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- August 1999
- Case
Leaving
By: David A. Thomas
A company supervisor listens to an employee, an African American woman, announce she is leaving the company and tries to understand the situation.
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Keywords:
Resignation and Termination;
Retention;
Race;
Behavior;
Diversity;
Interpersonal Communication;
Labor and Management Relations
Thomas, David A. "Leaving." Harvard Business School Case 400-033, August 1999.
- 1999
- Book
When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups
By: Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap
Leonard, Dorothy, and Walter Swap. When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital
By: M. C. Higgins and N. Nohria
- May 1999
- Article
Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation." Strategic Management Journal 20, no. 5 (May 1999): 397–420.
- April 1999 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Al Dunlap at Sunbeam
By: Brian J. Hall, Rakesh Khurana and Carleen Madigan
Al Dunlap was one of the best-known corporate turnaround artists of the 1990s. In 1996, he was hired at Sunbeam to effect a restructuring, but was fired almost two years later when the company's financial performance and stock price began to decline. Many of the...
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Keywords:
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Restructuring;
Stock Shares;
Performance Evaluation;
Leadership Style;
Resignation and Termination;
Motivation and Incentives;
Executive Compensation;
Outcome or Result;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Hall, Brian J., Rakesh Khurana, and Carleen Madigan. "Al Dunlap at Sunbeam." Harvard Business School Case 899-218, April 1999. (Revised December 2003.)
- February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's decision to impose the death sentence on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of a movement for the rights of the...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Courts and Trials;
Rights;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Nigeria
Paine, Lynn S., and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-126, February 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
- Article
Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century
By: Tom Nicholas
This article analyses the proportions of personal to real estate wealth for a group of 295 businessmen profiled in the Dictionary of business biography. It shows that businessmen who owned land on a large scale in the late nineteenth century were a comparatively small...
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Keywords:
Ownership;
Personal Finance;
Property;
Biography;
History;
Acquisition;
Wealth;
Power and Influence;
Status and Position;
Integration;
Transformation;
Market Transactions
Nicholas, Tom. "Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century." Economic History Review 52, no. 1 (February 1999): 27–44.
- January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
AMB Consolidation, The
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
Anne Shea, assistant vice president at the Curators' Fund (The Fund), is responsible for investing roughly $80 million in real-estate assets. Less than three years ago, Anne invested $40 million into a commingled fund run by AMB Institutional Realty Advisors, Inc., a...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Conflict of Interests;
Industry Structures;
Property;
Investment;
Public Ownership;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Daniel J. Rudd. "AMB Consolidation, The." Harvard Business School Case 899-144, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington
Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Partners and Partnerships;
Diversification;
Performance Effectiveness;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Welfare;
Private Ownership;
Public Ownership;
Privatization;
Strategic Planning;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Courtney Purrington. "Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit." Harvard Business School Case 399-018, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- October 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
The United Way of Massachusetts Bay held the monopoly on workplace giving for 50 years. In the 1990s it has experienced a dramatic change in the workplace itself and in donor attitudes toward giving and toward the United Way organization. This case investigates the...
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Keywords:
Change;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Monopoly;
Relationships;
Attitudes;
Internet;
Massachusetts
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "United Way of Massachusetts Bay." Harvard Business School Case 599-042, October 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- September 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Sealed Air Taiwan (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Robert J. Crawford
The general manager for U.S.-based Sealed Air Corp.'s Taiwan subsidiary must decide whether he's hired the right person to bridge the gap between Sealed Air's corporate culture and Taiwan's business culture. This case details Bob Kayser's experiences in trying to...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Relationships;
Service Operations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Management Skills;
Compensation and Benefits;
Taiwan;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Robert J. Crawford. "Sealed Air Taiwan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-058, September 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- September 1998 (Revised September 2001)
- Case
IBM's Reinventing Education (A)
Describes IBM's national innovation strategy to transform K-12 public education through new solutions developed by IBM engineers and consultants using information technology. Examples are: data warehousing in Broward County, FL schools, tracking software for the...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Innovation Strategy;
Information Technology;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Information Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
San Jose;
Philadelphia;
Ohio;
Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "IBM's Reinventing Education (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-008, September 1998. (Revised September 2001.)
- August 1998
- Supplement
Cleveland Tomorrow, Video
By: James E. Austin and Rosabeth M. Kanter
As part of Cleveland's turnaround, Cleveland Tomorrow creates new investment funds to stimulate new business development. This development is designed to earn a profit and bring new benefits to the community. Part of the HBS Social Enterprise Video Series on Business...
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Keywords:
Investment Funds;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Community Relations;
Social Enterprise
Austin, James E., and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "Cleveland Tomorrow, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-507, August 1998.
- 1998
- Chapter
Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure
By: K. L. Valley and T. A. Thompson
Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Attitudes;
Prejudice and Bias;
Motivation and Incentives;
Relationships
Valley, K. L., and T. A. Thompson. "Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure." In Power and Influence in Organizations, edited by R. M. Kramer and M. A. Neale, 39–66. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1998.
- 1 Aug 1998
- Conference Presentation
The Relationship between Work Environment and Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile, J. Weinstock and S. Archambault
Keywords:
Creativity
- July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
By: James E. Austin and Meredith D. Pearson
Share Our Strength, a successful anti-hunger nonprofit organization, created a for-profit subsidiary--Community Wealth Ventures (CWV)--to provide advisory services to companies and nonprofits on collaboration. Management is reviewing CWV's start-up experience.
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
For-Profit Firms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Partners and Partnerships;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Consulting Industry
Austin, James E., and Meredith D. Pearson. "Community Wealth Ventures, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 399-023, July 1998. (Revised August 1998.)
- July 1998
- Supplement
Bell Atlantic in Union City
In this pioneering project to wire a school for the Internet and put computers in students' homes, Bell Atlantic combined its need for a beta site for a technology trial with the school reform efforts of the Union City, New Jersey public schools, under the leadership...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Social Enterprise;
Internet and the Web;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Education Industry;
New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Bell Atlantic in Union City." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-501, July 1998.
- June 1998
- Article
Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation
By: Leslie Perlow
Perlow, Leslie. "Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, no. 2 (June 1998): 328–357.
- May 1998
- Background Note
Note on the Retailing Industry
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents a survey discussion of retailing and current issues. Examines the impact of changing consumer attitudes on the industry and outlines the industry's response: consolidation, adoption of technology, use of brands and private labels, and changing relationships...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Debates;
Customers;
Surveys;
Partners and Partnerships;
Attitudes;
Adoption;
Consolidation;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Note on the Retailing Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 598-148, May 1998.
- March 1998 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
Explores a global program of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) called "Global Volunteer Day" and examines the activities and business situation of the company in four countries. Asks students to address whether American values like "volunteerism" can be exported.
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Keywords:
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Community Relations;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Thomas Dretler. "Electronic Data Systems (EDS)." Harvard Business School Case 398-072, March 1998. (Revised October 1999.)