Publications

1999
Other Unpublished Work

The Federal Budget and the States: Fiscal Year 1998

By: Dutch Leonard, Jay H. Walder and Jose A. Acevedo

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Budgets and Budgeting; Government and Politics; United States

March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

SCORE! Educational Centers (D)

Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring and growing a small, self-owned company into a professional organization. Focuses on the steps Waldron takes to... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Employee Relationship Management; Teaching; Recruitment; Education Industry; United States

November 1998 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States

July 1997
Case

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

May 25, 2004
Article

Specialization and Its Discontents: The Pernicious Impact of Regulations Against Specialization and Physician Ownership on the U.S. Healthcare System

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Ownership; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Industry; United States

December 1988
Supplement

Pacific Bell and the CWA (B)

By: Charles C. Heckscher and Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Communications Industry; United States

February 1986 (Revised June 1988)
Supplement

Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (C)

Dubinsky and her boss' boss reflect on what was learned through this difficult chapter in Apple's history. May be used with Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (A), (B), (D) and (E). View Details

Keywords: Business History; Problems and Challenges; Computer Industry; United States

January 1986
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Airline Industry in the 1980s

By: George C. Lodge and Charles C. Heckscher

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry; United States

October 1982 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Government Administration; Labor and Management Relations; Human Resources; Management; Public Administration Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States

2006
Book

Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: United States

September 1969 (Revised November 1983)
Case

Textile Corp. of America

Describes a young man's first job with a large corporation, where he is given a great deal of responsibility but little authority or supervision. The action takes place in the 1960s. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Manufacturing Industry; United States

March 1999
Teaching Note

NAACP, The TN

By: James E. Austin

Teaching Note for (9-398-039). View Details

Keywords: United States

October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
Case

Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington

Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Partners and Partnerships; Diversification; Performance Effectiveness; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Welfare; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Privatization; Strategic Planning; United States

July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
Case

Optimark: Launching a Virtual Securities Market

Bill Lupien's OptiMark Technologies, Inc., plans to launch a super-computer system in September, 1998 that he believes will release previously withheld liquidity to the securities market. While today's market matches those trades based on price and size, Lupien's... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Financial Markets; Product Launch; Financial Services Industry; United States

May 1998
Case

Clinton's and Nixon's Economic Policy Options

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Keywords: Government and Politics; Economics; Money; Policy; United States

May 1994
Case

Colgate-Palmolive: Managing International Careers

Colgate-Palmolive, the U.S.-based consumer products firm, has long emphasized international experience for its managers and has developed a comprehensive policy to manage expatriate assignments. The rise in dual-career families has made some managers reluctant to... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Personal Development and Career; Experience and Expertise; Consumer Products Industry; United States

1998
Working Paper

Organizational Form and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Keywords: Risk Management; Organizational Design; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

November 1993 (Revised September 2003)
Supplement

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-3)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Describes Beech-Nut's resolution of the apple juice matter. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States

September 1992 (Revised August 2004)
Supplement

Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine

The president of one of Martin Marietta's four main operating companies has learned of procurement irregularities in the company he manages. The problems involve U.S. government contracts the company is working on. After getting legal advice from the company's general... View Details

Keywords: Fluctuation; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Contracts; Leadership; United States