Publications

Keywords: Governance

July 1990 (Revised August 1994)
Supplement

U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices for the 1990s, Supplement

Provides relevant back-up data for the required scenario writing exercise. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry; United States

July 1990 (Revised August 1994)
Case

U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices for the 1990s

Asks students to prepare a capacity utilization scenario for the U.S. auto industry in 1992 and to propose proper courses of action for Ford and General Motors in the face of globalizing competition. The subject is "corporate strategy in an overcapacitized world."... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Business or Company Management; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Auto Industry; United States

February 1989 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

Focuses on competitive repositioning, organizational renewal, and personal leadership. Describes how Asahi Breweries was faced with a major capacity expansion decision after succeeding in increasing market share dramatically in the traditionally stable Japanese beer... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Mission and Purpose; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan

Educators

June 1988 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Air Canada: The Privatization Option

Keywords: Competition; Corporate Governance; Privatization; Air Transportation Industry; Canada

April 1987
Background Note

Deregulation in the Airline Industry: Implications for Industrial Governance

June 1986 (Revised September 1989)
Background Note

Note on Takeovers and the Corporate Commonwealth

June 1986
Supplement

Volkswagen Group (B)

May 1982 (Revised February 1983)
Supplement

Ford Motor Co. (D)

Keywords: Auto Industry

July 1976
Case

Franklin Harris and Sons, Inc.

April 1975 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Keywords: Arts; Music Entertainment; Music Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Boston

October 1969 (Revised August 1983)
Case

Tensor Corp.

2024
Book

The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal ... And What to Do About It

What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? In this book, I address how we can rekindle the fading light of democratic capitalism as an... View Details

Keywords: Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Economic Systems; Culture

2024
Working Paper

The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal…and What to Do about It

What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer is not entirely clear, I argue in this essay that any effort aimed at restoring... View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Systems; Trust; United States

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2014
Working Paper

Crony Capitalism, American Style: What Are We Talking About Here?

This paper seeks to reduce the ambiguity surrounding our understanding of what crony capitalism is, what it is not, what costs crony capitalism leaves in its wake, and how we might contain it. View Details

Keywords: Democracy; Industrial Governance; Institutional Corruption; Crony Capitalism; Lobbying; Campaign Finance; Costs; Cronyism; Business Ethics; Campaign Finance Reform; Revolving Door; Economic Systems; Ethics; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; United States

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2010
Working Paper

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives

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July 1999
Case

Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance

Presents the new pay-for-performance scheme adopted by General Motors (GM) in its 1999 reorganization of its sales and marketing organization. Once in operation, many administrative problems developed requiring a reconsideration of the scheme's basic architecture. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Compensation and Benefits; Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Auto Industry; North America

Educators

February 1999 (Revised March 1999)
Teaching Note

Deere & Company: Sustaining Value TN

Teaching Note for (9-899-001). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

June 1989
Teaching Note

Asahi Breweries Ltd., Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-389-114). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Japan

May 1988 (Revised November 1990)
Case

Airbus vs. Boeing (B): The Storm Intensifies

Discusses the growing competition faced by U.S. producers of civil aircraft due to the success and expanding product line of Airbus Industries. Designed to foster discussion of international trade policy as it affects producers in the industry and to encourage firm... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Policy; Negotiation; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Aerospace Industry; United States

Educators