt and M. Edleson
- June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case... View Details
- June 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Cunard Line Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications
Cunard, the world's oldest luxury line company, is confronted with several key issues involving its marketing and marketing communications strategy. One concerns the balance between image/positioning advertising and short-term-oriented promotional... View Details
- January 1994 (Revised May 1996)
- Background Note
Leading for Integrity: Corporate Purpose and Responsibility
By: Lynn S. Paine
Outlines several differing conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. View Details
- December 1993 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Manville Corp.'s senior managers must decide how to respond to a new scientific study suggesting that fiberglass, the source of 75% of the company's profits, may be another asbestos and must act under conditions of great uncertainty. In particular, when should a... View Details
- December 1992
- Exercise
Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group A, Utility #2
Describes the position of Utility #2 in negotiating Group A with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details
- December 1992
- Exercise
Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group A, Utility #3
Describes the position of Utility #3 in negotiating Group A with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details
- December 1992
- Exercise
Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group A, Utility #4
Describes the position of Utility #4 in negotiating Group A with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details
- December 1992
- Exercise
Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group B, Utility #2
Describes the position of Utility #2 in negotiating Group B with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details