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      • March 1998 (Revised July 2001)
      • Case

      Haier Group, The (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Robert J. Crawford
      Zhang Ruimin, founder and CEO of China's Haier Group, must decide whether to acquire Red Star Electric Appliance Co., an insolvent local manufacturer of washing machines. Although Haier, slated to become one of China's first global brand names, has successfully turned... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Success; Consumer Products Industry; China
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Robert J. Crawford. "Haier Group, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-101, March 1998. (Revised July 2001.)
      • February 1998 (Revised May 1998)
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      SITEL Corporation

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Martha Gershun
      SITEL has grown extremely rapidly and is now operating worldwide with operations in more than 30 countries. Since many of its locations serve the same customers, the officers are debating the costs and benefits of additional centralization. Some feel that the autonomy... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth Management; Success
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Martha Gershun. "SITEL Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 898-153, February 1998. (Revised May 1998.)
      • February 1998 (Revised May 1998)
      • Case

      Merck-Medco: Vertical Integration in the Pharmaceutical Industry

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
      Records the analyses and actions taken by Merck Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Medco, a channel intermediary (called "pharmacy benefit manager"). While many of its competitors seem to be faring poorly, Merck seems to have managed the Medco integration superbly. View Details
      Keywords: Vertical Integration; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Marketing Channels; Mergers and Acquisitions; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Merck-Medco: Vertical Integration in the Pharmaceutical Industry." Harvard Business School Case 598-091, February 1998. (Revised May 1998.)
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Andy Youmans, executive vice president of CSSC, joins a group of U.S. executives on a tour of Japanese factories that practice the TPS. Three of the factories produce products similar to CSSC's, and even though they use similar equipment, they are significantly more... View Details
      Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; System; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Training; Quality; Business Ventures; Competency and Skills; Production; Adoption
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-039, January 1998.
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
      Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC), a 50-year-old spring manufacturing and metal stamping firm, is experiencing slow sales growth and feeling the impact of global competition. The company has over 800 customers but little understanding of those customers'... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Competency and Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Customer Relationship Management; Quality; Training; Performance Efficiency; Cost Management; Sales; System
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-038, January 1998.
      • 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
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Transformation; Business or Company Management; Values and Beliefs; Argentina
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-081, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Sideco Americana S.A. (B)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Culture; Values and Beliefs; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Argentina
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-082, January 1998.
      • January 1998
      • Case

      Sideco Americana S.A. (C)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Ethics; Culture; Argentina
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 398-083, January 1998.
      • December 1997 (Revised October 2006)
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      Merck Sharp & Dohme Argentina, Inc. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
      Describes the efforts of the new managing director of Merck's subsidiary for Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay to transform the organization and its culture. Focuses on a critical decision: whether to offer the son of a high-ranking official in the government's national... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Ethics; Decision Making; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Conflict of Interests; Argentina; Uruguay; Paraguay
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Merck Sharp & Dohme Argentina, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-033, December 1997. (Revised October 2006.)
      • 1997
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      The Politicization of Organizational Life

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Power and Influence
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      Kanter, R. M. "The Politicization of Organizational Life." In Organization Development Classics: The Practice and Theory of Change, edited by D. F. Van Eynde, J. C. Hoy, and C. D. VanEynde. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
      • September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
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      Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)

      By: W. Earl Sasser and Josep Valor
      Acting on his vision to make the World Bank a knowledge institution, bank President Wolfensohn announces the creation of an Information and Knowledge Management Council and an Information Solutions Group, headed by a newly nominated CEO, Mohamed Muhsin. This case... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Management Teams; Information Management; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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      Sasser, W. Earl, and Josep Valor. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-054, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
      • September 1997 (Revised May 1998)
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      Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America: The Quest for a Model Workplace

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Dale Coxe
      This case details the sexual harassment case brought against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America by nearly 300 female employees in April 1996. The recommendations developed for the company by former U.S. Labor Secretary Lynn Marten are presented. In response to... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Attitudes; Problems and Challenges; Working Conditions; Crime and Corruption; Auto Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Dale Coxe. "Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America: The Quest for a Model Workplace." Harvard Business School Case 398-028, September 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
      • August 1997 (Revised June 1999)
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      Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
      A major trust company attempts to implement a major software system while simultaneously reengineering business processes. Providian Trust, a previously non-IT intensive organization, must completely reposition its management of technology to deal with IT's new... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Financial Institutions; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Financial Services Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-008, August 1997. (Revised June 1999.)
      • 1 Aug 1997
      • Conference Presentation

      Beyond Armchair Feminism: EnGendering Organizational Change

      By: R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson
      Keywords: Gender; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Ely, R., and Debra E. Meyerson. "Beyond Armchair Feminism: EnGendering Organizational Change." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, August 01, 1997.
      • 1997
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      Technology Cycles, Innovation Streams and Ambidextrous Organizations

      By: P. Anderson, M. Tushman and C. O'Reilly
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Anderson, P., M. Tushman, and C. O'Reilly. "Technology Cycles, Innovation Streams and Ambidextrous Organizations." In Managing Strategic Innovation and Change, edited by P. Anderson and M. Tushman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
      • 1997
      • Chapter

      The Imagination to Innovate, the Professionalism to Perform, and the Openness to Collaborate: The Leading the Change-Adept Organization

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Performance Expectations; Cooperation; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M. "The Imagination to Innovate, the Professionalism to Perform, and the Openness to Collaborate: The Leading the Change-Adept Organization." In Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the Frontiers of Management, by R. M. Kanter. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
      • July 1997
      • Case

      Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations

      By: Ashish Nanda
      The case describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. It focuses on how he has gone about establishing a regional office and knitting local operations closer together, the... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Middle East; Europe
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations." Harvard Business School Case 898-026, July 1997.
      • July 1997 (Revised December 1997)
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      Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (A)

      By: Michael Beer
      A division of Allentown Materials Corp. has financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction, and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Employees; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry
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      Beer, Michael. "Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-023, July 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
      • July 1997
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      Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)

      By: Michael Beer
      Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group to address the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry; United States
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      Beer, Michael. "Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 498-024, July 1997.
      • July 1997
      • Supplement

      Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (C)

      By: Michael Beer
      Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed as an in-class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry; United States
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      Beer, Michael. "Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 498-025, July 1997.
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