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- June 1995
- Case
Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (B): Building Success
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
This case continues the story of the joint venture in China between Northern Telecom (Nortel) of Canada and Tong Guang Electronics of China. It shows how North Americans learned to operate in a very different cultural environment in China and provides an opportunity to... View Details
- April 1995 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Choice Hotels International, 1995
By: Tarun Khanna and Israel Yellen Ganot
Illustrates the various ways in which Choice Hotels, the franchiser for seven mid-market hotel chains, can realize economies of scope across its multiple products. Also provides an opportunity to discuss the benefits and limitations of various organizational forms... View Details
- spring 1995
- Article
Optimal Incentive Schemes in Bottleneck Constrained Production Environments
By: S. Datar and M. Rajan
- March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
NIKE Inc. in the 1990s (A): New Directions
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the transition of Nike from 1990 to 1993 as it sees major growth opportunities in foreign markets. View Details
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Teaching Note
China (C): Energy and the Environment TN
Teaching Note for (9-794-134). View Details
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Xerox: Design for the Environment TN
Teaching Note for (9-794-022). View Details
- January 1995
- Case
3M: Profile of an Innovating Company
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Afroze A Mohammed
Traces the birth and development of 3M Corp., focusing in particular on the origins of its entrepreneurially-based ability to innovate. In particular, it highlights the role of CEO William L. McKnight in creating a unique set of values, policies, and structures to... View Details
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Environment and International Trade TN
Teaching Note for (9-794-018). View Details
- 1995
- Working Paper
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
- December 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Tiffany & Co.--1993
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
The restructuring of Tiffany's retailing agreement with Mitsukoshi Ltd. in 1993 exposed Tiffany to substantial yen/dollar exchange rate volatility that it had not previously faced. This new exposure requires Tiffany to establish risk management policies and practices.... View Details
- December 1994 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals' Acutrim: Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Diet Industry
By: Nancy F. Koehn and Rebecca Voorheis
Since its introduction in 1983, Acutrim has been a major player in the U.S. appetite suppressant market and in the broader diet industry. This case focuses on the strategic, regulatory, marketing, and financial challenges this product and the rapidly changing diet... View Details
- November 1994 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
The Domik Project
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Cameron Sawyer, CEO of Sawyer and Co., seeks financing for an office building he is developing in Moscow. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of development in Russia. Also highlights entrepreneurial opportunities in a changing world. View Details
- November 1994
- Case
American Rice, Inc. in Vietnam
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Quintus Travis
Describes the first major joint venture between a U.S. and Vietnam rice company with reqard to the world rice trade. What are the opportunities and what are the challenges? View Details
- October 1994 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
RCI Master Distributor: Evolution of Supplier Relationships
Traces the evolution of RCI as a master distributor from the time it was founded in 1946 until 1994. The second-generation owner of the distribution company faces several challenges unique to the 1990s environment that his father did not face. As Danny Schwartz... View Details
- September 1994 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (Consolidated) (A)
By: Nitin Nohria, Bharat N. Anand and Kyle F. Barnett
Describes the conditions leading to the acquisition of Cross and Trecker by Gidding & Lewis. View Details
- 01 Jul 1994
- Conference Presentation
Work Environments Differ Between Projects High and Low in Creativity
By: R. Conti, Teresa M. Amabile, H. Coon, M. A. Collins, J. Lazenby and M. Herron
Keywords: Creativity
- June 1994
- Background Note
Scope and Challenge of Business-to-Business Marketing
Identifies six key linkages that distinguish business-to-business marketing; three with respect to the external environment (i.e., derived demand, complex buying process, and concentrated customer base) and three with respect to the internal organization (emphasis on... View Details
- May 1994
- Background Note
Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus
Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three... View Details