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- March 1998
- Article
The Role of Social Context on Decisions: Integrating Social Cognition and Behavioral Decision Research
By: M. H. Bazerman and A. E. Tenbrunsel
Bazerman, M. H., and A. E. Tenbrunsel. "The Role of Social Context on Decisions: Integrating Social Cognition and Behavioral Decision Research." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 20, no. 1 (March 1998): 87–91.
- 1998
- Article
Looking Inside the Fishbowl of Creativity: Verbal and Behavioral Predictors of Creative Performance
By: J. Ruscio, D. M. Whitney and T. M. Amabile
This study set out to identify specific task behaviors that predict observable product creativity in three domains and to identify which of those behaviors mediate the well-established link between intrinsic motivation and creativity. One-hundred fifty-one...
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Ruscio, J., D. M. Whitney, and T. M. Amabile. "Looking Inside the Fishbowl of Creativity: Verbal and Behavioral Predictors of Creative Performance." Creativity Research Journal 11, no. 3 (1998): 243–263.
- 1997
- Book
Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, GE, DuPont, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid
By: R. M. Kanter, J. Kao and F. Wiersema
Keywords:
Innovation and Management
Kanter, R. M., J. Kao and F. Wiersema, eds. Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, GE, DuPont, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. (Translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian and Hebrew.)
- March 1997 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Stone Container in Honduras (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles
Chicago-based Stone Container Corp., a leading producer of cardboard containers and paper bags, proposes a large-scale pine forest management and utilization program in the La Mosquitia region of Honduras. A framework agreement with the government is strongly endorsed...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Preparation;
Negotiation Types;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict of Interests;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Government and Politics;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Honduras;
Chicago
Sebenius, James K., and Hannah Bowles. "Stone Container in Honduras (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-172, March 1997. (Revised October 1999.)
- January 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Background Note
Note on Money and Monetary Policy
By: David A. Moss and Wyatt C. Wells
Offers a brief overview of economic thinking about the nature of money and about how the central bank can affect the economy through monetary policy.
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Keywords:
Sovereign Finance;
Government Administration;
Policy;
Central Banking;
Money;
Inflation and Deflation;
Financial Crisis
Moss, David A., and Wyatt C. Wells. "Note on Money and Monetary Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-094, January 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
- October 1996
- Article
Moral Thinking in Management: An Essential Capability
By: L. S. Paine
Paine, L. S. "Moral Thinking in Management: An Essential Capability." Business Ethics Quarterly 6, no. 4 (October 1996): 477–492. (Reprinted in Ethics in Practice, edited by Deborah Rhode. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.)
- 1996
- Chapter
Cognitions in Organizations
By: A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. L. Galvin, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
- 1996
- Book
Creativity in Context
By: T. M. Amabile
Keywords:
Creativity;
Theory;
Research;
Motivation and Incentives;
Situation or Environment;
Organizational Culture;
Measurement and Metrics;
Personal Characteristics;
Cognition and Thinking;
Performance;
Performance Evaluation;
Social Psychology
Amabile, T. M. Creativity in Context. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.
- May–June 1996
- Article
Ruling the Net
By: D. L. Spar and Jeffrey J. Bussgang
The Internet promises a radical new world of business. But for many companies, it has yet to deliver. Although doing business in cyberspace may be novel and exhilarating, it can also be frustrating, confusing, and even unprofitable. Debora Spar and Jeffrey Bussgang...
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Spar, D. L., and Jeffrey J. Bussgang. "Ruling the Net." Harvard Business Review 74, no. 3 (May–June 1996): 125–133.
- October 1995 (Revised January 2002)
- Background Note
Managing Performance
By: John J. Gabarro and Linda A. Hill
Encourages managers to think critically about how to prepare for and give a performance appraisal interview. Presents frameworks for evaluating subordinates' work and suggestions for coaching them.
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Gabarro, John J., and Linda A. Hill. "Managing Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 496-022, October 1995. (Revised January 2002.)
- July 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Background Note
Electronic Commerce: Trends and Opportunities
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
In a 1966 Harvard Business Review article, Felix Kaufman implored general managers to think beyond their own organizational boundaries to the possibilities of interorganizational systems (IOS)--networked computers that enable companies to share information and...
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Janis Lee Gogan. "Electronic Commerce: Trends and Opportunities." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-006, July 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
- June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Chemicals;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Chemical Industry;
United States;
India
Spar, Debora L., Suzanne Hull, and Julia Kou. "Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 795-070, June 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- 01 Apr 1995
- Conference Presentation
Effects of Planning on Problem-Solving Creativity
By: D. Whitney, J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Castle
- 01 Apr 1995
- Conference Presentation
Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving
By: J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and D. Whitney
- 1995
- Article
The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning
By: R. Conti, T. M. Amabile and S. Pollack
This study assessed the effectiveness of engaging students in a creative activity on a topic as a means of encouraging an active cognitive set toward learning that topic area. This technique was examined in three motivational contexts. Before reading a short...
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Cognition and Thinking;
Behavior;
Performance;
Motivation and Incentives;
Training
Conti, R., T. M. Amabile, and S. Pollack. "The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21 (1995): 1107–1116.
- July 1994
- Background Note
Retail Expansion Strategies
By: David E. Bell
Describes issues that should be considered by a retailer who is thinking of expanding the number of stores from one or two to many.
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Cognition and Thinking;
Expansion;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E. "Retail Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-005, July 1994.
- April 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
China (C): Energy and the Environment
Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local and...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Policy;
Pollutants;
Climate Change;
Business and Government Relations;
Globalization;
Energy Industry;
China
Vietor, Richard H.K. "China (C): Energy and the Environment." Harvard Business School Case 794-134, April 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- December 1993 (Revised September 2003)
- Supplement
Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (D)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Prosecutors in the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Consumer Litigation reflect on their case against the Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Management;
Family Ownership;
Cognition and Thinking;
Food and Beverage Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 394-105, December 1993. (Revised September 2003.)
- August 1993
- Case
Applichem (A) (Abridged)
By: Janice H. Hammond and Gary P. Pisano
Applichem manufactures the same chemical product in four plants, each of which is located in a different country. The company has completed a major study comparing the productivity and performance of these plants. Using the data from the study, students must decide...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Productivity;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategy;
Judgments;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Chemical Industry
Hammond, Janice H., and Gary P. Pisano. "Applichem (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 694-030, August 1993.