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

Purchase

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)

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

by deviating frequently and in predictable ways from the recommendations offered by a centralized capacity planning model. Finally, we document that these discretionary capacity supply decisions exhibit a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1998
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

capital markets and how entrepreneurial companies can access startup capital and growth financing; Professor Malcolm S. Salter will discuss the "modern industrial revolution"... View Details

Research Summary

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

(forthcoming) View Details

November 1987
Background Note

Note on Advertising Effectiveness in the Beer Industry

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Performance Effectiveness; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1979 (Revised July 1985)
Teaching Note

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Teaching Note

Keywords: Music Industry

June 1970
Background Note

Note on the Light Aircraft Industry

Keywords: Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry

July 2016 (Revised January 2017)
Case

Banking on Change: Aligning Culture and Compensation at Morgan Stanley

This case study was prepared as part of a research project on Culture, Conduct, and Governance in Financial Firms. The objective of this project is to compare and contrast the efforts of U.S. and European banks to induce changes in organization culture in the aftermath... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Corporate Governance; Banks and Banking; United States; Europe