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- February 1990 (Revised June 1990)
- Case
Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)
Applegate, Lynda M. "Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 190-119, February 1990. (Revised June 1990.)
- January 1990 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Colliers International Property Consultants
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes the origins, organizational structure, management practices, and use of information technology (IT) in Colliers, a real estate network. Colliers provides local firms with a way to maintain local autonomy while gaining national and international coverage....
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Keywords:
Property;
Organizational Structure;
Information Technology;
Management Practices and Processes;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Model;
Mission and Purpose;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Quality;
Real Estate Industry
Nohria, Nitin. "Colliers International Property Consultants." Harvard Business School Case 490-049, January 1990. (Revised June 1995.)
- January 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region
By: Robert L. Simons
Recounts the financial difficulties and management changes experienced by American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region (NER) during the 1980s. After summarizing industry-wide changes in the collection, testing, and distribution of blood and blood products, the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Financial Management;
Restructuring;
Health;
SWOT Analysis;
Social Enterprise;
Marketplace Matching;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Health Industry;
North and Central America
Simons, Robert L. "American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region." Harvard Business School Case 190-078, January 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
- 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...
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Keywords:
Design;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Competitive Strategy;
Time Management;
Organizational Structure;
Information Management;
Strategic Planning;
Performance Effectiveness;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (C)." Harvard Business School Case 190-071, December 1989. (Revised February 1993.)
- Article
Knowledge Disavowal: Structural Determinants of Information Processing Breakdown in Organizations
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Ajay K. Kohli
- 1 Nov 1989
- Conference Presentation
Computer Supported Cooperative Work: A Field Study on Organization Assimilation of Innovation
By: L. M. Applegate
- July 1989 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (A)
Applegate, Lynda M. "Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-010, July 1989. (Revised July 1990.)
- 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...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
Leadership;
Organizational Structure;
Product Launch;
Management Teams;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply Chain Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan
Salter, Malcolm S. "Asahi Breweries Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 389-114, February 1989. (Revised October 1994.)
- 1989
- Book
Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Decision Making;
Economics;
Central Banking;
Policy;
Political History;
Resignation and Termination;
Biography;
Books;
Surveys;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Planning;
Iran
Jones, Geoffrey. Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah. London: Frank Cass, 1989.
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
Describes the organizational components of the typical IT organization in a large corporation. Points out common problems and issues for each component of the organization. Also addresses the leadership issues for the IT function, and focuses specifically on the Chief...
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Keywords:
Information Management;
Organizational Design;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Information Technology Industry
Cash, James I., Jr., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-133, January 1989.
- January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Design;
Information Technology;
Groups and Teams;
Change;
Communication;
Information;
Industrial Products Industry;
Canada
Applegate, Lynda M., and James I. Cash Jr. "General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization." Harvard Business School Case 189-138, January 1989. (Revised March 1991.)
- September 1988 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Information Management;
Organizational Structure;
Customer Relationship Management;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Networks;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Cash, James I., Jr. "Mrs. Fields Cookies." Harvard Business School Case 189-056, September 1988. (Revised September 1993.)
- August 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Teaching Note
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
- August 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (C)
Applegate, Lynda M. "Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (C)." Harvard Business School Case 189-051, August 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur
By: Joseph L. Bower
Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
- July 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Grumman Corp.: Business Information System
Applegate, Lynda M. "Grumman Corp.: Business Information System." Harvard Business School Case 188-061, July 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- March 1988
- Background Note
Leadership and the Information Technology Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Leadership and the Information Technology Organization." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-114, March 1988.
- February 1988
- Case
IBM Marketing Organization (A): Changes in Structure
Cespedes, Frank V. "IBM Marketing Organization (A): Changes in Structure." Harvard Business School Case 588-060, February 1988.
- February 1988
- Case
IBM Marketing Organization (B): Process
Cespedes, Frank V. "IBM Marketing Organization (B): Process." Harvard Business School Case 588-061, February 1988.