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- 1990
- Article
Social Influences on Creativity: Evaluation, Coaction, and Surveillance
By: T. M. Amabile, P. Goldfarb and S. C. Brackfield
Two experiments examined the effects of evaluation expectation and the presence of others on creativity. In both experiments, some subjects expected that their work would be evaluated by experts, and others expected no evaluation. Evaluation expectation was crossed, in... View Details
- December 1989
- Background Note
Note on How Organizations Can be Structured
By: D. Q. Mills
Describes four basic organizational forms--hierarchy, division, matrix, and cluster. Diagrams of each are included. Their strengths and weaknesses under different business environment conditions are detailed. There is a table comparing the forms on several key... View Details
- December 1989 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (C)
In 1989, Frito-Lay designed an information technology infrastructure to support time-based competition and organizational restructuring. The company planned to provide timely flexible information to all major decision makers at all levels. This case describes the... View Details
- November 1989 (Revised December 1989)
- Case
Grand Metropolitan ... Adding Value to Foods
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- November 1989
- Case
Original Italian Pasta Products Co., Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- November 1989
- Teaching Note
H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note
By: Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-382-034, 035, 036, and 037). View Details
- October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Texas Eastman Co.
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The company as part of a commitment to Total Quality Management has installed a computer system that accumulates 30,000 observations on its processes every 2-4 hours. Operating people have found the monthly summaries of financial performance not too useful in this... View Details
- October 1989 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Tysons Corner
Hollinswood Associates, a joint venture partnership, has developed and operated a Marriott Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The partnership has been very successful in the past but it is now facing a significant cash flow deficit. Designed to examine how a partnership... View Details
- September 1989 (Revised December 1989)
- Case
Beef Hormone Trade Dispute
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- September 1989 (Revised August 1990)
- Case
Don Burr
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Traces the career development of People Express founder Don Burr. Shows how an individual's evolving set of needs and values influences career choices and how each successive working environment meets these needs or spurs the individual to move on. Concludes as Burr is... View Details
- July 1989 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Cooperative Company Friesland: A Cooperative Joint Venture in Condensed Milk
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- June 1989
- Teaching Note
Asahi Breweries Ltd., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-389-114). View Details
- June 1989 (Revised January 1992)
- Teaching Note
RJR Nabisco, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-289-056). View Details
- 20 Apr 1989 - 22 Apr 1989
- Lecture
The Rise of Japan in International Business: Implications for the American Business Environment
By: W. Carl Kester
- April 1989 (Revised June 1989)
- Case
U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices
- 1 Apr 1989
- Conference Presentation
Assessing the Environment for Creativity: The Work Environment Inventory
By: Teresa M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz
- March 1989 (Revised January 1992)
- Teaching Note
Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-289-045). View Details
- 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
- January 1989 (Revised October 1993)
- Background Note
Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity
Describes how to value an acquisition opportunity as a capital budgeting problem. Cash flows are discounted at the cost of capital and debt is deducted to value the equity capital of the target company. A key contribution of the note is the discussion of five methods... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Du Pont Freon Products Division (A)
In 1988, the Du Pont Co. is abruptly confronted with solid scientific evidence that chlorofluorocarbons are destroying the earth's ozone shield. Du Pont, with its Freon brand product line serving markets for foam insulation, electronics solvents, and especially... View Details