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Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations

By: Ashish Nanda
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Abstract

The case describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. It focuses on how he has gone about establishing a regional office and knitting local operations closer together, the benefits that the process has generated, but also the tensions it has created within the organization. It ends with Hightower contemplating whether he should be changing directions, given the emerging strategic and organizational challenges.

Keywords

Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Middle East; Europe

Citation

Nanda, Ashish. "Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations." Harvard Business School Case 898-026, July 1997.
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