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- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Psychological Links to Micro and Macro Organizational Behaviour Authors:M. A. Neale, A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. Galvin, and M. H. Bazerman Publication:In The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, 2nd ed. Edited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
work, highlighting recent psychological investigations that explore the emergence, practice, and implications of colorblindness. We conclude by discussing alternative strategies for managing diversity, underscoring the importance of an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
Houston real estate investment firm Rowland Taylor. Pathway’s perpetual trust, set up by Taylor, has already funded more than 250 family loans. With the support of fellow OPM alumni and a few key HBS staff and faculty members, including... View Details
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Resources and Corporate Strategy
Keywords: Corporate Strategy
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Resources and Corporate Strategy." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-156-8C.)
- May 1991
- Case
Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1989
Keywords: Retail Industry
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1989." Harvard Business School Case 391-147, May 1991.
- March 1991 (Revised August 1993)
- Case
ISS--International Service System A/S
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "ISS--International Service System A/S." Harvard Business School Case 391-093, March 1991. (Revised August 1993.)
- March 1991 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Berkshire Partners
Berkshire Partners is a limited partnership engaged in the acquisition of companies valued between $25 million and $250 million. The purpose of the case is to examine the resources of the firm and discuss the firm's competitive advantage vis-a-vis other types of... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Acquisition; Corporate Finance
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Berkshire Partners." Harvard Business School Case 391-091, March 1991. (Revised August 1994.)
- March 1991 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A)
Marks and Spencer is a highly regarded retailer in the United Kingdom. This case examines the history of the firm, its organizational capabilities, and its long standing relationships with employees, customers, and suppliers. Also discusses the firm's expansion into... View Details
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-089, March 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Notes from W50
attendees reflected on the past and offered an action plan for the future, and the premiere screening of the documentary A Woman's Place, a project led by Professor Cynthia View Details
- March 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Newell Rubbermaid: Strategy in Transition
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, Rhonda Kaufman and Carole Winkler
Describes the transformation of a company's corporate-level strategy. Begins by laying out the strategy that brought the Newell Co. stunning success for nearly three decades. The highly integrated, internally consistent strategy was tailored for manufacturing and... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Montgomery, Cynthia A., Rhonda Kaufman, and Carole Winkler. "Newell Rubbermaid: Strategy in Transition." Harvard Business School Case 704-491, March 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- June 2005 (Revised September 2008)
- Class Lecture
Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
By: Bharat N. Anand, Stephen P. Bradley, Pankaj Ghemawat, Tarun Khanna, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, Michael G. Rukstad, John R. Wells and David B. Yoffie
It's great to have a blockbuster quarter or a revolutionary product or service, but true business excellence demands sustainability. Maintaining your competitive advantage requires a strategy that makes your business unique and carries you forward as the world around... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
it's Professor Michael E. Porter's seminal work on the competitive advantage of nations or Professor Cynthia A. Montgomery's recent book on corporate strategy, HBS C&S faculty are a leading voice in the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- June 2001 (Revised September 2007)
- Teaching Note
Tyco International TN
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Elizabeth Gordon
Teaching Note for (9-798-061). View Details
- winter 1988
- Article
Diversification, Ricardian rents, and Tobin's q
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Birger Wernerfelt
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Birger Wernerfelt. "Diversification, Ricardian rents, and Tobin's q." RAND Journal of Economics 19, no. 4 (winter 1988).
- October 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Vivendi (B): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Rhonda Kaufman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Rhonda Kaufman. "Vivendi (B): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate." Harvard Business School Case 703-418, October 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
- August 8, 2002
- Article
Put Directors on the Record
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Rhonda Kaufman
Keywords: Management
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Rhonda Kaufman. "Put Directors on the Record." Inside Track. Financial Times (August 8, 2002), 7.
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2012
- Case
Indigo Telecom Australia
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Keith Chi-ho Wong
Two entrepreneurs identify an opportunity to bring ubiquitous satellite phone service to the outback of Australia. This case challenges students to carefully identify and evaluate the added-value the firm is bringing to the market, its priorities in implementation, and... View Details
- March 2022
- Background Note
Assets, Capabilities, and Other Resources
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Maria Roche
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Maria Roche. "Assets, Capabilities, and Other Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 722-392, March 2022.
- March 1988
- Article
Tobin's q and the Importance of Focus in Firm Performance
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Birger Wernerfelt
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Birger Wernerfelt. "Tobin's q and the Importance of Focus in Firm Performance." American Economic Review 78, no. 1 (March 1988).