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      • 1995
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      The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning

      By: R. Conti, T. M. Amabile and S. Pollack
      This study assessed the effectiveness of engaging students in a creative activity on a topic as a means of encouraging an active cognitive set toward learning that topic area. This technique was examined in three motivational contexts. Before reading a short... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Behavior; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Training
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      Conti, R., T. M. Amabile, and S. Pollack. "The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21 (1995): 1107–1116.
      • 1995
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      User's Guide for KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity

      By: T. M. Amabile, R. Burnside and S. S. Gryskiewicz
      Keywords: Creativity; Surveys
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      Amabile, T. M., R. Burnside, and S. S. Gryskiewicz. "User's Guide for KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity." Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, January 1995.
      • December 1994
      • Case

      Frito-Lay, Inc: The Stages Assessment

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L. "Frito-Lay, Inc: The Stages Assessment." Harvard Business School Case 195-194, December 1994.
      • May 1994 (Revised May 1995)
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      Laura Ashley (B): Defining a Strategy

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      A turnaround CEO engineers a business transformation and formulates short-term and long-term strategy after assessing the business situation. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L. "Laura Ashley (B): Defining a Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 194-143, May 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
      • May 1994
      • Article

      The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations

      By: T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey and E. M. Tighe
      The Work Preference Inventory (WPI) is designed to assess individual differences in intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations. Both the college student and the working adult versions aim to capture the major elements of intrinsic motivation (self-determination,... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Measurement and Metrics; Higher Education; Employees; Personal Characteristics
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      Amabile, T. M., K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey, and E. M. Tighe. "The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66, no. 5 (May 1994): 950–967.
      • spring 1994
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      Performance Assessment in the Boardroom

      By: J. W. Lorsch
      Keywords: Performance; Governance
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      Lorsch, J. W. "Performance Assessment in the Boardroom." Directors & Boards 18, no. 3 (spring 1994).
      • March 1994 (Revised December 1995)
      • Case

      McArthur/Glen Realty Corp.

      By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
      Jonathan Potter is considering an investment in the newly formed McArthur/Glen Real Estate Investment Trust. The case gives some background on real estate investment trusts and their history. Also discusses manufacturers' outlet shopping centers, the type of real... View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Real Estate Industry
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      Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "McArthur/Glen Realty Corp." Harvard Business School Case 394-166, March 1994. (Revised December 1995.)
      • January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
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      Evaluating an Action Plan

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Managers report that action planning to resolve interpersonal and organizational challenges is far more demanding than diagnosing them. Although there are many frameworks for evaluating their diagnoses, there are few for evaluating their action plans. Reviews the major... View Details
      Keywords: Planning
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      Hill, Linda A. "Evaluating an Action Plan." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-090, January 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
      • January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
      • Background Note

      Power Dynamics in Organizations

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Designed to introduce the concepts of power and power dynamics to students in the MBA second-year elective course Power and Influence. Defines "power" and "influence," and explores the role of power dynamics in managerial work and in the life of organizations. Combats... View Details
      Keywords: Power and Influence; Organizations; Conflict and Resolution
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      Hill, Linda A. "Power Dynamics in Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-083, January 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
      • January 1994 (Revised June 1996)
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      Problems at InSpeech

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      InSpeech, Inc., the largest U.S. provider of speech, occupational, and physical therapists to nursing homes and hospitals, is faltering badly. The company is having trouble retaining its frontline employees--the clinicians who deliver its services--and its customers.... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Health Care and Treatment; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Health Industry
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Problems at InSpeech." Harvard Business School Case 394-109, January 1994. (Revised June 1996.)
      • 1994
      • Article

      The Delicate Balance in Managing for Creativity

      By: T. M. Amabile
      Organizational stimulants and obstacles to creativity are summarized. The management tasks of supporting creativity and encouraging innovation are described as a delicate balance between over-control and chaos. A technology used to assess the climate for creativity is... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Creativity
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      Amabile, T. M. "The Delicate Balance in Managing for Creativity." R&D Innovator 3 (1994): 1–9.
      • November 1993 (Revised April 2007)
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      Continental Airlines--1992 (Abridged)

      By: Stuart C. Gilson
      The CEO is preparing a recommendation to the board regarding several potential outside investments in the company, which is currently operating in bankruptcy. In making his decision, the CEO has to consider various financial and strategic factors, including possible... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Aerospace Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C. "Continental Airlines--1992 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 294-058, November 1993. (Revised April 2007.)
      • 1 Apr 1993
      • Conference Presentation

      Assessing the Creativity of Professional Art

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and E. Phillips
      Keywords: Creativity; Arts; Value
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and E. Phillips. "Assessing the Creativity of Professional Art." Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 1, 1993.
      • March 1993
      • Case

      Clarion Optical Co.

      By: Michael J. Roberts and Howard H. Stevenson
      Focuses on two individuals' attempts to purchase Clarion Optical Co. Forces students to consider alternative proposals for financing the purchase; generate pro forma cash flows to assess the feasibility of these proposals; estimate the sources and magnitude of... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction
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      Roberts, Michael J., and Howard H. Stevenson. "Clarion Optical Co." Harvard Business School Case 393-116, March 1993.
      • March 1993 (Revised January 1994)
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      Eastwind Trading Co. (A)

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Two professional women are contemplating a business venture. They must assess the nature of the opportunity, what options it opens if they are to pursue the venture, and how they might finance the new business. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Finance; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Opportunities
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Eastwind Trading Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-119, March 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
      • March 1993
      • Background Note

      Note on Information Technology and Strategy

      By: Richard L. Nolan and Katherine Seger
      Provides a context for the evolution of information technology in business organizations, explains the emergence of information as an important resource to be managed, and provides a framework for assessing the strategic potential of information in the firm. View Details
      Keywords: Information; Information Management; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Adoption; Body of Literature; Archives; Annual Reports; Information Technology Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L., and Katherine Seger. "Note on Information Technology and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-137, March 1993.
      • October 1992 (Revised February 1995)
      • Background Note

      Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Describes the federal guidelines used by judges for sentencing organizations convicted of criminal wrong-doing under U.S. law as of November 1, 1991. Describes the guidelines' approach to calculating criminal fines for organizations, determining an organization's... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Laws and Statutes; Organizations; Legal Services Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 393-060, October 1992. (Revised February 1995.)
      • September 1992
      • Case

      Vintage Directions, Inc.

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Focuses on the problem of determining whether to continue with a start-up after the first market test. The company has seen product success but is far from break-even and needs additional financing. Focuses on opportunity analysis and the use of market data to assess... View Details
      Keywords: Product Launch; Product Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business or Company Management
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Vintage Directions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 393-043, September 1992.
      • September 1992 (Revised August 2004)
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      Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Senior managers at Martin Marietta are considering two questions: how to assess the company's seven-year-old ethics program; and how to deal with employees' fear of retribution--real or imagined--for alerting the corporate ethics office to potential problems. The case... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Law; Business or Company Management; Programs
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-016, September 1992. (Revised August 2004.)
      • May 1992 (Revised August 1993)
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      Forest Policy in Malaysia

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      The governments of Malaysia and the Malaysian State of Sarawak need to assess possible changes in forest policy. Environmentalist pressure threatens traditional market relationships and patterns of business-government interaction. Harvest regulations, subsidies, trade... View Details
      Keywords: Natural Environment; Policy; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Forestry Industry; Forest Products Industry; Malaysia
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Forest Policy in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 792-099, May 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
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