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  • July 1981
  • Article

On Market Timing and Investment Performance Part I: An Equilibrium Theory of Value for Market Forecasts

By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Investment; Performance; Theory; Value; Forecasting and Prediction; Markets
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  • April 1981 (Revised January 1997)
  • Case

Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project

By: Kim B. Clark
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to fix... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Production; Problems and Challenges; Conflict Management; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Groups and Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • Article

Toward a Model of Business Unit Performance

By: Richard G. Hamermesh
Keywords: Business Ventures; Performance
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  • March 1981 (Revised March 1985)
  • Case

Dana Corp.: The Richmond Camshaft Plant (A)

By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity
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  • March 1981 (Revised August 1985)
  • Case

Dana Corp.: The Richmond Camshaft Plant (B)

By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity
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  • March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
  • Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (C2)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Michael Y. Yoshino
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
Keywords: Global Strategy; Change; Performance; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 1981
  • Article

Organizational Performance: Recent Developments in Measurement

By: R. M. Kanter and D. Brinkerhoff
Keywords: Organizations; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
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  • November 1980
  • Case

New England Farmers Cooperative, Inc. (A)

By: James I. Cash Jr.
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Information Technology; Performance Capacity
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  • spring 1980
  • Article

Appraising the Performance of Performance Appraisal

By: R. M. Kanter and D. Brinkerhoff
Keywords: Performance; Valuation
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  • 1980
  • Article

External Communication and Project Performance: An Investigation Into the Role of Gatekeepers

By: Michael Tushman and R. Katz
Keywords: Communication; Performance; Information
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  • January 1980 (Revised April 1994)
  • Case

New Balance Athletic Shoes

By: Kim B. Clark
Faced with growth exceeding 100% per year, James Davis, president of New Balance, must decide how to meet the need for additional capacity. Several factors contribute to a climate of extreme uncertainty. Several options are considered, ranging from a second shift to... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Information; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Performance Capacity; Risk and Uncertainty; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Republic of Ireland
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  • 1980
  • Article

R&D Performance as a Function of Internal Communication, Project Management, and the Nature of the Work

By: Thomas J. Allen, Denis M.S. Lee and Michael Tushman
Keywords: Research and Development; Performance; Communication; Projects; Management
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  • December 1979
  • Article

Evaluating and Comparing Projects: Simple Detection of False Alarms

By: John S. Hammond and John W. Pratt
Keywords: Performance Evaluation
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  • November 1979 (Revised July 1986)
  • Case

Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (A)

By: W. Earl Sasser
Keywords: Operations; Performance Capacity; Planning
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  • Article

The Structure Within Industries and Companies' Performance

By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Business Ventures; Industry Structures; Performance
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  • April 1979
  • Article

Communication Patterns, Project Performance, and Task Characteristics: An Empirical Evaluation and Integration in an R&D Setting

By: Ralph Katz and Michael Tushman
Keywords: Communication; Projects; Performance; Information; Integration; Research and Development
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  • February 1979
  • Article

Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile
Examined the conditions under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. 95 female undergraduates worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment
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  • 1 Apr 1978
  • Conference Presentation

Effects of Evaluation Expectation on Artistic Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Creativity
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  • April 1978 (Revised January 1985)
  • Case

Searle Medical Instruments Group (Abridged)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
SMIG, a division of G.D. Searle, was a fast growing high market-share company in the field of nuclear medical instruments. It manufactured two basically different product lines, one very successful and the other less so. Although marketing was separate for these... View Details
Keywords: Change; Brands and Branding; Market Participation; Production; Success; Performance Capacity; Expansion; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 1978
  • Chapter

Evaluation of the Present System of Mining Taxation

By: Malcolm Gillis, Louis T. Wells and Brian Wright
Keywords: Mining; Taxation; Performance Evaluation; Mining Industry
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