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- March 1980 (Revised March 1981)
- Case
General Health Co.
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords:
Health Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "General Health Co." Harvard Business School Case 380-152, March 1980. (Revised March 1981.)
- June 1988 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
General Cinema Corp.--1987
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords:
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "General Cinema Corp.--1987." Harvard Business School Case 288-061, June 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
- August 1964
- Case
General Holdings Corp.
By: John H. McArthur
McArthur, John H. "General Holdings Corp." Harvard Business School Case 209-103, August 1964.
- August 2008
- Teaching Note
Wireless Generation (TN)
By: Stacey M. Childress, Geoff Eckman Marietta and Jason Mahon
Teaching Note for [307049].
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- December 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Supplement
General Mills (B)
By: Raymond V. Gilmartin, Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Gilmartin, Raymond V., Marco Iansiti, and Bianca Buccitelli. "General Mills (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-067, December 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
- 1982
- Book
The General Managers
By: J. P. Kotter
Keywords:
Managerial Roles
Kotter, J. P. The General Managers. New York: Free Press, 1982.
- Research Summary
General research interests
- Implications of information technology for strategy and operations
- Organizational knowledge, learning, and information processing
- Business growth and scalable organizational architectures
- Japanese busines
- High technology... View Details
- January 1960
- Case
General Motors Corp.
Anthony, Robert N. "General Motors Corp." Harvard Business School Case 160-005, January 1960.
- August 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Supplement
General Instrument (B)
Updates the (A) case.
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Gray, Ann E., and James A. Costantini. "General Instrument (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 696-054, August 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- April 1995 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
General Instrument (A)
A manufacturer of cable TV transmission equipment is faced with redesigning its network of international plants that make set-top converters and decoders. One possibility is to have each plant dedicated to manufacturing and engineering support for different product...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Manufacturing Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Gray, Ann E., and James A. Costantini. "General Instrument (A)." Harvard Business School Case 695-056, April 1995. (Revised July 1997.)
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
People achieve success in the early years of their career by specializing and becoming functional experts—in essence, they succeed by knowing more and more about less and less, says Benjamin C. Esty, chair of the General Management...
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Keywords:
by Martha Lagace
- October 1993 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary
By: Joseph L. Bower and Jay Dial
Describes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out."...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Transformation;
Investment Portfolio;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career
Bower, Joseph L., and Jay Dial. "Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary." Harvard Business School Case 394-065, October 1993. (Revised April 1994.)
- January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
General Electric Healthcare, 2006
By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe
In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Cost vs Benefits;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Machinery and Machining;
Global Range;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Product Design;
Technological Innovation;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Business Subsidiaries;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "General Electric Healthcare, 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-478, January 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- June 1995 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (A): General Information
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of...
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Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (A): General Information." Harvard Business School Case 895-040, June 1995. (Revised February 1998.)
- March 2024
- Exercise
'Storrowed': A Generative AI Exercise
By: Mitchell Weiss
"Storrowed" is an exercise to help participants raise their capacity and curiosity for generative AI. It focuses on generative AI for problem understanding and ideation, but can be adapted for use more broadly. Participants use generative AI tools to understand a...
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Weiss, Mitchell. "'Storrowed': A Generative AI Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 824-188, March 2024.
- February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Ross Perot and General Motors
By: Jay W. Lorsch
In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Stock Shares;
Resignation and Termination;
Business or Company Management;
Agreements and Arrangements
Lorsch, Jay W. "Ross Perot and General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 491-027, February 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- January 1980
- Supplement
General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (C)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Porter, Michael E. "General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 380-130, January 1980.
- December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Generative AI and the Future of Work
By: Christopher Stanton and Matt Higgins
Generative AI seemed poised to reshape the world of work, including the higher-wage, white-collar jobs typically pursued by MBA graduates. Informed by the latest research, this case explores generative AI's potential impacts on work, productivity, value creation, and...
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Keywords:
AI;
Future Of Work;
Labor Market;
AI and Machine Learning;
Labor;
Value Creation;
Performance Productivity;
Technology Industry;
United States
Stanton, Christopher, and Matt Higgins. "Generative AI and the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Case 824-130, December 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (A)
By: Jonas Heese and David Lane
In August 2019, Harry Markopolos—the forensic accountant known for uncovering Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme—alleged that General Electric had committed accounting fraud totaling $38 billion, coining the term “GEnron” for perceived similarities with the 2001 accounting...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Communication;
Energy;
Financial Condition;
Insurance;
Performance;
Planning;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Value;
Insurance Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Energy Industry
Heese, Jonas, and David Lane. "'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (A)." Harvard Business School Case 121-005, January 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- November 2012 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Generator Hostels: The Way Out
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope
Josh Wyatt, Director of Patron Capital Partners, needs to make an exit decision for a successful investment in Generator Hostels. After five years of explosive growth and in the middle of a financial crisis, Wyatt needs to evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the...
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Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Lisa Strope. "Generator Hostels: The Way Out." Harvard Business School Case 213-069, November 2012. (Revised November 2013.)