Publications
Publications
- April 1982 (Revised September 1986)
- HBS Case Collection
Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson
Abstract
A newly appointed country subsidiary manager must decide on action for an operation losing $1 million per month. He is constrained by price controls on one hand and sensitive union relations on the other. Furthermore a major loss-contributing plant has recently been converted as a Europe-wide source.
Keywords
Business Subsidiaries; Transition; Cost Management; Management; Crisis Management; Labor and Management Relations
Citation
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson." Harvard Business School Case 382-139, April 1982. (Revised September 1986.)