Publications

Educators

March 1998
Article

On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies

By: Gautam Ahuja and Sumit K. Majumdar

This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state-owned enteiprises. The approach uses firm performance, defined as productive efficiency, as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. Sequencing is... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Privatization; Developing Countries and Economies; Planning; Service Industry; India

Dec 03 2023
Testimonial

Transitioning from the C-suite to the Boardroom

28 Sep 2022
News

Old School—Midlife Transition Programs Take Off

July 1994
Case

Union Pacific Railroad: Transition to Client-Server

March 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Corning 1983-1996: Transition at the Top

By: Michael J. Roberts and Michael L. Tushman

Focuses on Jamie Houghton's efforts to revitalize Corning from 1983-1996, including the development of a very strong set of values and culture. The issue centers around Roger Ackerman's rise to president, then chairman/CEO, and his drive to both change the business... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Management Teams; Strategy

February 1987 (Revised February 1993)
Supplement

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (B)

Supplements the (A) and (A) Updated cases. View Details

December 2023 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Rabobank and the Food System Transition

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin and Natalie Kindred

Educators

2011
Teaching Note

China Merchants Bank in Transition (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and Ziqian Zhao

This case depicts China Merchants Bank's second strategic transformation. In the 90's, China Merchants Bank creatively introduced an all-in-one-card and an all-in-one-net based on IT systems and network, enabling itself to expand nationwide. By successfully entering... View Details

Keywords: Commercial Banks; Credit Cards; Strategy; Transformations; China; Banking; Information Technology; Banking Industry; China

April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992)

Describes the changes in structure, management systems, people, and processes instituted by the company. Provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature of "IT-enabled" organizational change and the process through which it is implemented. Also enables a... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

01 Jul 2025
Video

Opportunities in the clean energy transition

July 1994 (Revised December 1994)
Teaching Note

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989) TN

Teaching Note for (9-194-108). View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Transition; Food and Beverage Industry

09 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian & Xiaoxue Zhao

February 1993 (Revised March 1993)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (A) (Updated)

The setting is a food manufacturing company that has stumbled in terms of its historic growth and profit achievements. In trying to recapture momentum, the president has used information technology as one element in his program of transition. The case focuses on the... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Information Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry

April 2008
Article

Land Titling and Rural Transition in Vietnam

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Quy-Toan Do

Keywords: Transition; Viet Nam

July 1994 (Revised December 1994)
Teaching Note

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992) TN

Teaching Note for (9-194-109). View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Transition; Food and Beverage Industry