Publications

Keywords: Media

April 2007 (Revised March 2018)
Case

M-TRONICS (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynda M. Applegate

The new CEO of a small manufacturing firm pursues growth through the launch of Entrepreneurial Subsidiaries. While the firm grows revenues from $600 million to over $2 billion in 10 years, problems surface as the subsidiaries are integrated into the established... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Model; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration

April 2007 (Revised November 2007)
Background Note

M-TRONICS (B)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynda M. Applegate

February 2007
Article

How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company's Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

Keywords: Management; Decision Making; Strategy; Business Ventures

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2007
Other Teaching and Training Material

Interview with Stuart Rose, CEO, Marks & Spencer

Keywords: Leadership

September 2006
Supplement

Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)

Brainard, Bennis and Farrel is a short case designed to explore the challenge of establishing appropriate compensation from a general management/CEO perspective. Brainard (B) is a one-page handout that is designed to show how an already difficult problem is made more... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Relationships; Strategy

September 2006
Case

5 Years On The Job: Interview with Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE March 24, 2006

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Leadership

2006
Working Paper

Manage Resource Allocation to Craft Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

March 2006
Teaching Note

Entrepreneurial Insights (TN)

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

March 2006 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Entrepreneurial Insights

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonya Hout

Presents a matrix of 42 video clips of interviews with seven entrepreneurial managers answering the same six questions about their experiences building their companies. The individual entrepreneurs (Vittorio Merloni, Merloni Elettrodomestici; Alex d'Arbeloff, Teradyne,... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Personal Characteristics

2005
Book

From Resource Allocation to Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Strategy

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2005
Chapter

Linking Resource Allocation to Strategy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Strategy

2005
Chapter

The Entrepreneurial M-Form: A Case Study of Strategic Integration in a Global Media Company

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Integration; Globalized Firms and Management; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry

2005
Working Paper

A Revised Model of the Resource Allocation Process

By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert

2005
Class Lecture

Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle

Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles

March 2005
Class Lecture

Leadership is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle (FSS)

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September 2004
Supplement

Allianz-Dresdner Merger, The: An Interview with Dr. Holger Hatje

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Services Industry

August 2004 (Revised July 2005)
Case

Allianz (D1): The Turnaround

By: Joseph L. Bower, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Examines the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz--the deal of the year in 2002. Examines some of the challenges posed by the turnaround of Dresdner as seen by Michael Diekmann, the new CEO of Allianz. In working with Dresdner, Allianz needed to figure out what it... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Financial Institutions; Investment Banking; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges

August 2004 (Revised April 2007)
Case

Allianz (A1): An Insurer Acquiring a Bank?

By: Joseph L. Bower, Marc L. Bertoneche, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout

The deal of the year in 2002, was the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz. Written from the perspectives of Allianz's CEO, Henning Schulte-Noelle, before and after the deal and a regional manager implementing the concept of a full-line financial service provider.... View Details

Keywords: Management; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition; Financial Institutions; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Germany

April 2004
Teaching Note

Marks & Spencer: The Phoenix Rises (Multi-Media Case)

Teaching Note to (9-304-034). View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Brands and Branding; Perspective; Segmentation; Management Teams