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- April 1990
- Case
Perrier Recall: A Source of Trouble
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
When a laboratory discovered traces of the carcinogen benzene in bottles of Perrier, Group Perrier of America immediately announced a voluntary U.S. recall of all Perrier brand imported water. This case describes press coverage of the U.S. recall and the worldwide... View Details
- April 1990
- Case
Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
The new vice president of infant and dietetic products of Nestle Alimentana S.A. has to make recommendations on the company's marketing programs for its infant formulas in developing countries. The U.S. subsidiary is currently the target of a consumer boycott because... View Details
- March 1990 (Revised October 2005)
- Teaching Note
Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-688-104). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- March 1990 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
USSR--1990
Describes the political, economic, and social development of the USSR from 1921-90. Particular emphasis is placed on 1) institutional change, 2) the costs and benefits of central economic planning, and 3) the political economy of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev.... View Details
- Article
Measuring the Effectiveness of Competition in Defense Procurement: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
This article surveys the literature that has attempted to measure competition's effects on defense procurement. The focus is on conceptual underpinnings of models rather than technical aspects of estimation procedures. While providing valuable insight, the models are... View Details
- 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