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- January 1982 (Revised November 1982)
- Case
General Foods: Productivity Measurement Program
By: Robert H. Hayes and Kim B. Clark
- 1982
- Article
Children's Artistic Creativity: Detrimental Effects of Competition in a Field Setting
By: T. M. Amabile
Girls whose ages ranged from 7 to 11 years made paper collages during 1 of 2 residential parties. Those in the experimental group were competing for prizes, whereas those in the control group expected that the prizes would be raffled off. Artist-judges later rated each... View Details
- January 1, 1982
- Article
Price Wars, More Liberal Credit and Other Competitive Maneuvers
By: M. E. Porter
- January 1982
- Article
The Returns and Risk of Alternative Put Option Portfolio Investment Strategies
By: Robert C. Merton, Myron S. Scholes and Matthew L. Gladstein
- 1982
- Article
When Self-Descriptions Contradict Behavior: Actions do Speak Louder than Words
By: T. M. Amabile and L. Kabat
Subjects viewed two videotapes, one depicting a stimulus person's self-description and the other depicting that person's behavior in a conversation, according to a four-way factorial design personality descriptor used in the self-description ("introvert" or... View Details
- December 1981 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
Marriott Corp.
By: Thomas R. Piper
Marriott is considering the repurchase of ten million shares. This is apparently at odds with the financial policies that the Board of Directors passed two years earlier. Students must discuss why the policies were passed and why changes are now necessary. Includes a... View Details
- November 1981 (Revised May 1985)
- Case
General Electric: Business Development
By: Francis Aguilar and Richard G. Hamermesh
- November 1981
- Supplement
Corning Glass Works International, Part I, Interviews with Division Managers, Video
Presents tapes of interviews with Forrest Behm (previously president of Corning International), Bill Hudson (ex-country manager, international business manager, world board chairman, and current product division manager), and Van Campbell (corporate treasurer).... View Details
- September 1981 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
CIBA-GEIGY Agricultural Division
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Roy H. Schoeman
In 1979 Leo Bontempo, marketing vice president of Ciba-Geigy Agricultural Division was deciding whether to purchase an $840,000 program for TeleSession. This was a marketing service designed to accelerate the adoption of new products among large innovative growers by... View Details
- 01 Aug 1981
- Conference Presentation
The Development and Transmission of New Workplace Structures: Organizational and Market Characteristics of Innovating Corporations
By: R. M. Kanter
- July 1981
- Background Note
Competitive Status of the U.S. Automobile Industry--1981: Crisis and Transition
By: Kim B. Clark
Examines the competitive status of the U.S. auto industry in 1979-80. Provides information on the historical background of the current crisis using data on the United States and Japan. Discusses the competitive position of the U.S. industry in terms of productivity,... View Details
- June 1981
- Article
Communications Strategy for the Nation-State
By: R. S. Tedlow and John A. Quelch
Keywords: Communication
- June 1981 (Revised August 1985)
- Case
Shopfair Supermarkets (A)
By: John A. Quelch
The marketing vice president of the leading supermarket chain in a major metropolitan area has to plan his 1981 strategy in light of increasing warehouse store competition. Considers relationships with major manufacturers who are supplying warehouse stores with deal... View Details
- June 1981
- Article
Sociological Versus Strategic Factors in Bargaining
By: A. E. Roth, M. Malouf and J. K. Murnighan
- March 9, 1981
- Article
More Competition Ahead: The Way to Recognize It, Respond, and Get Ahead
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Competition
- March 1981 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Corning Glass Works International (A)
Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Traces two failed attempts at bringing a business perspective to a geographic organization, and poses the problem of what the international division president... View Details
- March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
- Supplement
Corning Glass Works International (C2)
Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Reviews the company's subsequent performance internationally. Also presents reflections by top management on future possible change in the organization... View Details
- January 1981 (Revised February 1982)
- Case
People's Republic of China: Development Strategies and Performance
By: James E. Austin