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Managing Product Safety: The Ford Pinto
Goodpaster, Kenneth E.; Davidson, Dekkers L.Case HBS-383129-EPresents an accounting of Ford Motor Company's handling of a product safety controversy (1970-77) surrounding its Pinto subcompact car. May be used as part of a series, Managing Product Safety, that provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the sociStarting at €8.20
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The Ford Pinto (Spanish version)
Goodpaster, Kenneth E.; Davidson, Dekkers L.Case HBS-305S01Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPresents an accounting of Ford Motor Company's handling of a product safety controversy (1970-77) surrounding its Pinto subcompact car. May be used as part of a series, Managing Product Safety, that provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the social response strategies employed by companies involved in a catastrophic product safety controversy.Starting at €8.20
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Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (A) (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.; Gentile, MaryCase HBS-405S05Leadership and People ManagementPresents a new divisional vice president's entry into a well-established and still successful manufacturing organization which is nevertheless facing an impending competitive crisis. Demonstrates his challenge and his efforts, under pressure from corporate headquarters, to convince his staff that the crisis is real and to make changes in the organization's family culture and practice, in order to better position them to face the onslaught of pric...Starting at €8.20
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A Career in American Business (A) (Spanish version)
Tedlow, Richard S.; Smith, Wendy K.Case HBS-305S08EconomicsPresents an historical overview of the professional career of James E. Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. Examines the corporation's handling of three major occurrences--the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 and 1986 and the acquisition and subsequent sale of Technicare, a maker of diagnostic imaging equipment.Starting at €8.20
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A Career in American Business (B) (Spanish version)
Tedlow, Richard S.; Smith, Wendy K.Case HBS-305S14EconomicsCovers the history of Tylenol from the autumn of 1982 through the second tampering incident in February 1986. Also deals with other developments in the history of Johnson & Johnson, especially the acquisition and divestiture of Technicare.Starting at €5.74
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The Money Back Guarantee (A) (Spanish version)
Hart, Christopher W.L.Case HBS-604S08Discusses a large overnight express company, which guarantees its service, and which has created a major headache for one of its customers. The problem exposes deficiencies in its service and in the guarantee it has advertised heavily. A formal complaint is made to the CEO. From the CEO's perspective, students must confront a variety of issues related to the problem.Starting at €8.20
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Sealed Air Corps Leveraged Recapitalization (A) (Spanish version)
Wruck, Karen H.; Barry, BrianCase HBS-204S10FinanceLess than a year after Sealed Air embarked on a program to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality, the company borrowed almost 90% of the market value of its common stock and paid it out as a special dividend to shareholders. Management purposefully and successfully used the leveraged recapitalization as a watershed event, creating a crisis that disrupted the status quo and promoted internal change, which included establishing a new...Starting at €8.20
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Media Policy - What Media Policy?
Sonnenfeld, SandiArticle HBS-94407-ELeadership and People ManagementEvery year since 1982, Naturewise Apparel has donated $400,000 to charity through its Corporate Giving Fund. This year, Dana Osborne, the founder and CEO of the children's clothing manufacturer, decided to allow each of the company's regional divisions to decide for itself where the money should go. Her goal was to include all employees in the program and to pay back the various local communities that support the company. Dana's good intentions b...Starting at €8.20
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A Period of Transition (Spanish version)
Collis, David J.; Conrad, Melinda B.Case HBS-713S01StrategyBob Holland takes over as CEO of this iconoclastic ice cream company in February 1995 when it faces a major crisis. Holland must now develop a strategy that both adapts to the external environment and is consistent with the company's unique heritage.Starting at €8.20
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When an Executive Defects (HBR Case and Commentary)
Sharma, Anurag; Kesner, Idalene F.; Coleman, Kenneth L.; Greyser, Stephen A.; Burlingame, Hal; Galford, Robert; Rubin, Gregory S.Article HBS-97111-ELeadership and People ManagementThe news that one of the company's senior managers is leaving comes as a complete surprise to Paul Simmonds, CEO of Kinsington Textiles, Inc. (KTI). Ned Carpenter, KTI's vice president of operations for three years, writes in his resignation letter that he is leaving for a better opportunity. Simmonds soon learns that Carpenter's new job is at Daltex, one of KTI's main rivals in the intensely competitive carpet industry. In this fictitious case s...Starting at €8.20