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- November 1986 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their...
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Race;
Organizational Culture;
Leadership Style;
Gender;
Management Teams;
Change Management;
Situation or Environment;
Creativity;
Relationships;
Music Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Hill, Linda A. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-042, November 1986. (Revised October 1995.)
- August 1986 (Revised January 1989)
- Teaching Note
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-586-013).
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- August 1986 (Revised February 1991)
- Supplement
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video
Population Services International, a not-for-profit agency founded to promote family planning information and to market birth control products, had an agreement with the government of Bangladesh to conduct a social marketing program using modern marketing techniques to...
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Keywords:
Social Marketing;
Health;
Advertising;
Marketing;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Government and Politics;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Health Industry;
Bangladesh
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-506, August 1986. (Revised February 1991.)
- Article
Partially Verifiable Information and Mechanism Design
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
In a principal-agent model with adverse selection, we study the implementation of social choice functions when the agent's message space is a correspondence which depends on this true characteristic. We characterize such correspondence for which the Revelation...
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Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Partially Verifiable Information and Mechanism Design." Review of Economic Studies 53, no. 3 (July 1986): 447–456.
- 01 Jun 1986
- Conference Presentation
Maintaining Children's Motivation and Creativity
- Article
Truth Tests and Utility Tests: Private Sector Decision Makers' Frames of Reference for Social Science Research
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Truth Tests and Utility Tests: Private Sector Decision Makers' Frames of Reference for Social Science Research." Social Science Quarterly 67, no. 1 (March 1986): 39–52.
- 1 Jan 1986
- Conference Presentation
Attitudes Toward Women in Groups with Male and Female Leaders
By: R. Ely
- 1986
- Chapter
Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans
By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Public Sector;
Government and Politics;
Local Range;
Motivation and Incentives
Leonard, Dutch. "Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans." In Public Sector Payrolls, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- January 1986
- Article
Social Influences on Creativity: The Effects of Contracted-For Reward
By: T. M. Amabile, B. A. Hennessey and B. S. Grossman
Three studies, with 195 5–11 yr olds and 60 female undergraduates, tested the hypothesis that explicitly contracting to do an activity in order to receive a reward would have negative effects on creativity, but receiving no reward or only a noncontracted-for reward...
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Amabile, T. M., B. A. Hennessey, and B. S. Grossman. "Social Influences on Creativity: The Effects of Contracted-For Reward." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 50, no. 1 (January 1986): 14–23.
- 1985
- Book
Revitalizing Businesses: Shareholder/Work Force Conflicts
By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
Fruhan, W. E., Jr. Revitalizing Businesses: Shareholder/Work Force Conflicts. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, Division of Research, 1985.
- September 1985
- Background Note
Finding a Job with a Small Company
Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Higher Education;
Recruitment;
Work-Life Balance;
Interests
Stevenson, Howard H. "Finding a Job with a Small Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-076, September 1985.
- September 1985 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh
Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Health;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Business and Government Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Bangladesh
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh." Harvard Business School Case 586-013, September 1985. (Revised July 2007.)
- 1 Aug 1985
- Conference Presentation
Social Influences on Creativity: Interactive Effects of Reward and Choice
- 1985
- Book
Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority
By: J. P. Kotter
Keywords:
Power and Influence
Kotter, J. P. Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority. New York: Free Press, 1985.
- April 1985
- Article
The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius and David Lax
Sebenius, James K., and David Lax. "The Power of Alternatives or the Limits to Negotiation." Negotiation Journal 1, no. 2 (April 1985): 77–95. (Reprinted in:
Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy, Charles B. Wiggins, ed. West Publishing Company, 1997.
Negotiation Theory and Practice, Rubin & Breslin, eds. Cambridge, Mass.: PON Books, 1991.)
Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy, Charles B. Wiggins, ed. West Publishing Company, 1997.
Negotiation Theory and Practice, Rubin & Breslin, eds. Cambridge, Mass.: PON Books, 1991.)
- February 1985
- Case
Business Research Corp. (B)
Contains a description of a set of related decisions confronting the management and directors of Business Research Corp. (BRC) in April of 1984. BRC needs more capital to finance continued development of the market for a full-text database comprised of Wall Street...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Finance;
Capital Structure;
Capital;
Goals and Objectives;
Conflict of Interests;
Business Plan;
Financing and Loans;
Ethics
Sahlman, William A. "Business Research Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 285-090, February 1985.
- February 1985
- Article
Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets." European Economic Review 27, no. 1 (February 1985): 75–96.